A friend told me about this a few weeks ago at the Cary Photographic Artists Holiday Party. Found and purchased on Goodwillbooks. Merry Christmas to me! $8.58, delivered!
My bookshelf AM/FM Receiver/CD/USB Player has an audio out jack – key to my purchase decision. Headphones & extension cable facilitate couch lounging and blocks the howls and barks of the poor dog in the apartment behind me. Acoustic peace and great music! Add Lager & Bourbon – I’m good!
Recorded in 1955 & 1956, released in 1957. A MUST have! Disclaimer: If your sweetheart opens up a Christmas Gift and finds her Passport and a Paris Guide Book and you share dinner in Paris on Valentines Day, there is NO WAY to top that. And it’s okay! Bogey was right when he told Ilsa, “We’ll always have Paris”. Always.
I do not remember how or where I found this CD. Probably pawing through a bargain bin. But if you’re hiding out in A/C from a heat dome and the insanity of world news, with room temperature Bourbon and a Harp Lager, it is Oasis.
And, there is a remastered CD of “April In Paris” on the way from Goodwill Minneapolis. One more time!
There are some CDs’s you must have. This is one – “Billie Holiday – First Issue Great American Songbook”. And Carmen McRae “Alone, Live at The Dug”. And Etta Jones “Don’t Go to Strangers”. And Count Basie “April In Paris”. And Diana Krall “LIve in Paris”. Okay – there is a LOT more. Spiritual sunshine.
Sometimes, you just need to go out to the bridge and play. Salvation of the Soul.
Another Kjazz 88.1 midnight discovery. The CD arrived today. S’ wonderful! Listening now – oh my! Lady could play!
In search of rental storage today, I met a delightful young woman in the facility office. She was extraordinarily kind and patient with me. Conversation ensued.
I told her that part of my reason was temporary home for my jazz cd’s, ‘tween Townhouse and Apartment. She knew about Etta Jones.
This was the last time Miles played as a sideman. If you can find a copy, buy it.
This is not my photograph. Wish it was. Whoever made it, knew their stuff, as did she. It’s the cover photograph of the Shirley Horn Album/CD “May The Music Never End”.
I’ve written here before, about my admiration of her music. Which I’m listening to now, between dinner prep chores and refilling my wine glass. Grace and medicine for the wounded heart.
On the Album/CD, she tortures you with relentless, hard cadence on “Everything Must Change”. Until melodic relief. And gentle heart.
Aware of the news, I confess to have never heard a Taylor Swift song. I wonder if she ever listened to Ms Horn. And so it goes.
This album was recorded in 1960. And listening to it now, while the oven performs its magic on Sunday dinner, with wine and windows open to a sunny afternoon is wonderful. Trust me on this, buy a copy.
This is a photograph that stays in memory. I made it during a sound check for a Nnenna Freelon performance with my Cary Citizen Media Pass. CAC was like a home to me, shot the very first performances there (Brussels Chamber Music Orchestra) with a “Wet Paint” sign on the stage and a Certificate of Occupancy that still had wet ink on it.
Been awhile, but the pianist, bassist and drummer were in from NYC, percussionist was local. There was a communion of spirit that transcended everything but making music. I did my best to be invisible. And they let me shoot, as they let each other play.
Sleepless, about 2 AM, kJazz88.1, played a track from his new album. Serendipity.
kjazz88.1 FM (Cal State Long Beach) is available on the web-o-sphere. Freebie. Explains my continuing music education and recently purchased CD’s.
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