Twisty, Curvy Roads

Announcing a Hot New Jazz Arrangement All Of Me Check it out and get your copy at Sheet Music Plus Arranged as a jump/shuffle a la Louie Prima, this is a jazz standard that will have your audience dancing in the aisles! It is perfect for swing dancing. It is arranged for trumpet, tenor sax, trombone, baritone sax and full rhythm section.  Download the free  WOODSHED TRACK  of the rhythm section. Use the Woodshed Track to practice the tune before jamming with others or even to perform with only the four horns! Be sure to join our blog so you will receive notices each time we publish a new piece!  Here is a demo of the tune!   Jim Ivy, REALTOR® Central Metro Realty, LLC (512) 341-9103

Snowfall in the woods behind my home When I woke this morning, I noticed a slight chill inside my Casita. It wasn't cold, just a bit cooler than usual for January. It felt good to pull my sleeping bag a bit more tightly around my shoulders. I could feel Max snuggled against my back. After a bit, Max indicated that perhaps it would be a good idea for me to crawl out of bed and open the door so he could go outside. I was surprised when I glanced through the window and saw that the ground was covered with a thin layer of snow! Even though I am an old man by most folks' standards, my emotions are still rooted in my boyhood days. Growing up in northern Alabama, "snow" has always been something of a romantic novelty. Although I have never experienced a "White Christmas", in my imagination, Christmas, no matter how many gifts were beneath the tree, was not quite as exciting as it would have been with a deep layer of snow outside. We did have snow now and...

  After feeding Max this morning, I set about fixin' my own breakfast. I am pretty much of a food agnostic - meaning I will eat just about any and everything, but this morning I happened to have all of the ingredients at hand to fix my perfect breakfast. List of Ingredients: # Ingredient Notes 1 Grits               Custom ground. NO instant or quick grits. I Recommend custom ground grits from Homestead Gristmill . But, Bob's makes a fair yellow grit that you can find in well-stocked local groceries 2 Venison Sausage Slice a 3 to 4 inch section off the link and slice it into 1/4 inch slices. Whittington's Meat Processing , in Johnson City, Texas, makes the best venison sausage that I have ever eaten. You supply your own deer! They will butcher, add pork, stuff the sausage, and store it for you! If you don't have the time or inclination to harvest your own deer, HEB sells a venison and pork sausage. Although it...

Grits! I thank God that I grew up with a Grandmother who knew how to cook grits! To me, grits with my bacon and eggs are about as essential as food gets. Since I moved to Texas all those years ago, I find it sometimes difficult to find a restaurant that can cook grits. Sometimes, when I ask for grits, the waiter will look at me with a blank stare. If the waiter tells me that they do not serve grits, I get up and leave! Often they serve me with a thin whitish gruel that looks like some sort of soup. They bring me a spoon because the "grits" are too watery to stay on my fork! These same restaurants think nothing at all of serving greasy potatoes hashed and fried into inedible patties, but if you ask for grits they treat you like some sort of weird character! Grits are simply ground field corn so there is no reason that they should be difficult to find, especially in Texas. In the early days of Texas, corn and pork were the primary food groups! Chickens were decimated by coyotes...

Announcing a Hot New Jazz Arrangement Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me Check it out and get your copy at Sheet Music Plus Part of the Trad Jazz Pub Repertoire Builder Series, the arrangement comes with leads and full rhythm section parts. There is also a free  WOODSHED TRACK  so you can practice the tune before jamming with others. Be certain that you subscribe to our blog so you will receive notices each time we publish a new piece! Just add your email to the field on the left. Here is a demo of the tune!