Melancholia

"Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe"


(I am standing with one foot in the grave),

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Autumn Day

 







Melancholy Rapsody feat.Scott Hamilton

  

https://youtu.be/QsI2md7gACs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsI2md7gACs&list=OLAK5uy_njSv-yRmvlp6FD_YQTe4zMjSdtKwMCMas&index=6







Sunday, November 7, 2021

Chet Baker Live @ Ronnie Scott's





  


https://youtu.be/lTDrUzUUglA



Sinne Eeg - Millennium Stage (March 17, 2016)





 


Danish singer Sinne Eeg, considered one of the most prominent jazz vocalists in Scandinavia, is known worldwide for her vocal talents and strikingly soft and melancholic tone. 

Her 2014 album, Face the Music, was the recipient of multiple awards, including the Danish Music Award for Best Jazz Vocal CD, the Ben Webster Prize, and the Prix du Jazz, awarded by France’s Academie du Jazz. Artist selected by Artistic Director for Jazz Jason Moran. Watch as she performs original tunes like "Love Is A Time Of Year," and "Crowded Heart" along with classics from the Great American Songbook like "It Might As Well Be Spring" and "What A Little Moonlight Can Do."

 
https://youtu.be/htVcMuJlqk4



 

Things I did not understand the Value of

 Talents

Intelligence

Relationships

Money 


What else is there?  Life is short and we get a few opportunities to improve our lot.  What we make of our natural gifts and our opportunities is going to influence our situation in the future.   It comes down to good and bad decisions.


But what if we lacked experience or the information necessary to make sound choices?


Anguish 

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty and truth. ~ Albert Einstein





Saturday, November 6, 2021

Furry Lewis - When I Lay My Burden Down



 


Furry Lewis playing When I Lay My Burden Down.  From the french film 'Le Blues Entre Les Dents'.

https://youtu.be/rkq55lFm4Ew



Mac Rebennack - Lay My Burden Down (featuring Mavis Staples & The Dirty ...




  
Mac Rebennack - Lay My Burden Down (featuring Mavis Staples & The Dirty Dozen Brass Band)

https://youtu.be/ASpjXcPwlBg




Monday, September 13, 2021

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

The obstacle is an opportunity to grow

 


The extent of the struggle determines the extent of the growth. 



Overhead, 

a crazy song. 

It's a bird. 

How 

out of its throat 

smaller than a finger 

can there fall the waters 

of its song? 

(P. Neruda, Ode To Bird Watching)





A happy life consists in the tranquility of mind. Marcus Tullius Cicero


Freddy Fender Greatest Hits | Top 20 Best Songs Of Freddy Fender


A happy life consists in the tranquility of mind. Marcus Tullius Cicero





https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=2rNpzelMpl4&feature=share





Monday, July 26, 2021

 

“It was true that I didn't have much ambition, but there ought to be a place for people without ambition, I mean a better place than the one usually reserved.” ~ Charles Bukowski



Albert Collins - If trouble was money





   


https://youtu.be/cz6LbWWqX-g





Monday, June 21, 2021

J̤o̤h̤n̤ ̤M̤a̤y̤a̤l̤l̤ ̤B̤l̤ṳe̤s̤breakers w ̤E̤r̤i̤c̤ ̤C̤l̤a̤p̤t̤on 1966




  

John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers
 
 

https://youtu.be/No0Q8ni084k






Jimmy Reed — Down in Virginia (1969 Electric Blues) FULL ALBUM




  
Jimmy Reed — Down in Virginia (1969 Electric Blues) 

https://youtu.be/K14egpNqabE





Wednesday, June 16, 2021

The Magic of Black and White

 

  

Henri Cartier-Bresson


Michel Perez
1960, Sicile Flag of Italy 


 


Jean Marquis. Rue du Petit Musc 1951 #Paris  


Pierre Boulat. Le rendez-vous 1959 #Paris





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