Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Weekly Round Up -9th – 15th October – Chat Eau, Big Band, Barbra Streisand, Spirits, Green Kitchen, Fairy Stories, Book Reviews, Aromatherapy, Funnies-

Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord.

A week in our world’s history that has shocked, horrified, divided and has the potential to do so for the foreseeable future. I try to keep my personal opinions regarding world events to myself, as I have no wish to enter into debate about such a polarising issue.

But I will say this. There is no place on our earth for innocence to be targeted in such a way on either side. Surely we have evolved as a species by now to be able to resolve issues without violence. World Peace has now become a trite and overused ‘wannabe concept’ that seems even further away than it did 105 years ago at the end of the First World War. For the sake of our younger generation we need to do a great deal better.

There are many quotes about war and innocence but film director Oliver Stone.. keeps it simple but succinct.

The first casualty of war is innocence….

 

On the home front.

Several months ago a cat starting turning up on our doorstep first thing in the morning.. and we noticed if we got up in the night for anything she was on the doorstep sometimes at 3 or 4am.. We didn’t want to encourage her as we assumed perhaps that her owners we leaving early for work and letting her out, but as the days passed she got thinner wanted to find somewhere to sleep during the day.. She was clearly hungry so we began to feed her once a day to begin with, then she began to have supper too.

I have experience of feral cats having rescued an old male tom (Henry) from under a bush in our garden where he had crawled to die. He went on to live for another 3 years happily teaching our dog Sam about cats and friendship, and finding a mate who he brought home one day pregnant. She had two strapping sons and the family lived outside in our large garden kipping in the shed and they would deliver dead rats on a regular basis to my front door mat in return for cooked chicken and rice!

Henry’s missus with her two lads waiting for lunch outside my office

We also fostered kittens after Sam’s training from Henry.

Anyway… our latest adoptee accepted some careful handling but was pretty handy with her claws. However over time she gentled down and being very clean, we let her in and she discovered a sheepskin rug on our landing that she decided would make a great spot on a rainy day…as is common here as you know. We have to keep doors firmly shut as her preference is any bed she can find lol. She has not had kittens despite several roaming toms showing their attraction… so we assume at some point she has been neutered.

Anyway, she is still an outside cat who loves to roam, but we wanted to ensure she always had somewhere warm and safe to sleep at night and to nap during the day. I started by putting a large plastic recyling box on its side with a folded up towelling bath mat that provided shelter from the rain and allowed her view her territory.

David then saw online that there were many people around the world who had also been adopted by feral cats and had built shelters. So he designed a new home for her which she loves whilst still popping in on very wet and windy days to make use of the upstairs sheepskin rug.

Her house has a roof terrace with a mat, a covered porch with a mat inside and windows for a full view of her territory, and an inside bedroom which is insulated with polystyrene and panelling to stop her scratching it and it has a cut up fleece of mine that gets maid service everyday.

Chat Eau in the garden – with a little face pressed up against the window napping….

As I write this the weather is bright but very cold and after her breakfast she went to the door to the hall and after some playtime shot upstairs where she is happily esconced until second breakfast about midday.

She is not a cat who likes to sit on your lap, but loves it if you sing to her and stroke her face gently.. she has begun to purr in the last couple of months and like a dog wags her tail when she is happy. She has brought something special into our lives and we are happy she has chosen us.

Next week

I am off on my road trip on Tuesday by ferry and driving to see my sisters and brother for a week. The first road trip on my own as David as several projects on the go and also has cat and bird feeding duties!. Looking forward to it and I know the route very well, although will have my navigator app helping out.

I have stocked the blog with the regular posts although you will forgive me if I don’t respond to comments every day whilst travelling and enjoying all the activities my family have planned for my visit. I will respond eventually. I hope you enjoy the posts.

