What a powerful message! How often we plan, we rehearse and we prepare rather than just being in life and living life. Thank you Skye! On Jun 3, 2015 9:18 AM, "Skye Hirst via OSList" < [email protected]> wrote:
> This story and video by Paul Schaffer and Sammy Davis, Jr. seems deeply > related to the OPen Space practice of music, improvization, showing up with > your talent/passion, "letting it happen" within rhythm structures, using > all your experience and knowing the power of collaboration. This video > made me cry. 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It was Sammy calling from the plane. > > > " 'Once in My Life' will be fine, Paul' he said. 'Key of E going into F.' > > > " 'Great!' I was relieved. I was also eager to work out an arrangement. > ... We whipped up a chart, nursed it, rehearsed it, and put it on tape. > That way when Sammy arrived, he could hear it. Then another backstage call. > Sammy's plane had landed early, and he was on his way over. When I greeted > him at the backstage door with a big 'We're thrilled you're here' I was a > little taken aback. He looked extremely tired and frail. He walked with a > cane. > > > > <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EqLpVXOZP4J2J9lxF--BmsaNsVDOpZopoSrydJtetnRKLDKlhyWfkjEIZpwIzzTk_1j6zitawAh3x_T2YIkboE6MyyyWOmVcSYxVue-HcOeUpVoswA1J2VC46kPCYUnJtyoY5OiqFopDW6BFk5O3_uZcH6NPbkkGWl26wBOzgFpdt5MVkDra-Vch2V4HBP-1gQgqMjbecIfTZh-Y-uJj7Hz0HFaBsxiP7r4OQzb2KYbxkZZuWlfGvXBpWTxWZDYO5V_NcZYY1WHQCFwNetWI3Qtd_eTPQCC_z9dYQ8EvIfuwapvqmYJ1M_5409eG9MN71PSh3XdmB5b9r4NJkRAhilvXt26M2gVg&c=9p8PAfqGR7HinW_c7R2V4eeQXJXWl2qPPW_bf_1g2gmdh6ErH8rX3w==&ch=R7SIDYFRJkfqccIwN2PfaG9uJ3sorSMqQn20Q4-OpC0e3rEdbF8a8g==> > " 'We have an arrangement, Sam. You can rehearse it with the band.' > > > > " 'No need, baby. Gotta conserve my energy. I'm just gonna go to my room > and shower.' > > > > " 'I wanna make it easy for you. So I'll just play you a tape of the > arrangement on the boom box. That way you'll hear what we've done and tell > me if it's okay.' > > > > " 'Man, I know the song.' > > > > " 'I know, Sam,' I said, 'but what if you don't like the chart?' > > > > " 'I'll like it, I'll like it.' > > > > " 'But what if the key's not right?' > > > > " 'Okay, if you insist.' > > > > "I slipped the cassette in the boom box and hit 'play.' To my ears the > chart sounded great. Sammy closed his eyes and, in Sammy style, nodded his > head up and down to the groove. He smiled. > > > > " 'It's swinging man,' he said 'but think of how much more fun we could > have had if I hadn't heard this tape.' > > > > "His words still resonate in my ears; the notion still haunts me. Sammy > swung that night but as he was performing I couldn't help thinking that his > carefree feeling about time -- as opposed to my lifelong notion of the > pressure of the time -- was coming from a higher spiritual plane. As a > musician, I've always thought I rushed. I still think I rush. The great > players never rush. It reminds me of that moment when I watched Ray Charles > turn to his guitarist, just as the young guy was about to solo, and say > 'Take your time son. Take your time.' 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