Up
late finishing this summary. These
always take more time than you think and I am much better at the ‘up early’
than the ‘up late.’ Having done fifteen of them or so, the thing I enjoy the
most is rediscovering some music you’d focused on a few days prior. This, and reexamining the photos I’ve
posted, which delight or demand improvement, day after day. I don’t have time to look up the
articles or really do more than take mental notes on some of what I’m engaging,
reconsidering.
Saw some live jazz finally in Shanghai last night at a place that is supposedly the place, JJ's. It was all a whirl, but the setting
drove towards a Village Vangard like point on stage. I didn’t catch the young
band’s name but there was a woman on erhu
and a shorter guy with two day old growth who was rhyming in a way that
made me want to step up and take the mic for myself. This morning, a cold asserted itself strongly. I finally got my coffee, went straight when I should have turned left back home. Now I'd begun a short, exploratory walk around my little neighborhood in Shanghai, over to Suzhou
Creek, not far from where it meets the Huang Pu River. The waterfront there was
tastefully built up, but the water itself has yet to recover from
industrialization. I've seen this neighborhood from eight stories up and from forty eight stories up and its nice to just spontaneously walk through it.
“Good Things Come to Those They Wait”[1]
is a phrase that could be one our Western “Chung Yu’s” if we did such things,
and kept our turn of phrase to four ideographs. My daughters and I somehow got into a “name that tune”
game of Beatles songs. I think
they surprised themselves with how many they knew. And then, when I asked if they’d like to watch a bit
of the Beatles Anthology, they somehow jumped on it this time and said "yes" in unison. We hadn’t done that in a
while and suddenly, cyclically it was time and they were avidly
interested to learn and compare and remember.
Tomorrow’s a big day for this effort. I have a few ideas of what I might do.
I’ve been thinking about it for many, many days now and different things pop
into my mind as possibilities both for the closing of one cycle and the
beginning of another. Though there are many contenders, I know whom I’ll
feature musically and he is already being synced up on the iPhone so I’ll have
access tomorrow. I know the view I
want as well and perhaps a photo I might snap and a beverage I may order. Then again, I may decide on something
different when I’ve had some sleep.
Cheng Yu
1. 孝思不匮： xiàosībùkuì:
to be forever filial (idiom)
2.
鸡飞蛋打： jīfēidàndǎ: the chicken has flown the coop and
the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom)
3. 空洞无物： kōngdòngwúwù:
empty cave, nothing there (idiom); devoid of substance / nothing new to show
4. 天雨路滑： tiānyùlùhuá:
roads are slippery due to rain (idiom)
5. 如法炮制： rúfǎpáozhì: lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) / fig. to follow a
set pattern
6. 行云流水： xíngyúnliúshuǐ：lit. moving clouds and flowing water
(idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc /
natural and unforced
7. 文过饰非：wénguòshìfēi: to cover up one's faults (idiom) / to whitewash
8. 天雨路滑：tiānyùlùhuá: roads are slippery due to rain (idiom)
9. 千钧一发：qiānjūnyīfà: a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / imminent
peril / a matter of life or death
10. 喝西北风：hēxīběifēng:
lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
11. 沉默寡言：chénmòguǎyán:
habitually silent (idiom) / reticent / uncommunicative
12. 乱臣贼子：luànchénzéizǐ: rebels and traitors (idiom) / general term for
scoundrel
13: 天兵天降：tiānbīngtiānjiàng: celestial troops and generals (idiom) / fig. superior
forces
14. 潇潇细雨：xiāoxiāoxìyǔ: the sound of light rain or drizzle (idiom)
15: 轻口薄舌：qīngkǒubóshé:
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude / caustic and
sharp-tongued
16: 迷离徜恍：mílíchǎnghuǎng: indistinct / blurred / bewildering / confusing to the
eye (idiom)
17. 黑天半夜： hēitiānbànyè: lit. the black sky of midnight / very late at night
(idiom)
18. 狗血喷头：gǒuxiěpēntóu: torrent of abuse (idiom)
19. 高高在上：gāogāozàishàng: set up on high (idiom); not in touch with reality /
aloof and remote
20. 酒池肉林：jiǔchíròulín:
lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery / sumptuous entertainment
21. 奔走相告；bēnzǒuxiānggào: to
spread the news (idiom)
Music Shared
Art Pepper “I Cant Believe Your In Love With Me” from the
1960 release “Intensity.”
João Donato
“Tom Thumb” from the 1970 album “A Blue Donato”
Vanusa, “Hey Joe” from the 1969 album “Vanusa”
Paulinho da Viola,
"Reclamacao"from the 1971 album “Paulinho da Viola 1971”
Llyod Miller “A Lifetime in Oriental Jazz”
Uncle Funkenstein, “Together Again” from the 1983 album
“Together Again”
Jeff Gilson “Chant Inca” from the 1969 on the album “The
Archives.”
