-
Album King Cole at the Piano Artist Nat King Cole Year 1960 (compilation of earlier trio recordings) Personnel Nat King Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass) (personnel vary slightly by recording date) Era / Style Piano Trio / Swing / Early Jazz Favorite Tracks None singled out First Listen Reaction I came to… Read more
-
“Dracula embodies the fear of the unknown and he personifies the ‘nothing in the darkness’ that keeps children awake at night.” — Steve Roberts Another year and yet another rereading of Dracula. To be honest, I am no longer sure at this point how many times I have actually reread this classic. I only know that I… Read more
-
“Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.”― Leo Durocher Read more
-
Throwback Thursdays at ClimbingSky feature posts I wrote over a 15 year period for various blogs. This was first posted on February 22nd, 2011 (so almost 16 years ago). In 1813, poet William Wordsworth, tired of being the starving artist, took a government job as stamp distributor in Westmorland. Shelley, among others (Browning wrote of Wordsworth’s decision… Read more
-
‘Nuff Said! Read more
-
Album Blowin’ the Blues Away Artist Horace Silver Year 1959 Personnel Horace Silver (piano), Blue Mitchell (trumpet), Junior Cook (tenor saxophone), Eugene Taylor (bass), Louis Hayes (drums) Era / Style Hard Bop / Soul Jazz Favorite Tracks “The St. Vitus Dance,” “Peace,” “Melancholy Mood” First Listen Reaction A worthwhile listening experience with several standout tracks,… Read more
-
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall….” – F. Scott Fitzgerald Read more
-
Throwback Thursdays at ClimbingSky feature posts I wrote over a 15 year period for various blogs. This was first posted on November 29th, 2010 (so almost 16 years ago) Ezra Pound is famous for many things: the man who discovered T.S. Eliot; an influence on and supporter of the generation of writers known as “The Lost Generation;” an… Read more
-
After my annual reading of Dracula, I decided to remain in the 19th Century by reading Charles Dickens’ first novel, Pickwick Papers. To be honest, I have struggled with most of the Dickens novels I have read over the years with the exception of The Old Curiosity Shop. But for Great Expectations, Tale of Two… Read more
-
‘Nuff Said! Read more
