I've been posting a lot lately, but readership is way down. Nobody loves me. I am giving serious though to shutting this thing down. Yeah, I have thought about that before. I have long thought about launching a podcast, like my friend Ken Laster. I could do it. But right now I am enjoying my blues.
So here are some sample in accord with my mood.
Bill Evans/Blue in Green/Affinity
You gotta dig Toots Thieleman's harmonica. And here is another moody piece:
Art Pepper/Old Man River/Winter Moon
That is Pepper's great horn and strings album. Just following that in my iTunes list was a great blues:
Arthur Blythe/Hadrly/Blythe Bite
Well, enjoy. I have done my part to keep jazz alive. Right now I am feeling old and tired. Maybe I'll be back. Maybe not.
For what it's worth, I know the feeling. Nobody loves me either and I am getting older and tireder every day.
ReplyDeleteWhatever you decide, I love the effort -- and if you've got the time, a podcast would be absolutely wonderful.
I'm not going to try and guilt trip you into staying if that's not what you want to do, but I will miss you and this blog enormously if you do decide to call it quits.
ReplyDeleteThis is far and away the best jazz blog I've come across and it'd be sad to lose something like that, something that's turned me onto a lot of new music.
I've only recently restarted my blog after a longish unplanned hiatus. Maybe some time away would do you good? Certainly it has for me, I was losing my drive to post and the break has given that back to me.
There's no way this blog is going away Ken. So here is Elvin Jones to drum some sense back into you: http://youtube.com/watch?v=b8YRrUg1E8s
ReplyDeleteAnd after that, it's time to turn to New Orleans with Delfeayo Marsalis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVzMYofovY4
Hope this cures your blues. ;)
André
If you are going to give up a blog, it makes much more sense to give up that whacky right-wing reactionary political stuff you are writing at SDP and Keep Jazz Alive lol
ReplyDeleteLike Will said, "This is far and away the best jazz blog I've come across and it'd be sad to lose something like that, something that's turned me onto a lot of new music." I sums up my feelings but I understand the "job" it might become.
ReplyDeleteAnd all those threats of closing you down for the music?
Take a break!
Thanks for all the good stuff.
Tim, Will, André, Ken, and Ravel: you guys are great! Thanks for the vote of confidence. And thanks especially to Will (and Ravel) for "This is far and away the best jazz blog I've come across." I admit my post was a cry for comfort. Well, I got it.
ReplyDeleteThe truth is that this blog is not work. It is what I do to relax from work. My love of jazz is easier than a lot of things I do.
Ken: I know you were kidding (mostly) but my political blog is pretty reasonable as blogs go. I get about twenty times as many visitors, and I don't have to threaten to shut down to get comments! There, I vented. I love you my friend, and that won't change.
Thanks again all for the vote of confidence. I ain't done yet.