I continue to be amazed at how Jazz musical artists seem to regularly find inspiration in the rock band Nirvana. I just have to post this excellent and delightful cover of Nirvana's COME AS YOU ARE from their breakthrough album Nevermind.
Charlie Hunter has become a staple on the jazz scene not only fronting his own ensembles but guesting with numerous others on the jazz vanguard. COME AS YOU ARE is the initial offering under the name Charlie Hunter Trio from their album bing, bing, bing!
Nirvana were from Seattle and were intricately interwoven with the grunge rock scene and their success helped make the descriptive "alternative rock" label a household phrase. Initially the alternative rock label was really just to say the grunge rock was an alternative to the heavy metal "hair" band that preceded them.
I love this triptych of images. For me they inspire some very complex feelings. The original photographs of deadwood and rocks in water were just “throwaways” until I decided to go very dark and just leave some of the highlights viewable. Then they started to take shape and almost feel like living entities.
I wanted to post some music for these three images but nothing came to mind. After spending 2 hours looking for something I gave up. So to all my wonderful viewers; do these images make you think of any particular piece of music? If so – feel free to post it in the comments. Thanks.
... on being and becoming ... 