Million Dollar Quartet

Last night Becky and I saw The Million Dollar Quartet stage show at the Shea's 710 Theater. Of course the Million Dollar Quartet was from one brief day in 1956 when four musicians on the edge of stardom met in a recording studio and created magic. Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash. This was a great show that was locally produced and based on a book about the events of that day. The actors were wonderful and each played these iconic characters very well. The musicians created the sound of a jam session and the set design was great. It was a wonderful performance, we had great seats and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

We did have a funny experience before the show. When Becky got the tickets we assumed the show was at Shea's Buffalo Theater. We showed our tickets at the entrance and then an usher guided us to our seats just a few rows from the stage and we marveled at the great seats. She also handed us a program for the show Rent. We sat there thinking something might be wrong if we got the wrong program. Fortunately we arrived at the theater about twenty minutes early and the theater was filling up. Then another couple was being shown to their seats and the usher, a different person than the one who seated us, asked to see our tickets. She looked and said that we were in the wrong theater. These seats were for the performance of Rent and our tickets were for The Million Dollar Quartet which was down the street at the other Shea's theater... Shea's 710 which was located at 710 Main Street in the former Studio Arena Theater. OMG, we had to leave our seats and make our way out of the theater, walk down the block in the rain to the other theater. We got there just in time for the show to start. We had great seats there too.

Before the show we had a nice dinner at the Marble & Rye restaurant a couple of blocks away.

Hemptails - Glass of Beer

Hemptails Citrus Gold from Rock Wall Brewing. I will try any beer. I usually don't like coffee in my beers but will at least taste one. I picked up a can of this hemp beer at Wegman's. I really like to get the mixed 6 packs you put together yourself.

However, this was terrible and was one of the few times I poured myself a pint glass and could not finish it. Down the drain it went. I certainly have nothing against hemp but now I know I just don't want it in my beer.

It tasted awful and got worse the more you had of it. This beer certainly had the aroma of hemp right away but then the taste became a flavor of rubbing alcohol. Somehow it also tasted syrupy sweet. It also has a 8% ABV.

I should also mention that Rock Wall Brewing is a part of Genesee Brewing out of Rochester NY and is their craft beer branch of the company.

