Why That One Passage Musical Always Gets You

I was sitting on the porch yesterday when a specific passage musical from an old jazz record literally halted me in my tracks. It wasn't the whole music that did it—just those few bars where the trumpet kind of hangs in the air just before dropping into a minor key. We've all been presently there, right? You're listening to something, maybe doing the dishes or driving to operate, and suddenly the music does something therefore unexpected or so perfect that a person have to strike the "back" key only to hear this again. ...

April 5, 2026 · 7 min · Abrams Bidot