coffee 
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S. Nicoletta RogersSunday, 30 November 2025
FOTOGRAFIA/PHOTOGRAPHY, by S. Nicoletta Rogers
coffee from Bali..."
S. Nicoletta RogersA prática diária de Tai Chi Taoista
Só nos pertence o Caminho.
O mais difícil e transformador é deixar ir e soltar.
Muito trabalho todos os dias.
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FELIZ H🎯JE de Domingo/HAPPY T🎯DAY, is Sunday
Saturday, 29 November 2025
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JAZZ on the Tube: Jazz Birthdays
Viola Smith Day
November 29, 1912 – October 21, 2020
Frances Carrol Her Coquettes Featuring Drummer Viola Smith
A tribute to the pioneering female jazz drummer
"Drummer Viola Smith passed away on October 21, 2020 at the age of 107.
She was born as Viola Schmitz on Nov. 29, 1912 in Mount Calvary, Wisconsin, taking up the drums to play in an all-girl orchestra with her six sisters that was organized by her father.
In the 1920s and ‘30s she played in the Schmitz Sisters Family Orchestra, performing in vaudeville and at movie theaters in addition to appearing on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour on radio.
In 1938 she started the Coquettes with her sister Mildred (who played reeds), an all-female orchestra that lasted until 1942.
In 1942 Viola Smith attended Juilliard and became a long-time member of Phil Spitalny’s Hour Of Charm Orchestra (staying until 1954 and being billed as “the female Gene Krupa”), also working with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, performing at Harry Truman’s inauguration in 1949, and leading Viola and her Seventeen Drums in the 1950s and ‘60s
During 1966-70 she played as part of the Broadway production of Cabaret and then continued working with various local bands even as she passed her 100th birthday.
Despite her long career, Viola Smith does not seem to have made any recordings in a jazz setting, however this impressive 1939 short with Frances Carroll & The Coquettes displays her technique, power, swing, and her unusual drum set which includes two large tom toms and 13 drums in all."
-Scott Yanow
Billy Strayhorn Day
November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn - Take the "A" Train
Strayhorn grew up in Pittsburgh and North Carolina, playing piano from an early age.
He studied classical music at the Pittsburgh Music Institute, performing on the radio and, while still a teenager, composing “Lush Life,” “My Little Brown Book” and “Something To Live For.”
Strayhorn worked around Pittsburgh with a combo called the Mad Hatters and wrote arrangements for Buddy Malone’s dance band.
After meeting and impressing Duke Ellington in December 1938, Strayhorn became an invaluable part of the Ellington Orchestra as an arranger-composer, soon contributing Ellington’s new theme song “Take The ‘A’ Train.”
Strayhorn wrote such classic for Ellington as “Lotus Blossom,” “Chelsea Bridge,” “Rain Check,” “Day Dream,” “Satin Doll,” and “Isfahan” and he collaborated with Duke on many songs and suites.
Billy Strayhorn, who never led a fulltime band of his own and only headed a handful of record dates, was an important part of Ellington’s musical world until his death from cancer in 1967.
Here is a rare filmed appearance of Billy Strayhorn playing his “Take The ‘A’ Train” with the Duke Ellington Orchestra."
-Scott Yanow
Chuck Mangione Day
November 29, 1940 – July 22, 2025
The popular flugelhornist is remembered
"Chuck Mangione passed away on July 22, 2025 at the age of 84.
He was born on Nov. 29, 1940 in Rochester, New York, having piano lessons but switching to the trumpet after seeing the Kirk Douglas film Young Man With A Horn.
His parents were jazz enthusiasts and many notables were invited to the family house including Dizzy Gillespie who gave Mangione a trumpet in the early 1950s.
He played in a group with his older brother pianist Gap Mangione which became the bebop group the Jazz Brothers; they recorded three albums for the Riverside label during 1960-61.
Chuck Mangione led his first solo album in 1962 (Recuerdo) and graduated from the Eastman School the following year.
After moving to New York, Mangione worked briefly with the Woody Herman Orchestra, Kai Winding, and the Maynard Ferguson Big Band before becoming a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers during 1965-67, a period in which Keith Jarrett was the group’s pianist.
While Dizzy Gillespie was a formative influence on his playing, in 1968 Mangione largely switched to flugelhorn, forming a quartet with altoist Gerry Niewood.
