TT 136: "For Ellen Raskin" + Lee Server and Andrew Vachss
“For Ellen Raskin” is a tribute to an early influence, the famous writer and illustrator. Her greatest work is The Westing Game, which has consistently remained in print since publication in 1978. My vast passion for this comic puzzle knew no bounds: I even made my 5th grade teacher read it out loud to the class during story time, one chapter a week. Regrettably, I was out sick for the final pages, and when I returned, I had to give an impromptu explanatory lecture, for my classmates complained they didn’t understand the ending.
The whole post is pretty good IMO, as it ties together a few threads that usually dangle just out of reach.
One of the best things a fan can do to support an artist is preorder the album on Amazon. It’s their world, we just live in it: The algorithm knows what is generating interest and supports those albums further.
I’ll only be making my Blue Note debut once. Link: Every Note is True at Amazon.