At any given moment
Last night, after we finished Paris, Texas which took about a week to watch given the holidays and Tin and our need to sleep, we flipped on the TV, something we rarely do, and started watching Piers Morgan interviewing Tony Bennett.
Let me start with this, although I knew Tony Bennett from his songs, his voice, and history, I did not know Tony Bennett until the day I walked up to the Jazz Fest stage he was singing on and fell smack in love with the man. My god, the style, the charisma, the voice, the amazing quality of this man emanated out to the fest crowd like magic, pure liquid magic. My Jazz Fest epiphanies of music and talent are usually one standout a year that makes me think the ever more expensive brass pass that I buy each year is worth it for that one performance – but Tony Bennett, now that was a lifetime pass.
Anyway, but I digress, Piers Morgan (so glad he made the most annoying entertainer list), was interviewing Tony Bennett who said someone told him two things that changed his life – one was in giving your life as an entertainer over to drug and alcohol abuse, you are sinning against your talent. And the other piece of advice was that at any given moment, you could learn.
That is the power of present living. And he proved this to be his philosophy when Piers asked him about his best moment as an entertainer and he said, it was four days ago when he was at the Metropolitan Opera House and he looked around, a little nervous because Opera is that great art, and he was simply a jazz singer, and the audience loved him. He said he felt terrific.
Tony Bennett is 85 and one of his best moments was four days ago.
December 28th, 2011 at 12:27 am
Bennett use to frequent a place I worked at. He would come in alone, sit at a window seat alone and sketch the people outside. He was always incredibly gracious and kind and displayed none of the negative attributes that one often associates with stars of his stature.
December 28th, 2011 at 11:46 am
An incredible man.