As changeable as the image of
the moon upon the water is the weather that comes with each new season. And here we are at winter. Are you ready for
the chill that is about to embrace us?
If you have yet to experience
bone-chilling temperatures yet, then lucky you. For me, I do not remember
experiencing a colder December than the one 2016 has brought us. I am hoping
that this is not an indication of what is to come in the next couple of months
that make up winter.
I have been feeling these
temperatures since October. When I was in Russia, it was colder than it is now
in December in New York City. I remember traveling through each town with a
hat, scarf, gloves and boots, trying my best to keep warm because I was not
used to those cold temperatures though I persisted through it all.
Even when I started to get
sick because My coat was not warm enough, I entertained the idea of staying in
bed to heal up, but never accepted the fact that I was too under the weather to
do the tasks at hand. Because I always had an aching desire to perform in a
place that is beyond my knowing, I pursued each stage with eager interest and
with all that I could exert. I had to
orient my mind around being positive and staying in control of how I reacted to
each, new experience.
It sure did bring sunshine into
my life to hear the old-fashioned trio set the stage up for me to come and join
them on the stage in Yekaterinburg at the Ever Jazz club. For one, I loved
The ambiance of the jazz club
was amazing and warm inside despite the ice that had formulated outside on the
walk path to the venue. The audience welcomed me with great fondness and I felt
so at home, it was almost like being in a room with family.
Thank God when you can come
together with people from anywhere in the world for the planets highest good
and the impressions resonates with you forming a revolutionary improvement over
your mind than the ideologies that had been previously set. Left me with a strange,
wild happiness.
And now, as I tread the cold
sunless days that winter has brought us, I now have a clearer
But even if all you’ve got in
the world is the culture of the current wave, you can still share a deep and
growing love for each other by trying to gain an understanding through asking
question and clarifying what is real and what is myth. Life can be seen in two
ways; you can chill on presumptions of the world or you can familiarize
yourself with the world by seeking different vantage points.
And the moments
that I experienced will forever be in my heart. As is the performance I did
with the Old-Fashioned Trio. What resonated with me about this performance the
most was meeting a teacher from Chelyabinsk named Elena who knew of my music
and videos and traveled 250KM to see me perform at Ever Jazz Club, because she
had heard my music and liked it. What an honor to hear something like that!
Please check out the opening
number that cleared the path for more great music to come in the hour we spent
together on stage. The night started with a cover of the song “Bye Bye Blackbird”
which is so appropriate for this time of year as we start to reminisce about
2016 and say goodbye to it while welcoming in 2017.
If you like the photos posted here from Ever Jazz Club in Yekaterinburg, Russia, please free to check out some of the others they posted here: https://www.facebook.com/JNoteMusic/posts/1275592319163528
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