Saturday, June 30, 2007
(10:20 PM) | Brad:
_______ Evening Jazz: Back to the Classics
It's about time I change the title of this series, since it so rarely appears on Friday, and sometimes not even in the evening. Any suggestions are welcomed. I've no excuse this time. Last night, I was eating Snickers ice cream bars and watching the first season of Carnivale. Good times were had by all involved.Tonight, I'm stewing. I got another job rejection letter today, ruining an otherwise great day. What makes this all the more infuriating and frustrating is that this was one of the few jobs out here for which I felt qualified and would've really liked to have! The fact that I can't get the jobs for which I'm not at all qualified and/or do not want does not change things. Nor does the fact that I have a phone interview on Wednesday for a job back in Britain that I really want. I was really hoping I'd have some local leads prior to the interview. It was not to be.
It's a good thing I have more Snickers ice cream bars in the freezer and the Miles Davis Quintet in my ITunes. Otherwise, the night could've gotten very ugly indeed. Tonight, we have a sample from each of their 1955-56 long-players, Relaxin', Steamin', Workin', & Cookin'. It may seem a little too overt to play Miles (even more when Coltrane is playing with him!), but jazz itself is already kind of a snooty thing to be into. Let's not make matters worse by going out of our way to avoid the classics.
"If I Were A Bell" (Relaxin');
"Diane" (Steamin');
"In Your Own Sweet Way" (Working');
&
"Blues By Five" (Cookin').
