Tribute to Crash
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Artist:Brad Mehldau Trio
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Album:Day Is Done
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Track:Day Is Done
(I was unable to log on to http://mog.com/Remembering_Crashpryor, so here I go instead.)
The way I tend to react to a tragedy like we've been processing in the past days is that words feel to me like empty chatter. (To others, they are indispensable; we differ in our ways.) So I've been quiet. Likewise, I pay my respects to Chris in the form of instrumental jazz. This one starts from a familiar place but goes off and develops into something distinctive and insightful. Chris's writing and personal interaction were, in my limited experience, like that kind of jazz. The interesting, surprising, and immensely rewarding kind. (Sometimes a bit lengthy, too, but that's a sin I'm glad to have shared with Chris.)
Chris, you are sorely missed. You, Micki, and your family are in our thoughts.
A fitting verse from the Nick Drake original:
When the game's been fought
You speed the ball across the court.
Lost much sooner than you would have thought
Now the game's been fought.
The way I tend to react to a tragedy like we've been processing in the past days is that words feel to me like empty chatter. (To others, they are indispensable; we differ in our ways.) So I've been quiet. Likewise, I pay my respects to Chris in the form of instrumental jazz. This one starts from a familiar place but goes off and develops into something distinctive and insightful. Chris's writing and personal interaction were, in my limited experience, like that kind of jazz. The interesting, surprising, and immensely rewarding kind. (Sometimes a bit lengthy, too, but that's a sin I'm glad to have shared with Chris.)
Chris, you are sorely missed. You, Micki, and your family are in our thoughts.
A fitting verse from the Nick Drake original:
When the game's been fought
You speed the ball across the court.
Lost much sooner than you would have thought
Now the game's been fought.
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