While I was at work earlier today, I got a message from Stacey asking if I wanted to go see Jazz at the Lincoln Center, since she was able to get her hands on two free tickets. How could I pass up an opportunity like that? So we went, and Benny Golson, a prolific Jazz composer, was the featured artist. The first set was with a quartet, then a quintet, then later his “jazztet.” The second set contained a big band for most of the tunes, and their encore even had a string quartet joining the band for Blues March. Though I don’t remember hearing about him before, Benny composed some well-known jazz standards like Killer Joe and I Remember Clifford, which have been recorded by all the “jazz greats,” and later he composted television show themes such as those from M*A*S*H and The Cosby Show.
Tomorrow night I get to go back into New York to see the Philharmonic play Mozart. I guess I’m lucky to be working so close to the city… and I’m luck I have a friend like Stacey who can get me tickets once in a while.
And here I thought you could only compost grass clippings, leaves and food scraps….silly me.
yeah! don’t you forget it! 🙂