tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post115656462169476490..comments2023-09-26T04:56:13.105-07:00Comments on Guilty With An Explanation: Intimations of an Immortalheartinsanfranciscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-1156649571404778032006-08-26T20:32:00.000-07:002006-08-26T20:32:00.000-07:00Correction: In my response to Stephen's comment, ...Correction: In my response to Stephen's comment, I said that Dizzy performed a month before he died. He had cancer and couldn't. I had read Maynard Ferguson's obituary yesterday and somehow, they ran together in my head because I was thinking about Dizzy. I don't usually get my trumpeters confused. My bad.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-1156649273528277962006-08-26T20:27:00.000-07:002006-08-26T20:27:00.000-07:00Yeah, the great thing about jazz is that every tim...Yeah, the great thing about jazz is that every time you hear it, you discover new things. <BR/><BR/>I also love chamber music, but it's all there already, the same notes that have been played for centuries, not open to interpretation in the same way as jazz, which is like a living thing.<BR/><BR/>That was my long answer. Short answer: YES.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-1156646673068314092006-08-26T19:44:00.000-07:002006-08-26T19:44:00.000-07:00Wow! What a cool story. It must have been amazin...Wow! What a cool story. It must have been amazing to *discover* jazz for yourself...urban-urchinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18001320142893492171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-1156620427569601142006-08-26T12:27:00.000-07:002006-08-26T12:27:00.000-07:00Hey, Birthday Boy, I had no idea you'd met him. H...Hey, Birthday Boy, I had no idea you'd met him. He was, indeed, a beautiful and delightful man. And he performed until one month before he died! We should all enjoy such productive lives.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-1156616729885530262006-08-26T11:25:00.000-07:002006-08-26T11:25:00.000-07:00another personal acquaintance we have in common. I...another personal acquaintance we have in common. I met Dizzy in 1973 when he played a week long engagement at a theatre I work at. What a lovely, funny man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-1156611008378211492006-08-26T09:50:00.000-07:002006-08-26T09:50:00.000-07:00I think when it comes down to it, all risks are fo...I think when it comes down to it, all risks are for the soul. <BR/><BR/>I love story, too. And music!<BR/><BR/>Glad you could make it to that table. :<)heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-1156606875693245772006-08-26T08:41:00.000-07:002006-08-26T08:41:00.000-07:00BTW Heart, this was a great post. I'm a lover of ...BTW Heart, this was a great post. I'm a lover of story and it was great sitting at the table with you, being outlanding and rebellious for the sake of music, one of the other loves of my life. Here's to taking risk for the soul.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497143342717477537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-1156570803573466132006-08-25T22:40:00.000-07:002006-08-25T22:40:00.000-07:00"Make Music, Not War...""Make Music, Not War..."heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-1156569451399769622006-08-25T22:17:00.000-07:002006-08-25T22:17:00.000-07:00We be jamming! Yeah mon.We be jamming! Yeah mon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497143342717477537noreply@blogger.com