‘Good Day for Cloud Fishing’ Review: Playing With Poetry

Many jazz musicians have integrated poetry into their music, but very few have taken their interest to the levels of clarinetist and composer Ben Goldberg on his new recording, “Good Day for Cloud Fishing” (Pyroclastic), out Friday. Mr. Goldberg creates 12 tunes with an extraordinary trio—himself, guitarist Nels Cline and trumpeter Ron Miles—inspired by poems of Dean Young. Mr. Young joined the musicians in the studio (in the credits, he is listed as playing typewriter) and wrote new poems in response to the music. Read full article