Too Blue - Jazz Night Mega Mix

Too Blue

8 hours 33 minutes

Another jazz mega mix

1. Too Blue - Stanley Turrentine, 1973
2. Sweet And Lovelyv - Bill Evans, 1961
3. I'm in the Mood for Love - Dizzy Gillespie,1965
4. Hip Strut - Jackie McLean, 1959
5. Out Of The Blue - Miles Davis, 1956
6. Groove Street - Larry Young, 1962
7. Dearly Beloved -Sonny Rollins,1958
8. Red's Good Groove - Red Garland, 1962
9. Besame Mucho - Wes Montgomery, 1963
10. Bad John - Lou Donaldson, 1963
11. All The Things You Are - Lennie Tristano, 1956
12. Shades Of Jazz - Keith Jarrett, 1976
13. Milestones - Jimmy Smith, 1973
14. I Can't Stand It - Hank Crawford, 1968
15. Born To Be Blue - Gene Ammons, 1961
16. Soulville - Ben Webster, 1957
17. I'm Old Fashioned - John Coltrane, 1957
18. Change Up - Charles Kynard, 1970
19. M.J.S. Funk - The Jazz Crusaders, 1961
20. Concerto for Billy the Kid - George Russell, 1957
21. Caravan - Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff, 1997
22. Das' Dat - Jackie McLean, 1965
23. One Mint Julep - King Curtis,1965
24. Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am - Rahsaan Roland Kirk, 1976
25. Blues For J - Jimmy Smith, 1973
26. Let The Music Take Your Mind - Grant Green, 1971
27. Do It - Jack Wilson, 1967
28. A Weed In Disneyland - Gerry Mulligan, 1971
29. It's You Or No One - Sonny Stitt and Don Patterson, 1968
30. I Could Have Danced All Night - Sun Ra, 1970
31. Limelight - Ramsey Lewis, 1956
32. Minor Mishap - Pepper Adams, 1957
33. I've Never Been in Love Before - Lonnie Smith, 2010
34. Inner Urge - Joe Henderson, 1964
35. I Know - Sonny Rollins, 1956
36. Two Bass Hit - Red Garland & John Coltrane, 1958
37. Let It Go - Stanley Turrentine & Shirley Scott, 1967
38. Blues a la carte - Wayne Shorter, 1959
39. The Preacher's Tune - Jimmy McGriff & Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1973
40. Stardust - Grant Green & Brother Jack McDuff, 1962
41. Platinum Love - Coleman Hawkins, 1949 
42. John's Abbey - Bud Powell, 1958
43. Pristine - Art Blakey 1958
44. Dial Africa - Wilbur Harden & John Coltrane 1958
45. Fish Fry - Gene Krupa 1956
46. Sister Sadie - Gil Evans Orchestra 1962
47. Countless Blues - Lester Young 1938
48. Godchild - Miles Davis 1958
49. Same Old Same Old - Brother Jack McDuff 1966
50. Hurricane Connie - Cannonball Adderley 1955
51. Scrapple From The Apple - Dexter Gordon 1963
52. Meatwave - Stanley Turrentine 1968
53. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) - Randy Weston Trio/Cecil Payne 1956
54. Perdido - Coleman Hawkins 1963
55. Sweet Georgia Brown - Bud Powell 1950
56. Backhand - Keith Jarrett 1974
57. Hank's Groove - Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff 1989
58. Tonight - The Jazz Crusaders 1961
59. Where Is The Love - Grover Washington, Jr. 1972
60. Groove's Bag - Richard "Groove" Holmes 1962
61. Three Deuces - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1958
62. I Get A Kick Out Of You - Clifford Brown 1954
63. On Green Dolphin Street - Wes Montgomery 1961
64. Sweet Lorraine - Teddy Wilson 1955
65. Grandfather's Waltz - Stan Getz 1964
66. Stella By Starlight - Sonny Stitt and Don Patterson, 1968
67. Things Ain't What They Used to Be - Oscar Peterson, 1962
68. Blue Haze - Miles Davis, 1956
69. Blue Lou - Lennie Tristano 1955
70. Remember - Larry Young 1975
71. Messy Bessie - Jimmy Smith, 1960
72. Funk In Deep Freeze - Hank Mobley, 1957
73. Blue Boy - Gerry Mulligan & Tommy Flanagan 1962
74. I'll Remember April - Dave Brubeck & Cal Tjader 1951
75. Skippy - Coleman Hawkins 1950
76. All Blues - Chet Baker, 1979
77. You Go To My Head - Bud Powell, 1951
78. Fried Pies - Wes Montgomery, 1963
79. 63rd Street Theme - Johnny Griffin 1962
80. Mode For Joe - Joe Henderson, 1966
81. I Can't Get Started (With You) - Lester Young,1954
82. Round About Midnight - Grant Green, 1961
83. Blue In Green - Miles Davis 1959
84. Afro-Blue (Live At The Half Note) - John Coltrane 1965
85. Twelve Tone Blues (Live) - Yusef Lateef 1964
86. Sonnymoon For Two - Sonny Rollins 1957

