Well, it is finally here. The 29th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival is officially here. Techincally, it kicked off last night, but really, the festival doesn’t get swinging until tonight. There is plenty of music in Grant Park tonight and you can find my articles about the festival and schedule throughout this blog. You can also […]
So, you can’t make it to the Chicago Jazz Festival this weekend? It’s not a big deal. That’s the great thing about living in a city like Chicago, you can always find another jazz or blues festival. I am sure that cities like New York have the same thing. I am betting each suburb and […]
There are really very few radio stations that JUST broadcast the blues these days. This is true even in Chicago, where you would think things like blues and jazz would be on the air all the time. It must be that there are just not the ad dollars in broadcasting 24-hour blues and jazz. That’s […]
Terence Blanchard is a very talented man. While I am a huge fan of the classic jazz scene, it is nice to know that there are some hugely talented people who still hold true to those classic sounds. Wynton Marsalis is one. A man named Terence Blanchard is another.
Terence was born in 1962 in New […]
When you start to get involved in the jazz scene and you take the time to go back and study the earliest of the jazz albums, certain names begin to pop up again and again. You can probably rattle them off yourself. The other thing is that jazz fans tend to be the types who […]
Well, I wanted to write about a couple of music festival that featured jazz music going on in the suburbs of Chicago this up-coming weekend. The problem I have now is that I have no idea if these events are still going on. Chicago has been hit by a week of horrible weather. Last night […]
Well, I apologize for the day off yesterday. I had a lovely bout of the stomach flu and, trust me, that is as much as you really want to know.
I found that list of supposedly greatest blues albums earlier this week. I felt it was only appropriate to give jazz its due as well. […]
It is tough to get the blues essentials. There are just so many blues albums out there, how can you find the supposed best ones? Well, Downbeat magazine, back in 2003, had some help in order to help you build up your collection.
These albums are mostly older, as you might imagine. Again, this was released […]
I had planned on trying to update you some what new jazz albums were coming out this week. I found it nearly impossible to find that information. Apparently I am also not on any music labels mailing list for new albums either. Oh well, that may be my fault since I haven’t actually contacted any […]
I have struggled with whether or not to write about myself in this particular blog. This blog is supposed to be your one-stop shop for all things blues and jazz related, particularly in relation to the Chicago jazz and blues scene. Should I actually be a part of it? Maybe I should be nameless and […]
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