Thanksgiving is over, you survived it and black Friday. Today I have some cool vibes so you can maintain your sanity during the coming month.
There is something about midcentury jazz and autumn. They seem to go together. I had something else planned (some guy named Mozart) when You Tube tossed out this number. I added it to my jazz play list. I’m posting the playlist once again, you know, jazz and autumn.
It doesn’t get any better than John Coltrane and Stan Getz on tenor sax. Wynton Kelly their equal on piano, with his extended intro. Paul Chambers is on bass and Jimmy Cobb plays the drums.
Enjoy, Jack
thanks, Jack, as Satchmo would say
some words, but more on the bouncy side, from some other pros about the topic:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
in this season when many religions converge, here’s an even older one according to BBC’s In pictures: Ancient Indian ritual where humans become gods and a tad different from the usual Druid trees of light, Chanukah menorahs and Santa. For nearly 300 years, a family’s ancestral house in India’s southern state of Kerala has been the stage for theyyam, an ancient folk ritual. Rooted in ancient tribal traditions, theyyam predates Hinduism while weaving in Hindu mythology. Each performance is both a theatrical spectacle and an act of devotion, transforming the performer into a living incarnation of the divine. The predominantly male performers in Kerala and parts of neighbouring Karnataka embody deities through elaborate costumes, face paint, and trance-like dances, mime and music. Each year, nearly a thousand theyyam performances take place in family estates and venues near temples across Kerala, traditionally performed by men from marginalised castes and tribal communities. It is often called ritual theatre for its electrifying drama, featuring daring acts like fire-walking, diving into burning embers, chanting occult verses, and prophesying. Historian KK Gopalakrishnan has celebrated his family’s legacy in hosting theyyam and the ritual’s vibrant traditions in a new book, Theyyam: An Insider’s Vision. The theyyams are performed in the courtyard of Mr Gopalakrishnan’s ancient joint family house (above) in Kasaragod district. Hundreds of people gather to witness the performances. The theyyam season in Kerala typically runs from October to April, aligning with the post-monsoon and winter months. During this time, numerous venues near temples and… Read more »
Loves me my jazz. I dabbled in it until 1977 when I spent an afternoon grilling and drinking scotch listening to The Tenor Sax Album – Savoy Sessions w/Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Jacquet, Ben Webster, John Hardee & Ike Quebec. I was hooked. Picked it and wore it out. Picked up Bob James and Earl Klugh a couple years later and was blown away again. Have loved jazz ever since.
Some of the best Jazz records I have are from mid twentieth century, just before the improvisational period started.
pogo, I have a question for you now that you’re our go-to guy on all things smoked: do smoked turkey left-overs last as long as the standard oven baked and, if reheated after refrigeration/freezing, does the taste change as it seems to with the other?
Web surfing to Jack’s jazz this morning. Need the calm down while reading about Kash Patel.
craig, I imagine Chris Christie also has some choice words & thoughts about the Kushner nomination.
for those foregoing politics for now
Attribution: Offering Good News Instead Of Bad by Gary McCoy, Shiloh, IL
‘He is one of us!’: US anti-vaxxers rejoice at nomination of David Weldon for CDC
Trump is on his way to killing another million Americans, picks yet another Anti-Vaxxer for a big job, this time for CDC director.
Meanwhile, the US faces increasing threats from bird flu, mpox, measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases.
In addition to RFK Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services, other Anti-Vaxxers named by Trump to key public health roles include “a Fox News personality, a COVID mandate critic and an anti-vaccine doctor” — PBS
The Guardian: David Weldon, a 71-year-old doctor from Florida who has long questioned the safety of vaccines, was nominated by Trump to lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“He is one of us!!” the co-director of the anti-vax group Mississippi Parents for Vaccine Rights wrote on Facebook. “Since before our movement had momentum. Dream Come True.”
“Every day more good news!” wrote another prominent anti-vaxxer in West Virginia.
