{"id":2635,"date":"2018-07-24T09:38:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T16:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/?p=2635"},"modified":"2018-07-24T09:39:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T16:39:18","slug":"summer-scoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/?p=2635","title":{"rendered":"Summer Scoop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where are we going? Where are you? Where have we been? Which way to go?<\/p>\n<p>The great metropolis of L.A. continues to grow, change, morph. \u00a0 To many, L.A. is the entertainment\/music capitol of the world so&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve composed a 1 minute song &#8220;Red Car Directions (how not to get lost in downtown)&#8221; that can help us get around downtown L.A. also known as DTLA.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2635-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Red-Car-Master-One.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Red-Car-Master-One.mp3\">https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Red-Car-Master-One.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>The words are a poem taught to Red Car Trolly drivers way back when so they did good at getting people around.<\/p>\n<p>Time to thank and acknowledge 3 people who made this recording with me on acoustic bass: Alison Lewis, vocal, Woody Woods, keyboard and Paul Chevalier recording\/mixing.<\/p>\n<p>So downtown is it&#8217;s own kind of special. \u00a0Then there are the surrounding areas like Leimert Park where I got to perform recently with pianist\/vocalist Matilda Haywood and Company in a review revisiting great performers of history to a full house at The Regency West. \u00a0The feeling was great.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2627\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/?attachment_id=2627\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2627\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2627\" src=\"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1974-e1531173539439-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bakerbass\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" 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640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Remembering Sarah Vaughn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2630\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/?attachment_id=2630\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2630\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2630\" src=\"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1983-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Bakerbass\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1983-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1983.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With Vanzella Janisse and Stan Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure 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Where are you? Where have we been? Which way to go? The great metropolis of L.A. continues to grow, change, morph. \u00a0 To many, L.A. is the entertainment\/music capitol of the world so&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; I&#8217;ve composed a 1 minute song &#8220;Red Car Directions (how not to get lost in downtown)&#8221; that can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/?p=2635\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Summer Scoop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2635"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2642,"href":"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635\/revisions\/2642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesliebakerwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}