Horace Silver ( September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014 )
Horace Silver was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s. As a player, Silver transitioned from bebop to hard bop by stressing melody rather than complex harmony, and combined clean and often humorous right-hand lines with darker notes and chords in a near-perpetual left-hand rumble. His compositions similarly emphasized catchy melodies, but often also contained dissonant harmonies. Many of his varied repertoire of songs, including “Doodlin'”, “Peace”, and “Sister Sadie”, became jazz standards that are still widely played. His considerable legacy encompasses his influence on other pianists and composers, and the development of young jazz talents who appeared in his bands over the course of four decades.
Some very relaxing enjoyable music for your Sunday pleasure
Jack
the hill:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) reportedly called President Trump Friday night and urged him to call off planned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids hours before Trump announced he had done so.
CNN reported Saturday that the House Democratic leader spoke with the president for roughly 12 minutes Friday night, hours before Trump announced on Twitter that raids in ten cities planned for Sunday for two weeks to give lawmakers time to reach an agreement on asylum policy and other immigration issues.
“At the request of Democrats, I have delayed the Illegal Immigration Removal Process (Deportation) for two weeks to see if the Democrats and Republicans can get together and work out a solution to the Asylum and Loophole problems at the Southern Border. If not, Deportations start!” Trump tweeted on Friday.
Pelosi Saturday called the planned raids “heartless,” while aides to House Democrats told CNN that the party would not trust Trump to keep his word and cancel the raids even if a deal was reached.
“Democrats aren’t going to compromise their values,” one aide told CNN. “He’s walked away from several deals on immigration. We have no illusions here.”
The House leader thanked Trump on Twitter after the announcement of the delay.
“Mr. President, delay is welcome. Time is needed for comprehensive immigration reform. Families belong together,” she tweeted.
cbs news;
Washington — President Trump on Saturday delayed a wave of roundups of undocumented families which immigration authorities were expected to start carrying out Sunday. Mr. Trump nevertheless threatened to order mass deportations unless congressional Democrats agreed to revamp the nation’s asylum laws within two weeks.
His stunning reversal came as immigrant advocates across major U.S. cities had been mounting an unprecedented campaign to prepare undocumented immigrants for a highly publicized operation in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was expected to target more than 2,000 families with pending deportations orders.
“At the request of Democrats, I have delayed the Illegal Immigration Removal Process (Deportation) for two weeks to see if the Democrats and Republicans can get together and work out a solution to the Asylum and Loophole problems at the Southern Border,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter Saturday afternoon. “If not, Deportations start!”
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Jack, thanks for the Sunday music and for introducing me to Horace Silver. It reminds me of how diverse the Jazz form is. I listened to a lot of jazz in the mid 70s. A prof of mine who became a drinking and music buddy was heavy into jazz. He was the only person I knew other than me who had big ESS speakers – and he had the biggest ones they sold, which were incorporated into a fantastic stereo rig. Great stuff, and now I need to go listen to Horace Silver.
So is Nancy playing SFB or vice versa? Or is he just trying to project a non-crazy side? Or is he just a weak bully who plays a tough guy but backs down when confronted by anyone who’s not intimidated by his bluster?
pogo, looks like his basic m.o. (aside from lying) is to play bad cop good cop: threaten outrageous horrific actions and then “mercifully” stop them to look like a hero. this gets him double free publicity, pleases his hateful base and distracts opposition from constructive governing.
In the beginning, it is a dark age. Donald Trump has not yet been born.
A medieval time. The wheel is invented. We are not sure when exactly this is, but we know it is before the invention of the wall. (“They say ‘a wall is medieval.’ Well, so is a wheel. A wheel is older than a wall.”) Wheels are ubiquitous, but walls do not exist yet, although if they existed, they would work. Everyone is rolling around in chaos, continually interrupting one another in the middle of private activities, sometimes bearing them ineluctably along for several yards before managing to come to a halt.
Afterward, medievally, the wall is invented. Donald Trump approves. “Nothing like a wall.”
1758. These walls work for a long time, until some events occur that will eventually lead to a man (a fool whose name history has not retained) naming his house Mount Vernon. All we know about this man is that “if he was smart, he would’ve put his name on it. You’ve got to put your name on stuff or no one remembers you.” Whoever he was, this man was not smart.
1789. Unrelatedly, the first president of the United States is George Washington. The only historical certainty is if he ran now, “the Democrats would vote against him” because he “may have had a couple of things in his past.” Also, he appoints 100 percent of the judges, which maybe Donald Trump will someday top! But maybe not. It is hard to top this.
1819-ish. Something Very Big happens in Japan, on the details of which Donald Trump has not been forthcoming, only stating in 2019 that a “very big thing,” “very big event,” “something that has not happened in over 200 years” is happening.
1828. A “great general” named Andrew Jackson becomes president in the election most similar to Donald Trump’s! What we know about this year is that 1828 is “a long way, that’s a long time ago.” Furthermore: “Andrew Jackson . . . was a great president — but a controversial president.”
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Alexsandra Petri: A brief history of the world, according to Donald Trump
Fire update: The fire continues to move to the northwest. It has burned about 80k acres and is considered 24% contained. According to updates, it was less active yesterday. The command post has moved out of Gold Canyon to Miami AZ, which is about 40 miles northeast from where I live. There have been evacuations ordered in the Roosevelt Lake area.
So not so scary for us anymore, but still scary for some. The smoke is visible from our balcony to the north over the Superstition Mountains.
Thanks Jack – lovely Sunday morning music –where are the bloody marys and my copy of the NY Times?
Also horse radish in bloody marys is wrong
But tobasco and worcestershire sauces in blood marys are delicious.
Gotta love that edit button !
And maybe some thyme or oregano. Nice jazz for a Sunday morning, Jack, thank you.