Mor Thiam, “Ayo Ayo Nene” recorded in 1973, from the album
“Spiritual Ja zz”
James Spaulding, “Uhuru Sasa” on the album “Spiritual Jazz
45s, 1968-75”
Frank Foster, “Stampede” from the 1968 album “Manhattan
Fever.”
The Lyman Woodard Organization, “Kimba” from the 1974 album
“Live at JJ’s Lounge.”
Phil Ranelin, “Forever Yours” from the 1996 album, “A Close
Encounter of the Very Best Kind”
Gene Russell
“Up and Away” from the 1967 album ““Too Close for Comfort”
John Tchicai “Mao” from the Storyville
ablum collection “John Tchicai”
Milton Nascimento “Para Lennon and McCartney” from the
1970 album “Milton”
Owen Marshall and the Naked Truth,
“Peanut Butter Ice Cream Man,” from the 1975 album “Captain Puff In The Naked Truth.”
Nathan Davis, “New Orleans” 1976, from
the album, “The Best of Nathan David, 1965-1976.”
Marcus Belgrave, “Glue Fingers” from the
1974, album “Gemini II.”
Media Shared
Art Pepper on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFyea4Y0Jvc
Jose Saramago’s “The Gospels According to Jesus Christ”
Vanusa on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanusa
Tang Dynasty cave hike on Beijing Hikers
http://www.beijinghikers.com/hike-in-beijing/view/267/tang-dynasty-cave-dwellings-and-yongning-town/
Jovem
Guarda (Young Guard) on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovem_Guarda
Guyaju Cave: http://baike.baidu.com/view/38012.htm
The Zhang Shang Ying camp: http://baike.baidu.com/view/477515.htm
Gilberto Gil on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilberto_Gil
Mid Autumn
Festival on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival
Paulinho da
Viola http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinho_da_Viola
Patrick
Leigh Fermor “Between the Woods and the Water” on the New York Review of Books.
Murex
defined on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murex
An Oud on Wiki:
The Guzheng on Wiki
Uncle Funkenstein on Wiki: http://www.last.fm/music/Uncle+Funkenstein/+wiki
Larry Ridley on Wiki, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Ridley
Melvin Rhyne on Wiki, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Rhyne
Charles Toliver on Wiki, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Tolliver
Pookie Johnson on Wiki, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonzo_Pookie_Johnson
Jeff Gilson on
Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Gilson
Luo Guanzhong’s “The Romance of the
Three Kingdoms”
Mor Thiam on
Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor_Thiam
James Spaulding on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Spaulding
New York Times blog on ISIS. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/world/middleeast/islamic-state-says-it-has-executed-david-cawthorne-haines-british-aid-worker.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSum&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
New York Times on Scotland independence vote
Obama in the New York Times:
ttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/world/middleeast/paths-to-war-then-and-now-haunt-obama.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Frank Foster on Wiki
Lyman Woodard on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman_Woodard
Li Xianglan article in China Daily, http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-09/16/content_18603510.htm
Phil Ranelin on Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Ranelin
Phil Ranelin on line biography, on Allmusic, ttp://www.allmusic.com/artist/phil-ranelin-mn0000847149/biography
General Zuo Zongtang on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuo_Zongtang
Buggs Bunny “The Old Grey Hare” on Wiki http://looneytunes.wikia.com/wiki/The_Old_Grey_Hare
Gene Russell on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Russell
Black Jazz Records on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Jazz_Records
Chinese
react to Scotland vote in New York Times blog, http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/chinese-react-to-scotlands-display-of-self-determination/?_php=true&_type=blogs&hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpHeadline&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
John Tchicai on Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tchicai
Lyrics for Milton
Nascimento’s “Para Lennon and McCartney” http://letras.mus.br/milton-nascimento/47444/
Claude Levi Straus book,
“Tristes Tropiques” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristes_Tropiques
Chinese tourists in France
in the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/world/europe/chinese-tourists-are-disillusioned-after-visiting-paris.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LargeMediaHeadlineSum&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Owen Marshall and the Naked
Truth review, http://thequietus.com/articles/08956-owen-marshall-the-naked-truth-review
Nathan Davis “New Orleans”
on Youtube
Nathan Davis on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Davis_(saxophonist)
Patrick Leigh Fermor
“Between the Woods and the Water” on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_the_Woods_and_the_Water
Gemini 2 the space mission on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_2
Gemini the conscellation on Wiki,
Byard
Lancaster obituary in New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/arts/music/byard-lancaster-jazz-alto-saxophonist-dies-at-70.html?_r=0
Byard
Lancaster on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byard_Lancaster
John of Guant
on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Gaunt,_1st_Duke_of_Lancaster
Article on public reaction to content
in Chinese TV programs and movies concerning the “China’s War of Resistance
Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45)”
Whitey Ford on
Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_Ford
Virginia Lee
Burton “The Little House” on Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_House
Ataulfo Alves
on Wiki, http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ataulfo_Alves
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