speaking of Scotland

here is a little sample from this year's Jazz on a Summer's Day in Edinburgh . . . back in early August. i found this while trying to clear off some of my computer's desktop . . . after finding the radio coverage of the Angels game after turning off the tv version.

the song is the classic "don't get around me anymore" but i will have to get back to you on the singer and the band. i think this was my 3rd of 4th Jazz on a Summer's Day. and each time it has been beautiful weather and wonderful music. and the dancers are what really make it fun to watch. maybe next year i will be able to fit into a kilt and join them.

h o m e

home again home at last home for a few days

did you even know i was gone? : )

here are some memories of Scotland.

back from Scotland, back to Scotland

just got in from my trip to Glasgow and the wonderful "Jazz on a Summer's Day" in Edinburgh yesterday. a couple of good stories to share as well as photos and video of the excellent pianist Makoto Ozone and his band the No Name Horses. i will say "konnichiwa" and "g'day" to Megumi and Alex. time to change out of my costume and enjoy the air conditioning and cable tv of my hotel room. tomorrow afternoon i will fly back to Glasgow.

guess who's coming to dinner, or is it supper, or tea?

that was one of the topics of conversation on today's Tom Morton Show on the BBC Scotland. which is which and which do we call which. thinking back to my childhood, i think supper was our everyday evening meal.  dinner was more formal or for special occasions such as Sunday dinner, Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas dinner. we never did "tea" in south Texas but we drank a lot of it, sweet tea that is.  i did learn from Tom's show that those in the United Kingdom have many different versions of what we (i) always called "tea time".  i thought it was always "tea with a dessert" sometime in the mid-afternoon. i learned that "tea" could be supper followed by dinner later in the evening.  and don't get me (or them) started on "high tea".  there was some good music today including a new Counting Crows song called "sunday" and the album of the week is by Bob's son Jakob.  i heard the song on Clyde 1 on monday morning in Glasgow.  

before i continue with more photos/videos from Scotland, here is one sweet smellin' foto from my walk to the market this morning. . . ALOHA

here's a little "jazz on a summer's day" music and dance video from this past sunday. 

for a few hours more

soon i will be on my way back to Philadelphia.  and then "if all goes as planned", i will be on my way to Glasgow, Scotland and if things continue to go as planned, i will be in Edinburgh on saturday for the Mardi Gras at the Grassmarket and then at the "jazz on a summer's day" on sunday.  and then back to Philly on monday.

  

a peaceful moment from this past tuesday morning in St. Stephen's Green in Dublin, Ireland