#123 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Saturday August 21)
Good morning!
Today, a little modern takes on classic jazz and a few pieces that sound like classics:
Curtis Stigers. If you love jazz, jazz vocals and great song choice, this is your guy. Andrea and I were lucky enough to be hosted by Steve and Jodie Fishman at one of his concerts. Here is his “Gentleman”:
. And here’s his rendition of “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”:
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We live in a world where we often don’t appreciate mentors and those who came before us. Stigers pointed out the relationship he had with his mentor, Gene Harris, and sang this tune he wrote in memory of his mentor, “Swingin’ Down at 10th and Main”:
Diana Krall, “Just the Way You Are”:
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, “The Lady is a Tramp,”
and “Anything Goes”:
POETRY
From Anais Nin, the beautiful (short) “Risk”:
And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to blossom.
And from Henry David Thoreau:
My life has been the poem I would have writ
But I could not both live and utter it.
Have a great weekend,
Glenn
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