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The internet is a big place. So, I can't be too discouraged about this not being a top rated blog, setting the world on fire & being discussed across all forms of media. But there must be someone....somewhere that reads these ramblings. For what is the purpose of writing if not to have an audience read it; to stimulate discussion, jump start thoughts or just to provide basic escapism. I am not being overly dramatic or down  or bitching about this at all. Rather I am just asking myself if I should stop with the blogging or keep at it, for at least a little while longer. Perhaps find another outlet.....maybe go back to the ever increasingly archaic tag-team of pen & paper? See ya very soon. If you're lucky! dun dun dunnnn!!! :)

So what? I'm a blue freeloadin' mysterioso

Jazz is my favorite type of music. Yes, more than blues or rock. Like any true passion, I didn't initially seek out jazz, it found me. All the time I had no idea that this was what I wanted. I love jazz so much due to it's idiosyncrasies...it's indiviualism that shines thru from one performer to the next. And though, there can two...four...or twelve each bringing their own "voice" together. In one way this could be chaotic, but that's the beauty, the artistry, of jazz. The smooth rythms all blending and flowing from the souls of the performers to the listeners. That's the thing about jazz for me, I feel it deeper than any other music. But it can't be just any jazz, not anything will do. Preferences for jazz are idiosyncratic as the sounds and performers. Although, I'm not big on labels, who needs them? Not me. As with any true art, I know it when I hear it. I suppose you could use labels like; bebop, cool, hard bop & modal, maybe swing in pinch.....the more traditional stuff. I'm talkin' 'bout Miles Davis (early Columbia stuff), John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, "Cannonball" Adderly, Herbie Hancock, Charles Mingus.... to name a few of my favorites. You'll notice I don't mention any jazz singers. Don't worry. I've nothing against them, I just prefer instrumental jazz, because you really have to focus on the music being made without having a voice in the way. It's the only way to truly experience the subtly and nuaunce....even the power and raw emotions. Jazz is my "go to" music. I often play while I do a sort of meditation, as I lose myself in that current of smooth blueness. In it I feel chaos and order at the same time, not unlike what I deal with everyday. Yet, from that interaction--I'd not call it a battle-- of two forces, comes something wonderus and beautiful. In short, jazz is life