I Am Sorry............

Yesterday I had Dianne Reaves name down in a jazz post. The correct spelling of this person is Dianne Reeves. I am very sorry for this error.

Russell Malone and Friends Truly Delight!

Guitar music just engages the mind so beautifully. Superb jazz guitar really tickles the fancy of a veteran music enthusiast like me. Today, I listened to the extremely tasteful jazz guitar of Russell Malone. And it was a giant delight. One track that proved terrific in its sophisticated styling was Russell Malone working out with the marvelous vocalist, Dianne Reeves on that lovely tune, 'Embraceable You.' The lush, gentle chords and jazz tones put me in a gigantic stage of supreme bliss. The vocal work of Dianne Reaves is poignant and delicate and so thoughtful. Also, I listened to some fantastic work with Russell Malone playing guitar with the great Ron Carter Trio on a rousing rendition of the standard, 'Autumn Leaves.' The elegant Ron Carter played in a totally exquisite manner, making his bass work just entrance everyone. Additionally, the piano work of the skillful Jacky Terrason on piano was so enriching to all the listeners souls. I listen to people like Ron Carter and Russell Malone and Jacky Terrason and it brings me sublime delights....I get strongly into the great world of "awareness" that Deepak Chopra mentions quite often in his work. Superb jazz has made this a profound and so beautiful Thursday.

DAWGS Get It Done! They won one!

Wonderful Saturday! The DAWGS of my favorite UGA got finally going today. They whipped the mighty VOLS of Tenn. I celebrated. Felt so good. I am an old soul...so I listened to Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis this afternoon. As a friend of mine says..."Life is Good!" My, my......IT SURE IS!

Dizzy Gillespie, Terry Gibbs: Jazz Heroes

Dizzy Gillespie and Terry Gibbs are two jazzmen who produce fantastic jazz excitement. The trumpet genius, Dizzy, has an uncanny ability to come up with improvisatory lines that just sleekly soar out into the far reaches of outer space. The drivin' and vigorous pulsating vibes jazz music of the masterful Terry Gibbs just enthralls me. The sounds I heard today with the greatness of Gillespie and Gibbs were sensational. I especially delighted in the Dizzy Gillespie work (along with Terry and his band) on a feisty composition called 'Smoke em up.' The clever, vigorous solo work of the jazz icons was so fresh and so vividly explosive. Another fine rendition I heard today was the so-engaging giant jazz classic, 'A Night in Tunisia.' This number sends me into total joy every time I hear it. The thing has so much, beautifully visceral punch that it is a vast, remarkable and so freshly contemporary experience. The thrill of jazz music is when it comes so brilliantly alive with gigantic excitement. That's the sum total of listening to Dizzy Gillespie and Terry Gibbs. Their music is kind of like reading good tough fiction from the master, Elmore Leonard. The fun of fine jazz is very similar to the delight a person gets in reading great E. Leonard, like maybe that superb book of Mr. Leonard's....'Out of Sight.' The vibrant, kickin' strong JAZZ MUSIC of Mr. Dizzy Gillespie and Mr. Terry Gibbs packed my Tuesday with so much CRACKLING JOY today!

Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall: Great Ones!

Art thoughts. Been thinking today about how enriching it is to really delve into a huge passion for art. It enlivens one's soul so much. I love the wild, bright colors so passionately obvious in the intricate arena of Pablo Picasso and his cubism paintings. Picasso had a style that was so VIVID. And his unusual material like the mighty '"Guernica' was so immensely grand. Also I have thought today about how I love the spiritual, almost so-intense bright colored work of the genius artist, Marc Chagall. Indeed, the man called Marc Chagall was a soul who produced incredible truly satisfying art that one's brain can really gorge itself on. Today on this beautiful Monday let us say Bless You Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall for the thrilling artistic experiences you have brought into our lives.

UGA Football Game....So Weird

Last night, the guys from UGA played the Colorado men in a bizarre football game. The UGA men played like tiny kids in a gross 1950's kids movie. Plenty of mistakes, horrendous errors and moronic cases of guys being way out of position, defensively. The offense was ABSURD. The days of H. Walker are no more with the bulldogs. The defense is not anything but pathetic and the so-called offense is grotesque. Bring back the good old days of many moons ago. This Colorado game was an insult to good Southern football culture.

How About Play Strong This Time, UGA!

This is a BIG Prayer! I am a UGA man so I am putting all my strength in a GIGANTIC PRAYER that the DAWGS do not show all that shame and atrocious lack of effort in the game with the men from Colorado. Guys....try to remember you have a long history with some outstanding players. Play like powerhouses...not like kids from the 11-year-old neighborhood gridiron unit. Play like the great lineman...Ray Rismiller...used to do back in the 1960s.