Jazz for aficionados

Nice trio !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI0fFuRrVdE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0HiIQoeFq0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VpHgdfbiio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpJ20g34_6Y

Some of us lived long lives attempting to fill each and every hour with pleasurable experiences, while others sat on the sidelines watching the endless parade called life pass them by. It doesn’t matter whether you did or you didn’t, once you get old it’s too late; if you don’t have memories, it’s for sure you can’t duplicate the experiences of a young person now.

So many jazz songs are about the experiences of people who lived life as if there was no tomorrow, unfortunately, most of them never lived to get old, but they’re not missing much. On the other hand I made it, and now I’ve got all of those wonderful memories they so eloquently put to music, and I relive those moments when I hear their music.

Sometime I try to share those moments with others, not realizing that people who sat on the sidelines watching the parade of life go by, can never comprehend the exhilarating experiences of those who led the parade; my mistake.

Now I’m letting all those people know that I understand their feelings: I understand Frogman how you feel when I relate in detail of seeing John Coltrane and crew on stage playing "My Favorite Things". I understand Pryso, how you will never be able to understand all the various aspects of the song "Speak Low", that’s why I will try to explain them to you.



Speak low when you speak, love
Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon
Speak low when you speak, love
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we’re swept apart, too soon
Speak low, darling, speak low
Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon
I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here and always too soon
Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief
We’re late, darling, we’re late
The curtain descends, ev’rything ends too soon, too soon
I wait, darling, I wait



You see Pryso, the song is more about time and the precious moments when one shares those emotions called love with another person. "Love is pure gold and time a thief"


"The curtain descends, ev’rything ends too soon, too soon
I wait, darling, I wait"


Once the curtain descends, it’s all over; that’s the end of life.


Now I realize that for all those people who never lived such moments, that song is no more than music emanating from a pair of speakers; I expected too much from everyone, and now I offer my sincere apologies for my failure to understand how impossible it is for those who sat on the sidelines to comprehend the depth of so many jazz songs that portrayed the emotions and experiences of people who really lived life.

That's rather presumptuous of you OP.

Cheers

In the opinion of believing Christians life is not over when your body dies.
Death is the start , not the end .Though we all fear it , as a baby coming into the world does , crying .

We also believe that God is Love itself and the Joy of life ,as he expounded on " The Sermon upon the Mount " is in primarily helping others .



Anyone with an lQ over 50 , like myself ,can understand the depth of Jazz songs , our entire nation did for decades

.The depth is that of a mountain spring we live by in our time here , not knowing our spring is flowing into the Mighty St. Lawrence which drains all the Great Lakes into the oceans themselves .