Artist description poetry with that jazz funky beat

Music Style poetry

Musical Influences miles davis, john coltrane, lightning hopkins, robert johnson

Similar Artists none

Artist History Larry Jaffe began writing at the age of 11 when he realized the air was made of letters, which he could breathe in and breathe out words. Says Jaffe, “Life is a poem and I write it.” He is committed to returning poetry to the people and speaks strongly about the role of poetry and poets in today’s society. From the sensually romantic to humor to social commentary, Jaffe impacts audiences with a rich emotional range, masterfully crafted. His poetry appears in numerous anthologies, magazines, and on the internet where he has pioneered web sites that feature poetry of others as well as his own. His recent books include Unprotected Poetry, Hate’s Not Natural, Winter Rose, and Jewish Soul Food. At the Moondog Cafe in Hollywood, Larry hosts PoeticLicense, rated one of the hottest, high-energy venues in Southern Cal. He strives to provide a safe haven for poets to bring their works alive. He has also created PoeticLicenseNEWS, an online newsletter, featuring an international poet’s forum, poetry news bulletin board, an open mike, and local poetic news for So. Cal. Jaffe has been featured throughout the country, including Las Vegas, and four Austin tours, where he was a featured guest poet at the 1999 Austin International Poetry Festival and served as panelist at the University of Texas’ 1999 forum “So You Wanna Be A Writer.” In his So Cal home base, Larry has featured at the Comedy Store, Borders Books, Celebrity Centre, the Onyx, Beyond Baroque, Magic Johnson’s Starbucks and many others. He has made numerous radio appearances, including three featured guest spots on the Clearwater-based Human Rights Hour hosted by Dennis Clarke, broadcast internationally over the Internet. Under contract to Dead End Street Productions, Larry will soon go into the studio to record his latest work, Jewish Soul Food on CD. He just completed an East Coast tour in June where he featured in New York at the 13 Bar Lounge, in Washington D.C at Club Myth, in Boston at Cantab Lounge, in Hyannis at Prodigal Son and in Mobile, Alabama as part of the New South Performance Poets Association readings at Barnes & Noble and in the Pensacola Barnes & Noble. www.poeticvoices.com

Group Members larry jaffe jimmy smith

Albums Jewish Soul Food

Press Reviews The best feature I have heard this year anywhere took place at Mc Clain’s on the 27th of July. Larry Jaffe, who has influenced my political poetry over the last year or so, gave a wonderful twenty minute or so read that was wow-inspiring. His presentation was a lively, intense, well-modulated, emotional read: precise and never over-the-top, forced or phony. His work ranged from the powerfully political to uniquely personal and touched on the Holocaust, Southern bigot in the early 60’s and his New York background. Recently back from a poetry tour of five states, Jaffe is a consummate poet, reader and storyteller. He involves one in his reads by the sheer power of his imagery, voice and words; he is simply, as Tina Turner so aptly, the best overall performance poet I have encountered in 1999 in all permutations of the aforementioned elusive verb and noun. mike cluff check out tour review in poetic voices the largest poetry zine on the internet... http://www.poeticvoices.com

Location los angeles, ca - USA

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