Change knees to back, and that’s me ![]()
On that note…
I had the privilege to be in a vocal jazz group back in college with this incredibly skilled musician, who has gone on to make an incredible career of it. She was far from the most naturally gifted performer in the program. She was the hardest working one who practiced and experimented the most.
Every now and then people would compliment her on her “talent”. I would correct them that what they’re seeing is SKILL.
First person I ever saw sing while beat boxing.
Wow! That’s crazy!
Superb! I think it’s really cool that her great aunt was the first person to perform Summertime (and put the Bess in Porgy & Bess).
Her trumpet intro sounds just like Satchmo on the Ella Fitzgerald duet recording
…only under her pseudonym “Thin Lizzy” ![]()
Lizzy would never have bought a piano, she was either given it by a crawling foreign dignitary or inherited it and paid no tax on it.
If you are the Queen, you have people to record for you; recording would qualify as work.
I’m not a royalist.
Yeah, I’m not a royalist anymore since Willem Alexander became our king. I studied with him … and was NOT impressed…
I sympathize with you!
HUSBAND: “Honey, if something were to happen to me, would you let your new guy drive my pickup truck?”
WIFE: “Well, yeah, honey, if he really needed it.”
HUSBAND: “Hmph” , “What about my new fishing rod? Would you let him use that, too?”
WIFE: “Honey, if we wanted to go fishing, sure.”
HUSBAND: (getting perturbed, asked a final question), “What about my custom made Fodera Monarch? I suppose you’d let the jerk use it too, right?”
WIFE: “Oh no, honey” … “He would never, ever use that.”
HUSBAND: “Well that’s one good thing!”
WIFE: “No, he’d never use any of your bass guitars, he’s a lefty!”








