Jazz & Blues Lounge

The modern world is rather amazing. You can carry an entire music store in your pocket these days. You can switch from rock to blues to jazz to country and then over the rap as fast as it takes you to thumb through your lists and songs on your iPod. Considering that, we here at b5media and those of us who write for the Music Channel wanted to provide you with a list of songs that we think you need to add to your iPod playlist and that we think you should add TODAY.
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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 faceless.
Then I got an e-mail forwarded to me from a guy I wrote about when I wrote about the schedule for the Chicago Jazz Festival.  He sent the message indicating his name had been spelled wrong to b5media instead of to me.  This is fine, …read more

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I wanted to point you to another blogger in our arsenal here. It’s a great story about being married to a jazz musician. 
Hey, you can always stand to learn about another Jazz musician, plus it’s a great reminder about the iPod contest that b5media is holding.
Click here for a link to the story about Jazz music, airplanes and winning an iPod.

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Who wouldn’t?  The folks at b5media not only are great people to work for and with, they also provide you, the regular readers, with great stuff to read and win.  As a writer, I appreciate them because they have given me this chance to write about the jazz and blues music I love so much in the city of Chicago.
Well, right now they have a contest going for you, the dear reader, that could help you win an iPod.  It’s a great way to bring all of your favorite jazz and blues music with you wherever your go and, well, …read more

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