Good Morning

Sunday Jazzing

Ahem, it has been a couple of days since I have done a music post, so we better adjust that now.

Emily Remler - Antonio

Stanley Turrentine - Vera Cruz

Stan Getz - The Dolphin

Bill Evans With Jeremy Steihg - Autumn Leaves

ENJOY

Sunday Classical

And now for some classical fix -

Hildegard of Bingen - O Virtus Sapientiae

Max Richter - Mercy

John Cage - In A Landscape

ENJOY

The Ever So Late Friday Five

Well, later than never I suppose.


1. May is National Salad Month. What is your favourite salad?

2. May usually has good weather. What is the forecast for your area?

3. Apparently according to Alexa the Second of May is National Pet Week. What will you do to celebrate?

4. Mother's Day is the second Sunday of May. What are you planning to do for your mother this year?

5. Today you MAY do anything that you want to. What would you choose to do and why?

Book 31 - David Browne "Dream Brother"

David Browne "Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley" (Fourth Estate)





Browne's retelling of the lives of father and son musicians Tim Buckley and Jeff Buckley is both entertaining and frustrating. Using a technique of interspersing their lives - one chapter is on Tim, the next on Jeff - a great deal of information is provided but the reader may be left somewhat confused, as I was. As a fan of both musicians, but more so the father, I eagerly awaited publication of this work, mainly because there is so little information available on either Buckley apart from within ephemeral music magazines and fan sites on the web.

Dream Brother, therefore, filled an important gap in presenting an overview of the lives of these two ultimately tragic musicians. Both died early deaths - Tim from a drug overdose and Jeff from accidental drowning. Their stories as professional musicians are remarkably similar, though their music is separated by two decades. It, again, has similarities, in regards to the tortured nature of the songs and the tendency to experiment with jazzified pop. Dream Brother remains a standard reference for anyone seeking to understand the life and times of Tim and Jeff Buckley. But be warned - the interweaving of their two lives by Browne makes the task that much more difficult.

Book 31 - David Browne "Dream Brother"

David Browne "Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley" (Fourth Estate)





Browne's retelling of the lives of father and son musicians Tim Buckley and Jeff Buckley is both entertaining and frustrating. Using a technique of interspersing their lives - one chapter is on Tim, the next on Jeff - a great deal of information is provided but the reader may be left somewhat confused, as I was. As a fan of both musicians, but more so the father, I eagerly awaited publication of this work, mainly because there is so little information available on either Buckley apart from within ephemeral music magazines and fan sites on the web.

Dream Brother, therefore, filled an important gap in presenting an overview of the lives of these two ultimately tragic musicians. Both died early deaths - Tim from a drug overdose and Jeff from accidental drowning. Their stories as professional musicians are remarkably similar, though their music is separated by two decades. It, again, has similarities, in regards to the tortured nature of the songs and the tendency to experiment with jazzified pop. Dream Brother remains a standard reference for anyone seeking to understand the life and times of Tim and Jeff Buckley. But be warned - the interweaving of their two lives by Browne makes the task that much more difficult.

Good Night