NurseRatched's Desert Island Discs

[NurseRatched]

Since it's coming up on winter, I have to add some of my favorite rainy day/snowy day music. Grab a nice glass of wine or cognac & sit by the fire. John Coltrane is my favorite jazz musician; he overcame a crippling heroin addiction & became one of the most prolific jazz artists in the world.





George Winston-His album "December" is always in the CD rotation this time of year. Perfect hibernation music!

[Dee]

Saving all this gorgeous jazz for tomorrow evening, winding down time... thank you, NR!

[Dee]

What a wonderful treat. I've been playing these three tracks a few times over this morning. I haven't come across George Winston before. Ever so soothing. John Coltrane we used to play a lot, a while back, when my son was heavily into playing jazz on his saxophone, and somehow we stopped listening to it, I don't really know why. It's just fabulous. Thank you so much for the reintroduction! I will be playing John Coltrane tonight, a bit for all times sakes too, as we are once again reunited! Sitting by the fire with a drink, as instructed above! Sounds perfect.

[NurseRatched]

Glad you enjoyed it, and also happy to hear you are acquainted with John Coltrane already! Does your son still play? What talent he must have; I've never played a horn, it seems really beyond my capacity!

JC seems to have something for everyone; his slower, more melodic pieces are my favorite. But some of the frenetic, free-range jazz is just crazy good. I have to be in the mood for it.

George Winston lived in Montana, so I knew about him in the '80s. His album December is my fave by a long shot.

[Dee]

It's lovely, I've been listening to it this evening, and we were playing JC as promised over dinner. I prefer the early, mellow stuff, but my baby here likes the crazy experimental pieces too. He's a huge Charlie Parker fan. He's hoping to get back into playing again, he's let it go a bit, unfortunately. He was so good, at one point he was considering it as a career. But he didn't have the will/stamina to practice 5-6 hours a day. He's got a great feel for jazz, and he's also a very good drummer. It's nice to see your kids enjoy playing music... do your boys play?

[NurseRatched]

Oh, man, I have always wanted to be a rock drummer & after seeing Foo Fighters, it's reached obsession levels! It's such a gift for a kid to have musical ability to carry with them forever! Good for him!

My oldest son played trombone in elementary school-and he was a natural! His band teacher pulled us aside & said, "This kid could be really amazing!" So, we TRIED to get him to keep playing & follow through. Nope. Both kids seem to have my play-by-ear thing, to some extent. It's a matter of leading a horse to water; we tried to get them into musical lessons, but no luck.

[Dee]

You never know when they will turn/return to playing... if they've got that innate talent, it can come out to play anytime... Btw, my boy is no rock drummer , he plays hand drums: darbouka, conga, cajon, djembe...

[NurseRatched]

STILL a drummer. That's amazing. His mum's genes! I bow down.

[Dee]

Well thank you, NR. As your boys have yours! Naturally all their fun and talent genes have been inherited from us and the strange and peculiar ones come from their fathers, - or more likely the result of some alien abduction!

[NurseRatched]

Isn't that the truth?!