As always my thanks to my friends who contribute to the blog…

William Price King joined me this week for the Big Band Era with Percy Faith, Rosemary Clooney, Johnny Mercer and Jimmy Slyde.  On Friday the next post in the series about the timeless music by Barbra Streisand . You can also find William – Blog– IMPROVISATION– William Price King on Tumblr

Debby Gies​ was here on Monday with her next post in the Spiritual Awareness column and this week how even babies and toddlers seem to able to connect to spirits such as with ‘Imaginary Friends’  On her own blog Debby shared her Sunday Book Review for
Stockholm by Catherine Steadman #shortstory #psychothriller – earlier in the week a post about how challenging it is to have Thanksgiving as well as a poignant anniversary.. and more about her Kindle saga…Head over to …D.G. Kaye

Carol Taylor was here on Wednesday with her next post in the Green Kitchen series. Carol is on a blogging break but you can explore her archives CarolCooks2

Thank you as well for your visits and ongoing support, it always appreciated. Sally ♥

The Big Band Era with William Price King and Sally Cronin – 1940s – Percy Faith with Rosemary Clooney, Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Slyde

William Price King – Life and Music of Barbra Streisand Part Three -collaborations in the 1970s and 1980s

Spiritual Awareness – Child Innocence and ability to see Spirit, #Imaginaryfriends by D.G. Kaye

Carol Taylor’s Green Kitchen Rewind – Plastic Free, Buttermilk Bread, Buying Bulk, Stuffed Mushrooms, Grow Your Own, Conservation.

– Tales from the Irish Garden – The Betrothal Gift by Sally Cronin

#Aromatherapy – #Eucalyptus – Respiratory, Fevers and Pain by Sally Cronin

– #Romance #Mexico Answering The Call by Parris Afton Bonds

#Italy #Mystery #Romance – Letter from a Cave: The Mystery of a Letter found in a Cave in the Swiss Mountains Uncovers a Heartbreaking Love Story during World War II by Christa Polkinhorn

New Book on the Shelves – #Historical #Irish – Golden Boxty in the Frypan by Pat Spencer

#Historical #Biography Leora’s Dexter Stories: The Scarcity Years of the Great Depression (Leora’s Stories) by Joy Neal Kidney

#Supense #Romance That Darkest Place: Riverbend Book 3 by Marcia Meara

#Murder #Mystery – Secrets of the Galapagos by Sharon Marchisello

#Parenting #Sightimpairment – Daddy Won’t Let Mom Drive the Car: True Tales of Parenting in the Dark by Jo Elizabeth Pinto

Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies – Women, relationships, Wi-Fi and a Good Night’s Sleep…

Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies – Sermons and Last Respects

 

Thank you for dropping in and I hope you will join me again next week..Sally ♥

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Weekly Round Up – 28th August – 3rd September 2023 – Big Band, U2, Mercury, Green Kitchen, Podcast, Book Reviews, Bloggers, Health and Humour

Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord.

I hope you have had a good week and have not been impacted by the storms in North America and other weather events. We had a good amount of rain but the last two days and today are bright and sunny and definitely time to get some garden jobs out of the way.

On the blog front this series has proved very popular which I am delighted about… it does mean that I am scheduling for end of October and early November. I have decided to extend the series so if you have been promoted here on Smorgasbord before, then please send an excerpt of 500 words (there is some leeway of course) to sally.cronin@moyhill.com.  Having been here before I will have all your other details and I always check for new bios etc when scheduling.

I have left some spaces for other promotions and it would be great if you would keep me updated on any new releases you have either on pre-order or available on Amazon.  This does not only apply to authors who have been previously promoted but to new authors too.

If you have not been promoted here before then I will need the Amazon link and I share both US and UK links. Goodreads, blog or website and social media. Please send the full URLs as I shorten them when I put the post together having checked them first. Please make sure your bio is current on Amazon and Goodreads and that you have a good quality profile photo. The only thing I ask of authors is that they respond to the comments individually when the promotion is posted and share on their own social media…otherwise it is free publicity and just takes a few minutes of your time. Please note that I don’t accept review copies as I prefer to buy the books I recommend and support authors in that way sally.cronin@moyhill.com

Always such a lovely reminder of why we write when readers take the time to share their feedback…My thanks to Yvette Calleiro who has written a lovely review for LIfe is Like a Mosaic… it gave me a boost to end the week.

