Mudcat Café message #1497813

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Posted By: Margret RoadKnight
01-Jun-05 - 10:20 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Oscar Brown, Jr. (29 May 2005)
Subject: RE: Obit: Oscar Brown, Jr. (29 May 2005)

Yes, Azizi.

Oscar Brown Jr not only wrote complete songs, but added lyrics to tunes (e.g. "All Blues") and tunes to poems (e.g. "When Malindy Sings").
Btw, he selected four verses only of the latter Paul Lawrence Dunbar poem for the song, OK.

Arts (Music) section of the New York Times May 31 edition has a very good article.