Nocturne - Jazz Time 5

Jazz Time 5 - Set 3 - Nocturne
1 hour 30 minutes

1. Nocturne - Johnny Griffin
2. Tenderly - George Benson
3. Come Rain Or Shine - Jimmy Smith
4. Blue Gene - Gene Ammons
5. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Jimmy McGriff
6. Stairway To The Stars - Dexter Gordon
7. Free As A Bird - Freddie Hubbard
8. Five Will Get You Ten - Jackie McLean
9. Bright Moments - Grover Washington Jr.
10. All In Love Is Fair - Hank Crawford
11. Blues To Elvin - John Coltrane
12. I Told You So - Johnny Hodges
13. Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You - Kenny Burrell
14. All Of You - Modern Jazz Quartet

Don't Blame Me - Jazz Time 5

Jazz Time 5 - Set 2 - Don't Blame Me
1 hour 32 minutes

1. Don't Blame Me - Yusef Lateef
2. Save Your Love For Me - Brother Jack McDuff
3. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Shirley Scott
4. Blues For Mr. Broadway - Ben Webster
5. Sunday - Coleman Hawkins
6. Beyound The Blue Horizon - Chico Hamilton
7. Lazy Afternoon - Joe Henderson
8. Do I Dare To Fall In Love - Chuck Mangione
9. What's New - George Benson
10. My One And Only Love - McCoy Tyner
11. Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) - Gato Barbieri
12. Maria: West Side Story - Oscar Peterson
13. Virgo - Wayne Shorter
14. I'll Remember April - Modern Jazz Quartet
15. Stix' Trix - Johnny Griffin
16. Cool Blue - Grant Green

Same Old - Jazz Time 5

Jazz Time 5 - Set 1 - Same Old
1 hour 32 minutes

1. Same Old Same Old - Brother Jack McDuff
2. Hurricane Connie - Cannonball Adderly
3. Scrapple From The Apple - Dexter Gordon
4. Meatwave - Stanley Turrentine
5. These Foolish Things - Randy Weston
6. Perdido - Coleman Hawkins
7. Sweet Georgia Brown - Bud Powell
8. Backhand - Keith Jarrett
9. Hank's Groove - Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff
10. Tonight - The Jazz Crusaders
11. Where Is The Love - Grover Washington Jr.
12. 63rd Street Theme - Johnny Griffin
13. Fried Pies - Wes Montgomery
14. I'll Remember April - Richard Groove Holmes
15. Made For Joe - Joe Henderson
16. Velocity - Eddie Harris

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.