I mentioned in Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond (page 207) that I have heard Desmond, “in the Safeway while reaching for a box of Cheerios,†among many other places. The truth is, I don’t want to hear Desmond, or any other music, in the Safeway, at the gas station, in … [Read more...]
Archives for July 18, 2005
The Lost Village
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the Greenwich Village jazz club scene and mentioned some of the great clubs that are long gone. DevraDoWrite is visiting the Village, her home town, and posts a lovely piece about her girlhood memories of the place. Ansonia drugstore on Tenth Street and Sixth Avenue … [Read more...]