"In his domestic administration my father had this system . . . to keep a journal and insert in it all occurrences of any note . . . A record very pleasant to look at when time begins to efface the memory of events, and very well suited to get us out of perplexity: When was such and such a thing begun? When completed? What retinues came? How long did they stay? Our trips, our absences; marriages; deaths; the receipt of happy or unhappy news . . . An ancient custom, which I think it would be good to revive, each man in each man's home. And I think I am a fool to have neglected it." (Montaigne, Book I, Essay 35 (publ. 1580))

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Earl Klugh's Weekend of Jazz (Colorado Springs)

Earl Klugh with the birthday girl . . . just a couple minutes into her b'day.
This sounded like it would be quite excellent - top jazz musicians, generally pitched to our age group, lovely resort setting in Colorado Springs, small venue, with the musicians mixing around the property over the weekend.  And: it coincided with PJ's birthday weekend.  But while we had a lovely trip, expectations weren't really met.

Q&A with Dave Koz, Eric Darius, Earl Klugh

Easy flight to Denver; weather was "seasonal" throughout the weekend i.e. not that great.  We weren't really taken by this part of Colorado.  Found a couple interesting brewpubs in Colorado Springs, but overall the town wasn't that impressive.  The Broadmoor resort is fine, but we really prefer settling into hotels in the midst of an active downtown area.
Dave Koz's show
Dave Koz is an amazing talent - I don't even like the saxophone, but he made the concert experience just completely enjoyable.  Earl Klugh is an amazing talent.  Also some guy from South Africa (Jonathan Butler) was very compelling.
Light snow as we did a quick tour of Air Force Academy

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