JaZzArt en València

«Sloop John B.» from the first time I heard it, back when I was a wee lad, and just recently transplanted to the United States, I loved it. The harmonies enticed me, the melody seduced me, the story, well, I did not really understand the story at all, but the words sounded nice and well the song fascinated me and it still does…

I heard it on the Beach Boys seminal album (released in May 1966) Pet Sounds. This album, which pre-dated Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and possibly influenced Paul and the lads, is considered by musicologists to be a concept album with new and sophisticated means and ways of musical production. Brian Wilson, genius behind The Beach Boys, and Pet Sounds introduced intricate vocal harmonies, incorporated elements of pop, jazz, exotic (world beat) and classical music, to create a genuine vanguard movement album. The band was not able to replicate the album live during those years. Now Brian Wilson has…

Pet Sounds allowed for the development of the culture of pop music. This album was absolutely crucial for the development of progressive and art rock and definitely opened the door to psychedelic music which would become very popular after that and lasting through the late sixties. Without a doubt it is one of the most influential albums in rock/pop music. Many have considered it the best album…of that genre…of all times, like the music magazines New Musical Express, The Times and Mojo. In 2003 it was second place in Rolling Stone magazine best 500 albums of all times. In 2004 Pet Sounds was inducted into the National Registry of Recordings of the US Congressional Library. They said it had cultural, historical and tremendous aesthetic values. And in 2015 Acclaimed Music named Pet Sounds as the album statistically more acclaimed of all times.

Here is the version from Pet Sounds:

Here is possibly the «original», if not an older version, which gave Brian Wilson the idea for his arrangement in Pet Sounds. This is by the Kingston Trio:

And here is what 1966 kind of looked like:

Georges Pompidou defeats Valéry Giscard d’Estaing and is re-elected as president of France.

Simon and Garfunkel release «Sounds of Silence».

US President Lyndon Johnson met with his Vietnamese counterpart in Honolulu to talk about the course of the war in Vietnam.

The Australian dollar is introduced at 2 to pound.

The Flintstones airs its finale.

The Rolling Stones release «Paint it Black» in the US on 07 MAY.

Martin Luther King makes his first speech against the Vietnam War.

«It’s a Small World» attraction opens in Disneyland.

US warplanes begin bombing Hanoi and Haiphong in Vietnam.

England won the World Cup in England.

Cheers…

I BELIEVE

NUNQUAM SOLUS IN VIA AD AETERNITATEM CREDO

I believe
without doubts
with the strength of my cells
with the will of my bones
with the light of my eyes
with the wind in my ears
with the salt of the sea in my face,
and with the love that You give me…
I can walk through the tides green and powerful
and on top of the leaves full of blue like the blue of the sky.
Through blue valleys of mysteries,
through the salty warm peace of Her waters.
Praising the calmness of the raging sea.
I do believe she calls to me…
With these eyes that see through darkness.
With this voice that rises to the clouds.
With this joy that fills my skin, each and every pore,
I believe…
I do not doubt,
I live to breathe the silent power of eternity.
To know with certainty.
To love maternally.
And to be free…
I love the knowledge of the truth that some are doubting,
I seek the pleasure of the fullness it provides.
Faith opens my eyes and knowledge guides my fancies.
The doubts and rationalisations so quickly fade away.
This is my credo,
my beliefs,
and I know there is eternity,
I have seen it in each dream…

CREDO CUM FIDE ET SINE DUBITATIONE

C.2021, 15 DEC 2021, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, Valencia, España

Well, as far as I am concerned, art is the way I have lived all my life, and it has been with me through all facets of my life… Through relocations, through war, through work, through uni, through love and through the ever changing cycles and through my awareness and learning and mostly my gratitude.

CHEERS

Creo que no os lo imaginabais, pero aquí os traigo otra belleza que además de su look tan sexy es menuda pianista. Marialy Pacheco, cubana de La Habana, nacida en enero de 1983 brilla y toca que es una maravilla… A los siete años ya había ingresado en el Conservatorio Alejandro García Caturla de La Habana, Cuba. Luego siguió sus estudios en la Escuela Nacional de Artes, también de La Habana, Cuba). De ahí se graduó con honores en 2002. Tenia entonces 19 años. Estudio composición en el Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana… En el 2013 se trasladó a Alemania, donde vive (hizo bien en irse de Cuba comunista)… En 2017 Marialy fue solista con la Babelsberg Film Orchestra en el marco de «Ladies Jazz Night» en el Nikolaisaal de Potsdam, se agotaron las entradas… lanzó su álbum “Duets” en 2017 con sus músicos favoritos… Además en 2017 volvió a aparecer en el Festival de Jazz de Montreux y debutó en Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club de Londres… Apareció en Jazz Baltica en 2022… Venga, la chica es un autentico fenómeno y creo que os va a gustar este cambio de ritmo…mare meua, flipas…pues Marialy es Salsa y Jazz y todo lo que os podais imaginar…

