I am an admittedly idiosyncratic traditionalist, in that I am rarely much for traditional traditions, but am conversely rather boffo for my own rather less-than-traditional iterations thereof; which makes it all the more of a personal revolution in the offing… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Charlie Parker’
In A Land Of Painted Thirst, Painted Wine Will Slake The Thirsty
If one writes a wine blog (as I do), then one ought to be quite grateful that there is a Tom Wark in the world (as I am). Why? Because it’s actually quite difficult sometimes, to come up with new subject… Read More ›
Is Wine Is Or Is Wine Ain’t Art: Charlie Parker, Tom Wark, and the Question of Intentionality
Is Wine Is Or Is Wine Ain’t Art: Charlie Parker, Tom Wark, and the Question of Intentionality Today is the birthday of Charlie Parker, one of the greatest figures in the history of jazz, and in thinking on his legacy,… Read More ›
Wine and Jazz: Abstract Of A Manifesto
Save for very few exceptions, we play jazz in the Monte Bello Tasting Room. From early New Orleans polyphonics and big band swing, through bop, post-bop, hard-bop, to cool, orchestral, and beyond, it’s pretty much jazz all the time. From Louis… Read More ›
