{"id":38729,"date":"2018-08-23T11:37:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T18:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=38729"},"modified":"2018-08-23T11:51:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T18:51:11","slug":"heavenim-in-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/heavenim-in-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Heaven\u2026I\u2019m in heaven!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[su_label type=&#8221;info&#8221;]The Devil&#8217;s Advocate[\/su_label]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38730\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_01web.jpg?quality=89&#038;ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38730\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_01web.jpg?resize=864%2C576&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_01web.jpg?w=864&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_01web.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_01web.jpg?resize=360%2C240&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_01web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angie Doctor sings with the John Calloway Quartet on Aug. 3 during a live jazz session at Bird &amp; Beckett Books and Records in San Francisco. Photo: Bob Hsiang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32610\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Devils-Advocate_Carlos-Baron_01web.jpg?quality=89&#038;ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-32610\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Devils-Advocate_Carlos-Baron_01web.jpg?resize=230%2C409&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carlos Bar\u00f3n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><\/b>We can reach heaven many times during our lives. There is no urgency to visit paradise after we die.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">Alejo Carpentier, the Cuban writer, father of \u201cThe Marvelous Reality,\u201d a literary movement (not to be confused with \u201cMagical Realism\u201d) left us this basic and profound thought: \u201cThe \u2018marvelous\u2019 can be found within the \u2018real.\u2019 It is a matter of scratching the surface of everyday reality, to discover that beauty, the marvelous, is all around us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">I am a convinced follower of that truth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">There are times when we experience something amazingly beautiful\u2014though it can also be a harrowing moment\u2014something whose beauty we might not be able to digest it immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">Later, when we have time to analyze our thoughts and feelings and give words to that experience, a smile might suddenly appear on our face and we might say: \u201cI just saw a poem walk by, a gift, a song, a helping hand in the midst of the apparent debacle. Life conquered death. Hope conquered despair. I saw it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">After the analysis, the task is to write that poem or song\u2026 or an article, because the marvelous must be shared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u201cHeaven\u2026I\u2019m in heaven!\u201d Words from the famous song \u201cCheek to Cheek,\u201d written by Irving Berlin for the movie \u201cTop Hat\u201d in 1935. \u201cHeaven, I\u2019m in heaven and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">Those words came to my mind a couple of weeks ago, when I sat entranced in the front row, listening to my kind of celestial music. \u201cThis is heaven. I\u2019m in heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38731\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38731\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_02web.jpg?quality=89&#038;ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38731\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_02web.jpg?resize=450%2C300&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_02web.jpg?w=864&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_02web.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_02web.jpg?resize=360%2C240&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_02web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Calloway jams on the flute on Aug. 3 during a live jazz session at Bird &amp; Beckett Books and Records in San Francisco. Photo: Bob Hsiang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p5\">I was not really in heaven, but at Bird &amp; Beckett Books &amp; Records, located in Glen Park, listening to a Latin jazz concert by John Calloway\u2019s Quartet. John was a bird on his magic flute and a sculptor on the piano; David Flores was the unparalleled percussionist; the young Alex Farrell made his deep bass dance; Jordan Samuels became one with his guitar; and Angela Doctor fed our collective melancholy with her wonderful voice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">The night was a gift from Eric Whittington, the owner of Bird &amp; Beckett, who has been giving us such gifts since 1999,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>although the concerts have become more of a regular staple since 2002.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">In a brief conversation, Eric told me, humbly: \u201cI\u2019m just setting the stage.\u201d It reminded me of that movie about building a baseball field in a cornfield and the phrase, \u201cIf you build it, they will come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">Indeed, the night that my wife Azucena and I were there (a little early, to secure those front seats), we were surrounded by a sea of novels, short stories, poems and postcards. Eventually, the place filled up with people. Some of them knew the musicians, others regularly enjoy both the books and the concerts held in that place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">The music that we heard was, as the saying goes, \u201cout of this world.\u201d That Latin jazz was constructed upon a perfect collaboration among the musicians. Calloway played his legendary flute and conducted. Each player had a turn at improvisation, and each player nailed it! The close proximity between the players and the audience was a rare treat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">At times, with the music, the faces of the players changed, as they navigated the intricate arrangement of notes. Smiles were exchanged, then their faces appeared to suffer, lost in the collaboration as their music achieved rare heights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">A couple of days later, I ran into my friend Jorge Molina, at Thursday\u2019s farmer\u2019s market at 22nd and Bartlett streets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">When I mentioned the concert and the expressions on the faces of the musicians, the communion established with the audience, he smiled, knowingly. He is also a musician, and explained: \u201cThat\u2019s called a \u2018collective hypnosis.\u2019 You enter into \u2018a zone\u2019\u2026 You feel it, the audience hears it and a kind of collective paroxysm is created.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38732\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38732\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_03web.jpg?quality=89&#038;ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-38732\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_03web.jpg?resize=450%2C300&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_03web.jpg?w=864&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_03web.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_03web.jpg?resize=360%2C240&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Devil_03web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Whittington, owner of Bird &amp; Beckett Books and Records, addresses the crowd in attendance for a mid-summer jazz session by the John Calloway Quartet on Aug. 3. Photo: Bob Hsiang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p5\">When I spoke with Eric Whittington, he said that musicians appreciate those concerts at the bookstore. \u201cI don\u2019t tell them what to play and the musicians clearly engage with the audience! People actually listen! There is an obvious respect shown to the musicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">During a particular piece, after an amazing \u201cdescarga\u201d where all instruments worked and peaked together like a well-trained team should, Calloway played the piano and repeated two or three chords for almost two minutes, as each player had their moment to shine. He was serving as the holder of the beat, maintaining the core of the moment, as the rest took turns improvising. After the piece was over, he said: \u201cWhile playing, I was looking around at the books: there are some amazing titles and themes. This is cool!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">I was taken aback. How could he do it? In the midst of playing, he could feel free to look around at books? Dope!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">Again, Jorge Molina explained. \u201cWhat he was doing was super intuitive. The feeling, and the experience are in charge. The hands take over. The brain is free to roam!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">To close, another quote from Eric Whittington: \u201cThese concerts help us to respect the artist. They are not just entertainers. They are creators\u2026 and people are listening!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">If you are open to the invitation and come to these intimate concerts at<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Bird &amp; Beckett and other venues that promote \u201cJazz in the Neighborhoods,\u201d maybe you will also find yourself smiling and saying, \u201cHeaven, I\u2019m in heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[su_label type=&#8221;info&#8221;]The Devil&#8217;s Advocate[\/su_label] We can reach heaven many times during our lives. 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