In case you thought I was through, I bring you another beauty who, in addition to her sexy look, is a superb musician and excellent pianist. Marialy Pacheco, a Cuban from La Habana, born in January 1983, shines on every stage she touches and plays wonderfully… At the age of seven, she had already entered the Alejandro García Caturla Conservatory in La Habana, Cuba. She then continued her studies at the National School of Arts, also in La Habana. From there, she graduated with honours in 2002 at the age of 19. She studied composition at the Higher Institute of Art in La Habana… In 2013, she moved to Germany, where she currently lives (she did well to leave communist Cuba)… In 2017, Marialy was a starred as a soloist with the Babelsberg Film Orchestra as part of the «Ladies Jazz Night» at the Nikolaisaal in Potsdam, and the tickets were sold out… She released her album «Duets» in 2017 with her favourite musicians… Also in 2017, she appeared again at the Montreux Jazz Festival and made her debut at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London… She appeared at Jazz Baltica in 2022… There you go, this girl is a true phenomenon, and I think you’re going to like this change of pace… my goodness, you’ll be amazed… because Marialy is Salsa and Jazz and everything else you can imagine…

GRACIAS – CHEERS

Inglés, nació en 1922, teorista y critico de arquitectura, murió en Londres en 1988… Muy conocido por dos libros que escribió: Theory and Design in the First Machine Age (1960) y el otro en 1971, Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies. En este ultimo hace un análisis de la ciudad de Los Angeles y la identifica dividiéndola en cuatro modelos ecológicos: Surfurbia, las estribaciones, los llanos de Id, y la Autopía… Visitaba frecuentemente EEUU hasta que se trasladó a ese país en 1976… Comenzó sus estudios es su ciudad natal de Norwich y en 1949 ingresó en el Courtauld Institute of Art de Londres con profesores muy renombrados como Anthony Blunt, Sigfried Giedion y Nikolaus Pevsne… Comenzó de escritor con el Architectural Review en 1952… Banham fue profesor de la Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London de 1964 al 1976 y en la State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo de 1976 a 1980) y durante la década de los 1980 en la University of California, Santa Cruz… Reconociendo que había que experimentar cada ciudad de la manera mas idónea y haciendo lo que mas la caracteriza, aprendió a conducir y sacó su permiso para conocer la originalidad de Los Angeles y así lo escribió en su libro sobre esa ciudad… Le hicieron un documental corto titulado Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles (1972) dirigido por Julian Cooper… Le habían asignado una catedra en la Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, pero murió antes de llegar a ejercer en ella… Creo que para todo artista, arquitecto, o escritor, le seria interesante y útil conocer la historia de un hombre tan reconocido y renombrado como Reyner Banham. Os convido a ahondar mas en su obra y su vida…

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Reyner Banham was an English architectural theorist and critic. He was born in 1922 and passed away in London in 1988. Banham is well-known for two books he wrote: «Theory and Design in the First Machine Age» (1960) and «Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies» (1971). In the latter, he analysed the city of Los Angeles and identified it with four ecological models: Surfurbia, The Foothills, The Plains of Id, and Autopia... Banham frequently visited the United States until he moved there in 1976. He began his studies in his hometown of Norwich and in 1949, he enrolled in the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, where he studied under renowned professors such as Anthony Blunt, Sigfried Giedion, and Nikolaus Pevsner. He began his writing career with the Architectural Review in 1952... From 1964 to 1976, Banham served as a professor at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, and from 1976 to 1980, he taught at the State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo. In the 1980s, he taught at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Recognizing the need to experience each city in its most authentic way, Banham learned to drive and obtained a driver’s license to get to know Los Angeles in its original, which he wrote about in his book about the city… A short documentary titled «Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles» (1972), directed by Julian Cooper, was made about him. Although he had been appointed a professorship at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, he passed away before he could take up the position. Reyner Banham’s life and work are of great interest and value to artists, architects, and writers. I invite you to delve deeper into his oeuvre and his life.

GRACIAS – CHEERS – GRACIAS – CHEERS – GRACIAS – CHEERS – GRACIAS

This is the «Kiko the Drummer» series of art prints now available through Pixels.com

You can also check out a pretty nice collection of my Art Digital…

https://pixels.com/profiles/1-bodo-vespaciano

CHEERS

¿Donde va el arte de estos días?

Bueno, sinceramente no me importa ni me interesa. Somos artesanos. Hacemos lo que tenemos que hacer para “hacer” arte, pero terminamos reproduciendo y rehaciendo lo que ya se hizo. Y eso no importa porque el arte no tiene que ser original.

Hoy en día están tratando de destruir el arte de los artistas comparándola con “arte”, o cosas, hechas por robots, ordenadores y animales.

Hoy en día se eleva el arte conceptual a niveles que no se merece.

Hoy en día están virando todo al revés pero la vida se vive al derecho.

