Mulatu Astatke - "Tezeta (Nostalgia)"
I have nothing clever to say about this song, no thoughtful way to write around it - just the plain fact that I have not yet found a single activity or mood that is not made a little better, a little brighter, by putting it on in the background. Packed into a streetcar, late for the late shift, walking through drifting snow or perplexing mid-February spring air, brushing the cat when he likes being brushed or when he doesn't, baking muffins instead of writing, reading, late nights when you're so far past should have been asleep that you're the most awake you've ever been, conducting stray memories with your bones the way some houses' wiring pulls radio signals out of the air. The small static at its edges, how free and thoughtful that piano is, the sweetness inside every pause. This song fits perfectly into everything, or maybe your life just fits perfectly along its track.
Posted by Emma at February 11, 2017 7:20 PMI couldn't agree more, Emma. Thanks for sharing and for the writing. Your writing always has the power to place me in my favorite familiar frames of mind. It's the best. The more I listen to the piano -- and lately it's been Monk -- the more I feel certain I have to learn how to play it some future day.
Posted by Blayze at February 13, 2017 12:27 PMThank you for showing me this wonderful song, I completely agree as well - it really just makes daily life a little better. I found it through hype machine by the way, keep it up!
PS: Any other tidbits of great jazz you can share?
Posted by Alex at February 13, 2017 8:04 PMyou've described it beautifully
Posted by Tehmina at February 14, 2017 5:33 AMGuys! Thank you all for these comments - I don't always reply to them here but I really really appreciate them always.
Alex - sadly, I am still pretty tentative/new with jazz of all kinds (a life spent hanging out with record store dudes kinda put me off it for a long time), but I'll almost certainly end up posting the best things I find as I trip over more.
Posted by Emma at February 16, 2017 4:50 PM
and it will begin playing. All songs are also available to download: just right-click the link and choose 'Save as...'
