January 2008
8 posts
“Never give a sucker an even break.”
– W:C:Fields
Of instruments, teeth and fire.
It was Lester Young who initially instilled in me my everlasting love for the Tenor Saxophone. The first few full, round notes I ever heard him play engulfed me in a warmth that has never left me. Apart from the”Prez ” I was an admirer of, amongst others, Stan Getz, Ronnie Scott, Tubby Hayes, Flip Phillips and Ben Webster. The tenor became, and has remained my favourite instrument –...
“By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he’s too old to go...”
– Billy Crystal
" I forgive you everythiing ! "
After Jeannie saw some of my photos, she mailed that she liked them: “… apart from all the little dead trees. Why do they do that?” ” D’you mean the little dead trees lying on their little branches in front of the house, or the little dead trees wrapped up in the body bags ?” I asked. “…I suppose the body bags are so’s you can shove ‘em in your car easier I wouldn’t know, we’ve never had...