Y como ya hemos estrado en el Adviento, os deseo…

Bon Nadal

GRACIAS

This is the «Kiko the Drummer» series of art prints now available through Pixels.com

You can also check out a pretty nice collection of my Art Digital…

https://pixels.com/profiles/1-bodo-vespaciano

CHEERS

Inglés, nació en 1922, teorista y critico de arquitectura, murió en Londres en 1988… Muy conocido por dos libros que escribió: Theory and Design in the First Machine Age (1960) y el otro en 1971, Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies. En este ultimo hace un análisis de la ciudad de Los Angeles y la identifica dividiéndola en cuatro modelos ecológicos: Surfurbia, las estribaciones, los llanos de Id, y la Autopía… Visitaba frecuentemente EEUU hasta que se trasladó a ese país en 1976… Comenzó sus estudios es su ciudad natal de Norwich y en 1949 ingresó en el Courtauld Institute of Art de Londres con profesores muy renombrados como Anthony Blunt, Sigfried Giedion y Nikolaus Pevsne… Comenzó de escritor con el Architectural Review en 1952… Banham fue profesor de la Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London de 1964 al 1976 y en la State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo de 1976 a 1980) y durante la década de los 1980 en la University of California, Santa Cruz… Reconociendo que había que experimentar cada ciudad de la manera mas idónea y haciendo lo que mas la caracteriza, aprendió a conducir y sacó su permiso para conocer la originalidad de Los Angeles y así lo escribió en su libro sobre esa ciudad… Le hicieron un documental corto titulado Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles (1972) dirigido por Julian Cooper… Le habían asignado una catedra en la Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, pero murió antes de llegar a ejercer en ella… Creo que para todo artista, arquitecto, o escritor, le seria interesante y útil conocer la historia de un hombre tan reconocido y renombrado como Reyner Banham. Os convido a ahondar mas en su obra y su vida…

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Reyner Banham was an English architectural theorist and critic. He was born in 1922 and passed away in London in 1988. Banham is well-known for two books he wrote: «Theory and Design in the First Machine Age» (1960) and «Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies» (1971). In the latter, he analysed the city of Los Angeles and identified it with four ecological models: Surfurbia, The Foothills, The Plains of Id, and Autopia... Banham frequently visited the United States until he moved there in 1976. He began his studies in his hometown of Norwich and in 1949, he enrolled in the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, where he studied under renowned professors such as Anthony Blunt, Sigfried Giedion, and Nikolaus Pevsner. He began his writing career with the Architectural Review in 1952... From 1964 to 1976, Banham served as a professor at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, and from 1976 to 1980, he taught at the State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo. In the 1980s, he taught at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Recognizing the need to experience each city in its most authentic way, Banham learned to drive and obtained a driver’s license to get to know Los Angeles in its original, which he wrote about in his book about the city… A short documentary titled «Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles» (1972), directed by Julian Cooper, was made about him. Although he had been appointed a professorship at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, he passed away before he could take up the position. Reyner Banham’s life and work are of great interest and value to artists, architects, and writers. I invite you to delve deeper into his oeuvre and his life.

GRACIAS – CHEERS – GRACIAS – CHEERS – GRACIAS – CHEERS – GRACIAS

Creo que no os lo imaginabais, pero aquí os traigo otra belleza que además de su look tan sexy es menuda pianista. Marialy Pacheco, cubana de La Habana, nacida en enero de 1983 brilla y toca que es una maravilla… A los siete años ya había ingresado en el Conservatorio Alejandro García Caturla de La Habana, Cuba. Luego siguió sus estudios en la Escuela Nacional de Artes, también de La Habana, Cuba). De ahí se graduó con honores en 2002. Tenia entonces 19 años. Estudio composición en el Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana… En el 2013 se trasladó a Alemania, donde vive (hizo bien en irse de Cuba comunista)… En 2017 Marialy fue solista con la Babelsberg Film Orchestra en el marco de «Ladies Jazz Night» en el Nikolaisaal de Potsdam, se agotaron las entradas… lanzó su álbum “Duets” en 2017 con sus músicos favoritos… Además en 2017 volvió a aparecer en el Festival de Jazz de Montreux y debutó en Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club de Londres… Apareció en Jazz Baltica en 2022… Venga, la chica es un autentico fenómeno y creo que os va a gustar este cambio de ritmo…mare meua, flipas…pues Marialy es Salsa y Jazz y todo lo que os podais imaginar…

In case you thought I was through, I bring you another beauty who, in addition to her sexy look, is a superb musician and excellent pianist. Marialy Pacheco, a Cuban from La Habana, born in January 1983, shines on every stage she touches and plays wonderfully… At the age of seven, she had already entered the Alejandro García Caturla Conservatory in La Habana, Cuba. She then continued her studies at the National School of Arts, also in La Habana. From there, she graduated with honours in 2002 at the age of 19. She studied composition at the Higher Institute of Art in La Habana… In 2013, she moved to Germany, where she currently lives (she did well to leave communist Cuba)… In 2017, Marialy was a starred as a soloist with the Babelsberg Film Orchestra as part of the «Ladies Jazz Night» at the Nikolaisaal in Potsdam, and the tickets were sold out… She released her album «Duets» in 2017 with her favourite musicians… Also in 2017, she appeared again at the Montreux Jazz Festival and made her debut at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London… She appeared at Jazz Baltica in 2022… There you go, this girl is a true phenomenon, and I think you’re going to like this change of pace… my goodness, you’ll be amazed… because Marialy is Salsa and Jazz and everything else you can imagine…

GRACIAS – CHEERS