It feels weird that considering approximately ten percent of my cast in Rhapsodies is Irish I’ve yet to do anything with St. Patrick’s day. I’ve rarely gotten into St. Patrick’s day mostly since I have some not so fond memories of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A very happy 207 birthday to Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin! Normally these days I’ll just stick it into a blog entry but this was the first time it’s been on a Friday for a while so I had a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A very Happy Birthday to my sister, Juliet Aucreman. Hope you have something great planned, Jul.
A very special birthday for Mr. Louis Armstrong with We Have All The Time in the World
A very Happy Birthday to Mr. Dizzy Gillespie! Let’s celebrate by listening to his theme to Cool World! No, not that one.
A very Happy Birthday to Mr Duke Ellington. Let’s celebrate by listening to him and his band perform Mood Indigo!
A very happy birthday to Mr. Louis Armstrong! Let’s celebrate with his version of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” When I first heard about this one I was about to write this off as another retread of a show tune. But[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let’s all wish Mr. Charlie Parker a very happy birthday, by listening to one of his classics, Au Privave!
I’ve had today’s tribute to Mr. Dizzy Gillespie’s birthday in several of my playlists that I thought I’d already posted it. Happily, that was not the case, so please enjoy our man perform Manteca!
A very happy One Hundred and Twenty First birthday to the one and only Duke Ellington! Let’s celebrate by playing one of his greatest hits, that is regretfully appropriate for this day and age, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore.
