Music

Playing Along

Here’s some of what I’ve been playing of late:

• Miles Davis

  • So What?

  • All Blues

  • Milestones

  • Freddie Freeloader

  • Blue in Green

• John Coltrane

  • Equinox

  • Impressions

  • Mr. P.C.

• Thelonious Monk

  • Blue Monk

  • Bemsha Swing (with Denzil Best)

• Herbie Hancock

  • Cantaloupe Island

  • Watermelon Man

• Duke Ellington

  • It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing

  • Satin Doll

• Benny Golson

  • Killer Joe

• Milt Jackson

  • Bags’ Grove

• Antonio Jobim

  • One Note Samba

• Kenny Dorham

  • Blue Bossa

Music in New Orleans

While New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz, it also has a thriving classical music scene. I am fortunate that my city has both an excellent opera company and a very fine symphony. In 2019 I managed to see Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio. Loyola University also puts on an opera every spring.