Friday, December 3, 2010

Mixed Jazz

Jazz is an absolute thought-swirler. I’d written pick-up agent, but that’s not really it. It just gets your machinery going, gets the cogs moving. The best way to go is to mix your jazz a lot. Too much Coltrane and your head hurts from trying to figure out progressions. Too much Shirley Bassey and you end up being too grinny to get anything good done. And too much Dave Brubeck and you just plainly fall asleep.

Certain revelations just make the whole day worth it.

7 comments:

Tangled up in blue... said...

I agree completely! But I dont think I'm a jazz person becoz I've found I cant listen to more than an hour of it at a time. It tugs at too much of my mental faculty to allow it to just play in the background somehow.

Weed said...

Try some alternate jazz. I found this number by Mother Earth. It's called Jesse. Very late-night, red wine type of music.

Jahnavi

Anushka said...

I think I used to know you and your blog. And vice-versa. Hmm.
But that apart, very succintly-written post, and prolly accurate too for those who aren't rabid listeners of jazz.

JD said...

@TUIB Exactly. Try mixing jazz. Never tugs, that way :)
@Jahnavi Will listen, as soon as I find the right setting!
@Anushka Thank you. Jazz is the exact opposite of the thumb rule of alcohol - ALWAYS mix :)

Tangled up in blue... said...

Jahnavi, thank you for your recommendation. I just heard it and found the sound very interesting.

Tangled up in blue... said...

JD, I am not giving up on jazz yet! :) Thanks, I think I needed to read this post!

Tangled up in blue... said...

Oh and I found something trawling through youtube just now..nice light jazz..ignore the video, tho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeiQJ1Zz-K4

Jazz is such happy music! :)