JaZzArt en València

I’m determined to finally be

the simple soul that understands,

the careful fool that takes a stand

and fights the good fight

on every street…

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I’m the soul that dances

and that feels the beat,

of the tambourine,

of the djembe drums,

of the clapping hands

that built my home,

that raise their hands

as a sign of praise,

that praises love

as a sign of gain…

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I’m the rifleman that once dressed in green

that in foreign mountains

has grown and seen

the tears of sweat

and the sweat of tears

while no yet having too many years

of life experience in peace and love

of life experience…

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I’m determined to be

to love,

to comprehend

my brother’s love,

my brother’s pain,

while sitting smoking under the rain…

C.2024, Francisco Bravo Cabrera – 24/04/2024 – Valencia, Spain

Pues hoy nos remontamos al 2005… Estas son algunas de las obras que pinté ese año en Miami, Florida…

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Well, today we take a look back to 2005… These are some of the paintings I did that year in Miami, Florida…

GRACIAS – CHEERS

Y no se maneja como un niño malcriado…

Bottle full and empty glass

ready to be filled,

smoke will rise with conversation,

beer and whiskey spilled,

wooden floors and tele stalled,

time and space we killed,

rhythm floods the dancing shoes,

let no one here get ill.

The mind avoids the news,

the music sounds like blues,

the spirit soars and jumps and swings,

the mouth lets out a whisper,

alcohol swims with fish of blue,

and potatoes just get crisper,

the night winds down,

the doors burst wide

and bodies fare you well,

then lights shine bright

and coats get tight

then someone farted in the lift…

C.2024, Francisco Bravo Cabrera/24/04/2024/Valencia, Spain

In case you did not know, I will tell you. Joni Mitchell paints and she ain’t bad at it. This Canadian singer, producer and visual artist was born in Alberta in 1943. She has had a long and very fruitful musical career, starting in Toronto and then moving south to New York, and from writing the song «Woodstock» to later evolving into pop and jazz to becoming one of the most respected singers of the Twentieth Century.

Here is some of her visual work…

And here is my favourite Joni Mitchell album…

CHEERS

Os presento a Las Chicas del Can… Esta orquesta merenguera de República Dominicana es exclusivamente femenina que se formó en 1976 con el nombre de «Las Muchachas». La agrupación ha tenido varios cambios a través de su historia y hasta se desintegró en 1998, para reactivarse en 2007. Han tenido muchísimos éxitos como «Besos Callejeros», «El Negro no puede (Waka Waka)», «La Media María», «Sukaína», » Juana la Cubana», «Culeca», «Ta’ Pillao», «Pegando Fuego», «Fiebre», y «Las Pequeñas Cosas», y algunos otros. Durante la década de los 80 y 90 hicieron gira por toda Latino-America y Europa, incluyendo España.

Ojalá os guste esta selección de esta fenomenal banda de guapísimas chicas que no solo deleitan los ojos pero los oídos también, pues tocan muy bien…

GRACIAS