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This is the music player

Click only once (try it), then wait

it may take a little time for the song to load.

(if you can't get music to play please let me know)

If you want to listen to music while navigating:

go to the Listen to the Music page (StraightJazz Recordings)

click on any of the music players

music will continue playing as you move through site. 

Check out the Site Map

it's really pretty, and gives a simple view of the site contents.

The Site Map contains "live" links and can be used

to pivot to any destination on the website.

The StraightJazz Collaboration

Live Music Entertainment, Performance, and Recordings

Links to a Calendar of upcoming events,

music Recordings found on the site, Musicians,

some recent Gigs, some Songs played, and Comments.

Slash and Burn

A compendium of writings, pictures, and music,

both past and present, delivered through daily entries.

A commitment to post an entry every day for one year,

November 15th, 2008 to November 15th, 2009.

The Calendar is the link to the Daily Entries 

and the Contents from which the entry was chosen. 

The Bibliography is the index of source materials.

The Overview provides synopses of the source materials.

Monthly Musical Slideshow

My mom, children, and wife gave me a birthday present.  A camera.

The slideshows are dedicated to recording the ebb and flow

of life and nature as seen day by day outside my window,

something i have always wanted to share.

Click on music player, sit back and enjoy!

Maestro - the Nicholas 'Rod' Rodriguez Project

Born in Panama in 1906, I met Nic in 1976

we commenced work that lasted for more than a decade

A master jazz pianist and composer, here is Nic's Music

and the foundation and springboard for sharing his Life's Work.

Connections

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