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ShaShaty: Brighter Day

It’s a new dawn for veteran contemporary jazz saxophonist ShaShaty. His first collection comprised entirely of original songs in more than a decade, the set showcases the artist who had a hand in writing seven of the disc’s 11 songs that were produced by guitarist-vocalist Steve Oliver, writer or co-writer of ten songs for the record.

Butte La Rose

Bonjour!
On a Saturday night, last Dec. 20, I arrived home at about 10:30 p.m. I’d been spending time with my family to enjoy a little Christmas time and have a delicious early holiday feast and also our annual family exchanging of gifts.

Baja St. Martin

I’m beginning to sound a bit like Paul Revere. “The martins are coming! The martin’s are coming!” Indeed, the martins are now here! Or at least the scouts are here. I just love the sound they make. So happy, and busy and cheerful. Now I’ll start waiting for the wood ducks to move into their box by the seawall.

Baja St. Martin

Sorry about this folks, but I was wrong! The purple martins have not yet returned to my birdhouses! The birds I saw are those pesky house wrens which have been poking in the Martin house nesting holes every day now. I go out and shout at them but they come back. I hope they will leave when the martins do arrive.

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