I am simply "wired" for music. It is as if I wake up once music is sounding (whether I'm listening or playing), especially if it's piano music. Right now I'm listening to Dave Brubeck's album Time Out. I love it. To me, this is Perfect Jazz. Classy, swingy, lots of threads juxtaposed or intertwined. I sometimes think that if Bach had been born in the 20th century, he would be Brubeck! Ha! I'm so glad the world has both of them! How often do you love every track on an album. I've never met a Brubeck composition/performance I didn't love. But that's how I tend to be. If I am entranced by a book, I'll likely love everything that author has written, and then I'll read everything that author has written! If I'm enchanted by one painting, I'll tend to love all of that artist's work. And so it goes. I've had respected mentors who have told me I am too much "all-or-nothing." For a time, I believed...
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