Tag: jazz workshop

End of term review (of retirement jazz workshops)

This blog is a bit delayed because Mrs Summerhouse made me rewrite bits of it because she felt they did not accurately reflect my character. Blimey. You know this retirement business is turning out to be rather weird in some ways. Well that’s the end of term and the year for my jazz workshops. Time… Continue reading End of term review (of retirement jazz workshops)

Retirement, jazz workshop, effortless mastery: an update

We’re three weeks into my jazz workshop term*. I missed week two on account of making a space for new bookcases, going to IKEA to buy them, then putting together the two bookcases, manoeuvring them into place and then filling them with the books that had been piling up on the floor (I have a… Continue reading Retirement, jazz workshop, effortless mastery: an update

Retirement : is it really about setting challenges?

It’s hard this jazz business, no wonder so many of the greats self-destructed in their prime. And no that doesn’t include me. No, siree. Take Charlie Parker here, dead at 34, as just one example.  Obviously, in my case, there were going to be peaks and troughs (although not as deep as being dead) in… Continue reading Retirement : is it really about setting challenges?

The Fourth Dimension turns into the Twilight Zone

There are times when I think I will never write another blog. I’ve nothing to say, I think. Then along come half a dozen ideas at once. Take this one for instance (not the blog I had intended to publish) it’s about my jazz workshop and I hadn’t expected to write another blog about this aspect… Continue reading The Fourth Dimension turns into the Twilight Zone

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