pianogonzology

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Gigolo . . .

(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima)
Louis ". . . Prima was from a musical family in New Orleans. His father, Anthony Prima, was the son of Leonardo Di Prima, a Sicilian immigrant from Salaparuta, while his mother, Angelina Caravella, had immigrated from Ustica as a baby. Prima was the second child of four; his older brother, Leon, was born in 1907, while his sisters Elizabeth and Marguerite were younger. Marguerite died when she was three years old. Leon, Louis, and Elizabeth were all baptized at St. Ann's Parish. They lived in a house at 1812 St. Peter Street in New Orleans, which was mainly populated by Italians, Arabs, Jews and African Americans. . . (Prima died in) 1978, having been moved back to New Orleans. He was buried in Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans. His gray marble crypt is topped by a figure of Gabriel, the trumpeter-angel, sculpted in 1997 by Russian-born sculptor Alexei Kazantsev. The inscription on the crypt's door quotes the lyrics from one of his hits: "When the end comes, I know, they'll all say 'just a gigolo' as life goes on without me. . ."

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Saturday, October 3, 2015

Adding . . .

. . . 'vibraphonics' to Plunge . . .

vi·bra·phone
ˈvībrəˌfōn/Submit
noun
a musical percussion instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above a tubular resonator containing a motor-driven rotating vane, giving a vibrato effect.

Plunge(work-in-progress)
by OHO (Jay Graboski & Ray Jozwiak)

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OHO's "Ocean City Ditty," the CD single is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4
(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD) OHO is Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak. Please Visit http://www.ohomusic.com

My latest solo offering, Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak, featuring original, instrumental piano music is now available at - Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak

Friday, October 2, 2015

How . . .

. . . it USED to be?

. . . or how it SHOULD BE? . . .

ar·ti·san·al
ärˈtēzən(ə)l/
adjective
relating to or characteristic of an artisan.
"artisanal skills"
(of a product, especially food or drink) made in a traditional or non-mechanized way.
"artisanal cheeses"

Thursday, October 1, 2015

All . . .

new meaning to the term "Dedication"

(from http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-qaeda-foe-survived-suicide-attack-named-top/story?id=17644565)
A ". . . bomber, who blew himself up close to Prince Muhammed, had hidden the bomb in his own rectum. The bomb was allegedly designed by AQAP bombmaker Ibrahim al-Asiri, the same Saudi expatriate who designed the underwear bomb used by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in his attempt to bring down Northwest flight 253 over Detroit on Christmas 2009. Prince Muhammad escaped the August 2009 attack with minor injuries. His would-be assassin, who died in the blast, was al-Asiri's brother Abdullah. . ."

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Latin . . .

(from wikipedia.com)

". . . Latin was originally spoken in Latium, Italy. Through the power of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant language, initially in Italy and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. Vulgar Latin developed into the Romance languages, such as French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Romanian. Latin and French have contributed many words to the English language. Latin and Greek roots are used in theology, biology, and medicine. . ."

Long To Be Latin
OHO duo (Jay Graboski & Ray Jozwiak) live at Bourbon Street on the Beach, September 2015

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(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD) OHO is Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak. Please Visit http://www.ohomusic.com

My latest solo offering, Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak, featuring original, instrumental piano music is now available at - Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Lake . . .

(from https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=definition+of+lakes)
lake1
lāk/Submit
noun
plural noun: lakes
a large body of water surrounded by land.
"boys were swimming in the lake"
synonyms: pond, pool, tarn, reservoir, slough, lagoon, water, waterhole, watering hole, inland sea; More
a pool of liquid.
"the fish was served in a bright lake of spicy carrot sauce"

Monday, September 28, 2015

Fingers . . .

(from http://thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/fingers/)
“Your heart just breaks, that's all. But you can't judge, or point fingers. You just have to be lucky enough to find someone who appreciates you.”
-Audrey Hepburn

“The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don't need any fingers.”
-Larry Flynt

“On the other hand, you have different fingers.”
-Stephen Wright

“When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.”
-Louis Nizer

“Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers”
- Hans Christian Andersen

“Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away.”
-Dorothy Parker