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Chop Wood And Carry Water: Ben And Leo Sidran On The Election
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When everything you thought you knew turns out to be mistaken, when your compatriots let you down, when your neighborhood is on fire and your friends are drowning, when even
Quincy Jones
arranger1933 - 2024
For me, it's my dad
Ben Sidran
piano and vocalsb.1943
Today is one of those. Just as we talked after the 2016 and 2020 elections, we spoke this week about the latest presidential election.
True to form, it is a conversation that appears to be about one thing but is in fact about many things. What begins as a somber acknowledgement of the election results turns quickly to a sprawling discussion of everything from Will and Ariel Durant's massive 11-volume work, The Story of Civilization, Seinfeld, The First Council of Nicaea,
Irving Berlin
composer / conductor1888 - 1989
Eventually, as it generally does, the conversation turns to the "jazz experience," revisits Ben's classic bebop treatise "A Good Travel Agent" which outlines the three most important "constituent parts about jazz in America" and considers "The American Century" before ending with a spontaneous performance of of
Bud Powell
piano1924 - 1966
It's another in a long line of beautiful talks with Ben.
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