Recollecting my moments on a moving train to the woods I was still struck by how my evening ended on Friday 13th October. It began with me eating a cheeseburger and fries and ended with having a conversation with a musician from Roy Hargrove’s Quintet whilst he ate his cheeseburger and fries….a little intrusive? (I’mContinueContinue reading “With Quincy Phillips”
Tag Archives: Jazz
A Great Day In Harlem
In honour of world photo day, the most iconic photograph taken back when Jazz was heard in every street corner in New York. Harlem 1958 was taken by Art Kane and featured in 1959 edition of Esquire magazine. The streets of Harlem was plowed with 57 jazz musicians who were later joined by children at theContinueContinue reading “A Great Day In Harlem”
Gregory/ Porter
Keep working on your dream and don’t stop. Do it for the music – Gregory Porter [image: FRANCO P TETTAMANTI PICTURES]
Something New…
I am just a story teller….walking with jazz to reconnect with her beginnings. To her first love. I fell in love with a genre that has evolved out of the sorrows of slavery and predated the times of slave ships on the African plains. The roots are deeper than generations I count on my fingersContinueContinue reading “Something New…”
Beneath The Canvas 