Bloody Moon Monday & Rocky Raccoon

Monday morning.  Earlier, when I woke, the moon was hanging just over the distant tree tops, bloody orange and dim, startlingly unhealthy looking, in fact.  By the time I left the house, though, he'd slunk back to his bed to, presumably, sleep off whatever bender he'd been on.  The drive in featured patches of blue sky mottled with deep grey clouds spitting feebly here and there.  Between bleary moon and feebly spitting clouds, and combined with my own less-than-perky start to the day, it is clearly Monday.  My morning iced mate (that's a two-syllable word!) is helping me shift back into office-productivity mode. 

50% of the tunes on this morning's playlist came from the same album (a John Barry movie soundtrack), but featuring two different trumpeters. The prematurely late Chet Baker and the very contemporary Chris Botti. Both masters with a unique style, and this album is especially rewarding for being able to hear them both together, even they each hail from a different era.  That was followed by a beautiful rendition of the Lennon tune Imagine, also featuring trumpet.

The Beatles are singing Rocky Raccoon as I type, apropos of nothing but adding a nicely silly touch to the morning. Maybe it's going to be that kind of day.

 - Chris Botti/John Barry: Playing By Heart

 - Bruce Cockburn:  Call Me Rose

 - Chet Baker/John Barry: Tenderly

 - Beatle Jazz: Imagine