… and not just of the musical kind – although that was indeed in abundant supply. I have returned from a thoroughly enjoyable day of great music at the Playboy Jazz Festival at the famed Hollywood Bowl concert venue in Hollywood, California and the greatest impact for me from the day was a musical offering of a different version of sorts.

There was kinetic energy generated throughout the stadium as the enthusiastic crowd arrived for this most time-honored annual musical event, in addition to the hustle and bustle of geographically mapping out your seating, your food, and your comfort, all orchestrated into a strategic engagement for the precise purpose of sitting back, relaxing and … groovin’.  After all the settling, dining and prep to relax gave way to, uh, relaxing – the energy, with an able assist from extraordinary musicians communicating the music of the spheres, of the entire diverse stadium crowd appeared to synchronize into a symphony of relaxed communion in fun; just connecting and being connected while ably hosted by the music of some of the jazz world greats.  It was a balmy, sun-kissed Sunday afternoon – just perfect for harmonizing with the harmony. And it was just that, that pulled my focused attention from the music (as difficult as that was) – to a different sound.

As I tuned my focus, I reset it to actually listening to the din emanating from the 18,000 seat venue as it was punctured with occasional hearty laughter – it was then I realized I was also listening to the sounds of harmony from this context of focus as well. By now everyone was relaxed, individual’s see-and-be-seen artifacts had long settled into cosmic dust and the vibe of the venue was just a state of being (with the sounds of former Tonight Show band leader jazz guitarist Kevin Eubank’s solo jam saturating the ether). As I continued to focus my listening to the casual din of the crowd, it was indeed the sound of harmony; I found myself tuning in and out a few times from the harmony of the music to this extraordinary offering of harmony emanating from the constant hum of the audience as I also witnessed this harmonic affair occurring through my scanning eyes as I surveyed the sonically entranced crowd.

Yes, I was afforded a musically infused glimpse of our potential.

However, I will say that damn good music sure gave the other harmonic a run for its money!