Please head over to read Yvette’s review. Yvette’s review for Life is Like a Mosaic

And my thanks to Patty Fletcher who posted her review for Variety is the Spice of Life to FB..very touching feedback. Patty Fletcher Facebook

As always my thanks to my friends who contribute to the blog…

William Price King joined me this week for the Big Band Era with Georgie Stoll, Judy Garland, Dick Haymes and Tommy Rall. On Friday the first post in the series about the band U2 . William is back from his summer break and delighted to have him back again.. You can also find William – Blog– IMPROVISATION– William Price King on Tumblr

Debby Gies​ was here on Monday exploring our Spiritual awareness. This week Mercury Retrograde and its shenanigans in our lives  Debby also shared some funnies she had found for us on Tuesday and Thursday.. On her own blog Debby shared her August Writing Tips and her Sunday Book Review is for the thriller I Remember Everything by Richard Dee Head over to …D.G. Kaye

Carol Taylor will be was her on Wednesday with her next post in the Green Kitchen series. .On Monday a look at India’s landing on the moon, some music..and the tenuous hold on life for Emperor Penquin chicks due to loss of ice. In Thursday Thoughts.. growing old gracefully and without expensive facecreams and some good advice from Judi Dench.. and a word or two about burials…On Friday a welcome to September and a reminder of the special days during the month to either celebrate or promote a food, wildlife or the planet. On Saturday two posts to inform and entertain with a tribute to The Coconut on its national day… and the Saturday Snippets rewind..Catch up with this post and the rest of the week Carol Taylor’s Saturday Snippets

 Thanks very much for dropping in during the week and the ongoing support.. Sally ♥

On with the show….

The Big Band Era with William Price King and Sally Cronin – 1940s – Georgie Stoll with Judy Garland, Victor Young with Dick Haymes, Tommy Rall

William Price King Meets the Legends – Bono and U2 – Meet the Band

The Universe – Mercury Retrograde by D.G. Kaye

Carol Taylor’s Green Kitchen Rewind – Dinner Rolls, Chillies, Grow Spring onions, make Apple Cider Vinegar – Waste Not, Want Not..

Tales from the Irish Garden Rewind – Chapter Five – The First Banquet in the new Palace by Sally Cronin

Recipes that Pack a Punch -#Summer Eating – Stuffed Peppers and Fajitas by Sally Cronin

Treasure Chest Rewind– Essential Oils and Aromatherapy – An introduction to the therapy by Sally Cronin

#Poetry – Ever So Gently: A Collection of Poems by Lauren Scott

Book Reviews – Round Up – August 2023 – #Hereafter #shortstories Ted Myers, #Dystopian #Thriller Terry Tyler, #Children’s Sue Wickstead, #Family #Romance Jan Baynham, #Crime #Australia Fiona Tarr

#Family – Why Grandma Doesn’t Know Me by Abbie Johnson Taylor

#Cancer – The Winding Road: A Journey of Survival by Miriam Hurdle

#SocialMedia #Cyberbullying – The Bubble Reputation – Alex Craigie

#Finalwishes Annette Rochelle Aben and Emily Gmitter, #Cooking Charlie DeSando, #EricCarle #Artwork Jennie Fitzkee, #Newbook D.L. Finn, #PizzaToppings Beth, #Clambake New Vintage Kitchen

Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies – Weekends and the last of the Bad Dad Jokes.

Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies – Dieting and Airline Marketing

 

Thanks for popping in today and I hope you will join me again next week.. Sally

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Weekly Round Up 6th – 12th February 2023 – Spring, Operation TBR, Big Band, Quincy Jones, Heart Health, Food for Romance, Bloggers, Book Reviews and Funnies

Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord.

This week there have been signs of spring in the garden and they were very welcome. Still some frosty mornings but this bit of colour makes all the difference.

I had not planned to be out and about this week but I received some lovely features from some very generous reviewers of my books. A huge thank you for making this a week to remember.  Phil Huston, Mark Bierman, Claire Fullerton, Smitha Vishwanath and Lauren Scott.

Just An Odd Job Girl reviewed by Phil Huston

Reviewed by Mark Bierman 5th February – Claire Fullerton February 5th – Smitha Vishwanath February 8th –   Lauren Scott 9th February – Joan Hall on Bookbub

Operation TBR….

Like so many of you, I have a towering TBR and with my February Amazon run adding another 6 books, I am up to 40 waiting to be read. I have upped my reading time and I have decided that I need to clear the decks before adding any more. So I have created a wish list of books as I get introduced to them or promote them and I will buy them when I have read those already in stock, especially those that have been waiting for far too long.

