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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
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“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall….” – F. Scott Fitzgerald Read more
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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
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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
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‘Nuff Said! Read more
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Album Good Friday Blues Artist Jim Hall Year 1960 Personnel Jim Hall (guitar), Red Kelly (bass), Red Mitchell (piano) Era / Style Cool Jazz / Chamber Jazz / Guitar Trio Favorite Tracks “Willow Weep for Me,” “When I Have You” First Listen Reaction Immediate and lasting connection. The album created exactly the kind of quiet,… Read more
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“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. It is easier to wage a battle against distant abstractions than to fight the quiet war inside one’s own soul. Yet this is the only war that ever mattered.” — Leo Tolstoy Read more
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Throwback Thursdays at ClimbingSky feature posts I wrote over a 15 year period for various blogs. This was first posted on December 19th, 2010 (so almost 16 years ago) Hopkins was a convert to Roman Catholicism. His Roman Catholic faith infuses his poetry in a way that is as unique to English poetry as his famous sprung rhythm is. Combined… Read more
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‘Nuff Said! Read more
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. ~ Mark Twain. Read more
