JAZZ ON A RAIN SWEPT NIGHTA Photo EssayWhere Words Fail, Jazz Speaks

Slow Jazz — Music for Quiet Souls & Peaceful Moments

What We Play is Life—Louis Armstrong

"Enjoy the music of rain on a rainy day." — Debasish Mridha

"Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life." — John Updike

“One of the rain's greatest magics is that it suddenly makes thousands of umbrellas appear out of nowhere!”

“The summer sun was not meant for boys like me.

Boys like me belonged to the rain.”

― Benjamin Alire Sáenz

"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. 

It's about learning how to dance in the rain."—Vivian Greene

Rainy Night in George—Ray Charles

"Heavy rain's fallin'

Seems I hear your voice callin' "it's all right"

A rainy night in Georgia

I feel like it's rainin' all over the world"—Tony Joe White

An umbrella is comfort.  Rain is like music pouring down on life" 

 You must often leave comfort to touch the life." — Mehmet Murat Ildan

"Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one." — Duke Ellington

“If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.”

"Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life.”

 

 

Escape to this quiet place.  Shut the world out, watch the rain, and listen to some mellow jazz

"Rain falling outside. Jazz drifting through the room. Warm lights, beautiful sounds and a glass of wine"

Jazz is a living thing.   It expresses the feelings, the dreams, and hopes of the people—Dexter Gordon

“If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City”

"Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby." — Langston Hughes

"The sky is crying,

but I'm soaking up the peace."

"Happiness is a rainy night balcony, a cup of coffee, and your favorite music."

Rain, Jazz, & Memories

In a Sentimental Mood

—Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

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There are many things that I must do, but first I must watch the rain fall & Listen to My Music

"Finding 

Joy

In the Downpour"

The rain plays notes only the heart can hear

Finding peace in the soft patter of raindrops 

“...I don't just wish you rain, Beloved - I wish you the beauty of storms...”

― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

Kiss me with rain on your eyelashes,

come on, let us sway together,

under the trees, and to hell with thunder.”—Edwin Morgan

The Sky is Crying 

Albert King 

1969

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