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depending if a person looks on the world in ahhh and wonderment in the tiniest dandelions or if a person would look for dust on the bend of a frame housing one of the most beautiful painting known to man. This might be very naive of me,but I can't think of anything that could not be used by God . I helped start a alternative high school . We had to abide by Pa.state's rules of course especially to graduate ! I chose to write an essay on how you can use math when trying to choreograph a dance.( I detest math). Even as how the numbers are ,start by placing your dancers along the numbers themselves for a start,begin combinations,etc. Believe it or not they accepted it for my math portion ...the same can be used for jazz.it's what the musician brings to the playing,the piece etc.

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My appreciation of jazz as prayer has grown and prompts me to speak extemporaneously with the Divine. I think of two OT myths/metaphors. The discordance of sound from the Tower of Babel has become intelligible diversity. And the dry bones from Ezekiel can reform and animate. These demonstrate the power of Easter to reconcile and renew "the old or off-center notes." .... Since the Big Bang, the Universe seems to arrange chaos into order like jazz instruments eventually finding the same note, whether you call it Om or Logos. When I look at the varied structure of galaxies, I think that God must be doing scat. Jazz improvisation, different forms of prayer, the variety in nature--all are great examples of nonduality. The riffs are complementary, not contradictory.

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brilliant overview, mister bill! nice to have you onboard here...

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Digging the Jazz vibe! All you cool cats! Classic quote - 'Learn all the training then forget it on purpose!' Feel the Groove man!

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Next to Facets, this is my favorite Noel song which I gave airplay to when I had a jazz radio show at Vanderbilt. If only the camera would have stayed on Noel’s hands for a little while I could have ripped the chord progression. Transcendent!

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yeah, gotta admit i'd be hard pressed to play those LADY SAYS chords now...but equal kudo's to my partner peter on the BECAUSE ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS opening for the brubeck collaboration. awesome, eh?!

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Peter knocked it out the park. Still indebted to him for showing me how to scratch Flora as it completely revised how I play guitar. If I figure out hoed to play Lady Don’t Like Jazz I will let you know. After all I have Facets down. And please come back to Tampa!

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I played all three selections.

Joy at multiple frequencies radiating from my phone.

Recordings are pretty static compared to live performances, why I like gigging.

Thanks for the vibes.

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This is wonderful! And so helpful to me as a cartoonist/artist who sometimes struggles with creativity!

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