XR – Need a bit of horseradish too. I like to toss in some little octopi or shrimp.
x-r
yes and some celery salt and lemon
and BB
just no
This morning’s thread has renewed my passion for brandy
remember that book “lessons from Lucy” I recommended a couple of weeks ago. today cbs sunday morning had dave barry talk a bit about lucy (and himself) growing old
Now that he is at the age when his mailbox is filled with ads for hearing aids, catheters and funerals, humorist Dave Barry has some advice on how to handle turning the big seven-oh, thanks to his 10-year-old dog, Lucy.
Without even viewing your offering, Pat, I had to think one more time of greeting an elderly acquaintance who was out walking his 15-yo cardigan Welsh corgi. A most handsome couple. I wouldn’t be surprised if they pass within hours of each other.
Jimmy Stewart
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mwGnCIdHQH0
sturge, wiki gives some background:
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“Beau”, also known as “I’ll Never Forget a Dog Named Beau”, is a poem written by American film and stage actor James Stewart. A tribute to Stewart’s deceased pet dog, the poem was first recited on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1981, and later published in the 1989 collection Jimmy Stewart and his Poems
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James Stewart owned a “willful but beloved” golden retriever named Beau, of whom he was extremely fond. Beau slept in the corner of Stewart’s bedroom, but would often crawl onto the bed between Stewart and his wife Gloria. Stewart recalled, “he was up there because he wanted me to pat his head, so that’s what I would do. Somehow, my touching his hair made him happier, and just the feeling of him laying against me helped me sleep better.”
While shooting a movie in Arizona, Stewart received a phone call from Dr. Keagy, his veterinarian, who informed him that Beau was terminally ill, and that Gloria sought his permission to perform euthanasia. Stewart declined to give a reply over the phone, and told Keagy to “keep him alive and I’ll be there.” Stewart requested several days’ leave, which allowed him to spend some time with Beau before granting the doctor permission to euthanize the sick dog. Following the procedure, Stewart sat in his car for ten minutes to clear his eyes of tears. Stewart later remembered:
Well, we don’t have fires so much, but we got other crap; like mighty water oaks crashing thunderously to the earth, showering the evening sky with fireballs and sparks from the mighty oak’s having yanked the power panel and meter plumb off the wall. This pic is of the mighty limbs on the next tree over after having been massacreed by the falling mighty oak. Almost needless to say that under all that large woodpile is where pick-up truck number one would ordinarily be parked.
sometimes with me in it.
just sitting there, like a bump on a log.
Well wouldn’t let me post the pic, I’ll work on dat
the hill: Democrats seek to ban federal spending at Trump businesses
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The House passed a spending package this past week that would ban the State Department from spending money at Trump businesses. Cohen and Raskin’s amendment was adopted largely along party lines, 231-187, as part of a group of amendments en bloc.
During floor debate on another spending package this week, the House adopted a similar amendment from Cohen and Raskin that applies to the Justice and Commerce departments by voice vote.
President Trump retains ownership of his businesses but has handed off day-to-day operations to his two sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.
A recent report by The Washington Post showed that Trump’s trips to his properties since becoming president have brought his private businesses at least $1.6 million in revenue from the federal government and GOP campaigns.
But the amount is likely much higher given that most government spending records date to just the first half of 2017.
Trump, for example, frequently travels to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
During his first presidential visit in February 2017, the Defense Department paid $12,000 for rooms at the club, according to the Post. Two months later, the federal government paid Mar-a-Lago at least $30,000 for meeting rooms and hotel lodgings for top officials during a visit from Chinese President Xi Jinping.
ProPublica reported that Mar-a-Lago sent the State Department a $1,000 bill for Trump aides’ drinks at a bar during Xi’s visit. The State Department objected to covering the bill and sent it to the White House, which paid it off.
USA Today also found in 2017 that the Secret Service spent at least $59,585 on golf cart rentals to protect Trump at Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster, N.J.
Earlier this month, Trump added a trip to his golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland, between official visits to the United Kingdom and France. He met with the Irish prime minister while in Ireland but then flew to France for D-Day commemorations and back to Doonbeg before returning to Washington.
USA Today also found in 2017 that the Secret Service spent at least $59,585 on golf cart rentals to protect Trump at Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster, N.J.
Earlier this month, Trump added a trip to his golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland, between official visits to the United Kingdom and France. He met with the Irish prime minister while in Ireland but then flew to France for D-Day commemorations and back to Doonbeg before returning to Washington.
“We’re going to be staying at Doonbeg in Ireland because it’s convenient and it’s a great place. But it’s convenient,” Trump said at the time, according to the Post.
And after holding a rally in Orlando, Fla., to launch his reelection campaign this past week, Trump stayed at his Doral golf resort near Miami. Republican National Committee officials co-hosted a fundraiser for Trump’s reelection at the resort the next day.
A former ethics adviser for the Trump Organization told The Washington Post that Trump’s properties don’t seek to make a profit from the government and have charged discounted rates.
But Democrats nevertheless argue that presidents’ family businesses shouldn’t be able to profit from the federal government in such a fashion.
Cohen previously submitted his amendments to spending bills in 2017 and 2018, but they weren’t granted floor time by the GOP leaders who controlled the House at the time.
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Love the music. Been busy with the newest edition. Torin arrived barely over 2 pounds. Two surgeries and five months later, still attached to various wires, he is home except for every two week hospital visits follow ups and weighing in at a huge 12 pounds.
Jamie, those premies make for interesting infancies. My nephew arrived at 5 months weighing 2#13oz. He was in NICU for about 2 weeks then home. He weighed 6.5 pounds at 4 months, when he would have been due. All was well that ended well- he became a perfectly healthy 6 footer of average build and smart as a whip.
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