Things to Like and Not Like in America

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Roy Nathanson has had a varied career as a saxophonist, composer, bandleader, actor and teacher. He became the leader and principal composer of the Jazz Passengers, a six piece group that he founded with Curtis Fowlkes in 1987. They have toured Europe many times and played at major festivals in Finland, Germany, Italy, France and Switzerland, as well as the J.V.C. Festival in New York, the Du Maurier Festival in Canada and toured throughout the United States and Canada. The band has recorded eight albums since their debut release. more »

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Some Stuff to Like in America
Some Stuff to Like in America
Some Stuff to Like in America
Some Stuff to Like in America


A patch of grass off the I-80 entrance ramp.
An ironic memory offered at a Jersey funeral.
A patch of grass on the highway's shoulder. 
A lovely lawyer sings the 21st psalm 
A hearse that stops beyond a light,
A gas station, abandoned on the right.
An honest observation 
Made in eulogy 

Stuff Not to Like in America
Stuff Not to Like in America
Stuff Not to Like in America

All the junk that's said before or after that funeral
The details in the rocks of our country's schizophrenic body
The parts of the Interstate where blood red rock 
is obscured by a metal fence.
How soft-hearted kids are put in hard-hearted hearses
How even death don't get a proper funeral.

Stuff to Like and Not to Like in America
Just so much Stuff Not to Like in America
So much Stuff
So much Stuff
So much American
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