Why Jazz?

     So right away I wanna explain that this blog is not specifically about jazz.  It's about the concepts of jazz, the implications of the word that suggest parts coming together for the good of the whole.  Like ordinary things that make each other extraordinary as a whole.
     Like a forest, or when I take a piece of string and wind and knot it together into something somebody can wear, or like two people in love, or all of the things in the span of one's life, or the universe at just this precise moment.
     Also, I'm not a musician, technically speaking.  Even though I sing - in fits and starts - on my church choir, to mixed review.  And occasionally disturb others with my music volumes and personal concerts.  And write songs but seldom finish them.  And daydream about being a part of a trio of backup singers for somebody famous on their world tour, or I might even find myself daydreaming about just singing with the church choir if I happen to have missed a few Sundays.
     Oh, and I actually do love jazz.  Like right now I'm listening to Alice Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders - you cannot stay droopy, or angry, or fearful when you listen to them - their music helps you remember yourself.  The good part of you that can solve all these problems that get thrown in your path, and stabilize yourself through the highs and lows of relationships.  I'm really serious.  Their music is like magic for the psyche.
     But the things I want to talk about in this blog have to do with the things that created the emotions that brought people like the Coltranes, Davis, Jimmy Smith, The Pharaoh, Maurice Brown, etc. to convey the beauty that is jazz.
     I hope I don't blog about jazz and/or music all the time.  I'm going to try not to, even though I just did...
xoxo
Vanessa