He wrote compositions for large ensembles and guest conducted the Rochester Philharmonic in 1970, resulting in the album Friends and Love.
Mangione had his first hit with “Hill Where the Lord Hides,” toured with his quartet, and performed with orchestras, often featuring the vocals of Esther Satterfield.
His melodic music became very popular including “Land Of Make Believe,” “Legend Of The One-Eyed Sailor,” “Chase the Clouds Away” and “Bellavia.”
In 1977, Mangione’s recording of “Feels So Good” (which featured guitarist Grant Geissman) reached #2 on the pop charts and made him a household name.
In 1980, Mangione looked back to his bebop roots on the two-Lp set Tarantella which had Dizzy Gillespie as a guest.
The flugelhornist did not have any further hits and, after a reunion of the Jazz Brothers in 1986 and the release of a few albums on his Feels So Good label, he largely retired, coming back briefly in the late 1990s.
From 1979, Chuck Mangione plays “Feels So Good,” his greatest hit."
-Scott Yanow
Happy Birthday Billy Hart
November 29, 1940
Billy Hart Quartet (2013)
"Drummer William “Billy” Hart was born on November 29, 1940 in Washington, D.C.
The self-taught drummer was in the bands of Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, and McCoy Tyner, and appeared on Miles’ funk-fusion classic On the Corner.
Over the course of his five-decade career drummer Bill Hart’s sonic adventures read like a Who’s Who’s in American music:
Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Buck Hill, Shirley Horn, the Montgomery Brothers, Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery, McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Eddie Harris, Pharoah Sanders, and Marian McPartland.
Having been a part of the Herbie Hancock sextet, as a freelancer he appeared in Miles Davis’ legendary “On the Corner” sessions.
Now he divides his time between playing and being an educator.
Personnel:
Billy Hart, drums
Ethan Iverson, piano
Mark Turner, sax
Ben Street, bass"
JAZZ on the Tube: Clark Terry Quartet - Just Squeeze Me (Live at Copenhagen)
"The always-joyous flugelhornist plays an
Ellington standard with the Duke Jordan Trio."
H🎯JE e Fim de semana FELIZES/HAPPY T🎯DAY and Week end - @FungLoyKokInstituteofTaoism Ken’s journey of stroke recovery and renewal through Taoist Tai Chi® practice
Ken’s journey of stroke recovery and renewal through Taoist Tai Chi® practice
IMAGEM DO LAR: Em dia frio e chuvoso, a Yuki prefere ficar no seu sofá, em vez de se aventurar no exterior, no quintal ou no jardim /
Home image: On a cold, rainy day, Yuki would much rather curl up on the sofa than venture out into the garden or backyard.
DISEURS e POETAS
Se eu fosse eu, de Clarice Lispector, por Débora Wainstock
If I Were Me, from Clarice Lispector, by Débora Wainstock
MÚSICA
Sinfonia nº 9, (do Novo Mundo), de Antonín Dvorák - 1. Adagio - Allegro molto
Sinfonia nº 9, (do Novo Mundo) - de Antonín Dvorák -- 2. Largo
Sinfonia nº 9, (do Novo Mundo) - de Antonín Dvorák -- 3. Molto Vivace
Sinfonia nº 9, (do Novo Mundo) - de Antonín Dvorák -- 4. Allegro con Fuoco
Friday, 28 November 2025
FOTOGRAFI/PHOTOGRAPHY - "Oeiras recebe exposição com os projetos vencedores do World Press Photo 2025"
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A prática diária de Tai Chi Taoista
这是一次特别的感受
Esta é uma experiência/sentir especial
🎥Video da prática:
FELIZ H🎯JE, com Tudo o que Tem que/Está a Fazer / HAPPY T 🎯DAY on every thing You Have to/Is Doing.
🎵 CANTO DA FELICIDADE (ORIGINAL) — CANTO para PAZ, PLENITUDE E CONEXÃO D...
Thursday, 27 November 2025
A Song Is Born (1948) — Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Louis Armstrong
Classic Musical Comedy Uylee's Boutique ®, 🎶plus old school music
H🎯JE FELIZ por Fazer Tudo que tem que Ser Feito/HAPPY T🎯DAY by Doing everything have to be done - The Power of Feelings ... and Intention
The Power of Feelings Inspiring Cartoon | Instrumental Music
Rumi - A Movement of Happiness (A Sweet Romantic Love Poetry) | Jalaluddin Rumi
Rumi - Dimmi che sono te
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
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A prática diária de Tai Chi Taoista
Fiz uma Forma e Donyus.
