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December 11th, 2009
45 years ago this past Wednesday John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones walked into Rudy Van Gelder's studio and made musical history. Who knows if Coltrane knew then the enormity of what they were about to do, but it was obviously a deeply felt and most sincere work of art. That sincerity was incredibly well received and A Love Supreme's influence was felt throughout the jazz world and beyond.
In fact, it was felt all the way up here in Iceland! ASA Trio, the collective organ trio of which I'm a third, decided to perform the suite on it's most recent concert at Cafe Cultura (as part of the Múlinn concert series), and it went quite well. You can download our version absolutely free here. I was personally very hesitant to take on the piece, but Andrés Thor, the guitarist, convinced me.
You see, playing "A Love Supreme" is not like playing a standard Continue reading »
Tags: Caffeine, Coffee, Espresso, Starbucks | No Comments »
December 2nd, 2009
Let me preface this, my first post in the "Espresso" category, by saying that I'm really not an expert on espresso. Although, some in my family might like to convince you otherwise, I'm just a guy who spent an unusual amount of time obsessing over how to extract the best espresso from his Saeco Espresso Classico machine. That's all.
It's interesting how often the subject of caffeine content comes up in conversation. When I tell people that I typically drink two (sometimes three) espressos in a day, their reaction is usually something like "Oh, I couldn't handle all that caffeine." Whereas, if I said I drank 2-3 cups of coffee a day that would seem normal to most coffee drinkers. Continue reading »
