Comments on: The Jazz Session #100: Bernard Flanders (My Grandfather)

By: Jason Crane

Jason Crane — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:15:45 +0000

Thanks so much for these lovely comments, everyone. They are much appreciated.

By: Kathy Kane Naylor

Kathy Kane Naylor — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:09:00 +0000

Jason: You don’t know me, but I grew up with your mom in Lenox….I remember your grandparents fondly, and you have certainly done your grandpa justice with this tribute. You were so lucky to have such loving, involved grandparents, but they were just as lucky to have such an amazing grandson. Kathy Kane

By: Kyle Flanders

Kyle Flanders — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:17:21 +0000

Congratulations on 100 shows! That was an interesting and emotion provoking show. The only connection I have to Bernie Flanders is we share the same last name, but it brought me back to my grandparents and the fond memories I have of them. BF is proud!
Thanks,
Kyle

By: Jim Kilcoyne

Jim Kilcoyne — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:22:06 +0000

Jason
Thank you for bringing me back to the Haygard Apartments and sitting in the parlor near that big white provincial sterro that Bernie would always seem to have music playing on whenever we visited. That was a phenomenol tribute to a phenomenol person. I wished I could have had even a fraction of the itme that you had with Uncle Bernie, just to sit and talk and listen to him and, as you’ve just presented, enjoy his love of thes music as much as I have grown to love it. I could certainly hear the love in yoru voice come across and I’m sure a slight glisten in your eyes as you described your childhood memories with yoru Grandpa. He certainly was grand.
Thank you for sharing and I hope others that may not have known Bernie enjoy it as much as we did.
Our best to all, even your mom.
jim

By: Sally Gustavson

Sally Gustavson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:51:05 +0000

Amazing tribute to Grandpa, Hon. He would have loved it and would have been so proud of you, as he ALWAYS was. It made me cry, of course, but happy tears … so many wonderful memories and so happy for the bond you two shared. Thank you … I’m so glad to have this to listen to over and over. Love you.