Al Basile is a poet, singer/songwriter, and cornetist. He graduated from Phillips Academy in 1966, and in 1970 he was the first to receive a Master’s Degree from the Brown University Writing Program. He began his musical career as a cornet player with Roomful of Blues in 1973, and has worked with the Duke Robillard Band as a songwriter and recording member since 1990. He has nine solo blues and roots CDs out, the last five having reached the top 15 on the Living Blues airplay charts: guest artists have included the Blind Boys of Alabama and jazz great Scott Hamilton. He has been nominated three times, in 2010, 2102, and 2013, for a Blues Music Award as best horn player.

While hundreds of his songs have been published since the Sixties, his poetry and fiction has begun to be published in recent years. He taught full time at the Providence Country Day School from 1980-2005 and since then has concentrated on his writing, performing, and recording.

 ► Al's Origami micro-chapbook, selected poem & audio recordings are available below.