a sunday "between yesterday and tomorrow "

Nothing beats that first night back, sleeping in your own bed feeling, and last night the bed literarily swallowed me up and 12 hours later it dislodged me to get on with what I need to be doing.

Sundays, are my low energy, jazz days and today I get to listen to a few cds which I acquired in duty free on route home that belong to this series of espresso and thought recollection moments.

Today I want to give the following albums a listen:

1. Art Bleek: Between yesterday and tomorrow (aptly and cleverly titled);
2. Gilles Peterson and Patrick Forge present: Sunday afternoon at Dingwalls
3. Various: The house that Trane built, the story of impulse records (will need a few Sundays to work through this collection, the “new wave of jazz is on impulse!”)
4. Diana Krall: from this moment on
5. Duke Ellington; Charles Mingus and Max Roach: Money Jungle

I am probably not going to get past the Art Bleek, which has been playing in the background and is really good, nu-jazz. I collect music, I have always collected something at some point in my life but music has been a constant, in all genres but only ever in vinyl 33 and 45, cassette, cd and now mp3 format.

It’s my first love and always ‘brands’ a trip for me, it date stamps my nostalgia and is an entry point for remembering that next series of good things which maybe associated with the music purchased.

I also want begin collate my work thoughts and delete some email so that Monday, is a more manageable day and nothing is better than doing it while enjoying my view with a few 'homemade' espressos and some fine Sunday jazz.