Continuo a trabalhar os Donyus ainda com incertezas mas mais perto por os fazer.
Este caminho é de consciência tranquila.
Tudo o que é feito está feito .
🎥Vídeo da prática:
😃THINK, DECIDE and MAKE IT A 😃HAPPY T🎯DAY😃
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andressen de Sousa Tavares
DOCUMENTÁRIO
A prática diária de Tai Chi Taoista
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Monday, 24 November 2025
JAZZ ON THE TUBE: Nov 23 Jazz Birthdays
Ray Drummond Day
November 23, 1946 – November 1, 2025
A tribute to the bassist and educator
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Bassist Ray Drummond passed away on Nov. 1, 2025 at the age of 78.
He was born on Nov. 23, 1946 in Brookline, Massachusetts.
After brief stints on trumpet and French horn, Drummond started playing bass when he was 14, earning an MBA from Stanford University.
He began his career playing in San Francisco, started working as an educator in 1975, moved to New York, and played with an endless list of jazz greats.
A reliable and swinging bassist with a large tone, Drummond appeared on hundreds of recordings and taught at many schools in his life.
His first recordings were with Smiley Winters (1970) and violinist Michael White (1971) and, among his 300 appearances on records, were notable sessions with Bobby Hutcherson, Johnny Griffin, Lee Konitz, Pharoah Sanders, Art Farmer, Woody Shaw, David Murray, Tom Harrell, Stan Getz, John Hicks, Hod O’Brien, Kenny Barron, George Coleman, Houston Person and countless others in addition to leading eight albums of his own.
From 2017, Ray Drummond and pianist Kenny Barron play “How Deep Is The Ocean.”
-Scott Yanow
Johnny Mandel Day
November 23, 1925 – June 29, 2020
A tribute to the arranger-composer
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Composer and arranger Johnny Mandel passed away on June 29, 2020 at the age of 94.
He was born on Nov. 23, 1925 in New York City.
Mandel had piano lessons and then spent time playing the trumpet and trombone, studying at the Manhattan School of Music and Juilliard.
As a trombonist, he worked with the big bands of Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Dorsey, Buddy Rich, Georgie Auld and Chubby Jackson during 1944-48, later playing with June Christy, Elliot Lawrence (1951-53) and briefly with Count Basie on bass trumpet.
But Mandel’s writing abilities soon overshadowed his playing.
Among his early compositions were “Not Really The Blues” for the Woody Herman band in 1949, “Hershey Bar” and “Pot Luck” for Stan Getz, and “Straight Life” and “Low Life” for Count Basie.
Starting in 1958, Mandel became best known for his writing for movie soundtracks, starting with his jazz score for I Want To Live.
Particularly skilled at composing ballads, Mandel wrote such pieces as “The Shadow Of Your Smile,” “Emily,” “Close Enough For Love,” “A Time For Love” and “Suicide Is Painless” (the theme from MASH).
Mandel, who wrote the soundtracks to 30 films, also arranged for a variety of singers (including Natalie Cole’s Unforgettable and Shirley Horn’s Here’s To Life album) and led an occasional big band in the Los Angeles area up until the time of his passing.
Here is the beautiful arrangement that Johnny Mandel wrote for the opening of The Sandpiper, highlighted by the original version of “The Shadow Of Your Smile” with Jack Sheldon on trumpet.
-Scott Yanow
Willie “The Lion” Smith Day
November 23, 1897 – April 18, 1973
Echoes of Spring/Tea For Two
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Pianist William Smith was born on November 23, 1893, in Goshen, New York.
Smith picked up the nickname “The Lion” for his bravery in WWI combat.
Smith, along with James P. Johnson and Fats Waller, was considered one of the masters of stride piano, a solo style born in 1920s Harlem.
Always well-known among musicians, “The Lion” didn’t achieve mainstream popularity until his late 1930s recordings for Commodore.
Of Willie “The Lion” Smith, Duke Ellington once had this to write: “Willie The Lion was the greatest influence of all the great jazz piano players who have come along.” Ellington would write the song “Portrait of the Lion” in tribute.
Here’s The Lion performing his own “Echoes of Spring,” as well as a number from the 1925 musical “No, No, Nanette” called “Tea for Two.” This is as the Berlin Jazz Festival in 1964.