all the things you are

it's a rainy late autumn november morning. snow has stayed on the ground for several days now so the overall effect of the rain is to colour the sky, the snow and anything the snow rests on various shades of light violet.
rainy mornings lend themselves to jazz or wistfull music and so this morning a chestnut.

all the things you are - a classic jazz tune - and a point of reflection when we consider ourselves and significant people in our lives past present and possibly even future. because all the things we are is a dynamic state and to describe it reduces it to the status quo and the people i know are for the most part not a piece of that or interested in being a part of it.

i had the great fortune of seeing keith jarrett at massey hall in toronto in 1975. he was there with his “treasure island” band - dewey redman and charlie haden among them. it was a powerful experience for me as it took my experiencing of jazz to a different place with its emphasis on in-the-moment creation grounded in a rock solid intuitively creative rhythm section.

this is a much more traditional setting with dave holland and jack dejohnette handling the rhythm and jarrett stretching out the music.