Dr Stuart Griffiths
@stuartgriffiths.bsky.social
I play an alto saxophone and write books and take photographs
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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"Jazz is a music of freedom... because we had to create. We had to fight. We had to struggle. We had to break down barriers. And that’s why jazz has something special." –S.R. to Paul Holdengräber of Literary Hub (2020)
February 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Jazz is a music of freedom... because we had to create. We had to fight. We had to struggle. We had to break down barriers. And that’s why jazz has something special." –S.R. to Paul Holdengräber of Literary Hub (2020)
Reposted by Dr Stuart Griffiths
Recorded on this day in 1963: "You Are My Lucky Star" by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, performed by Sonny Rollins with trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Henry Grimes, and drummer Billy Higgins, released on the RCA Victor compilation 3 in Jazz: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zKl...
You Are My Lucky Star
YouTube video by Sonny Rollins - Topic
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February 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Recorded on this day in 1963: "You Are My Lucky Star" by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, performed by Sonny Rollins with trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Henry Grimes, and drummer Billy Higgins, released on the RCA Victor compilation 3 in Jazz: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zKl...
Reposted by Dr Stuart Griffiths
"All time, rhythm, and harmony are pulsating, sounding, resounding, and happening according to the grand symphony which is constantly being played. All sounds, when discerned in this context, are rhythmically and harmonically involved and fit." —The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins (NYRB)
February 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"All time, rhythm, and harmony are pulsating, sounding, resounding, and happening according to the grand symphony which is constantly being played. All sounds, when discerned in this context, are rhythmically and harmonically involved and fit." —The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins (NYRB)
Hmm… all seems pretty much the same to me, another social media app to distract you from the real world.
November 19, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Hmm… all seems pretty much the same to me, another social media app to distract you from the real world.