A Memorial for Rich Moskowitz – Rich Moskowitz Memorial Seshjawn Playlist
About 2 months ago our friend Rich Moskowitz passed, myself and friends of Rich will be honoring his memory with Music, Words and Food on June 25th, 2023 at The Emerald Wildflower Garden & Perch, @ 2309 Emerald St, Philadelphia, PA 19125-1503, from 1-4pm.
Please sign up for a speaking time (5 min.), performing time (15 min.), the Improvisational Jam at the end or an item to bring for the Pot Luck. Sign Up Schedule
*Times are general, please reach out for any different scheduling needs.
Rich was a true friend.
Although I knew Rich casually for over 20 years, we attended many of the same concerts (Ars Nova Workshop, Aerial Photograph or similar things I was involved in) we really became friends during the pandemic on the Listening Seshjawns that I write about here on Found Sounds.
We forged a little community and as the fear of the pandemic receded we hung out un-virtually: going to Princeton Record Exchange and spending a particularly fabulous 4th of July Jamming at Nawi’s. A little over a year ago Rich receded from the Seshjawn scene with undisclosed health issues. About a month before he passed Rich reached out to me when I was struggling with some things. He explained what he had been going through and I felt like my problems were small, but all of our problems feel big to ourselves. I started to plan a Seshjawn @ Rich’s (and bring him some of my food, a promise we never fulfilled. And I debated getting him to the upcoming Peter Gabriel concert. These plans were sadly not to be and with a surprise exit Rich went to explore the next place. I hope friends, family and people who would like to recognize the impact Rich had on our lives can join us for a moment of remembrance.
I will include memories of our shared love for Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Sun Ra and the wide array of Musics we listened to at Concerts & Seshjawns. His drumming and thirst for improvisation. His appreciation for my Mary Lou Williams Zoomcast, my “the Best” Garden window box, my culinary arts, his faux mean-critic act at Seshjawns, how he stated “I can hear the music from the words” about my Seshjawn Note writing and his “I liked the crazier-shit best” comments for my Ghost Book solo concert at the High Wire Gallery in a Risk-Taking Type Music presentation 15 years ago.
“As I drove into the sun
Didn’t dare look where I had begun
Lost among echoes of things not there
Watching the sound forming shapes in the air”
“Hum Drum” Peter Gabriel
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