Warning: the following post is geared towards people with an impeccable good taste in Jazz. It is rated HE (Highly Educational) due to thorough research and spiritual matters. It is also known to the State of California to cause a good mood.

To most of my peers of Generation MTV the names ‘Duke Ellington’ and ‘Benny Goodman’ mean exactly nada.

Of course, to the likes of us (us Jazz Lovers that is) just the title “Take the A Train” tickles us pink. It was The Duke’s signature tune and I will continue this blog in the assumption everyone knows what I’m talking about.

The song was written by Billy Strayhorn for Ellington in 1941 and it caught on instantly. It became a Jazz standard and was immortalized by the likes of Ella Fitzgerald.

The lyrics however were not written by Strayhorn, but by a humble seventeen year old girl from Detroit…

Click here to continue reading my article and to hear some of her music.

Once again I have manged to complete a memoir, a Twist in Time from my past. The title should say it all. As far out as the story may sound… it’s not.

Seriously! Now get yer click one…

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Julia Roberts and other Ghosts of my Past

Qapla!

I have made it into this new server after a long and hard struggle with the forces of cyberspace. My bow goes out to the Lord of the Intertubes, the King of Bits-N-Bytes and Ruler of Pings: my brother.

Many unpublished articles are available in the Pages section and all past blogs can be found in the Categories section.

The Adventure continues!