Wednesday. Named after Wed Nes who was a very important person in his time. Mr. Nes actually invented weddings which we take for granted these days. The word 'granted' is actually taken from the name Grant Ted (one 't' was dropped). Mr. Ted was a sort of go to guy who had a knack of fixing things. When things were not working properly, it was common to hear, "Take it in for Grant Ted to have a look at." Some people thought that Mr. Ted's amazing skills were often taken for granted. Hence the word.
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| An artist's impression of what Grant Ted probably looked like. |
Okay, let's have a listen to Oscar Peterson and the two bassists, Ray Brown and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. HERE.
Hey, it's well worth a listen!
Sorry but I can't nail their exact speed this morning. Listen to Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen's bass solo - the second solo, Ray goes first. Listen to those quavers! Wow! Now that's too fast for me. NHOP, as they call him, has always been my hero. In my humble opinion, he's the best!
Ciao tutti.
7 commenti:
Yes, I'm a fan of NHOP too.
Phillip Edward Nis
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The The The Guy
Funny. With a name like yours I thought you'd be a fan of NVY.
What is NVY?
RBB
Not Very Young.
It's a kind description of TC.
Phillip Edward Nis
We have a NHOP CD.
You bought it for us about 20 years ago.
We still listen to it occasionally.
Since we sold the snooker table we've been using the front (back) room which is now a lounge, a lot . The stereo system is in there and it's nice to sit and listen to music with no distraction from a TV or a computer.
That's nice. I need to listen to more music. Though today it'll be The Wiggles and Pepper Pig.
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