Mr. Burrell, a guitar man with focused style

Kenny Burrell is one of my favorite jazz guitarists. His music literally crackles with excitement and intensity. His sense of style is focused and very sharp and in many ways I derive a big serving of joy delving into Kenny Burrell's music. I feel so great just like I feel when I experience a grand film performance by the dynamic one...of course I mean the one and only Mickey Rourke. Our friend Kenny Burrell flies effortlessly across the bridges of his improvisatory solos and it engulfs my brain in so many joyous remarkable ways. The grand album I heard this evening was one called, 'Then Along Came Kenny.' On this set Burrell was backed up by James Williams on piano, Peter Washington on bass and the sizzling man on the drums, one Sherman Ferguson. I know when I listen to fine jazz my inner soul is touched and entranced sort of like the magnificent feeling I receive when I view a Luchino Visconti or Federico Fellini film. In this fine Burrell set my favorite number (by far) was the fascinating bop classic 'Yardbird Suite' by the genius of the alto saxophone, Charlie Parker.

'Iron Man 2' rocks out and swings hard!

Had a "cool" day yesterday. Saw the marvelous new fun film, 'Iron Man 2' and it made me so tickled. The thing had plenty of old-style rock-em, sock-em wild stuff. I especially enjoyed the truly superb performances of the wily Robert Downey Jr. and the strong fellow, Mickey Rourke. When you get a tough, intense stand-off in a cinematic story the experience can prove remarkable. I liked the way Robert Downey Jr and Mickey Rourke square off in this one. Also, there is the matter of the women....Yes, the good performances of the delightful Scarlet Johansson and the lovely G. Paltrow are lots of fun for the moviegoer. They are stunning. Fascinating. The crafty and slick workouts our buddy, director Jon Favreau, did on this project are intensely remarkable. I really recommend this film because the story really cracks right along and makes an individual smile. Yeah, enjoy the IRONMAN everybody.