Michael Connelly’s short story “Christmas Even” tells the backstory of how Detective Harry Bosch came to know jazz musician Ray McKinzie, aka “Sugar Ray McK”. Bosch saw him in a USO  performance on a hospital ship after Bosch was wounded in a tunnel exploration assignment. As a detective he’s able to reconnect with Sugar Ray as part of a case in which the musician’s property is recovered. As we listened I worked with MS Co-Pilot to generate an image of the scene, then manipulated it with filters in an app called BrushStroke, and did some cleanup in Affinity Photo. Is it art? I don’t know but I know that I like it. I also found a sax tune with the title The Sweet Spot, which is the song McK played in Bosch’s reminiscence. Since McK was supposed to be an Art Pepper sideman this tune is a little smooth and is played on soprano clarinet (McK blew alto) but I like it, too. #bosch, #jazz, #digitalart https://open.spotify.com/track/3JE96y9Cxf7VMubLSQQK9h https://image.nostr.build/a11588a8cbc3d9e4cc4db78aac58966f60fc88fcb81c922aff55353e94e3ab02.jpg