Introducing Toussaint St. Negritude
BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1959, bass clarinetist, poet, composer Toussaint St. Negritude is a Philadelphia based artist, by way of Haiti, San Francisco, Savannah, Harlem, and all the very beautiful Black abodes that inform his journey. With a lifetime of improvisation, Toussaint St. Negritude is a self-taught surrealist interpreter of trans-tonal lessons, hearalding the teachings of his muse. "The beautiful thing about jazz and poetry is that improvisation becomes the pulpit of the spirit, the portal to worlds beyond worlds of life," says the poet, bass clarinetist. Keeping his bags on the globe, St. Negritude continues to jazz-climb this bopsophonous path towards his muse, leading him with bass clarinet and typewriter in hand to the utmost reaches of freedom.
2004-05 PROJECTS
I recently published a quartet of poems, FREE JAZZ OF COLOR, A Love Supreme Press, Philadelphia, 2005. I've also just completed a large collection of poems, compositions, and visual works, BOPSOPHONY.
RECORDINGS
TOUSSAINT ST. NEGRITUDE, LIVE AT THE KORET AUDITORIUM, JAZZOPIA RECORDS, 2001.
PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS
The SF Bay Guardian, The SF Weekly, SOMA Magazine, Savannah Literary Journal, Savannah News Press, The Georgia Guardian, Dekalb Literary Arts Journal, Black American Literature Forum, and The Anthology of American Poetry.
VENUES
The October Gallery, Philadelphia; Robin's Books, Philadelphia; Koret Auditorium, SF Library; Hot Box, SF; Southern Exposure, SF; Intersection for the Arts, SF; The Lab, SF; A Different Light Books, SF; Ethnic Trip Gallery, SF; LACE, LA; Gallery Espresso, Savannah; Space 111, Birmingham; The Nuyorican, NYC; Village Voice Books, Paris; Oh So Little Cafe, SF.
PRESS
"A new & colorful form."
--Joe Salas, SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN
"What a blessing."
--David Meltzer, poet, author of WRITING JAZZ
Born in 1959, bass clarinetist, poet, composer Toussaint St. Negritude is a Philadelphia based artist, by way of Haiti, San Francisco, Savannah, Harlem, and all the very beautiful Black abodes that inform his journey. With a lifetime of improvisation, Toussaint St. Negritude is a self-taught surrealist interpreter of trans-tonal lessons, hearalding the teachings of his muse. "The beautiful thing about jazz and poetry is that improvisation becomes the pulpit of the spirit, the portal to worlds beyond worlds of life," says the poet, bass clarinetist. Keeping his bags on the globe, St. Negritude continues to jazz-climb this bopsophonous path towards his muse, leading him with bass clarinet and typewriter in hand to the utmost reaches of freedom.
2004-05 PROJECTS
I recently published a quartet of poems, FREE JAZZ OF COLOR, A Love Supreme Press, Philadelphia, 2005. I've also just completed a large collection of poems, compositions, and visual works, BOPSOPHONY.
RECORDINGS
TOUSSAINT ST. NEGRITUDE, LIVE AT THE KORET AUDITORIUM, JAZZOPIA RECORDS, 2001.
PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS
The SF Bay Guardian, The SF Weekly, SOMA Magazine, Savannah Literary Journal, Savannah News Press, The Georgia Guardian, Dekalb Literary Arts Journal, Black American Literature Forum, and The Anthology of American Poetry.
VENUES
The October Gallery, Philadelphia; Robin's Books, Philadelphia; Koret Auditorium, SF Library; Hot Box, SF; Southern Exposure, SF; Intersection for the Arts, SF; The Lab, SF; A Different Light Books, SF; Ethnic Trip Gallery, SF; LACE, LA; Gallery Espresso, Savannah; Space 111, Birmingham; The Nuyorican, NYC; Village Voice Books, Paris; Oh So Little Cafe, SF.
PRESS
"A new & colorful form."
--Joe Salas, SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN
"What a blessing."
--David Meltzer, poet, author of WRITING JAZZ
posted by Toussaint St. Negritude at 11:15 PM
1 Comments:
your work is so beatiful, toussaint. and some real gems here. go, exclaimation point.
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