Jalopies
motor through ragtime, horns blasting, engines strumming. Jazz history
coincides precisely with that of the automobile. Swing’s one big spin of the
wheels to beat Depression highway. Bebop overtakes bulky big bands, tailfins
only slowing with cool. Freeform signals to drivers, you can go anywhere. This
November Mike Nock and David Friesen remind us of possibilities. We can sit at
the seat of the most sophisticated transmission, describing every kind of
passing landscape. Or do the same by stripping back a utility to its
particulars, fusing opposites, plugging it in and letting it take us through
hard-earned, liberating places.
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