Comments for DevraDoWrite

Comment on Gray is more than a hair color by Robert Parker

Robert Parker — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:27:15 +0000

This is a great post, Devra, and I enjoyed it a lot. Thanks, and I would like to see more posts here when you feel inspired.

Comment on Gray is more than a hair color by Valerie

Valerie — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:08:01 +0000

fabulous writing and sentiments! you’ve come back to this blog full-force, my dear! i’ll be looking forward to more. (from one gray-haired lady to another!)

Comment on Kampai, my darling by Valerie

Valerie — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:22:19 +0000

thank you for sharing, Devra. i am sure that you will continue to hear from people who loved and respected John. and after all these years of knowing John, you can tell the genuine from the others! i look forward to your continuing blogs. xoxo

Comment on Les “Coach” Fernandez R.I.P. by EduCage Graduate

EduCage Graduate — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:56:38 +0000

A Great Man passed and I remember him yearly even today. Coach helped me be the person I am today, better for knowing him.

Comment on Les “Coach” Fernandez R.I.P. by Terri Kasper Valera

Terri Kasper Valera — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:16:11 +0000

I just came upon this and just started to cry. I did attend Educage and graduated with Honers. Coach always supported me. I am deeply sad of this wonderful man’s passing. I will always love and remember him.

Terri Kasper Valera Class of 1980

Comment on Long Narrative Articles by Malvina Kesterson

Malvina Kesterson — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 06:57:45 +0000

Can I just say what a relief to find someone who definitively knows what they’re talking about on the internet. You already know how to bring an issue to light and make it appealing. More people need to read this and understand this side of the story. I cant believe youre not more popular because you definitely have the gift.

Comment on More About Erroll Garner by genevieve

genevieve — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:50:33 +0000

I have been “in love” with Erroll Garner since I heard him for the first time…. am still, actually .. he wss/is unique!!!

Comment on Benny Powell, R.I.P. by Keith Charles Edwards

Keith Charles Edwards — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:01:19 +0000

I met him in St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. Pastor Dale Lind introduced him to us and I went up and introduced myself to Mr. Powell (not Benny, he was old enough to be my father. I always called elder musicians “mister.” I was a fan of television variety show bands. He was amazing. He always was in my thoughts. He was what a musician should be: a musician’s musician and a man’s man. He was a truly a man of faith. I am glad that St. Peter’s gave him a place to hang his hat with so many others like him. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.

Comment on Jake Hanna, R.I.P. by Michael Steinman

Michael Steinman — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:13:38 +0000

Thanks for the tale, Devra -- it might be the only recorded instance of someone having the last word, physical or verbal, when Jake was around. He certainly deserved his own video documentary, although making it public would have been a problem! I saw him several times -- at Sunnie Sutton's Denver jazz parties and at Nola Studios in NYC and marveled at his energy as a storyteller and swing behind his kit. I've posted my own memories of Jake on my blog -- JAZZ LIVES -- and hope that the Jake stories we remember and share will keep us from feeling too sad. Thanks and cheers, Michael Note from Devra: Michael's Jake-specific posts are here and here.

Comment on Jake Hanna, R.I.P. by Sheila

Sheila — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:35:45 +0000

Great story on Jake. Thanks for writing this. The world lost a great drummer.