The Wikipedia article for "The Christmas Song" has three images. One is of the Nat "King" Cole single, one is of Nat "King" Cole himself, and the third is...a random dude roasting chestnuts on an open fire. It is even captioned "Man roasting chestnuts on an open fire." Wikipedia is the best.
If you're wondering what post finally put me over the edge, it was this one demanding escalation for their ticket in a public forum. And I guarantee this is not a paying customer.
The Sunday night homemade pizza tradition at the Trott home continues.
Downtown San Francisco yesterday morning.
Here's a short rendition of Vince Guaraldi's "Theme to Grace" that I posted a year-and-a-half ago.
Recently, someone asked for a transcription, so I put that up on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/posts/theme-to-grace-140218495
(Thanks, Ethan! It continues to be the highpoint of my pianistic life that you had something kind to say about something I made!)
Come on, ABC. He *disputed* it. He *denied* it. He emphatically did not *refute* it.
I'm reading Nate Chinen's book Playing Changes and am compelled to listen to nearly every album that is mentioned. It means it's taking me a looooong time to get through the book (which would otherwise be a pretty quick read) but so worth it. I can't believe how much great stuff I've missed.
"...so I think this is finally close-able after more than 12 years"
