Archives for September 17, 2012

Yesterday afternoon Satchmo at the Waldorf wrapped up a hugely successful run at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts. Next Monday we start rehearsing in New Haven, Connecticut, for what we hope will be an equally successful run at Long Wharf Theatre, where performances start on October 3.
In between…what? Well, I’m determined to spend a few days taking it easy. I’ll be driving into New York later today to tape a Satchmo-related episode of Pia Lindström Presents first thing Tuesday morning. After that, though, I’ll head straight back to Connecticut, and Mrs. T and I will pull the plug for the rest of the week. We’ve found a brand-new retreat not too terribly far from here. We don’t plan to return calls or answer e-mail until Sunday night, nor will we be telling anybody where we went.
Yes, I’ll continue to post the usual daily stuff in this space–but nothing else. If you need anything more than that between now and then, forget it.
After ‘while, crocodile.

Sidney Bechet and Claude Bolling perform “St. Louis Blues” in 1958:

(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday and Wednesday.)

“Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.”
Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack