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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>To: DJML<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From: Norman Vickers, Jazz Pensacola<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello friends at DJML. I sent this out to a private list and it was suggested that I send to DJML as well. So, some of you wonderful people will get it the second time. But, as I frequently say, if you get this more than once, you’re twice-loved.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keep them coming. If you can contribute to the humor, please copy me and Lew Shaw; see his contact information at the end of this message.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To some jazz friends and a few other friend with a good sense of humor.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One of the joys of jazz is opportunity to know charming people that I’d otherwise not have encountered in life. One of those is my good friend Lew Shaw of Scottsdale, AZ. Lew was a big-time sports writer who also had an interest in jazz. Got his start in jazz writing in 1962 when he was publicist for Berkshire Music Barn in Massachusetts. During that time he got to meet and interview Armstrong, Ellington, Basie and giants of the day. He was a go-getter for the Arizona Classic Jazz Society in Phoenix. I met him through the American Federation of Jazz Societies. He was president of AFJS a few years after my stint in that office. ( Unfortunately AFJS disbanded in 2004 after a successful 20 years. ) He’s written for West Coast Rag and subsequently for Don Jones’ American Rag. Then when AR transitioned to The Syncopated Times under Andy Senior’s editorship a couple of years ago, he’s continued to write for TST. In addition, he is author of a couple of books. See his Jazz Beat: Notes on Classic Jazz on Amazon, for example.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lew sent this humorous piece to some friends. He kindly gave me permission to send to my list(s). So, here goes. Hope you will get a chuckle or two, as I did.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, Lew. Thanks and good wishes to my jazz friends. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Last message: if you come up with a clever quip or two, send along to Lew but, please, also copy me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Norman Vickers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>5429 Dynasty Dr.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pensacola, FL 32504-8583<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cell 850-324-5022<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.jazzpensacola.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.jazzpensacola.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>MEMBER JAZZ JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lew Shaw wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Family and Friends:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>I did a sampling of how musicians are dealing with the COVIT-19 epidemic and wrote a story for the June issue of The Syncopated Times. While the pandemic is no joking matter, it is important that we not lose our collective sense of humor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'>Los Angeles bassist <b>Richard Simon</b> wrote: “I'm still practicing, looking for a few good notes, and de-composing. Some tunes I'll be ready to play when we’re again all cleared for social mingling and public performances include:</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'> - "I COVID the Waterfront"<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'> - "Lysol You Last Night (and Got that Old Feeling)"<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'> - "Soap Gets in Your Eyes"<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'> - "The Mask You Made is Over" (accompanied on guitar by George Benson)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'> - "Lung Ago and Far Away" (opening line: “Chills run up and down my spine…”)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'> -A Test-Kit, A Task-It (sung by Ella Fitzgerald)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'> - and of course, the old favorite, "Vaccinatin' Rhythm</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'>"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'>Multi-instrumentalist <b>Scott Robinson</b> added a few from his New Jersey home:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'>Sneeze Funny That Way<br>I'm in the Mood For Glove</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'>Not Close to You</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'>Sentimental Germy (</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'>or my contribution: <i>Germy Bounce)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'>I’m Building Up to an Awful Shutdown</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'><br>and, Jelly Roll Morton's <i>The Purells</i> (for the non-jazzers: <i>The Pearls)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black'>Not to be outdone, drummer <b>Ray Templin </b>down in Tucson has composed the <i>2020 Quarantine</i> <i>Rag, An Infectious Two-Step, “</i>a catchy little ditty that reflects what life is like every day at my house.” Its constant repetition of monotonous chords elicited the comment, “It should be played ad nauseam and will certainly keep people a good six feet away.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'>Each and every morning we should all face east as the sun rises and sing Charlie Chaplin’s SMILE:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:15.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Smile, though your heart is aching<br>Smile, even though it’s breaking<br>When there are clouds in the sky<br>you’ll get by<br>If you smile through your fear and sorrow<br>Smile and maybe tomorrow<br>You’ll see the sun come shining through<br>for you</span></i><i><span style='font-size:15.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:15.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Light up your face with gladness<br>Hide every trace of sadness<br>Although a tear may be ever so near<br>That’s the time you must keep on trying<br>Smile what’s the use of crying<br>You’ll find that life is still worthwhile<br>If you’ll just <b>SMILE!</b></span></i><i><span style='font-size:15.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT"'>Lew Shaw<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>480-451-2285<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:azscribe@wmvaz.com"><span style='color:blue'>azscribe@wmvaz.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ---END---- <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>