Once long ago there lived a youth named Orpheus.
The Gods loved Orpheus so much that they endowed him with two gifts: the gift of poetry and the gift of music.
And the great God Apollo gave him a golden lyre.
Orpheus sang and played with such perfection that he cast an enchantment over everything about him.
So moving were his songs and the music of his lyre that he even charmed the hard rocks and the whispering trees.
Streams turned in their courses to follow him and wild beasts became gentle and gathered around him in peace.
Don Shirley, an improvisation based on the story of “Orpheus in the Underworld” .
Converted from the original vinyl via Audacity (audacityteam.org)
Dr. Donald Shirley's piano interpretation "Happy Talk" - a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific.
He is joined by bassist Robert Field.
This video footage of Donald Walbridge Shirley is some of the only known live concert footage in existence.
This virtuoso musician remained somewhat of an enigma during his career, due to the fact he could not or would not be categorized.
He is the subject of the highly anticipated film GREEN BOOK starring Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen.
The film was written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly who also directed the film.
My father and his Canadian vocal quartet were fortunate to have met him in New York city during the 50's - his hay-day,
playing in concert halls and clubs for celebrities like Marilyn Monroe and Jimmy Durante.
Don helped my Dad's group The Gamsmen get auditions with record labels and industry heavyweights.
He and Don remained good friends for 60 years, up until his death in 2013.
In 2001, we were privileged to attend a benefit concert in Detroit MI.
in support of The Brazeal Dennard Chorale in which Dr. Shirley was featured.
We drove down for London Ontario for the gala dinner/concert and had a wonderful private reunion
with Don afterwards in his dressing room.
Special mention to my brother Joel and his 8mm video camera (apologies for the poor quality).
I had broadcast equipment available, but Don was very hesitant to do something on a larger scale.
Luckily we have this footage we can share with the public.
I have the full concert and other backstage footage that will be uploaded in the near future.
A new documentary trailer on the life of Dr. Donald Shirley has just been released.
前一篇日記提到已開瓶的葡萄酒保存法，
除了375ml分裝外，另一種方式則是使用惰性氣體來隔絕空氣，例如氮氣或氬氣。
現在在一些餐廳和專賣店可以看到一種Enomatic的葡萄酒保鮮機就是運用這種原理。
一部機器可同時提供多達十幾種酒的單杯品嚐，並且保鮮能力可以長達幾個月。
這種機器的缺點是價格太高，如何回收成本是個不能不謹慎思考的問題。
最近又發現一種新產品，或許會是個人消費者和營業場所比較低成本的完美解決方案。
有種氬氣罐Winesave，以食品級材料和高科技，使佔空間的機器和大型氣瓶，濃縮成髮膠瓶的大小。
據英國Decanter品醇客網站評論報導，其市價大約20英鎊或28澳幣，
台灣進口價格是960元新台幣，大陸也有酒商進口，價格不到300 ，可以使用50到80次。
比空氣重兩倍半的氬氣覆蓋在酒液上，足以讓開瓶後的酒保存幾個月而不變質。
該報導指稱，有的酒甚至放一陣子後還變得更加好喝。
住戶編號:1994237
檢舉原因
心情: 
