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How about I Got My Mojo Working? You know who by... ;)

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how's your day going?

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Yesterday was a real tough day and I woke up feeling really tired. After a big lunch I went for a nap and woke up three hours later. Now I feel really wierd, like I have a hangover or something. I got a headache, so don't play anything too loud... ;)

How are you? :hug:

i'm good....just a little sneezy

Dehydrated, I think. Please allow me:

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If you don't have it I'll send the song over.

thanks for the recommendation!

I was thinking about Leroy Anderson, a favorite of mine (no kidding:). ) Wondering if you know of jazz versions of his compositions. I've heard one -- Serenata by Cannonball. Can you come up with that, or any others?

No pressure now.

On edit: Of course there are lots of jazz versions of "Sleigh Ride" but that's out of season.

--IMM

and feeling mighty mighty stressed. not sure how many research projects i can take on today, but i will see what i can find. :hug:

the Dizzy one where Sonny Stitt plays the best tenor solo of his life? should be easier to find.

But as always, whatever you play is always good with me. These are requests, not commands.:hi:

BTW, That Cat thing sounds like "Maiden Voyage."

--IMM

i wish i could get you in my car, it's a fine day for a drive.
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:hug: :loveya:RufusH!

And later, when you have time, if you dont mind, we could use your help with a little project. Heidi wants to make a CD for our niece (who's a young drummer), trying to show her the connections between black spirituals, jazz and blues to rock-and-roll, hip-hop and rap. (I think Heidi hopes to give Luisa an appreciation for spirituals, jazz and hip-hop, while presenting hip-hop and rap in a certain context.) Any recommendations about about 10 songs in chronological order, demonstrating a sort of evolution? (Heidi thinks any CD like this has to include "True Religon.") :hi: :pals:

--IMM

But besides that, I just saw that we both share Groucho Marx' quotes in our signatures. :thumbsup:

Just about jazz trivia.

As for Groucho, I could dance with you till the cows come home, or I could dance with the cows till you come home.

--IMM

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Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease? :hi:

Thats a painting of me done by a girl I went out with about (gulp) thirty years ago. We were sitting around at her place and she whipped out her paints and slapped that down in less than ten minutes. Quite brilliant I think. I really looks like me (at the time) except I'm not so abstract.

It's probably not good form too use oneself as an avatar, but I like that it gets seen and it feels like my posts are coming from me.

Thanks for asking. I love that painting.

--IMM

What was the medium? Acrylic? Oil? I paint a little. ;)

And hey, it's perfectly fine to use oneself as an avatar. That's _me_ in my avatar. :thumbsup:

I think it in acrylics. I remember it dried pretty fast. She played the violin too.

She revealed an art secret that day. Warm colors are foreground, cool colors are background.

--IMM

and it can work in reverse, too, depending on the light situation if one is painting from life. :thumbsup:

Here's an example of my work, in oil, of warm foreground, cooler background, like your friend said.

I never did get the hang of painting, but I did a lot of photography, and I can see what you mean. Played with a lot of north light.

The painting is marvelous. That could be north light. Terrific!

--IMM

is that it's indirect, and it remains constant. Of course, the color of the ambient light, regardless of the direction, depends on location. (All of our light is blue, because we live in the "blue south" of Switzerland, about 200 meters above Lago Maggiore, so all of my natural light is cool.) We're building my new studio this month, and it will have exquisite north light, which means I can use full-spectrum (albeit artificial) light to light subjects. I can correct the cool, natural north light here by painting my studio walls a slightly warmer color than flat white.

(If you want to paint, just do it. It's rare for _anyone_ to really have the hang of it until they've done it a bot. It's a learnable craft, like any other, despite what the elitists may say. ;) )

I work on the notion that you can always get a bit better at what you do. And if you do it long enough, you can get into the "good."

In my photography, I liked that soft light, was particularly inspired by Irving Penn, then learned on the job, working for Mitchel Grey. Found lots of ways to fake it in the studio, as well as soften found light. It became part of my style.
I like white walls and a black ceiling.

--IMM

i'll send it out to Rufus Harley :)

And he heard it too... unless he was asleep at the time, which he probably was. :) :loveya:

:hide: </stalking mode>

:hi: :D

:hi: I guess you could 'see' me hiding afterall.

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How many is in a brazillian? :)

i must give that a lot of thought. it's starting to come together in my head.... i should take some notes and work on it.

I don't know anything about jazz, but I listen to it occasionally. I like the fast stuff.

:loveya: Droopy! Have I missed any Stories from the Road since the one about your "mentor" who wrecked ya'll when you were still in training? :hi:

I had kind of a rough week last week and there were none of those experiences where you know that something is going to make a good little story. It's something that just comes to you and if it's something that you force it doesn't sound very compelling. It's probably like that with painting, too, I would imagine.

That _does_ happen with painting (for me, anyway). Sometimes, I make little notes in my painting journal and save up those tiny things. Delayed gratification, I guess. I so love painting, and I like to start rich in ideas when I begin a painting. :pals:

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nice to see you. :loveya:

enjoying the music!!!

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Your choice!

Just make it funky

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I think I'm in the groove now

I am working down the hall from you -- trying to get organized before the week starts....bleah. It looks like a bomb hit my office.

do we have a volunteer sign-up sheet somewhere yet? :)

...in Britain :-)

Play me some Ellington and I'll forgive you for doing your show from Ypsilanti rather than from Mount Pleasant.

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and i totally blanked on this one. now i have two things to ask for forgiveness for.

how 'bout i play it next week? i love that song.

I have Antonio Carlos Jobim and Elis Regina's version , but there are other versions i like, too.
Are you familiar with it?

--IMM

i really like the version by susannah mccorkle, with the translated lyrics.

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I'd love it.

Just buttin' in. Sorry.

--IMM

:)

nm

--IMM

I haven't heard that one. Love that tune.

--IMM

Sonny capping off another great show! You are the best progmom!

--IMM

unfortunately i did my math wrong and i am going to have to fade it out about 20 seconds early to go to the news. :(

I know you're a sax person, so you gotta love this one.

Thanks again.

--IMM

...but you're right about Sonny on that track!

:bounce: :hi: :pals:

...and I'm way behind in responding to PMs...so here's this: :hug: for now, and I will write back soon, I promise.

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thanks for being a friend. :hug:

If I ever could remember who was the artist of the song you played around 1.30, soft and clean female voice. Heard it often and love it, but no clue who did it. :(

Thank you again! :hug:

I miss her. She took her own life in May of 2001. I happened to be in New York that morning, and almost called her up to invite her out to breakfast, but decided to laze around the hotel and order room service instead. I still kick myself...what if I had called? What if that had made a difference? Instead, I didn't...and later that day she wrote a suicide note and jumped from her apartment window. :cry:

I didn't know that, I just always loved that song and her voice.

She chose her way, and I don't think that anyone could have make a difference that specific day. There are the ones that ponder suicide as a cry for help (there you can make a difference), then there are the ones, like her, I guess, who would have had breakfast with you, laughed with you, smiled with you - and jumped the next hour. There was nothing to change; and the last thing I think she would like you have to do is to kick yourself.

No worries. She made her choice, and I do respect that. :hug:

Watermelon Man