SHARP AS POSSIBLE

Here's some important advice for life and music and your life in music. The first comes from Thelonius Monk:



He wrote that for saxophonist Steve Lacy but I think we can all learn something.


The next comes from Kurt Vonnegut:



Truer words were never spoken. I saw this on Barou is the New Bklyn which is a very funny blog by ex-New Yorker, current Baton Rouge resident Colleen Kane. She happens to be the fiance of a friend of mine which pretty much makes me almost famous.