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Something for Thursday (Friday edition)

Oops. I had this picked and ready to post yesterday. I just…didn’t. Hey, whaddaya gonna do. Anyway, here’s Buddy Rich on drums with a big band playing some Count Basie: it’s “One O’Clock Jump”. This is amazing stuff!

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Through a frosted window

I may have a new favorite photo of mine.

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Tuesday Tones

Busy and hectic and not a lot of time for writing, so here’s Franz von Suppe, but with one of his great overtures transcribed for wind ensemble.

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Bloody big ship

The USS Little Rock, the Buffalo Military and Naval Park, Buffalo, NY.

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Something for Thursday

In memoriam for Roberta Flack:

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Happy Birthday My Love!

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Tuesday Tones

I’m growing more and more attracted to the abstract, I’ve found. I think part of this comes from the greatly-increased amount of time we’ve been spending in art galleries and museums, particularly the Buffalo AKG Museum, with its amazing collection … Continue reading

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When one artwork passes another

Not my best composition ever, I must admit…this is WAY too busy. We were sitting in a turn lane in Geneva, NY, waiting to turn left to go into downtown and visit a favorite breakfast place, and a train was … Continue reading

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No answers….

Note: I have edited, and added to, this post several times since it went live. This is because my thoughts on this subject are a mess, and there’s a good chance they present as such in the material below. GRADY: … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

It’s always struck me as a shame that as the trumpet became a fully chromatic instrument in the 1800s, with the invention of valves, it still languished in the back of the orchestra, getting few opportunities for feature solo work. … Continue reading

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