Stratus - Evenings

Evenings - Set 6 - Stratus
2 hours 5 minutes

1. Gabrieli: Ganzon in Double Echo / Canadian Brass
2. Handel: Fireworks Music Suite in D Major / Bohdan Warchal
3. Handel: Water Music / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
4. Scarlatti: Tigrane,  Aria / Elizabeth Watts & The English Consort
5. Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E Flat Menuetto / Berliner Phhiharmoniker
6. Andante / James Weaver
7. Chopin: 19 Noctumes / Artu Rubinstein
8. Bach: Aria, St John's Passion / 
9. Brahms: Selig sind, die da Leid tragen / Laurence Equilbey
10. Seven Years In Tibet / John Williams
11. Andalusian Dream / Suzanne Ciani
12. Promise In The Morning / Jon Mark
13. Stratus / Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
14. Heroin / Maya Beiser
15. Videt Miraculum / ORA and Suzi Digby
16. Goldberg Variationa Aria / Yo Yo Ma
17. Bach: Concerto No. 1 in F Major / Oliver Dohnanyi
18. Handel: Serse / Reginald Kilbey & His Strings
19. Mozart: Concerto in D for Horn & Orchestra / Michael Thompson
20. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C Sharp Minor / Walter Giseking
21. Mozart: La clemenza di Tito / Joyce DiDonato
22. Healah Dancing / Keaton Henson

Ascent - Evenings

Evenings - Set 5 - Ascent
2 hours 6 minutes

1. Bach: Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major /
2. Bach: Chorale,  St. John Passion /
3. VivaldiL Concerto in D Minor for Two Violas / Apollo's Fire
4. Handel: Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major / Bohdan Warchal
5. Missa Credo / Cut Circle
6. Handel: Messiah, Part One / Andrew Davis
7. Dvorak: Eia mater fons amorisv/ Jiri Belohlavek
8. Mozart: Allegro ma non troppo / Emerson String Quartet
9. Chopin: 19 Noctumes / Artur Rubinstein
10. Cinema Pardiso / Ennio Morricone
11. Ending (Ascent) / Brian Eno
12. Rachmaninov: Vespers, Op. 37 / Irina Arkhipova
13. Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 30 / Jean-Pierre Rampal
14. Vivaldi:Symphony No. 2 Allegro moderato / Berliner Philharmoniker
15. Oboe Concerto in D, Allegro / Douglas Boyd
16. Non so qual piu Aria / Elizabeth Watts & The English Consort
17. Samson: How Willing My Paternal Love / King's Consort
18. Chopin: Nocturne in C Sharp Minor / Olafur Armalds
19. Piano Trio II, Andante / Lincoln Trio
20. Bach: Concerto No. 4 in G Major / Oliver Dohnanyi
21. Schoenberg: Drei Volksliedsatze / Laurence Equibey
22. Strombili / Suzanne Ciani
23. Tallis Canon / ORA and Suzi Digby
24. Hide and Seek / Maya Beiser

Becky's Shadow

Becky’s shadow on the wall. A brief moment of reflective light from the setting sun passing through the house from the dining room back window to Becky sitting on the couch in the living room. The changing image only lasted a few minutes as the bright sun went down. The photos are about a minute apart and the one on top was first while the sun was brighter. The sun was dropping and the light fading for the left photo. The light fixture in the photos was at the other end of the house.

Under the Big Black Sun

Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk by John Doe, 2016

Read this book during the first few weeks of March in 2019. 

This was a very fun read about that crazy punk music scene in Los Angeles during the years of 1977 through 1982 written by John Doe of the band X and music journalist Tom DeSavia. There are also contributions from other band members such as Exene Cervenka from X, Henry Rollins from Black Flag, Mike Watt from The Minutemen, Jane Wiedlin and Charlotte Caffrey from The Go-Go's, Dave Alvin from The Blasters and many more. The book really does paint a very indepth picture of the scene. Maybe it's not the definitive documentation of the L.A. punk scene but it is certainly entertaining.

