Spring Break
To introduce a legendary ensemble such as the Blackbyrds, I cannot help but to mention a couple of facts about the guy who was their brain and the spiritual guide... Born in Detroit, Michigan, on September 9th 1932, Donald Byrd had been playing in the bands accompanying Nat King Cole and Mel Torme since his very age, thereafter collaborating with artists such as Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Max Roach and John Coltrane.
For the last six months, the literary stars have been aligned for me. My reading list has brought a lot of joy and insight: Jesse Jumpshot, Noodles & Co, Debt Financing. I have also had the incredible luck of reading good book after great book, a rare and wonderful treat.
Ahh . . . the never-ending winter is almost over and the finish line is in sight. Harvard at this time of year feels something like that last little graphic after you kill Dracula in the old Castlevania video games where all the ghosts and goblins melt away screaming as the sun rises and our hero trods off into the sunset to face a beautiful new day.
