Recently Kathy and I were watching a CNN news program, and I referred to the guest, Al Sharpton as being portly, in an effort to mitigate his true girth.
Kathy said, "No, he is 'hogly'! " as opposed to being just 'porkly!'
Life with her is a thousand laughs a day!
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Brother, I gotta say this is one funny, edifying, and educational blogsite. Like that line from The Cross and the Switchblade, "Keep it up, Preach, you're coming through!"
I really, relly, REALLY appreciate that! Thanks!
Two quick notes:
Check and see if you want to swap links on blogsites with me,
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I've got a 19 yr old daughter who plays clarinet but says she does not like jazz. Do you have any ideas on how to change her mind? (A clarinet with no jazz is like a steak knife with a plate full of tofu!)
Sure, let's swap! I'm about to go to work now, but I'll write some suggestions when I get back.
Robert, you made my day. Thanks for the enthusiasm. I thought only my church members read this blog.
As for your daughter... Does she like playing her instrument? Does she like a different style of clarinet music, like classical, for instance?
I think that if she can be made to appreciate the beauty in spontaneous expression, and the various analogies between jazz and life, maybe she can grow to enjoy it...
I have never faced this issue before. I hope to expose my kids to it, too.
Let her hear some Benny Goodman, or Pete Fountain. Wynton Marsalis is incorporating a lot of clarinet in his stuff in the Jazz at the Philharmonic series.
She will have to come to see that music with no words is just as great as any other kind.
I hope that helps a little. Let me know if I can make some more suggestions.
Derrick.
Thanks, Derrrick,
Actually she's heard a good bit of the Goodman and Fountain styles, if only from the radio up in Toronto (We just recently moved back to the South after about 5 yrs up there in the "Great White North:" GLAD to be back!
Actually, when I was a kid, the Benny Goodman, & Skitch Henderson kind of music was like the squarest thing in the world to me, though or because my dad was a big Big Band fan, and it sounded nothing like the Pop that passed as Rock & Roll back then. Now I love all that stuff. For her, though, she now lives in Decatur, Ala, and I'm in Jackson, Miss., so there's not a lot I can do to expose her to a lot. Actually, I wonder if Marsalis might be a bit too complex for somebody that' doesn't already have the Jazz bug. I do need to finish her Christmas shopping tomorrow, Maybe I can find something.. I remember getting turned on to Baroque in University at about her age through an appreciation class, the teacher playing recordings of Ravel, Debussy, and a simpler fugue (Gm) by Bach. The first exposure, of course, leading to harder stuff..! Do you know of any artists that might be somewhere in between? I'm thinking like the Goodman style is like really carefully arranged to the point of sounding "canned" to an "unbeliever," while the other two gents might sound a bit too far "out there" to the same folks. Maybe there's an "entry level" sound that can hook her. To my thinking, the main idea is that she has this beautiful instrument with a sound that can just reach right inside of you, and she needs to have some music she can really play from the heart whenever she feels like it.
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All about sanctifusion!
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MD, aside from the music, how did you come to the Lord, and did I understand that you are also pastoring?
Feel free to email direct if you prefer.
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Hey. Sorry, I've been at rehearsal all day. I'm playing with KIRK WHALUM Monday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, I forgot, Wynton is kind of too deep for someone to get into if they aren't already a jazz lover.
I don't know... Maybe a different instrument. What about Brubeck? Or Cannonball, or some of the more modern-style players like Jeff Lorber (his latest is GREAT!!), Harry Connick, or the aforementioned Whalum.
As for my testimony...
The Lord came and GOT me. I was fourteen and in vacation Bible school. The pastor told us about the Gospel, and I felt compelled to go when he gave the invitation. I was sitting on the front row with my three younger sisters, and I stood up and gestured for them to come too. The youngest just sat there, too scared.
I later realized that that was best, that she needed to do it on her own schedule and not mine...
That's about it. And no, I'm not a pastor. I'm a full time (however FULL it can be) musician trying to advance through the ranks of the good to the great.
What kind of music does your daughter like, by the way?
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