I'm so crazy about this city, Chicago, the best part of the story is I never been to Chicago at all. In previous life? I dont know. But this city somehow created a huge inspiration. In my boyhood days, I have read some of the beautiful things about this City. The first ever book I bought was a small 30 pages book-let, "Swami Vivekananda's Chicago Address". I got that in a subway in Madras, when I was about 10. Back in my 20s, I was hearing a lot of Jazz music. Surprised to learn that, all the Jazz legends are either from Chicago or Detroit. I've been to detroit, its a city in decline, no much jazz scene there, except the Motown Museum. But Chicago is still a great place for Jazz.
But my mind isnt thinking of just listening jazz music there, but walk those iconic streets, where my favourite jazz musicians walked and smoked out their jazz improvisations. Oscar Peterson, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, whomelse. Everybody walked and played on those streets. I just wanna walk in the smokey streets of jazz, and breathe the inspiration from vibrations of great jazz composers. Chicago is to Jazz like, what Vienna for Classical music.
(I'll make my maiden trip to Chicago this weekend)
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