There is an unwritten rule in museums that says if you put a work-on-paper from your collection on display for six months you have to put it back in storage for at least five years. UV damage, fluctuations in humidity etc. We learned this little tidbit at an “Open Mic” session with Lauren Tagliaferro at the MAG of Friday. You’ll have to hurry over there to see this Robert Motherwell collage before it goes back undercover.
I played all four of our “My Funny Valentine” 45s yesterday (for my valentine.) Miles Davis, Bud Powell, Chico Hamilton and Jerry Mulligan. When I was done Peggi said, “And didn’t Chet Baker do that song?” In small print on the Mulligan record it listed Chet Baker on trumpet.
All four versions are in my Jazz45s playlists below. The song is a marvel.