Good Morning

Good morning folks ..

Lounging Around

Well, what trouble it was getting back by train last night after the meal last night in Maidstone All the trains were bunched up at Gillingham due to a fatality on the lines at Teynham. In the end we had to get on to a replacement bus service to take us to Sittingbourne.

I had wondered if i was my erstwhile nobhead of a cousin.

We arrived home just before midnight.

http://www.kentlive.news/a-person-has-been-hit-by-a-southeastern-train-in-teynham/story-30264797-detail/story.html

Today i am just lounging around as i have another busy observation day tomorrow.

Wednesday Musical Selection - Vocal Manoeuvres

As it is now midweek here is some music to relax with -

Joni Mitchell - River

( More music here )

Betty Carter

Today i want to highlight another fine jazz vocalist - Betty carter.


There are many female jazz vocalists that go unmentioned, of those is Betty Carter, who has a seminal impact of Improv Jazz, with her idiosyncratic vocal style, and lighting scat abilities. Carmen McRae once stated "There is really only one jazz singer, Betty Carter."


Betty Carter - Naima's Love Song

( More Carter here )

Enjoy.

Agents of SHIELD Update

Just watched the latest Agents of Shield. Unremittingly dark and and i hate and love it. It is so brutal esp.what those thugs did to Daisy , or Skye , in this Matrix like nightmare.

And Fitz, what the hell= he is a bastard in this dark flipside ..

So Ada the computer construct he and Fitz developed has enslaved them all in this Hydra fascist nightmare.

There are rays of hope..and i need some light relief now.

Elgar Cello Concerto

Tonight the pre midnight music is this awesome version -

Elgar - Cello Concerto (Jacqueline Du Pre) -ist movement

1st Movement of Elgar's Cello Concerto as performed by cellist Jacqueline Du Pre with Daniel Barenboim conducting the London Philharmonic in 1967


Elgar - Cello Concerto - Jacqueline Du Pre (Cello) in full

Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, his last notable work, is a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire. Elgar composed it in the aftermath of the First World War, when his music had already gone out of fashion with the concert-going public. In contrast with Elgar's earlier Violin Concerto, which is lyrical and passionate, the Cello Concerto is for the most part contemplative and elegiac.

The first performance was a debacle because Elgar and the performers had been deprived of adequate rehearsal time. The work did not achieve wide popularity until the 1960s, when a recording by Jacqueline du Pré caught the public imagination and became a classical best-seller.

Good Night

I guess it is time for bed .. so sweet dreams y'all!