GERSHWIN by GRUSIN ~ GORDEEVA & GRINKOV - 1994 - (PORGY & BESS - "BESS YOU IS MY WOMAN")

GUESS I'VE BEEN LUCKY AS FAR AS DEATH, ONLY HAD TWO FRIENDS DIE, THAT I WASN'T THAT CLOSE TO, ONE IN HIGH SCHOOL FROM DRUNK DRIVING, AND THE OTHER THE GREAT BRITISH JAZZ EXPORT VICTOR FELDMAN, (PIANO / VIBES) WHO I KNEW FROM WORKING IN THE RECORDING STUDIO TOGETHER, THE ONLY OTHERS WERE DYING FOR YEARS, LIKE MY GRANDPARENTS, WHO WERE VERY OLD, AND EXPECTED TO DIE, 3 OF WHICH IN THEIR 90's, AND THE LAST OF THE 4, MY MOTHER'S FATHER, DIED LAST SUMMER, 2 WEEKS FROM TURNING 99, AND MY OTHER GRANDFATHER DIED A FEW YEARS BACK, AT 101.5.

SO TO THIS DAY THE MOST TRAUMATIC DEATH IN MY LIFE WAS SOMEONE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, BUT HAD GREAT RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR, IT'S ALWAYS MORE DEVASTATING WHEN SOMEONE DIES YOUNG AND UNEXPECTED, LIKE SERGEI GRINKOV, HALF OF MY FAVORITE FIGURE SKATING PAIR TEAM, AND PAIRS IS MY FAVORITE DISCIPLINE OF THE SKATING ARTS....SUCH A CRUMMY DEAL, THAT HE HAD TO DIE IN HIS 20's, BUT I WOULD HAVE MADE THE SAME DEAL TO BE WITH KATIA........

AND ISN'T THAT WHAT EVERYONE WANTS IN THIS LIFE, TO HAVE A PARTNER LOOK AT YOU THE WAY KATIA LOOKED AT SERGEI.........HE MUST HAVE BEEN A PRETTY FORMIDABLE DUDE TO GET THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD (WHO COULD HAVE ANY GUY SHE WANTS) TO LOOK AT HIM THAT WAY !!!

NOTHING IN THIS LIFE BETTER THAN QUADRUPLE "G" - GERSHWIN by GRUSIN ~ GORDEEVA & GRINKOV !!!