Jazz for aficionados

Hah! Just yesterday morning I was awakened at around 5:00 AM by one of the most amazing sounds one will ever hear, the sound of one hundred frogs in the throes of ecstacy during their annual mating ritual in my upstate NY pond. Talk about "noise makers"! Nature’s noise makers, so all is forgiven. The poor little bast@rds must be confused as hell since their mating orgy was followed by six inches of snow! In late April! Normal weather cycles have been very erratic this year and not only do I have confused frogs, but a very disappointed wife since her precious daffodils may not survive the unexpected snow. Still, beautiful as heck up here.

With all that is going on and in NYC in particular, all live performance coming to a screeching halt, schools closed and my wife getting the go-ahead to work from home we decided to "get the hell out of Dodge" and hunker down at our place up state. Internet service has always been dodgy up here and due to the "non-essential" work stoppage mandates our scheduled FIOS installation was cancelled. After a lot of prodding I managed to convince the local provider to let me do the indoor connections myself since they will not enter homes, so we are finally up and running. The previously very limited bandwidth has been reserved for mostly my wife’s work and son’s remote schooling. I must say that it has been refreshing staying off the internet. My time has been spent practicing, cooking, riding my tractor and digging in the dirt. Speaking of (band)width.....all that cooking!! ☺️

Thanks for reaching out guys....and babe. Hope everyone is well during this crazy time. Thanks for the music; I’ll be returning the favor shortly.

Speaking of babes. Rok, that is Camille Thurman. Her stint with Wynton’s band as the first full-time female member was the talk of the town. Not sure it is permanent. Nice player. Not sure she is on the level of the rest of the band (yet?).

I like her singing best.

https://youtu.be/4QZ7xb5_e6k

Think she likes Ella?

https://youtu.be/jC4Ecn7eDuU

Best to all.

frogperson.

You next move is to hit Delhi or what ever town is nearest and buy all the veggy seeds you can and plant them .Also 22 . rifle and lots of ammo for rabbits and such .A 243 rifle for deer won’t be a bad move either.USA is doing worse than anyone , I wonder why ?

Native Americans have been telling us for 300 years that everything is connected to everything else. But we knew better.
Mother nature bats last .

Schubert, everything is connected indeed!  I know Delhi well; less than twenty minutes drive from where I am on top of Palmer Hill in Andes.  Nice little town, Delhi.  Interesting you should mention hunting.  Been talking about it with my son.  Turkey season starts May 1.  Deer will have to wait till the Fall.  Never hunted deer, but working on getting up the nerve to do so.  Still have memories of those two big beautiful eyes looking at me as, after one hour, I managed to pull in that seven foot swordfish when fishing off the bay in Zihuatanejo.  I felt awful....for a little while.  Delicious!

No nerve required . Do what Native Americans did/do when you kill the game, for eating to stay alive not for "sport", thank the animal and the creator for keeping you and your family alive.
It could come to that .
A shotgun is a good self - defense weapon as well .So is a 22 . rifle for that matter.Gun Nuts say it isn’t but nobody wants to stand in front of one ,
I wouldn’t wait to buy either .
243 Winchester is the best caliber for deer , esp. if you’re new to hunting,gets the job done without much kick. I killed my first deer with a 30-30lever action rifle at age 12 . I felt remorse as well , any good hunter does .


Yes Delhi is a nice town , a lot of folks would do better at the good 2 year rprograms at SUNY Delhi , which is a jewel, than running up debt at University .

For all , when frog says it’s beautiful in upstate NY he’s not kidding .I’ve been all over the world and it’s the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen .
Period .
https://youtu.be/iuJ9BODXQCo?t=3


And the Adirondack Mountains  to the North are more beautiful than  that!

And the Finger Lakes to the west are the most beautiful lake district  on this planet .

The Frogman:

Camille Thurman,

Very good.   They are on the right track and playing the right kind of music.  Wynton is a good judge of talent.

Doesn't the Bible say something about women in  Jazz doing anything other than singing and piano??  She may force a  change to the Scriptures.

Glad you and yours are safe.

Cheers