My wife and I went to see famed jazz trumpeter, Wayne Bergeron the other night. It was wild and beautiful. As we were getting into the syncopated beat and delighted by the range of his magical trumpet, we asked ourselves if our architect friend, Dave would be into jazz. We thought "There's no way someone with an exact mind would be into the un-exactedness of jazz."
Remember...close enough for jazz.
But then we remembered, Dave was totally into Dave Brubeck.
Brubeck...the father of cool jazz; the unlikely matrimony of bebop and big band combining frenetic chaos with silky smooth undertones. Brubeck's music had a random exactness to it. Coordinated spontaneity.
The Unsquare dance. A delightful morsel of his music, which combined blues, jazz, and country western, was edgy, cool, and undefined. But there were precise corners to the piece too.
As my wife and I broke down our evening, we started talking about our friend again and realized his delicate balance of structure and bedlam was a microcosm of life.
Life has wide bumpers, baby, and use every inch of them. Draw outside the lines and not off the paper. Be adventurous and humble. Ride the teeter-totter between falling off and balance. Experience everything life has to offer and be selective.
Life is jazz. Fun, unexpected, and crazy, with notes to live by.
"Jazz is about freedom within discipline."
Jazz and life. It's a gas.
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