||javier - october sky||

not really an oldie....but definitely worth the post. happy friday! :)

||at last||

have you ever stood face-to-face with someone where the space between your lips, cheeks or even nose has a life of its own?

where it speaks the most intimate whispers with nothing more than their breath on the surface of your skin?

when the conversation consists of gentle sweeping movements, as your heads do a dance caressing each other with the air between your faces?

at most, your foreheads lean upon one another as if to say, "i adore you"?

"tingles"...

...is all you feel...but it's ok, because with every brush of his cheek he tells you that he felt it too...

At Last - Etta James

||baby it's cold outside||

because, really it is...

||in a sentimental mood||

a friend introduced me to mr. ellington and mr. coltrane a few years back. oh how sweet it is...enjoy your weekend!

In A Sentimental Mood: Duke Ellington, John Coltrane
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||cosby jazz||

one would think that wakin' up at 11:45am isn't a hard thing to do. after 2 cups of coffee late in the evening, the night before, you would think otherwise. i should have know better but my poor judgement get the better of me. although my eyes were closed and the body was still, my brain just wouldn't turn off. and there i was at 8:20am still wide awake driving my niece to school; not having slept one wink all night. after a short-lived "nap" i found myself on the couch watching a episode of the cosby show; of claire's 49th birthday with a guest appearance by placido domingo. out of the blue the air was filled with the delicate tenor's voice singing besame mucho. that's when a thought occurred to me...so now, i leave you with my thought...a few notable guests from the cosby show...

dizzy gillespie - a night in tunisia
lena horne - stormy weather
joe williams - i let a song go out of my heart
stevie wonder - i just called to say i love you
nancy wilson - the very thought of you

||alicia keys - you don't know my name||

reminiscing...

so within the past 24 hours i've been in touch with the "not so distant" past of mine...it just so happens that in the past 24 hours i felt a most genuine and sincere connection; one i hadn't felt in some time. moments relived in memory and just some heart felt sharing of news and good tidings. on that note i'd like to pay homage to my "not so distant" past through nothing else but...song...

You Don't Know My Name lyrics - Alicia Keys lyrics

You Don't Know My Name Video - Alicia Keys Music Videos

Music Videos by VideoCure

Quincy Jones - Moody's Mood for Love (B. McKnight, Take 6, Patti Austin (orig. Rachelle Ferrell)
Oscar Peterson - You Look Good to Me
Babyface & Gwyneth Paltrow - Just My Imagination

*note: with the exception of Oscar Peterson, i realize that these songs are not being sung by the original vocalists, but as i said this is an homage to my "not so distant" past and therefore these versions have significance...