Happy Thanksgiving!

November 25, 2010 by Andrei Strizek

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!!!

Thank you to my family & friends for all of the love and support you've given me over the last 20-something years. And thank you to all my new-ish Twitter & Internet friends for all you've done!

Enjoy your time with friends and family and great food today!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Yes, it's cliché to make a list of things one is thankful for and share it with the world. I don't care.

It's New to Me!

November 22, 2010 by Andrei Strizek

I'm a little late to the game on this, but James Kibbie has recorded all of Bach's organ pieces and offered them via his website ... for free! (For more visit /blog)

"Strange Fruit" Redux

November 22, 2010 by Andrei Strizek

About a week ago I found the following video online, in a review of For Colored Girls: (For more visit /blog)

Prayer - Gershwin vis a vis Evans & Davis

November 19, 2010 by Andrei Strizek

My final paper for my Gerswhin class is about Gil Evans' arrangement of Porgy and Bess, and the famous Miles Davis album of the same title. As part of the paper - and partly because I find it to be such a moving piece - I transcribed Miles' solo on "Prayer (Oh, Doctor Jesus)". (For more visit /blog)

Tuesday's Poem - 11/16/10

November 16, 2010 by Andrei Strizek

One of my favorite poems: "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (with 3 videos) (For more visit /blog)