Phan Lê Hà Poetry

Interwoven throughout the album The Muse are four acts from Phan Le Ha’s poetic drama—Self-logue, Mono-logue, Dia-logue and Inter-logue—that are blended with a multi-chapter jazz novel by musician Nguyen Bao Long and narrated by the richly colorful voice of chanteuse Hà Linh, as well as given a dash of inspiration from Le Ha and Jordon Carr.

The Muse is honest, sincere and passionate about the personalities and characters that come from ‘the self,’ that revolve around ‘the self,’ that interact with ‘the self,’ and that are the object of observation of ‘the self,’ at times completely coincidentally, at other times seemingly deliberate. ‘The self’ is sometimes a very specific someone, sometimes it is abstract and conventional, and sometimes it is the resonance of many ‘selves.’ ‘The self’ can sometimes be separate ‘selves,’ ‘the self’ in self-logue, ‘the self’ in mono-logue, ‘the self’ in dia-logue and ‘the self’ in inter-logue. The conversations of ‘the self’ in different spaces, times, and places are sometimes in the first person, sometimes in the second person, sometimes in the third person, and sometimes they encompass all voices. ‘The self’ is enclosed in quotes to indicate a multiplicity of meanings, personalities and voices as well as a malleability that is at times improvised and at times seemingly determined by all of these elements.

The Muse of Phan Lê Hà, Nguyễn Bảo Long và Phạm Hà Linh carries the shape and breath of ordinary people, daily stories, thoughts, observations and concerns that we often encounter in life.

The Poetry Jazz Music Album The Muse brings together three “instruments” with both randomness and precision, is the sparkling combination of music and poetry, and is the final sensual brush stroke for a great painting about life and the human condition.