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Author Archives: Gandalfe
Big Band: Can the Clutter!
Further guidance from my friend Terry Stibal, a professional musician and band manager with his latest band, the Sounds of the South Dance Orchestra. CAN THE CLUTTER!!! We had a video made of our group once, something that I have … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Band, Band Management, Big Band, Culture, Dancing, Entertainment, Female vocalists, Guides, Jazz, Music, Vocalist
Tagged Benny Goodman, Chattanooga Choo-choo, glenn miller, Monkees, Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman
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A Man called JaAG aka Gandalfe
One of the partners thought I should blog about why I call myself JaAG at work. JaAG is just an expansion of my initials James A. Glass. It is also my Microsoft alias. So I often find myself in this … Continue reading
US Debt Highlights ~ the Day after…
Overheard: Thanks for protecting the job creators, you know for creating jobs for chauffeurs, valets, domestic help, and most importantly seamstresses who specialize in crafting $100 bills into luxurious overcoats. ~ Jim Cutler “This deal does not even attempt to … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Government, In the news...
Tagged cartoon, Ebert, Jim Cutler, Kate Harper, Obama, Ramirez
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Big Bands ~ Excellence by Design
After posting yesterday’s missive providing my rather rudimentary observations about managing a Big Band, my friend Terry Stibal, a professional musician and band manager for most of his life provided this much more thorough guidance. Here’s a picture of his … Continue reading
Big Bands ~ Stream of Consciousness
“We dream in order to integrate experiences from our daily lives into our stream of consciousness about our life.” ~ Patricia Randolph I have been listening to big bands around the Seattle area for the last ten years now. And … Continue reading
Posted in Band, Band Management, Culture, Dancing, Female vocalists, Jazz, MJB
Tagged Darren Motamedy, Microsoft, Patricia Randolph, stand fronts
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Weather: People will complain about anything!
“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.” ~Langston Hughes I keep seeing people dissing mother nature about the Summer that Seattle is having. Not … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Culture, Everyday Science, Health and wellness, My World, Seattle, United States
Tagged weather
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What is this Cloud thing everyone is talking about?
When Aunt Joanne or sister Debby asks me what is the cloud computing, I point to this video. The official definition is something like: Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool … Continue reading
Microsoft Jazz Band at Tula’s
Tula’s Jazz Club is an institution in Seattle, a place where the hep cats hang out, bread bread and listen to some jazz. USA Today listed them as one of the 10 great places to get jazzed about great jazz. … Continue reading
Botero meets Escher meets Hieronymus Bosch meets Hank Selmer
This picture tickles me and speaks to me on a number of levels. My friend Ben sez of this pic, “It’s Botero meets Escher meets Hieronymus Bosch meets Hank Selmer.” I have been looking for this artist on the Internet. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Hobbies, Humor, Saxophone
Tagged Botero, Escher, Henri Selmer, Hieronymus Bosch, Vladimir Golub
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Movie for the Weekend ~ The Fab Baker Boys
I was using a Michelle Pfeiffer video of “Ten Cents a Dance” for the Microsoft Jazz Band and I thought of all of the great music played in this movie. It takes the worst of experiences from all singers and … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Female vocalists, Health and wellness, Jazz, Movies, Music, Piano, romantic, Video
Tagged Dave Grusin, Fabulous Baker Boys, Jeff Bridges, michelle pfeiffer
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The Bis Key Chronicles 