I have been thinking, lately, about music and how each note relies on the other. Even the first simple songs we teach our babies -- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, for instance -- require at least six notes, some whole, some half, with several quarters and eighths as well. Add a couple of chords and, depending [...]
Tag: jazz
Heart and soul in the City of Love
Katherine's magic spreadsheet took us all over Paris, through parks bustling with happy children and uninhibited lovers, into cool bookstores and sweet patisseries, across flooded rivers and ancient cobblestone, to five-star restaurants and delicious street vendors. But, the best gift her research brought us, unwrapped itself in Le Baiser Salé, a Parisian jazz club. Cynthia [...]
A sweet diamond in the Ruff
Despite the brutal blow it delivered to Journalism (that stubbornly myopic first love of my life) the Internet has been a consistent and exciting friend, the kind of hostess who actively encourages mingling and nudges newcomers into the mix through her World Wide Web. In 2007, for instance, she introduced me to Maddy Ruff thanks [...]