WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:09.080 Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome. 2 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:12.320 It's time now for our community connection right here on Kay one, the 3 00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:15.400 one you trust in. Our broadcast today is brought to you by Arnold Morton 4 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:20.760 Kaan Funeral Home and also Tall Grass Motors. Well, we've got we've got 5 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:24.320 a really cool program here for you today, folks, because we're gonna be 6 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:30.440 talking to Morris mccorby poet, artists and very well known around this community. 7 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:35.359 Also ridget Wood from a Great Dog. And we've got a very special event 8 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:38.399 coming up. What this Sunday, Yes, and it's gonna be at the 9 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:43.600 Great Dog and Morris, You're gonna be the star. I'm gonna be an 10 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:48.960 instrument in an ensemble of jazz musicians and jazz poetry. I'll be playing the 11 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:54.920 Hobo. What what is that? For folks, It's a read instrument that 12 00:00:55.079 --> 00:01:02.200 disguised itself as a black man reciting poetry. Got me. I was told 13 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:04.079 to watch out because you were probably gonna get something past me, and you 14 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:10.159 did. Now, this is really cool because you've been involved with this art 15 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:12.079 form for quite a long time. You're gonna have a band behind you, 16 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:18.239 and this is really gonna be a nice mixed or nice fusion of different to 17 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:23.439 art. Yes, Tom collaboration, I have an ensemble with me, you 18 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:29.599 know. And that's the whole point with not behind, because the link between 19 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:37.719 poetry and jazz's historical, but mostly it's been more hysterical than meaningful. And 20 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:41.560 so I'm gonna be so much out front with these these guys as an instrument 21 00:01:41.959 --> 00:01:46.040 and a couple of tunes that mean a lot to me, and I think 22 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:49.920 have a lot more to say than what you just might hear in music. 23 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:53.959 You know. Music is one of those things where the artists created, sometimes 24 00:01:55.000 --> 00:02:00.239 instantaneously. Sometimes it's done very pragmatically, yes, But however, where it 25 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:04.640 comes together, it's something that speaks to our inner self. It makes us 26 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:08.400 think, makes us reflect sometimes even just plane makes us happy, exactly. 27 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:13.840 And that's the kind of point with jazz and poetry. Jazz most of all, 28 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:17.840 because it's more spontaneous, more improvisational, much like life. You know, 29 00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:23.439 poetry is often edited and re edited and copyrighting and so forth, and 30 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:29.000 so bringing those two expressions closer together is important for me because I think poetry 31 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:37.479 meaningful words in meaningful tones can have meaningful influences on people. And as far 32 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:43.400 as just having fun, chucking and driving or thinking very deeply while listening. 33 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:46.560 Now, how did you first get started to what was the genesis? What 34 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:51.759 was that spark that said, Hey, this is something I'm gonna do. 35 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:55.520 Way back with him and I used to live in Oklahoma City. I came 36 00:02:55.800 --> 00:03:00.680 across all the jazz musicians that were associated with deep and when they would take 37 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:06.680 solos that had no lyrics, I was writing words to those solos in my 38 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:09.520 head. Later on, I realize that people signed their names to that kind 39 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:13.879 of stuff and call it poetry. And so I just jumped on the battenwagon 40 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:16.439 and started calling it poetry. This is an opportunity to men jumping all the 41 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:21.520 bandwagon and actually just called it jazz instrumentation. And that's why I said, 42 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:24.919 I'll be playing the Hobo who which a lot of poetry comes from, but 43 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:31.080 it comes from just filling in the blanks between harmonies and solos and jazz music. 44 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:36.039 Well, this is going to be interesting not only for the ears, 45 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:38.159 but also for the mind, the art, and the soul. Yes, 46 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:42.319 yes, fully emergent experience. Yes, we are all being hit with it, 47 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:45.639 almost hosed down with words. Now that don't mean anything to the point 48 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:50.879 where DARNI are hypnotic or hypnotized by them, and you know, to be 49 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:54.960 able to get people's attention and with music and maybe say something meaningful at the 50 00:03:55.000 --> 00:04:00.319 same time, Mike could be a unique and life change experience. You know, 51 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:03.520 I'm Goodness says this is great and Bridge, I want to talk to 52 00:04:03.520 --> 00:04:06.080 you about the setting, because the setting is going to be really cool. 53 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:10.280 Yes, go ahead, tell us a little about the about the Great Dog. 54 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:15.240 The Great Dog listening room. Yeah, it's a house called house concert 55 