SHARING WITH ME

Friday was a very full day. I’ll work backwards starting in the evening. Gianni and I have some 30 concerts booked at the beginning of each year at the Cité de La Musique. From my point of view it’s a dreadful place to get to and when Gianni returns to Italy later this year, I wonder if I will go on making the effort ?  Then there are concerts - Jazz this time - like yesterday - and I know I will. The concert was based on the well known concert (for Jazz addicts) Thelonious Monk at the Town Hall in 1959. The concert was called «In My Mind» There is a lot about this on Internet. Many jazz artists have «recreated» the concert and we saw one. Jason Moran. Perhaps he went further than other jazz pianists. He didn’t recreate the original concert but tried to connect to its creator. His use of still photography and recorded audio as well was interesting. We heard Monk’s voice talking to his musicians and often there was improvisation as Moran and his group of 7 musicians listened to the

Beaubourg is the blue building on the right The Pompidou centre is still criticized as an ugly building. It was opened in 1970 and is named after one of our Presidents - George Pompidou.  As far as I know, it is still the largest modern art museum in Europe and houses a wonderful collection along with very exciting temporary exhibitions. I can see the building from my flat in Paris. It beckons me on a daily basis. 20 minutes walk and I am there. There was a small  exhibition I wanted to see. Josef Albers (German: 1888-1976) He lived in America. Painting on Paper. Such a contrast from what I had just seen at La Gaité Lyrique but is not really worthwhile talking about. Except perhaps to say that Alber’s was fascinated by juxtaposing two colours and this was what the exhibition was all about. I prefer other work of his. Variant 1947 I wandered around relaxing with the colour before thinking about going home. Then I remembered «Danser Sa Vie» or «Let’s Dance Our Lives» . I had