I am going to be travelling soon and that will offer a wonderful opportunity to catch up and I am looking forward to sharing my reviews with you.

As always my thanks to my friends who contribute to the blog…

William Price King joined me this week for the Big Band Era with Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and The Lambeth Walk…Also the first post on the life and music of the incredible Quincy Jones You can also find William – Blog– IMPROVISATION– William Price King on Tumblr

Debby Gies​ On Monday I am sharing one of her posts from her series on relationships. Online dating is big business and whilst many find love, many also find scammers and Debby offers some practical advice on how to stay safe…Debby also joined me for two funnies this week.  Despite being on holiday she is still visiting posts and commenting, not just here but around the writing community. Follow the link to Debby’s blog to browse her archives …D.G. Kaye

Carol Taylor is here on Wednesday with her A-Z of food and the letter ‘Q’. In her Monday Musings Carol looks at another antibiotic alternative.. honey which is astaple around here, and an amazing video of a groundhog family who visit a suburban garden every day during the summer along with other wild animals. In her Green Kitchen Carol looks at kitchen waste, in particular milk and ways to store and use up milk rather than throw away, including a recipe for Portugese Milk Tarts – Catch up with Carol’s posts CarolCooks2 weekly roundup…5th-11th February 2023

Thank you very much for your visits, comments and shares to social media, as always it is appreciated ♥

On with the show…..

The Big Band Era with William Price King and Sally Cronin 1930s – Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and The Lambeth Walk

William Price King Meets Music Legends – #Musician #Producer #Humanitarian Quincy Jones Part One

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Podcast #Poetry #Flash Fiction – The Waltz and Romantic Gestures by Sally Cronin

The Body our Greatest Asset – The Heart and how it works by Sally Cronin

Foods to get you in the Mood for St. Valentine’s Day by Sally Cronin

Book Review – #Supernatural Adventure The Last Drive by John W. Howell

Book Review – #Thriller #Fantasy – The Evil You Choose: Dreamer’s Alliance – Book 2 by Dan Antion

#Crime – Remember No More ( D.S. Kite Mysteries) by Jan Newton

New on the Shelves – #NorthernIreland – Light (Stones Corner Volume 3) by Jane Buckley

#Recipe Aunt Jeanette’s Luscious Lemon Tart by Dorothy Grover-Read – New Vintage Kitchen

Memories in #Photographs by Darlene Foster

#PotLuck – Top Ten Things Not to Do on a Windy Day by John W. Howell

MondayMotivation – #Meditation #Tarot #DragonOracleCard by Jan Sikes

#Teaching – Every Child Deserves a Champion by Pete Springer

– Hosts Debby Gies and Sally Cronin – Commas and Magical tricks

Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies – Horror for dogs and MIT starting salary

 

Thanks very much for dropping in today and I hope you will join me again next week… Sally xx

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – The Music Column with William Price King – Glenn Miller #Trombonist, Composer, Big Band Leader

This week one of the iconic band leaders of all time whose music is still played today by big bands for those who love to dance. The legendary Glenn Miller has been immortalised on film and many of the war-time generation felt great sorrow at his untimely death in an air crash in 1944 at age 40.

This week William Price King pays tribute to this incredible artist.

Glenn Miller was born in Iowa in 1904 to Lewis and Mattie Miller. When he was eleven years old his family moved to Missouri and he made enough money from milking cows to buy his first trombone and began playing for the local orchestra. He also played cornet and Mandolin but dropped them to focus on the trombone. The family moved again in 1918 to Colorado where he went to high school. Despite playing for the school football team during his senior year he developed an interest in ‘dance band music’ and he formed a band with class mates. When he graduated in 1921 he decided to become a professional musician.

He spent a short term at the University of Colorado in 1923 but spent much of his time attending auditions and playing any gigs that he could. He dropped out of school to pursue his music full-time. He did study with Joseph Schillinger a composer, music theorist and teach who originated the Schillinger System of Musical Composition.

By 1926 he was touring with several groups including Ben Pollack and Victor Young which enabled him to take advantage of the mentorship of other professional musicians. He was originally the main trombonist for Ben Pollack but was sidelined with the arrival of Jack Teagarden which led Glenn to focus on arranging and composing

He published a songbook in Chicago in 1928 ‘Glenn Miller’s 125 Jazz Breaks for Trombone’ and he also wrote several arrangements and his first composition ‘Room 1411 with Benny Goodman. He joined Red Nichol’s orchestra in 1930 and played with the band for two of the hit Broadway shows of the day Strike up the Band and Girl Crazy.

