Frazz by Jef Mallett for March 07, 2024

And a great one.

Minor detail, but for a jazz musician, morning starts at noon.

Morning starts when my eyes finally come open for the day. Usually, for me, it’s before noon. Usually.

Hey, it’s morning somewhere.

And only jazz musicians were smoking marijuana…

~Jimmy Buffett, “Pencil Thin Mustache”

My morning begins before sunrise.

I wonder the kid would even know the name. Maybe his dad has a side or two of music of that era. Maybe some he inherited from his dad.

Miles Davis was probably not the best example to use for a comic centered around kids. He had a huge Coke habit that eventually killed him.

Miles was a protege of Bird and Diz. https://www.youtube.Com/watch?v=zCoBvEEczc0

Morning is a great time to go to bed.

“He’s a guy who gets up at 6:00 in the morning regardless of what time it is.” —Lou Duva, veteran boxing trainer, commenting on the Spartan training regime of heavyweight Andrew Golota

At Tipitina’s in New Orleans, the ‘early’ show starts at 10 PM and the ‘late’ show at 2 AM.

I was at a late show there when the lighting on the stage suddenly changed because they had opened up the venue’s doors and the rising sun was shining in.

Perhaps the future for Miles only began a couple of times a month.

These kids are way too intelligent for their age. What 8 year-old knows about Miles Davis?

So “every time he began his day”.

jazz musician isn’t necessarily synonymous with strung out junkie, but Miles Davis is.

Getting up at the crack of dawn made Miles Kind of Blue.

Phish and the Grateful Dead know no mornings!

Back in the day in the bit biz, we would understand that as being about the difference between logical morning and physical morning.