For Jeanne Lee, music must feel like a dance. In the early 1960s, the black poet and musician explored sound poetry, happenings and Fluxus in her native New York City. In free jazz, with its often contrasting influences, the artist found the ideal arena to express herself – as a composer and with her voice. When Lee sings, every syllable resonates with emotion, tenderness and lightness. But even without accompanying music, as in the love poem The Miracle, which she recorded in 1974, the words dance – naturally and weightlessly.
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