A very happy One Hundred and fifth Birthday to Mr. Dizzy Gillespie! Let’s celebrate by listening to him and his peeps perform No More Blues!
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Just a quick note to tell you all that Rhapsodies is now up to 4500 strips! Now is a good time to start catching up.
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I’m starting to do some watercolor portraits of the cast in no particular order. So here’s the first batch starting with Paul carrying his saxophone case, Suma carrying some books, and Brian… being Brian.
I’m pleased with how these turned out. Though I think Paul came out looking more realistic than I expected, in an uncanny valley sort of way.
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A very happy 102nd birthday for Mr. Charlie Parker!
Let’s celebrate by enjoying “Barbados” from The Genius of Charlie Parker.
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Hi everybody, let’s celebrate Mr. Louis Armstrong’s one hundred and twenty-first birthday by listening to his version of Frankie and Johnny.
I’ve heard tons of versions of this old classic, but I really like the honky tonk quality of this arrangement. If I have any problem with it, it’s that even though it showcases Mr. Armstrong’s singing and overwhelming personality, there’s no trumpet.
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Hi everybody, whether you spend it just chilling out or out celebrating with friends, I hope you all have a great Fourth of July. Personally, I don’t have much planned beyond the fireworks. And frankly, and feel free to call me a paranoid sheep, I’m not quite ready to watch it in a standing-room-only crowd. But that’s okay since there are plenty of spots across the lake to watch it at a distance.
On the subject of fireworks, one of my pet peeves is the music they play to accompany them. If there’s any place to have the most over-the-top, jingoistic, patriotic music, it’s fireworks on the Fourth of July. So it annoys me when they just play popular rock songs.
In my opinion, the only music one should ever start a fireworks display to is Aaron Copeland.
Enjoy.
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