20 pages
Published by Mobley Publishing
Many poets have loved the influence of Jazz on their poetry and performance. Lester Mobley has embraced Jazz in a series of poems in this twenty page chapbook. Mobley who has worked in the construction trades for many years is a lifelong Jazz enthusiast. The collection greets the reader with “I Fall in Love Too Easily”, a piece that blends music, poets and artists into one tight stanza that begins the poem.
Miles Davis stands
At the edge of the crevasse.
Flashes upon splashes
Upon…
Jackson Pollock drippings
Holiday lyrics
Bukowski’s Chinaski
Picasso abstracts
Points of departure
And of no return.
Mobley covers Elvin, Coltrane, Davis and Chambers and achieves this in a unique lyrical cadence. “These Are The Cool Essentials” is a five page poem that chronicles the movement and attitude of Jazz through the 1950’s.
“The embodiment, the exemplification, the essence, and model prototype of “The Cool”. It doesn’t get any better then this. These were the days when men were men and women were women while all those in between at least knew what time it was. Today’s phony, irrelevant, sound-byte ethos pales in comparison.”
You can read “I Fall in Love Too Easily” at his link: http://www.foxchasereview.org/11AW/LMobley.html
To contact Lester Mobley: lestmbly@aol.com
-g emil reutter
Fox Chase Review 
