December 26th, 2007
There was a physical therapist I met a few years ago when I was in the hospital. She was a very nice older middle-aged woman and we got along well from the start.
We got talking about our lives and it turned out she had been a dancer many years before. While she […]
October 18th, 2007
On the worst of days I will find a moment and live there—in a precious place unto itself neither present nor past.
I had a moment today on the fourth beat of the 28th bar of Tito Puente’s’ Oye Como Va.
So far I’m going on many words to express the singular special-ness of this one beat.
It […]
April 15th, 2007
I’m not sure exactly where my passion for stride piano started. I started my musical career with piano lessons when I was very young - but it never went anywhere as I just didn’t have that much interest. Dumb kid. When I finally did start paying attention and getting interested in music it was all […]