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The Spider And The Fly - Rolling Stones

I'm glad you got a gig Bapu I made a living most of my life following my bliss. I have the good sense to live below my means and sock money away for a rainy day. That rainy day is here, and I'll be OK. Sooner or later the Stimulus will arrive and that will help, I have social security, and after 55 days it doesn't look like I'll get any unemployment from the CARES act, but I'll keep trying. It would help a lot. Other than minimal car payments I have no debt, so if I don't spend a lot of money, I'll survive. And what do I have to spend money on anyway? Everything is still closed. I'm feeling better today after an attitude adjustment. When and if bands are allowed to play again in Florida, I'll most likely be able to adapt to the new normal and Leilani and I will be able to do our second favorite thing again. Until then, we'll just have to serenade the neighbors. I don't plan to retire as long as I'm able to gig, and as long as someone wants us, I'll be gigging. I'm having too much fun to stop. Notes

"When You Wish Upon A Star" - Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket

If there ever was a heavy metal symphony this is it. Prokofiev himself described it as 'iron and steel.' It's not subtle, it attacks and affronts the listener, the dissonances are grating, and it's the closed 'classical' thing I know of to heavy metal. It was interesting at first and the more I listened to it, the more I liked it. Symphony #2 in D minor - Sergey Prokofiev - Neeme Jarvi conducting the Royal Scottish Orchestra

Still waiting. -- Day 56 no gigs, no stimulus money, no unemployment money, nobody cares ??? Congressman aide answers the phone, says the state won't answer his calls. The state isn't taking calls, the governor isn't calling back, but Big Biz got their share of the CARE$ money. I feel left out, neglected, picked on, and I want my mommy. Congrats to all who got their check. Notes

Afterglow - INXS

IMHO Kenny Burrell is a very nice guitar player. I found him indirectly through Stanley Turrentine (sax) and Jimmy Smith (organ) many years ago. I liked his improv ideas, his tone, and his comping. Midnight Blue (full album) - Kenny Burrell

"Blue Monday" - Fats Domino

I met Chet in the late 1980s or early 1990s. He said that he really wanted to be a jazz guitarist, but he knew which side of his bread the butter was on. I think many career musicians find that the genre of music we are successful at chooses us. In retrospect, it's probably the right one for us too. Chet was "one with the guitar", a very talented player in any genre he tried. Here is Jon Hendrick's take on a Neil Hefti/Count Basie song. Lil' Darlin - Jon Hendricks and Company

Since Little Richard just died, I thought listening to his pre-rock 'n' roll blues album would be a nice tribute.

Association: one of the first rock songs: "Rocket 88"- Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats featuring Ike Turner

I liked them both for different reasons. IMO both were at their best in the 1950s. Before Little Richard was a rock and roller, he was an excellent R&B singer (in the original meaning of the term R&B) Check out this album. I liked it so much I bought a download copy and burned it to disk.

"Blue Rondo ala Turk" - Dave Brubeck Quartet When I was a kid we played at a Muscular Dystrophy telethon. We played right before the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Backstage after the gig, Paul Desmond the sax player was very kind and encouraging to this teenage sax player just cutting his gigging teeth. We played during the commercial break so we didn't get on TV (mom was disappointed) but we loved the experience anyway. This tune for me is infectious. When it goes from 9/8 to 4/4 it makes the swing seem even more intense, and Paul's alto sax lines are just brilliant (the rest of the band excels too)

RIP Richard. The music in heaven will be rockin' tonight. He was one of the early greats. I guess Jerry Lee Lewis is the last man standing now. Question: if Elvis was the King of Rock and Roll, Little Richard was the _____ ? Soul?

Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra We learned this song for a club owner who hired us once a week for a few years. It was her favorite song. I really enjoy singing it too. I think I sing it better than frank does (now)

Sometimes I just need a little Thelonious Monk "Well You Needn't" - Thelonious Monk

No becan for me today - fried chicken. I porked out on it too.

"When I Grow Up" - Pussycat Dolls

Get rid of the fig leaf and the bathing suit and you shift your major to the liberal arts. ?

Funny thing about saxes and guitars in the same band. When the ambient temperature gets colder: Guitars raise in pitch and go sharp: The guitar strings tighten up due to the constriction of the metal Saxophones lower in pitch and go flat: This is because sound travels slower in colder air, which takes longer time to get to the opening making it seem like the sax is longer. And the longer the sax, the lower in pitch. Vise versa when the temperature rises. This is mostly prevalent in outdoor gigs. So in all my years of playing with guitarists, when the temperature changes a lot, I have to readjust my tuning using my ears. That's logical because the sax is tuned by pushing the mouthpiece in or out on the neck. Only one tuning mechanism, as opposed to 6 on the guitars. The amount the sax drifts in temperature more in the bigger (longer) saxes than in the smaller ones. Although I can play any of them, I mostly play tenor with alto coming in second. I used to play a lot of soprano when Kenny G songs were popular, but they became passe and I prefer the tenor and alto. Probably TMI Notes

That's because those gals practice safe sax.

Nope, it's my night. You can have tomorrow night if you want.

"Dreamsville" - Henry Mancini When Henry did 'cool school' jazz it was the coolest. The music was more memorable than the TV show.

"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" - The Hollies

How about these chicks - "The Darling Four" One thing I know is this: saxophones are better looking today. The two bell keys are on the right side of the sax, the key guards are more ornamental, and the necks are more gracefully bent. Left to right: Bass - Tenor - Alto - Soprano