I will be taking a small hiatus for the next two weeks while my eye heals. Cataract surgery is scheduled for Thursday and then time to heal and give my eye(s) a rest. First the left eye…..then the right. At this point I don’t know how far apart (or close together) the surgeries will be. Once this is over with, well…..look out summer, here I come!!!
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Pat Blythe – Symphonic Jazz (Part V)….an anniversary…..and music
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags "Rhapsody In Blue", Aeolian Hall New York, An Experiment in Modern Music, Anton Dvořák, big band jazz, DBAWIS, Don Redman, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, George Gershwin, Henry Mancini, Jazz, luvthemusic, National Conservatory of Music, orchestral jazz, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Pat Metheny, Paul Whiteman, Snarky Puppy, Stan Getz, Stan Kenton, symphonic jazz, Symphonic Jazz Orchestra, The Pink Panther on February 26, 2020 by segariniPat Blythe – Women of Blues Revisited – Part III
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 81 Theatre, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Aretha Franklin, Billie Holliday, Blue Goose Hollow, Bob Segarini, Buck Washington, Charlie Green, Chu Berry, Clarence Smith, Coleman "Hawk" Hawkins, David Dicaire, DBAWIS, Dori Previn, Empress of the Blues, Fletcher Henderson, Frank Teagarden, Frank Walker, Frankie Newton, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, HBO, Jack Gee, James P Johnson, Janis Joplin, Jazz, Joe "Fox" Smith, John Hammond, Louis Armstrong., luvthemusic, Ma Rainey, Mahalia Jackson, Mamie Smith, Mo'nique, Mount Lawn Cemetery, National Endowment for the Arts, New Race Records, Norah Jones, Okeh Records, Pat Blythe, Queen Latifah, Recording Industry of America, Richard Morgan, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Songs of the Century, Swing Era, the blues, The Charleston, The Greatest Blues Singer in the World, The Roaring Twenties, Viola Smith, White Elephant Saloon on August 10, 2017 by segariniThoughts and ramblings…..
Let me just wander/wonder for a moment. It’s a simply gorgeous day today (Wednesday) and there are way, way too many diatribes written about “he who shall not be shamed”, south of the 49th parallel. Noodling around in amongst what neurons are actually firing is this thought…… What if we all just simply stopped reporting on his every move, his every tweet, his every fart (cause that’s what comes out of his mouth….gas) What if it ALL just completely halted….any mention of his name or his family’s. No Tweets or tweet responses, no Facebook or Facebook sharing, no comedy shows, no “fun” news (i.e. John Oliver), nadda, zip, bupkis….. NOTHING! A complete blackout for say……48 hours. What would we talk about? What exactly are we missing in other news and stories? My curiosity has got the better of me…. what would “he” do. No attention paid, nothing to rail against, no media outlet to harangue, no “fake news” to protest….. I wonder…….and my neurons wander……
Pat Blythe: Women of Blues 3 – Bessie Smith – The Empress of The Blues
Posted in Opinion with tags 81 Theatre, Andrew Smith, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Blue Goose Hollow, blues, Bob Segarini, Buck Washington, Charlie Green, Chu Berry, Clarence Smith, Coleman "Hawk" Hawkins, David Dicaire, DBAWIS, Dori Previn, Empress of the Blues, Fletcher Henderson, Frank Teagarden, Frank Walker, Frankie Newton, HBO, If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight), Jack Gee, James P Johnson, Janis Joplin, Jazz, Joe "Fox" Smith, John Hammond, Louis Armstrong., luvthemusic, Ma Rainey, Mahalia Jackson, Mamie Smith, Mo'nique, Mount Lawn Cemetery, New Race Records, Norah Jones, Okeh Records, Pat Blythe, piano, Queen Latifah, Richard Morgan, rock 'n roll, Rock and Roll, swing, Swing Era, tenor saxophone, The Charleston, The Greatest Blues Singer in the World, The Roaring Twenties, trombone, trumpet, Viola Smith, White Elephant Saloon on July 8, 2015 by segarini“The blues is not about people knowing you, it’s about you knowing the people.” –– Ma Rainey, (from the HBO movie Bessie)