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"It was creative inventions such as this which made the concert so enjoyable. Garrison writes beautiful tunes, and it's his skills as an arranger that make you lean forward." Robert Bush – San Diego Reader
"You simply must catch Joe [and] Night People ... I've known him since before we started shaving and he is an amazing unsung hero of San Diego Jazz.  Joe is a fabulous composer and musician... with his band of first-rate musicians, plus gifted producer, Kamau Kenyatta, his new recording is a guaranteed mind blower." Dirk Sutro, Arts and Communications Manager, UCSD
the journey of jazz – for joe garrison
	the journey of jazz in san diego may begin in bars, in war town salons. It may begin in military etchings. used reeds, burnt piano tops. but like a gift to the next generation, it sprouted again, in warehouses. in studios, in spaces before gentrification. there were the ruse incarnations. there were aloud incantations rising after the Kensington, 555 4th ave. market and 4th. old town 1904. old town 619. and joe was there. handing out scores, arrangements. banging out time. downbeats. sometimes, i ask, where are we going joe? the doors close in an hour it’s five a.m. and I am no closer to home. remember gilbert? The city’s sky was a cloth too broad to cut, but you played and gave color to the night. off the walls. there might have been candles. space as a proclamation that yes. it was here. We conjure the ghosts to make history live again. where are we going joe? what san diego will we trace for the next generation? what history will we return like letters lacking postage. joe, map it. map it, joe. so that the ghosts come alive.
Adrian Arancibia wrote the above piece for the Return of Night People. Thank you, friend and brother. Adrián Arancibia is a poet, writer, educator and, along with Adolfo Guzman-Lopez and Miguel-Angel Soria, a founding veteran of the seminal Chicano spoken-word collective the Taco Shop Poets. He is also an Associate Professor of English at Miramar College. In June of 2012, he received his Ph.D. in Literature from the University of California, San Diego.