The Famous Five

<sounds>
.

Jazz24.org's top one hundred tracks.

#61. Dizzy Gillespie (USA, 1917-1993), Manteca.

Chick Corea And Hiromi Uehara Or GRP All Stars, Spain.

Lomax Project, Shenandoah.

Mark Turner And Ben Wendel, The Seasons: August.

Aaron Goldberg Trio, Live.

What is the difference between A Night In Tunisia...

...and Caravan?

And then there's this Caravan.

Benny Golson, One Day, Forever (I Remember Miles).

Shatner, Together.

Jobim, Wave: live (with Herbie Hancock), harmonica, album.

listening to hildegard von bingen. for example, canticles of ecstacy.

Monday, 2016 August 22

.

reading about islamic art.

Tuesday, 2016 August 23
.

Frank Stella (USA, 1936)

more...

db.

Wednesday, 2016 August 24

1. Realism--'Both works [Burial At Ornans (1850) ...

... and The Stone Breakers (1849)] brought notoriety to Courbet [1819-1877] and prompted younger artists to shift away from idealised romanticism toward painting contemporary life.... The Bathers, shown at the 1853 Paris Salon, also shocked, for Courbet's naked bathers were real, not mythical women.' 50 art movements you should know 24.

Thursday, 2016 August 25

listening to the the best of dizzy gillespie. watched

suffragettes forever: the story of women and power (pictured is suffragette leader emmeline pankhurst) and rococo (madness).

Friday, 2016 August 26

Today is Barbara Ehrinreich's birthday (1941), noted feminist author.

enrolled in the ontario electricity support program. watched a doc--about octopi, squid, and cuttlefish--and the agenda (shakespeare and speaking emoji)--quite a contrast, shakespeare and emojis: 17th century communication versus 21st century communication.

Saturday, 2016 August 27

furnace upgrade.

Sunday, 2016 August 28

Q:Who are The Famous Five?

A: Emily Murphy, Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney and Henrietta Edwards,. There's are several statues of them in Winnipeg and on Parliament Hill (which is pictured on the back of the $50 bill).

Q: Why are they famous?

A: In 1928, they secured the vote for Canadian women.