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I don't blog here anymore (evidently).

It's been a while...

I just got a spam comment on my blog this morning... in coming over here to delete it, I realized that it's been nearly four months since I last posted.

There are two reason for this:

1. As of last August, I have a new job I love, which keeps me quite busy


2. Also as of last August, I have a fantastic woman in my life whom I love, and we're getting married in less than four months! (I proposed on January 3.)

Given that wedding planning is my primary occupation right now (when I'm out of the office, of course), I don't really have time to expound much more on those things today. But, I wanted to share the news with those who actually read the stuff I put up here... life is going really well!

Pay no attention to the title...

It's actually a quintet, of course:



Super Mario Bassoon Quartet - Dorkly Video

Wow.

This morning, on my way to work, the local jazz station played a new recording by Cynthia Felton: an interesting bass-and-vocal duet of Duke Ellington's "In a Mellow Tone."

And I said to myself, I said, "Wow."

Then I found her new album on CDBaby and listened to the previews of the other tunes (all of which are from the Ellington songbook).

And I said, "Wow."

This is high praise from me, as I generally don't enjoy listening to female jazz singers, with the notable exceptions of Diana Krall, Jane Monheit & Stacey Kent. Well, add another name to that list of mine, and probably at the very top. Well, she & Diana can duke it out.

Much praise has been lavished on this new recording, so I'll leave it to the professional reviewers to give more in-depth analyses. My recommendation: just buy it.

Wow.