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…..John McCluskey, a contributing poet to Jerry Jazz Musician, submitted six photographs of jazz musicians he took while recently visiting New Orleans.  John writes that the shots were “deliberately processed…in the most colorful way possible to illustrate the sensibility of the performers.”

…..These photos feature musicians performing on Royal Street, New Orleans, in April 2016.

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“Young and Gifted and Little Girl Blue” — a poem (for Nina Simone) by John McCluskey

“Chet Baker Sang,” a poem by John McCluskey

 

 

 

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John McCluskey works in the IT industry and lives in Connecticut with his family.  He has had poetry, short fiction, and photography published in various literary journals and anthologies including Quill & Parchment, The Red Booth Review, Inkwell, Lullwater Review, The Dirty Goat, The Griffin, One For The Road, and Cradle Songs: an Anthology of Poems on Motherhood (2013 International Book Award winner and one of 4 finalists for the NIEA). John’s poem “My Gray Child” from Cradle Songs was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and read at a poetry reading in Taos, New Mexico by actor Tony Huston

 

 

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