A Cool Way to Warm Up

Before Floodster Emerita Vanessa Coffman left the band, she taught the guys her mom’s favorite tune, a 1948 jazz standard.Everyone fully expected when the talented young saxophonist drifted away last year to pursue other interested that the song — “Black Coffee” — would go with her. However, then Danny Cox took up the tune and, with his guitar, gave it a new chapter in the Floodisphere.In fact, nowadays that same song often is an especially tasty way to start a Flood rehearsal, as this track from a week or so ago demonstrates.Incidentally, the song has an interesting history — a hit for both Sarah Vaughn and Peggy Lee — which was explored in an earlier issue of Flood Watch. Click here to read it.Pour Ya Another?If you’d like more from The Flood’s jazzier jaunts, visit the band’s free Radio Floodango music streaming feature on the website and tune in the Swing Channel. To give it a listen, click here.And while you’re there, give the Danny Cox channel a spin too. It’s a playlist of all Dan-centric tunes. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1937flood.substack.com