The CDC makes evidence-based recommendations for immunizations. Insurance companies are only required to cover vaccines that are recommended through this process.
Nice to see they’re hiring. We need ProPublica more than ever these days.
ProPublica Hires Three Veteran Journalists to Join DC bureau
https://www.propublica.org/atpropublica/propublica-hires-three-veteran-journalists-to-join-dc-bureau
Jack, Thank you. That Wynton Kelly piano solo is gorgeous.
Patd, The Cole Porter song is one of the highlights of one of my favorite musicals.
For some more Le Jazz Hot!
France should refuse Kushner’s credentials. While the crimes have been pardoned, he is still a convicted criminal who received over a year in jail.
Patel is a disaster.
AXIOS: “Behind the Curtain: Trump’s shock and awe”
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/01/trump-cabinet-kash-patel-fbi
How to make another 9/11 more likely: Appoint loose cannons our allies don’t trust for sharing their intel. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/kash-patel-principle/680838/
Hawksbill Turtles
* The Sudanese King of Jazz (with a hearty splash of Rockabilly) One of my fave tunes
Jamie – I agree. It’s going to be up to other countries to shut the doors on these cosplaying menaces to the world at large.
Orange Adolf and his billionaire minions (binions?) need to feel consequences, even as we have to feel them because of racists and misogynists who voted for the fascism their grandparents fought against.
sometimes one needs a little humor…
Since anti-vaxxers are in charge of health starting next month, are Americans going to have show proof that we have been vaccinated against polio, measles, etc., to be allowed to travel abroad?
Craig,
They might be allowed to get on the plane but not allowed to get off by many countries. During latter stages of Covid, Australia required two-week hotel quarantine. Tennis players weren’t allowed to play without a vaccine, and even celebrities such as Hugh Jackman, with a vaccine, had to quarantine before visiting his dying father.
Hey, Sturg. That stuff should go the way of the dinosaurs.
Many may know my parents did not name me Dexter. I was told you shouldn’t pick your own nickname, but mine were derogatory at best. Years ago I became known as Dexter. If you love jazz, you know already; I am a devotee of the tenor sax master , the late Dexter Gordon, aka “Long Tall”. He’s gone 34 years now.
Let’s play “A-Hab, the A-Rab”.No? That was played constantly for months way back when.
Pat, sorry for the delay. I haven’t noticed any difference in how long smoked anything lasts in the fridge versus roasted, baked, toasted, broiled, boiled or fricasseed. I think smoked theoretically should last longer than the others, but I treat meat I smoke just as if it was baked. All that said, my 28 year old lives with us now, so we don’t really get to test the theory. Two days, three tops, and anything worth eating is gone.
Glad Biden pardons Hunter. It was a witch hunt from the beginning!
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-tariffs-cabinet-transition-12-1-24/index.html
“Tiffany Trump’s billionaire father-in-law tapped to serve as senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs”
“Boulos is the father-in-law of Trump’s daughter, Tiffany, and was heavily involved in the president-elect’s campaign outreach to Muslim communities in battleground states.”
Good on Joe. Fuck Trump and his DOJ appointees.
Good on POTUS Joe for pardoning Hunter. Now, he needs to preemptively pardon journalists, talk show hosts, Fani Willis, Jack Smith, etc.
Thank God.
Joe standing up to tyranny.
Joe might even want to pardon himself
Yeah, just in case…but didn’t SCOTUS give him total immunity, too?
Loving this Bill v 49ers game in the snow.
Good for Hunter. Joe did the right thing. This damn Kash Patel appointment is stressing me out. How ridiculous! I am dreading another term of these loyalist trumpers \
yeah, this snow globe football game in Buffalo is a real hoot.
He might not have done it had Kamala won. When she didn’t he had no choice.
Ivy – Yep. President Biden will probably give more pardons than any other POTUS in history. I do wonder if it will do any good with mobsters in charge.
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