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THE OATHS (live improvisation)

by CHRIS VINE

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Text by 3rd Century Chinese poet Ruan JI, translated by Graham Hartill and Wu Fu Sheng.

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My high hat
Divides the floating clouds
My sword stretches out
To the end of the sky
The trifles are no concern of mine
I stand on high to overlook all this
I will go away and wander in the winds
With an easy heart
I bid farewell
To the Queen Mother of the West
The goal of my journey is still to be reached
How could I mix with those poor, narrow minded scholars
Chanting their books
Playing their harps and swearing their oaths
The oaths
The oaths

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released August 15, 2019

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CHRIS VINE Brazil

Chris Vine developed his sound in New York and Washington D.C. in the early 1980s. He was guitarist with UK cult group Blurt throughout the 1990s. He formed the duo Barsa and Briggy with Brazilian drummer Wesley Ribeiro in 2010 and currently performs improvisations online with the Ethernet Orchestra, with musicians in Australia, Brazil, Germany, Canada, Iran, Norway, UK and China. ... more

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