A favorite memory . . .
One of my most cherished memories growing up involves jazz music . . . Out of all the types of music that we have today – jazz holds a dear place in my heart. Jazz is the music I grew up listening to every morning with my dad. I remember walking down our stairs (which seemed to take an eternity at the time being only 3/4 years old), dancing in out of the shadows of the sunlight coming through our french windows in the dining room to finally the music room. I would then hear my dad’s voice say amongst the music notes in the air, “We’ve been waiting for you babygirl.”
As to the “we” – my dad would be referring to the piano strokes of Duke Ellington, the organ of Willie Smith, the guitar of Wes Montgomery, the notes of the tenor saxophone from John Coltrane, or perhaps one of the many jazz singers – Johnny Hartman, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Billy Holiday, Arthur Prysock, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong and the list goes on . . . .
To this day jazz music and my dad are one in the same – and always will be for me.
. . . So what is one of your favorite memories?
