And we play on

for my friend, Clarinetist Eric Mandat.And our years of performing our Blues Poetry duet.

And we play on

 

 

listen softly

to the harsh verse

as the clarinet's tones

accost your senses

 

the ruckus 

like an apparent duel

they fight,

they settle

 

the notes fade grimly

a nod

a goodbye

 

applause

then 

perfect silence.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

6/24/23

Reviews

[Pete]

nicely said. always hard to say goodbye. we could all use an encore ... :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your words, Pete,
j.

[Stella Armour]

the clarinet is so mellow and well, kind of full of love in its tone...
Your duets must have been something wonderful Jacob and i wonder if you have any recordings?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Stella....
I have one or two but they are on my computer and just too big to copy and send...
And I have a tape of the half hour special we did for PBS...that was a lot of fun. We had done segments on their show Studio A cafe, and then in their last season they gave us the special.
Let me look online and see if I can find a link to that show.
thank you,
j.

[Stella Armour]

would be very special if you could share some of this on :https://soundcloud.com/djlogin
I have a couple of things on there , but it would be wonderful for your friends and family to hear .. i presume it is available where you are ?