On the way back from town just now, I opened our mailbox and found a copy of saxophonist John Ellis’ new album Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow, with Gary Versace on organ, Matt Perrine on sousaphone and Jason Marsalis on drums. Tenor/drums/organ/sousaphone: There is a god.

As it happens, my father-in-law built sousaphone-sized speakers into the walls of this house ten or fifteen years ago. I never understood why until this moment.