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:23.240 style listening room. And the expectation is that there is no conversation during the 56 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:28.120 show. Now, that doesn't mean that you can't go yeah, you know, 57 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:31.839 show your enthusiasm, no, or if the if the artist makes some 58 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:36.319 kind of comment that people interact back and forth, I mean that happens, 59 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:43.480 but definitely no conversation during the show. Well, this is good because everybody's 60 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:46.680 going to be focused towards the entertainment and to appreciate the entertainment, and everybody's 61 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:50.079 going to get the same chance to appreciate it at the same level. You 62 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:54.720 know, something that a lot of the artists that come through talk about is 63 00:04:54.759 --> 00:05:00.040 the fact that with nobody talking during the performance. It allows the musicians and 64 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:05.600 the artist's space that they wouldn't otherwise have. They can start out very low 65 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:11.199 and build up gradually, and there's just a lot of freedom that they have 66 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:15.079 when people are not talking. Now, this is a neat little place and 67 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:20.040 it is right there at eight twelve fourteenth Street here in Bartlesville, and it's 68 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:25.879 called the Gray Dog Listening Room, and it's just a nice little building. 69 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:31.040 And you guys kind of whip this up with a lot of ingenuity. Yes 70 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:39.199 it is. We started out with a recording studio, Redcat Recording, and 71 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:46.360 we built that and then my next goal was to get the other half of 72 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:49.639 the building, which used to be a little neighborhood bar called the Dixie Chicken. 73 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:53.959 And so there was a lot of music in that room for a long 74 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:59.519 time anyway, and then I got ahold of it and a few of us 75 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:03.480 turned it and have a place to enjoy the arts. Now we're going to 76 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:08.959 enjoy your art mores coming up on Sunday, and that this will be at 77 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:13.240 the Great Dog Listening Room. And for a twenty dollars donation, you'll gain 78 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:16.040 access to the process taking place as we catch a little lightning in the bottle, 79 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:19.399 as they say hopefully. Yeah, you know, I just want to 80 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:27.959 say I really appreciate Bridget's courage and encouraging the audience to shut up your performances. 81 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:30.720 That's greatly appreciated as musicians. What she doesn't said like that, that's 82 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:36.439 just me. Musicians are too often are doing their very best work and most 83 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:41.800 imaginative work while people are drinking and glasses are clinking. And you know, 84 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:46.240 quite often I'm doing my very best and most heartfelt work while people are thinking, 85 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:48.839 and people are thinking, and so you know, the opportunity to be 86 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:57.079 still and really be heard elicits more sometimes than the artist himself for herself. 87 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:00.800 Every imagine are intended. You know, I had a great opportunity to recite 88 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:05.160 before and in between a set by you know, lady named Jackie Myers, 89 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:10.399 a young musician named Jackie Myers here recently, in the quantity of listening with 90 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:15.399 such that I really felt like we got the absolute best from Jackie and her 91 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:21.079 accompanying musicians because they were being heard and they could feel the hearing which they 92 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:26.319 wanted to feed into. It makes a big difference, I'm bet it does 93 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:29.199 that. Bet it makes all the difference in the world. You know, 94 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:32.720 I kind of echo because as being a performer, sometimes when you're playing in 95 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:38.920 those nightclubs, it's all you can do to concentrate because they're like fifteen soul 96 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:42.439 propers going on in front again and I'm beat you use that word because this 97 00:07:42.839 --> 00:07:45.839 won't be a performance. No, you know, it's gonna be an experience. 98 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:48.519 It would be an experience. You know, someone's expecting a performance, 99 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:56.160 they need to readjust their expectations and be prepared to be surprised and immersed. 