Being a relative latecomer to jazz appreciation, I am often surprised by great songs that I had no idea were standards. One of the earliest was a version of Mood Indigo by legendary B3 artist Jimmy Smith – I played this ‘great song’ over the...
Autumn Leaves is a 1945 French song “Les feuilles mortes” (literally “The Dead Leaves”) with music by Hungarian-French composer Joseph Kosma and lyrics by poet Jacques Prévert, the Hungarian title is “Hulló levelek” (Falling Leaves). It quickly became a jazz standard, especially after the song was featured in the title sequence...
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting the central coast California town of San Luis Obispo (SLO), and at the weekly farmer’s market, a band was playing a song that I *knew*, but could not name. After searching my mp3’s, I found it –...
This post is part of a Series entitled Discussions with Dale. On this visit, Dale and I only had a few hours to talk, but here are the subjects and resources that came up. Divine Hiddenness and Demographic Distribution – If God is sovereign and desires...
One challenge to the Christian faith is the claim that the uneven distribution of faith around the globe may challenge some of Christian claims about God. This topic is nicely described in this abstract: According to the much-discussed argument from divine hiddenness, God’s existence is...
This series covers important and varied discussions about the real, serious, and difficult challenges to faith. The following posts make up the series: Discussions with Dale – Introduction Discussions with Dale – 08/13 Divine Hiddenness and Demographic Distribution
This post is part of a Series entitled Discussions with Dale. We all have activities which we seem born to do – where we lose track of time, and just don’t seem to tire of them. For me, one of those is discussions about ideas...
