November 03, 2003: Refine and Conquer

I think it is obvious by now that Veronika will have impeccable taste in everything that she does (and by impeccable I mean of course "ours") just by virtue of having such refined parents. I have been doing my part in developing her musical tastes through hypnopaedic instruction in the form of bouncing her to sleep to some of my favorite albums. The following is a list of her favorite jazz albums thus far (excluding the aforementioned Monk):

• Jarrett/Peacock/DeJohnette: Whisper Not
• Bud Powell: Time Waits
• Oscar Peterson: Plays 'Porgy and Bess', Something Warm
• Miles Davis Quintet: Relaxin', Cookin' and Workin'
• Ahmad Jamal: At the Pershing, At the Top: Poinciana Revisited
• The Essential Lester Young
• Stan Getz: Getz Au Go Go