100 00:07:56.920 --> 00:08:00.199 Now, this is great. It sounds like you picked the perfect venue and 101 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:03.600 to have this taken place. And I understand this. This is going to 102 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:09.560 be recorded too, right, Yes, my husband Donnie Wood and another gentleman 103 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:13.600 in town, Chris Coffin, who has been working with Morris for some time. 104 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:18.000 They're going to be working together to get this recorded. Yes, oh 105 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:20.639 nice, Yes, sorry, Chris and I've been doing some recording. They're 106 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:26.199 just conventional poetry and opportunity too. You know, I I the perfect venue 107 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:31.080 attracted me because I've just been working in solitude with Chris and I don't come 108 00:08:31.080 --> 00:08:37.480 out and do this anymore except for people like Bridget and Donnie and the musicians 109 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:43.279 with whom I'm working and except that place is like the listening room becomes the 110 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:46.759 quality of the opportunity and experience and what it what it brings out in me. 111 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:50.399 Yeah, well this is gonna be great. Now, Bridget what time 112 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:54.279 are we doing this on Sunday? Um? It starts at seven? Yes, 113 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:58.639 the evening. And I'm not gonna say performance. Okay, you're not 114 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:03.240 going to use that experience gets to seven the experiences and it's a twenty dollars 115 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:05.840 donation. Are you going to be doing this at the door? Should we 116 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:11.120 RISVP? Because of the size, Well, it is extremely limited. We 117 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:15.519 only have room for about forty people. So you have to text to be 118 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:16.600 on the list. How do we do this? Come in the door? 119 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:22.399 The number is nine one eight three ninety seven five eight one eight and I'll 120 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:26.159 put you on the list and you can pay at the door and all the 121 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:31.039 money goes to the artists. Can I say one other thing? Can say 122 00:09:31.080 --> 00:09:33.360 whatever you like? Okay? So I really want to take a moment just 123 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:39.039 to say thank you to Mark and Debbie Haskell who took the time to donate 124 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:45.759 some money towards the expenses for this and then also Adam and Katie from Frank 125 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:48.360 and Lola's because they're going to be bringing by some of the food for that 126 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:52.440 day too, abuse draw in town. Yes, I want to take a 127 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:58.600 moment to say thanks to Chris Popa Foster and Zach zach Elkin, the board 128 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:03.840 member of the Ville Symphony Orchestra, and one heck of a horn player, 129 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:09.039 and Donnie who's going to be helping us out. Chris Colton of course, 130 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:13.600 and several other musicians are going to be coming up, you know. So 131 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:18.120 I'm really excited about that. This is gonna be a great experience in folks. 132 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:20.399 If you missed the text number, don't worry. I'm doing a news 133 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:24.799 story after this and probably around noontime you'll see it on our website at Bartlesville 134 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:28.039 Radio dot com. We'll have all that information for you, because I know 135 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:33.080 right now you're driving guard what was that text number? I'll get that for 136 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:35.919 you, and you can also pick it up off our Facebook page here in 137 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:41.559 a little bit too. So it's gonna be Sunday night. The experience begins 138 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:50.360 at seven Morris but Corby with Together and I'm among I'm looking for the right 139 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:56.039 words even to a poet to straighten me out, because propositions with which to 140 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:58.360 work, but all of them that you know, I have to do with 141 00:10:58.519 --> 00:11:01.399 being a part of rather than and a leader of, you know, just 142 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:05.840 a part of an ensemble, all right, that that will will make that 143 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:09.919 happen, Yes we will. This has been great and it's been an honor 144 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:13.759 to meet you because I've heard a lot about you and this is gonna be 145 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:18.320 a cool experience once again, Yes, and bridget great meeting you. And 146 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:20.919 this is a little bit different than the last time you were on the radio 147 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:26.840 at age eleven, wasn't it? To read all about it? And I 148 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:30.120 say, you know, the word experience captures it. But it has to 149 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:35.440 do with the engagement of the audience as much as the poet and the musicians. 150 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:39.320 One thing I've also noticed with jazz musicians that the audience is on the 151 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:45.600 edge of their seat because the musicians are not quite sure what's coming next, 152 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:50.080 and noisy audience and everybody's hoping for the best, and it always works out 153 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:52.320 that way, even when it doesn't work out that way. So that is 154 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:56.440 what the experience of it is all about. It's kind of like my hero 155 00:11:56.720 --> 00:12:01.200 or Carl will Enda oh yeah, yeah, well on that type rope, 156 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:05.720 Yeah yeah, you cannot, you cannot not be engaged. Yeah, yeah, 157 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:09.159 that's true. I mean there's an adrenaline rush with every note. Yeah, 158 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:13.039 even even when he failed, you know, it's unforgettable, and so 159 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:16.600 there's no such thing a failure. Yeah, very good. Thank you both 160 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:20.600 for being here with us today for a very special community connection right here on 161 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:24.000 K one. Really appreciate it.