Pois, pois ... # 148

"There was this English butler out in India. One day, he goes in the dining room and what does he see under the table? A tiger. Not turning a hair, he goes straight to the drawing room. 'Hum, hum. Excuse me, my lord,' and whispering, so as not to upset the ladies: 'I'm very sorry my lord. There appears to be a tiger in the dining room. Perhaps his Lordship will permit use of the twelve bores?' They go on drinking their tea. And then, there's three gunshots. Well, they don't think nothing of it, this being out in India where they're used to anything. When the butler is back to refresh the teapots, he says, cool as a cucumber: 'Dinner will be served at the usual time, my lord. And I am pleased to say there will be no discernible traces left of the recent occurence by that time.' There will be no discernible traces of the recent occurrence by that time!"

The remains of the day (1993), James Ivory

Clips de letras # 21

(Roy Eldridge por William P. Gottlieb)

As far as I know, I never play a tune the same way twice. Sure, you play a number a lot of times, and certain little things get set. But the overall feeling is never the same. That's why it's such a drag for Coleman when they always ask for Body and Soul. He made a record of it – and now they want him to always play the same thing. It's just not possible.

I guess that's why I don't like studio work. I'll play something, and the cat says 'That sounds good. Write it down and do it that way on the show!' But when the show goes on, I don't feel the same way. So it doesn't come naturally.
(In Downbeat Magazine - March, 1959)

Traços de jazz # 2

(Les musiciens, souvenir de Sidney Bechet.
Nicolas de Staël, 1953)

Cobra fora do buraco

No Vale do Lucriz, aproveitando alguns raios de sol deste Outono.

Fotos: O Pescador

Quotes # 203

(Buddy Rich por William P. Gottlieb)

You only get better by playing.
Buddy Rich

Pois, pois ... # 147

"They all begin as liberators and 20 minutes later
they're as corrupt as the tyrants they've overthrown."



The interpreter (2005), Sydney Pollack