Found Friday - instructions for the nurse.

Instructions for a nurse...or a loved one. Found on a street corner in a small town.

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When you want to be alone

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My Own Wordless Wednesday

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Wine of the week - Cellar No, 8 Zinfandel

This is best one this week. It was about 20 bucks a bottle. The box wines are faithful tastes but it is good to try a variety of others just to maintain a standard for comparison. This one was dryer but richer than most. The color was particularly pleasing.

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Willie Smith

This is a rather scarce 10" LP from Willie Smith. The card shows his signature along with that of Harry James around 1958 in Wichita, Kansas. Happy Birthday Mr. Smith and thanks for being so kind to a young kid who delayed your break for an autograph. Willie Smith was born William McLeish Smith November 25, 1910 in Charleston, South Carolina. Willie Smith,Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter were considered the top three alto saxophone players of the swing era. He also played clarinet and sang. From Wikipedia: Willie Smith's first instrument was clarinet and his education was in chemistry. He received his chemistry degree from Fisk University. Nevertheless in 1929 he became an alto saxophonist for Jimmie Lunceford's band. He would be one of the main stars in Lunceford's group and in 1940 had his own quintet as a side project.[1] His success with Lunceford had lost its charms by 1942 as he now wanted more pay and less travel. He then switched to Harry James's orchestra, where he made more money, and stayed with him for seven years. After that he later worked with Duke Ellington and Billy May. In 1954 he returned to Harry James's band. Added to all this he was involved in Jazz at the Philharmonic and worked with Nat King Cole. He died of cancer March 7,1967 in Los Angles, California. (Oh yes, the other autograph on that card is that of Harry James.)

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The Steno Book and Teenage Angst (Part 108)

Oh, the burden of being young.

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Reassembled

Putting a life back together. All the original parts are still there; now reassembling, it looks different. Those empty places were always there; now they show. There were seams, now there are cracks. What faced the day is now mostly turned inward. It will take work, help, courage to sort it, to get it all back together, to be useful. It’s all there, some of it damaged, but it is all there. ed ed says: this is very powerful, anyjazz, the assembly of blocks and the assembly of words and meanings. "there were seams, now there are cracks.." is a compellingly fine and tragic phrase. seams join, cracks divide. (i was going to make a sideways reference to blackburn, lancashire, when i saw the thumbnail, but...) wonderfully expressed.. anyjazz65 says: Thank you ed ed for your recognition of the theme. I was afraid it might be a bit obscure. I wanted to forego the usual happy “Thanksgiving” theme of today. It is a singly American holiday and even many Americans have forgotten or never knew what the holiday symbolizes. Sitting in an automatic car wash yesterday I saw this pile of blocks across the street. The entire idea assembled while I waited. When the wash was done, I crossed the street and took the photo. I wanted to give vision to the thought that there are many individuals today whose lives are shattered by the events they must face. They need our support and understanding. “And now we know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.” Thanks ed ed. ed ed says: it's not obscure at all to me. your thought about seams/cracks will dwell in the mind for a long time. with a certain age and a certain imagination such things are clear. it has also recently come home to me strongly and personally how the mind and the body can appear to turn against us, and how what were once our props, pillars and supports can so easily become our weaknesses. understanding is the key, i think, as you say, and a certain acceptance of the way things go. the image you chose to express this, the picture i mean, is just right, with its strengths, weaknesses, imperfections, emptinesses too... i didn't even realise it was thanksgiving, and don't really know what it symbolises - although i'l look it up now and learn. your picture is provocative of much thought and they are the pictures i like best these days.... not just prettiness, but something behind all that... i'm grateful to you for raising this theme... (4000, i believe) anyjazz65 says: Thanks ed ed. Then this picture has served its purpose. To provoke thought. If we all could just THINK. "And though the holes were rather small, we had to fill them all." TLC_WV says: Very interesting thoughts! Much better than an empty "Happy Thanksgiving" although as my daughter is home from college and my son from school it has been a Happy Thanksgiving break at our house this week.... anyjazz65 says: Thanks TLC. You are indeed having a happy day.

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Coleman Hawkins

Today in 1904 Coleman Hawkins was born. Some might go so far as to say that he single-handedly made the tenor saxophone a jazz instrument. Some say he was the ultimate influence on all saxophonists much as Armstrong is on the horn players. But the honor that holds the most awe for me was his ability to span the decades and fit in and even contribute to completely different styles and eras of music. He was as comfortable playing with Mamie Smith’s Jazz Band or Fletcher Henderson in the early ‘20’s as he was playing along side Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk in the late ‘60’s. That had to take a grand measure of versatility. That attribute makes him always one of my heroes; Thanks Mr. Hawkins. I did this painting of him in 1964 after a television appearance on the series “Route 66” playing a cameo character named “Snooze. For a real taste of him, see the kinescope feature still available named “The Sound of Jazz.” Heck, here's a clip. Coleman Hawkins plays the tenor solo here. Here's another, this from 1958, just to show the versatility. Okay. One last one. Here he is with Charlie Parker. Remember, Hawkins started out back in the 1920's. We lost Coleman Hawkins May 19, 1969.

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Leon Russell!

Neener neener neener

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Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers

Music Monday The Gatlin Brothers performed at our Simmons Center Auditorium October 31, 2007. They had just performed in Lawton in the Country/Jazz fusion concert. They decided to do a show in our town because we have such a nice theater. .. And well, because Larry Gatlin's wife is from here. It was a good show from some very professional showpeople. I enjoyed it very much. I used no flash and took lots of shots. There's plenty of light if I use a slow shutter speed and a fast ASA. I sometimes get blurry figures using available light but since I take all the photos from the same angle, (It's hard to change seats after the show has started.) it is easy to combine shots later to a final image. This is actually a composit of seven photographs. It is also important to note: Today in 1959, Ford motor company, on the advice of Abraham Lincoln, cancelled production of the Edsel. "You can fool some of the people..."

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