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  • Egyptian Blues

    Posted on February 11th, 2011

    Congratulations to the Egyptian people whose quest to remove the yoke of dictatorship was successfully realized today.   Keep reading »

  • Sliding Home at 6am

    Posted on February 6th, 2011

    Blue gray skies that engulf all that you see or think or even dream.   Keep reading »

  • The House of Swing

    Posted on January 22nd, 2011

    ””(photo by: Ernest Gregory)Last night in the House of Swing in Rose Theatre.   Keep reading »

  • Chick Corea and the JLCO

    Posted on January 20th, 2011

    ””Wynton and Chick Corea (photo by: Frank Stewart)This has been an inspirational week of rehearsing with the great Chick Corea. Chick is gracious, attentive and purely musical. He was instructional with astute technical adjustments as well as brilliant in his comping and soloing.   Keep reading »

  • Merry Christmas!

    Posted on December 24th, 2010

    I always remember that Christmas meal: gumbo, some type of barbecue, and stuff that was not made for Thanksgiving.   Keep reading »

  • Speech for The Century Association’s Monthly Meeting of Members

    Posted on December 13th, 2010

    My great uncle was born in 1890. He was an artisan who cut the names and last statements of the deceased into their resting stones. I lived with him for the entirety of my 6th year and visited on many weekends. He taught me so many valuable lessons passed down from 'old folks sometime long ago' in stories, songs and folkways. My experiences with him saved me from falling into the generation gap. I return in my mind always to his shotgun house on Gov. Nicholls St. in New Orleans with its lack of hot water, 1930's appliances, and big super-cooling house fan.   Keep reading »

  • Red, Burnt Umber, and Gold

    Posted on November 13th, 2010

    And let us reflect on Concord, New Hampshire and the 15th anniversary of the Capitol Center for the Arts. I love towns of the North East,  especially in the fall. Colonial style  houses, red, burnt umber (frank stewart's word), and gold leaves speckle the grass and are strewn about clean-cut streets. This cacophony of terra-cotta and yellow, frames the solitary majesty of trees in various states of undress starkly against the clear baby blue sky.   Keep reading »

  • Going out to vote

    Posted on November 2nd, 2010

    It’s 7:30am. I’m ironing a suit and going out to vote-looking at a worn stone my great uncle who was born in 1883 and died in 1982 carved, 'Don't be Discourage'. He was a stone worker for the cemeteries in New Orleans. I look at that when facing a seemingly futile proposition or a corruption so great, you feel paralyzed. Alphonse was his name. We called him Pomp.   Keep reading »

  • Happy Birthday Clifford

    Posted on October 30th, 2010

    I became serious about playing the trumpet at age 12. My teacher was John Longo. At our first lesson he played two albums: the Chicago Symphony’s performance of Ravel-Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ (Adolph Herseth principal trumpet) and Clifford Brown with Strings.   Keep reading »

  • Happy Birthday Diz

    Posted on October 21st, 2010

    I want to thank everyone for the beautiful birthday wishes. It was and is uplifting and each one was greatly appreciated and felt. Today is Dizzy Gillespie's birthday.   Keep reading »