staying in memory | achieving

Fog. Sun. Run around the nearby prison. Then islands. Then boats. Harbour. Walk. Good talk. Then some things in-between. Pheeew. The list is long. Want to ask for more. Nah. THAT and the rest stays in memory. Plus I like that video.



Find out more about Yiruma here. In case you're short on time, know that the name Yiruma in Korean means I shall achieve. That's all you need to know for now. Have a fruitful and prosperous upcoming week and spring.

new frontiers | new elements

I saw new frontiers – on the edge between what I knew and what I didn’t know – that I had long wanted to explore: creation myths, the periodic table, Euclid's geometry, Kandinsky’s writings, the matter of sound, and of colour, the stems of wild grass in a meadow, the shapes of the landscape. For months I wandered in a seemingly chaotic mix of images, thoughts and feelings. Then, gradually, everything came together in a dance, as if all the elements were parts of the same world, and myself within it. Ludovico Einaudi

night and rain

Perfect Thursday night. City. Rain. Piano. Nils Frahm.

after all this wandering

Feels good to be back. Revisiting dear and known places. Finding again the key to the city. Refreshing and sharp, it was such a nice surprise that you turned up.




great to be so small
great to be home after all this wandering

good (night) tune from Chilly Gonzales

saudades

she | a way out of the blue

It's a very haunting version of Laura Mvula's song She. It's a way out of the blue.



she walked towards you with her head down low 
she wondered if there was a way out of the blue (...)
she's tired, but she don't stop

the divine ones

Thursdays are by their very nature always quite special. Especially in April I guess. 


             I looked up from my reading. The first number on the record was done. The phonograph needle was now scratching its slow way across the void to the second. The second number, I learned from the jacket, was "Dragon Blues."
            Meade Lux Lewis played four bars alone-and then Angela Hoenikker joined in. 
            Her eyes were closed. 
            I was flabbergasted. 
            She was great. 
            She improvised around the music of the Pullman porter's son; went from liquid lyricism to rasping lechery to the shrill skittishness of a frightened child, to a heroin nightmare.
           Her glissandi spoke of heaven and hell and all that lay between.
           Such music from such a woman could only be a case of schizophrenia or demonic possession.
           My hair stood on end, as though Angela were rolling on the floor, foaming at the mouth, and babbling fluent Babylonian.  Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut

precisely

This is precisely what I need: Aruán Ortiz & Michael Janisch Quintet. Good. Friday. Vibes.

morning blend

March is a bit of a torture when one needs to wait so long till April. But then again, the reward is a good one: José James at April Jazz. Good. Blend. Good. Morning.

Eddi Front style

Closing the day in a superhero style. Eddi Front. Good. Style. Good. Night.

erasing

... then tuned into my new habits and now closing the day with Nils Frahm. Good. Night.

vast blue moon

55th Grammy Awards Nominees were announced. Among them one for the Best Jazz Instrumental Album goes to Ahmad Jamal and his Blue Moon where he is surrounded by Herlin Riley, Manolo Badrena, and Reginald Veal. It's pretty much cosmic and vast.

my attitude is Hitchcock | very scary

Stepped fully today into the colourfully black and white Chilly Gonzales's Solo Piano II. Well, it's much about piano today. Therefore a good vibe kick into the ivory tower is needed to end this day. Good. Night.



Please meet the director of the video Jonathan Barré.

(...) my attitude is Hitchcock, very scary
persistence, instincts,
go the distance, prove my existence

white keys | black keys

The piano keys are black and white but they sound like a million colours in your mind.
Spider's web

good (night) tune from Chilly Gonzales

Closing the day with Chilly Gonzales. Good. Piano. Good. Night. 

when I get a little scared

Dear diary, I got a bit scared yesterday. And I strayed. Luckily my older sister came to town.



Please meet the director of the video Jamie Travis and see more of his visual works here.

remember when I was sweet and unexplainable
nothing like this person, unlovable
I just want back in your head
I just want back in your head
I'm not unfaithful but I'll stray
when I get a little scared

más y más

That's a marvellous and soothing duo for a Sunday afternoon: Buika and Chucho Valdés.
And so I blend all my jazz, soul and blues feelings with it. More and more.



Se me hizo fácil borrar de mi memoria
a esa mujer a quien yo amaba tanto.
Se me hizo fácil borrar de mí este llanto
ahora la olvido cada día más y más. 

(Lyrics provided by Rafael. Thank you!)

a good (night) tune from Hauschka

Read more about Hauschka here. See the interview of Michael Mayer here.

homecoming...

Bernardo Sassetti has passed away. Truly sad news.