Reflections In Blue - Jazz Night Mega Mix

Reflections In Blue - Jazz Night 

Another mix in my Jazz Mega Mix series

8 hours 28 minutes

1	Driftin'	Herbie Hancock	1988
2	It's Time	Horace Silver	1999
3	Mambo Bounce	Sonny Rollins	2008
4	Reflections in Blue	Sun Ra	2015
5	Bags & Trane	John Coltrane & Milt Jackson	1961
6	Funky Blues	Benny Carter	1994
7	Afro-Blue	Cal Tjader	1959
8	Judo Mambo	Jimmy Smith	1965
9	Port of Rico	Illinois Jacquet	1952
10	Speak Low	Sonny Clark	2001
11	Airegin	Wes Montgomery	1960
12	Alone Together	Lee Konitz	2015
13	Autumn Leaves	Miles Davis	1958
14	Sambalero featuring Maria Helena Toledo	Stan Getz	1957
15	I'll Remember April	Bill Charlap Trio	2016
16	Fried Bananas	Dexter Gordon	2003
17	Bossa Nova	Roy Eldridge	1960
18	Funkallero	Bill Evans	2001
19	Jeru	Miles Davis	1957
20	Dig Dis	Hank Mobley	1960
21	Lazy Bird	John Coltrane	1957
22	Embraceable You	Zoot Sims & Oscar Peterson	2013
23	The Honeydripper	Brother Jack McDuff & Grant Green	1961
24	Blues For Mr. Broadway	Oliver Nelson & Ben Webster	2000
25	West Coast Blues	Wes Montgomery	1960
26	Goin' Home	Yusef Lateef	1960
27	Cornbread	Lee Morgan	1965
28	Rhodamagetics	Wilbur Harden & John Coltrane	1958
29	Yama	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	1957
30	It's You or No One	Donald Byrd	2012
31	Caracas	Lou Donaldson	1963
32	Honeysuckle Rose	Thelonious Monk	1956
33	Bongo Bop	Miles Davis	1960
34	Bossa Rocka	George Benson	1966
35	Sunflower	Milt Jackson	2002
36	Good Groove	Richard Groove Holmes	2012
37	Idle Moments	Grant Green	1964
38	September Song	Tal Farlow	2014
39	As Long as I Live	Benny Goodman	2012
40	My Little Brown Book	John Coltrane	1962
41	God Bless The Child	Sonny Rollins	2005
42	Yardbird Suite	Sonny Stitt	1963
43	Have You Met Miss Jones?	Art Tatum	1953
44	Blue and Sentimental	Count Basie	2012
45	Lullaby of the Leaves	Gerry Mulligan Quartet	2012
46	Three To Get Ready	Dave Brubeck Quartet	1959
47	Twisted Blues	Wes Montgomery	1961
48	Peace Piece	Bill Evans	2013
49	My Funny Valentine	Miles Davis	1956
50	There Will Never Be Another You	Lester Young & Oscar Peterson	1997
51	Stairway to the Stars	John Coltrane & Milt Jackson	1961
52	Body and Soul	Lee Konitz	2015
53	Satin Doll	McCoy Tyner	1963
54	Misty	Erroll Garner	2016
55	Joy Spring	Clifford Brown	1998
56	The Natives Are Restless Tonight	Horace Silver	1964
57	Pussy Cat Dues	Charles Mingus	1998
58	The Kid	Lou Donaldson	2008
59	Move	Miles Davis	1957
60	Dat Dere	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	1989
61	Goin' Down South	Bobby Hutcherson	2007
62	I'm Not So Sure	Milt Jackson
63	Gypsy Blue	Freddie Hubbard	1960
64	Brilliant Corners	Thelonious Monk	1956
65	Aisha	John Coltrane	2014
66	Decision	Sonny Rollins	1978
67	Walkin' Shoes	Gerry Mulligan	1991
68	Feelin' Good	Stanley Turrentine	1984
69	Free Wheelin'	Joe Henderson	1966
70	Smokin'	Hank Mobley	1961
71	Giblet Gravy	George Benson	1997
72	All The Things You Are	Johnny Griffin	1957
73	Kenny's Sound	Jimmy Smith & Kenny Burrell	1973
74	I Know	Miles Davis	1956
75	Shoutin' On A Riff	Sonny Clark	2001
76	Twelve Bars More To Go	Wayne Shorter	1964
77	Tippin'	Art Blakey	1958
78	Fancy Free	Grant Green	1972
79	The Shadow Of Your Smile (Live At Small's Paradise)	King Curtis	1966
80	A Day In The Life	Wes Montgomery	1967