Glenn freelanced as a trombonist with Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and other big bands of the day as well as continuing to arrange for the Dorsey Brothers on their recordings including ‘My Kinda Love’. He also worked vocalists such as Bing Crosby.

The melody for “Moonlight Serenade” was composed by Glenn Miller in 1935 when he was a trombone player in Ray Noble’s band. The lyricist Eddie Heyman added words, and the song was titled “As I Lay Me Down To Weep.” However, Miller didn’t record nor publish the song with these lyrics, but in 1938 used the instrumental as theme music for his radio broadcasts on the NBC network. In 1939 Robbins Music bought the music and asked Mitchell Parish (Stardust) to write a new set of lyrics, which he did, and called the song “Moonlight Serenade”. This became Glenn Miller’s signature song and a Top Ten hit, reaching #3 on the Billboard charts for fifteen weeks. It has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

In 1935, he assembled an American orchestra for British bandleader Ray Noble and developed the arrangement of lead clarinet over four saxophones that became a characteristic of his own big band in 1937. However, it failed to stand out against all the other successful bands of the time and it folded after a show at the Ritz Ballroom in Connecticut in January 1938.

“In the Mood”, written by Wingy Manone, Andy Razaf, and Joe Garland was recorded by Glenn Miller in 1939 on the Bluebird label and topped the charts for 13 weeks in a row. A year later it was featured in the movie “Sun Valley Serenade”. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1983 and in 1999 the National Public Radio added the song to its list of ‘The 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century.’ “In the Mood” was also inducted into the Library of Congress National Recording Registry in 2004 which honors songs it considers culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.

Discouraged, Miller returned to New York. He realized that he needed to develop a unique sound, and decided to make the clarinet play a melodic line with a tenor saxophone holding the same note, while three other saxophones harmonized within a single octave. George T. Simon discovered a saxophonist named Wilbur Schwartz for Glenn Miller. Miller hired Schwartz, but instead had him play lead clarinet. According to Simon, “Willie’s tone and way of playing provided a fullness and richness so distinctive that none of the later Miller imitators could ever accurately reproduce the Miller sound.”

With this new sound combination, Glenn Miller found a way to differentiate his band’s style from the many bands that existed in the late thirties. Miller talked about his style in the May 1939 issue of Metronome magazine. “You’ll notice today some bands use the same trick on every introduction; others repeat the same musical phrase as a modulation into a vocal … We’re fortunate in that our style doesn’t limit us to stereotyped intros, modulations, first choruses, endings or even trick rhythms. The fifth sax, playing clarinet most of the time, lets you know whose band you’re listening to. And that’s about all there is to it.”

From the end of 1938 the band began recording for Bluebird records a subsidiary of RCA Victor. They began to play popular venues including the Glen Island Casino where they attracted a record breaking audience of 1800. In 1939 Time Magazine noted. “Of the twelve to 24 discs in each of today’s 300,000 U.S. jukeboxes, from two to six are usually Glenn Miller’s. ‘Tuxedo Junction’ sold 115,000 copies its first week and Glenn Miller topped this in October 1939 with an appearance at Carnegie Hall.

During the early years of the war until September 1942 Miller’s band performed three times a week on CBS radio, with The Andrew Sisters and then on then on its own.  In 1941 and 1942 the band appeared in two Hollywood films, Sun Valley Serenade and Orchestra Wives with Jackie Gleason. Glenn Miller was contracted to appear in a third film, Blind Date but he entered the U.S. Army.

“ Chattanooga Choo Choo”, featured in the movie “Sun Valley Serenade “, was composed in 1941 by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren while they were travelling on the Southern Railway’s Birmingham Special train. This song tells the story of their voyage from New York City to Chattanooga. In 1942 this song received the first gold record ever, presented by RCA Victor for sales over 1.2 million copies and remained the #1 song in the US for nine weeks. In this 8 minute video vocalists Tex Beneke, Paula Kelly, Dorothy Dandridge are featured as well as the famous Nicholas Brothers in a tap dance routine. In 1996 Glenn’s version of this song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

After being turned down by the Navy, Glenn Miller persuaded the US army to accept him to be placed in charge of a modernized Army band. His popular approach to entertaining the troops with his dance band resulted in a promotion to Captain in 1944. His band expanded to a 50 piece Army Air Force Band and he took it to England in the summer of 1944 where they gave 800 performances. Now a major, Glenn also recorded at Abby Road Studios with some songs in German which were used as counter-propaganda to denounce oppression in Europe. Others were used to boost morale of allied troops as they pushed through Europe.

