{"id":5157,"date":"2013-10-14T20:27:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T03:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=5157"},"modified":"2013-10-14T20:34:25","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T03:34:25","slug":"a-columbus-day-serenade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2013\/10\/a-columbus-day-serenade\/","title":{"rendered":"A Columbus Day Serenade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Christopher-Columbus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Christopher-Columbus.jpg\" alt=\"Christopher Columbus\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Christopher-Columbus.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Christopher-Columbus-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bit late to recognize Christopher Columbus on his holiday but at this writing it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still Columbus Day in the Pacific time zone. The banks and the post office were closed for the day in the land that Columbus discovered. Substantial parts of the federal government have been shut down for two weeks and our elected leaders in Washington are in political confusion. According to the latest news, there may be hope that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Fats-Waller-in-Derby.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Fats-Waller-in-Derby.jpg\" alt=\"Fats Waller in Derby\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Fats-Waller-in-Derby.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Fats-Waller-in-Derby-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>nation won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t go into default this week. <\/p>\n<p>But, in the unforgettable words of Thomas Waller, &#8220;Son, don&#8217;t let it bother you.&#8221; Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s try to put all that nonsense aside for the moment and remember <em>Ammir\u00c3\u00a1glio<\/em> Colombo with a history lesson from Mr. Waller And His Rhythm.  <\/p>\n<p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"440\" height=\"355\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4T3NtEB_4qA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><p>Fats Waller, piano; Gene Sedric, tenor sax; Herman Autrey, trumpet; Al Casey, guitar; Charles Turner, bass; Yank Porter, drums. April 8, 1936.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Columbus Day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bit late to recognize Christopher Columbus on his holiday but at this writing it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still Columbus Day in the Pacific time zone. The banks and the post office were closed for the day in the land that Columbus discovered. Substantial parts of the federal government have been shut down for two weeks and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}