jazzbo

Okay, I confess that for years I slumbered ignorant of the great glory of Brazilian music. I had glimmerings of insight and reality, but I shrugged them off. Jim R our brother BNBB person kept inviting me to see the light, and I did, slowly, surely, steadily. . . . And now I'm clearly in a shaft of brilliance, dazzled and delighted. Perhaps the biggest contribution that Jim R has made to my listening life is allowing me to discover the beauty and logic and wisdom and warmth in the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim. I have come to appreciate his work to an extent that surprises me. I've become very fond of the small number of his own recordings that I have, and his work interpreted by others. I am really amazed by his "banda nova". . . the textures of the flute and the beautiful voices and the cello. . . . This is classical music, this is popular music, this is jazzy music, this is music that is healing and heartfelt. Thanks to Jim R for the guidance. I'm going to be exploring Brazilian music now as a part of my regular voyaging. . . !

Okay, this is Lon, I decided to be jazzbo just because it's a new dawn, it's a new day. . . . I'm not going to be posting much anywhere, but this looks like the place to be posting; good folk, kindly started by an important BNBB member to be a haven. . . . The decimation of the BNBB I actually found to be a relief! I had started a new job (within the same agency) that only allows me about an hour of free computer time a day, my lunch hour. . . . It's been a great thing for me but I thought I would be missing a lot at the BNBB. Well, that turned out to be so very very untrue. All that is left there is Greg, swimming around waiting for someone to complain so he can say "Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!" AAJ looks good, but because this one was created out of whole cloth to be a BNBB replacement, I'm going to lend it my support. I'll not be posting as much as I was before, but I'll be around. Hang tough brethren . . . international hard times ahead!