Author: whskyjack

Sunday Jazz

I think it has been a while since I have shared this gem. Going back to 1966, Dizzy Gillespie accompanied by Rudy Collins, Christopher White, Kenny Barren and James Moody.

Enjoy!

In campaign news… Trump Loses Economics Edge

Harris More Trusted On Economy: Financial Times Poll

FT/Univ of Michigan poll shows Democratic candidate leading on the issue for first time in nearly a year. Although 41 per cent of Americans still trust the former president more on economic issues — unchanged from the two previous monthly polls — the survey found 42 per cent of voters believe Harris would be better at handling the economy. That is a 7 percentage point increase compared to Biden’s numbers last month.

Even worse economic numbers for Trump among 18-34yo voters

CNBC: Harris holding a 12-point lead over Trump among younger Americans, 46% to 34%.

Sunday Serendipity

Clarinet concerto in A major K 622 by W A Mozart

From Wikipedia:

The work was completed a few weeks before the composer’s death. It was to be his last completed work, and has been described as his swan-song. The date of its first performance is not certain, but may have been 16 October 1791 in Prague.

The concerto was written to be played on the basset clarinet, which can play lower notes than an ordinary clarinet, but after the death of Mozart it was published with changes to the solo part to allow performance on conventional instruments. The manuscript score is lost, but from the latter part of the 20th century onwards many performances of the work have been given on basset clarinets in conjectural reconstructions of Mozart’s original.

Enjoy, Jack