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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Mar 9, 2020
- 7 min
PAINTING JAZZ
RHYTHM AND COLOR IN ART AND THE INFLUENCE OF JAZZ The confluence of jazz and art has been around for a long time. Henri Matisse collected...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Mar 2, 2020
- 8 min
LISTENING
WILLIE’S CORNER In this Corner Willie will be sharing with us some insights and stories. Knowing Willie, they will be to the point and up...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Feb 24, 2020
- 6 min
DIXIELAND
TRADITION Those were simpler times. We went to school or work, came home, ate, slept and did other simple stuff. We filled our days just ...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Feb 17, 2020
- 10 min
MILT HINTON PART TWO
THE MASTER WHO TOOK PICTURES MILT HINTON: PART TWO “When I first started out in the ’30s, I took pictures so I could show my family and f...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Feb 10, 2020
- 10 min
ABJECT DECENCY
Photo by Milt Hinton © 1988 Photo courtesy The Milton J. Hinton Photographic Collection THE IMPORTANCE OF DECENCY AND TRUST For a long t...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Feb 3, 2020
- 6 min
GIGGING
JAZZ TALK I have always assumed that musicians were special people because they had their own language. I don’t think that I have earned ...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Jan 27, 2020
- 5 min
WARMTH
HUNKERING DOWN Maybe it is because I am getting a little long in the tooth, but winter isn’t as it used to be. I remember when the ice fr...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Jan 20, 2020
- 4 min
MARTIN
“Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy. ...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Jan 13, 2020
- 5 min
WHAT IS IN A NAME?
I respect all authentic art that is the result of genuine purpose and effort, but I am in abject awe of all artists who can play jazz wel...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Jan 6, 2020
- 5 min
2020
STAYING RESOLUTE For many years I wrote down my firm New Year’s resolutions. I seldom kept my promises to myself to stand strong and not w...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Dec 30, 2019
- 5 min
A PRETTY GOOD DECADE
WHAT THE HECK DO WE DO DO NOW? In a few days days we will have to remind ourselves to date things using the year 2020. 2020 has a good lo...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Dec 23, 2019
- 4 min
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
FINDING WARMTH AND GOOD CHEER DECEMBER 26 JOHN OSLER ...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Dec 16, 2019
- 7 min
GETTING A GIFT OF KINDNESS
GETTING A GIFT OF KINDNESS It may be just a smile or a pleasant glance that gives you a lift when you need it. It may be one face in a cr...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Dec 9, 2019
- 7 min
I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE, BABY
GOOD PEOPLE STANDING UP DECEMBER AND GIVINGIt is December and the year is coming to an end. For me 2019 was a year of discovery and trans...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Dec 2, 2019
- 5 min
SURVIVING DECEMBER IN DETROIT
John Osler Santa oil/canvas SURVIVING DECEMBER IN DETROIT Living in Michigan in the month of December is a challenge. It is November with...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Nov 25, 2019
- 4 min
THE HARVEST
NORMAN ROCKWELL THE HARVEST The blessing of the harvest happens around the world signaling that the growing season is over, and one shoul...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Nov 18, 2019
- 5 min
ART GALLERY
I am often surprised when I go into a room and there is a piece of really good art on the wall. It may not always be my cup of tea, but I...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Nov 11, 2019
- 5 min
LIFE IN A MINOR KEY
One is the loneliest number Some experts say we are in a dangerous loneliness epidemic and this loneliness can lead to serious emotional ...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
- Nov 4, 2019
- 7 min
PHOTOGRAPHY
JAZZ MUSICIANS AND JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHERS We know the history of jazz from scratchy recordings, publicity notices, gritty pieces of motion pi...
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