#jazz

pacificNW evening

sit back and let
the saxophone serenade you

album:
the dreamer is the dream

musicians:
chris potter
david virelles
joe martin
marcus gilmore

https://songwhip.com/chris-potter/thedreameristhedream

#jazz

pacificNW evening

open your mind wide
and float with the music

album:
wide open

musicians:
little north

https://songwhip.com/littlenorth/wide-open

#jazz

pacificNW evening

a peaceful lift to end the day

album:
peace
by dayna stevens

musicians:
dayna stevens
brad mehldau
larry grenadier
julian lage

https://songwhip.com/dayna-stephens/peace

@feloneouscat @Tacitus_Kilgore

see...
you make me laugh

it makes it easier to endure
all the serious flak
we are currently beseiged with

as long as we can
effectively vote
there is possibility
for positive change

a bigger proportion
of the silent majority
needs to turn out and vote

we don't need the conservatives
to see the light
and change their minds

we need to out vote them

we need to support our candidates

we need to not lodge
an ill advised protest vote
to extort influence

@feloneouscat @Tacitus_Kilgore

i like your mode
of presentation
and read thru them all

it would be difficult
to entirely suppress frustration
with all the sculduggery
and plotting that is going on
in this country
because a group of people
that are in the minority
want to be in power
to do as they please
and dictate to everyone else

your posts encourage thought
about all the issues
i even smile occassionally
at your turn of phrase
keeps it in the logical brain
and out of the emotional brain

@feloneouscat @Tacitus_Kilgore

i agree wholeheartedly
with knowledge is power

and knowledge will be
negative, neutral, positive
existing in all lanes

but how that knowledge
is presented is important

i think overloading it with angst
does not promote learning
does not promote thinking
of solutions or action items

@Tacitus_Kilgore

i can see reasons
why people might post
in the negative

some manipulative - i won't
touch these with a ten foot pole
there is not anything
that will improve

some a cry for help in the dark
some a lack of understanding

if i think of something
that might steer
that negative back
to the positive lane
i will make the effort

@Tacitus_Kilgore

i make a significant effort
to keep my posts in the positive lane even if the impetus
was a post in the negative lane

#jazz

pacificNW evening

get your groove on

album:
ellington & strayhorn

musicians:
rolf ericson
lennart aberg

https://songwhip.com/rolfericson/ellington-and-strayhorn

@Maude

i've been to coco view on roatan

a dive place on utila island
dived a number of seamounts

then
cochino pequeno
cochino grande
dive place dos cochinos
the only dive resort
and a tiny place just getting
started

this is where i saw the eagle rays
was also in the water
when a group of dolphin
youngsters that liked to play in
the dive boat wake came along

i went quietly below
avoiding letting out big bubbles
and looked eye to eye
at a respectful distance
with the adult chaperoning them

@Maude

islands north of honduras
many years ago

just as i approached
the drop off of the wall
2 eagle rays came by
underneath me
flying along
following the lip of the wall

#jazz

pacificNW evening

free floating
instruments
banding together

album:
trio tapestry

musicians:
joe lovano
marilyn crispell
carmen castaldi

https://songwhip.com/joe-lovano/trio-tapestry

#jazz

pacificNW evening

rain cleared to sun
completed a small project
spiffed downed branches
and now i relax

album:
the maze

musicians:
bendik hofseth
jacob young
mats eilertsen
paoli vinaccia
mike mainlieri

https://songwhip.com/various-artists/the-maze

#jazz

pacificNW evening

after a day
of bird song
of clouds
of bright sun
of the dappled shade of alder trees
and small projects completed

album:
canopy of stars

musicians:
yoko miwa trio

https://songwhip.com/yoko-miwa-trio/canopy-of-stars

@corlin

nice album

@White_Rabbit

democracy is
not a tv show
where actors play a role
and watchers then assume
they have intimate knowledge
of them as a person
and love them

learn to recognize charisma
for what it is
a affect on your hormones
and discount its influence

i know no politician
well enough personally to say
i either like or dislike them

democracy is about voting in
a team of people from parties
who will work together
to put in place policies
that will be best
for the people in a country
as a whole

debate performance
has nothing to do
with the ability to govern

televised debates
are all about charisma

charisma
causes people
to go all googley-eyed
over a person
regardless of their character
or anything they say or do

governing a nation
successfully
where people
from all walks of life
have an equal chance
of making a good life
for themselves
takes a dedicated team
that believes in equality
and
stands against greed
stands against pollution
of air, water, ground
degrading quality of life

#jazz

pacificNW evening

album:
don't talk
put your head on my shoulder

musicians:
carl bagge
martin hoper
jonas kullhammer
magnus lindgren
adam ross

https://songwhip.com/carl-bagge/dont-talk-put-your-head-on-my-shoulder

#jazz

pacificNW evening

a pleasant evening
meandering stroll
with a middle eastern flair

album:
blue maqams

musicians:
anouar brahem
dave holland
jack dejohnette
django bates

https://songwhip.com/anouar-brahem/bluemaqams

#jazz

pacificNW evening

free ranging
free wheeling
musical instruments
with a mellow vibe

album:
garden of expression

musicians:
joe lovano
marilyn crispell
carmen castaldi

https://songwhip.com/joe-lovano/garden-of-expression