On December 15th Glenn Miller was due to fly to Paris to make arrangements to move the entire AAF band there as soon as possible. He plane disappeared over the English Channel and that is still being investigated today. As recently as January this year, new witness accounts have led the investigators to believe that the wreckage of the plane is 30 miles south of the Portland Bill in Devon. There are hopes to relocate the wreck and raise it later this year.

“ (I’ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo*” was the best-selling US recording in 1942, according to Billboard, spending 19 weeks on the Billboard charts and 8 weeks as #1. It was nominated for an Oscar Award for ‘Best Music, Original Song’ in 1943 – Harry Warren for the music, and Mack Gordon for the lyrics. This swinging, serious, and powerful song is featured in the 1942 20th Century Fox movie « Orchestra Wives » featuring the Nicholas Brothers.

*Kalamazoo is a city in the southwest region of the US state of Michigan. The name Kalamazoo has become a métonym for exotic places as in the phrase ‘from Timbuktu to Kalamazoo.’

Buy the music of Glenn Miller: https://www.amazon.com/Glenn-Miller/e/B000APVC16

Other sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Miller

About William Price King

William Price King is an American jazz singer, crooner, and composer.

His interest in music began at an early age when he studied piano and clarinet in high school. At Morehouse College in Atlanta where he grew up, he sang in the Glee Club and studied classical music. After graduation he went off to the Yale School of Music where he earned a Masters degree. From there he journeyed to New York where he created a jazz trio ‘Au Naturel’ which performed in some of the hottest venues in Manhattan including gigs on Broadway and the famous ‘Rainbow Room.’ These gigs opened doors for performances in Montreal and a European tour.

While touring Europe he met a lovely French lady, Jeanne Maïstre, who, a year later became his wife. King left the group ‘Au Naturel’ and settled in the south of France where he started a new life on the French Riviera, opening his own music school – the “Price King Ecole Internationale de Chant.” He has had the pleasure over the years of seeing many of his students excel as singers on a professional level, and some going on to become national celebrities. He continues to coach young singers today, in his spare time.

His debut jazz album was entitled “Home,” and was a collection of contemporary compositions he composed, with lyrics written by his wife Jeanne King. His second album was a Duo (Voice and Guitar) with Eric Sempé on the guitar. This album included original songs as well as well known standards from contemporary jazz and pop artists. The “King-Sempé” duo toured France and thrilled audiences for more than three years before going their separate ways. King has formed a new duo with French/Greek guitarist Manolis, and is now exploring new ideas, in a smooth jazz/soul/folk direction.

In addition to singing and composing, King has been collaborating with author Sally Cronin over the past few years on her blog “Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life,” with the series “A Man And His Music – Jazz, Contemporary, Classical, and Legends” and now, the “William Price King Music Column.” Working with author Sally Cronin has been an exhilarating experience in many ways and has brought a new dimension to King’s creative life. King has also created a micro blog, “Improvisation,” which features and introduces mostly jazz artists from across the jazz spectrum who have made considerable contributions in the world of jazz; and also artwork from painters who have made their mark in the world of art. This micro blog can be found on Tumblr.

His vocal mentors are two of the greatest giants in jazz, Nat King Cole and Mel Tormé. King has a distinctive wide-ranging voice which displays a remarkable technical facility and emotional depth.

William Price King on Tumblr – IMPROVISATION – https://williampriceking.tumblr.com

Connect with William

Website – http://www.williampriceking.com/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/WilliamPriceKing
Twitter – https://twitter.com/wpkofficial
Regular Venue – http://cave-wilson.com/ 
ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/william-price-king/id788678484

You can find all of the Music Column series in this directory: https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/william-price-king-music-column/

As always we would love to receive your feedback.. thanks Sally and William