Jazz & Blues Lounge

When it comes to jazz, there is one label that you have to keep in mind.  It is the label known as Blue Note and if you don’t know it and have an interest in jazz, you really need to know it. Here’s a great article about the label available at Wikipedia, but I just wanted to post about this label again. 
I realized that when I was talking about some of the great classic jazz albums that I have loved, how many of them are on Blue Note.  That Cannonball Adderly album “Somethin’ Else” is a Blue Note release.  All …read more

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I like making these recommendations.  I have these ideas that people with a fledgling interest in jazz or blues will stop by and check out this site.  They will read some of the postings and then decide to start putting together their own jazz CD collection.  This is why, if you do come here often, I would encourage you to post your own favorite jazz CDs.
I have posted my favorites here.  “Kind of Blue” is probably one of my all-time favorite albums of any genre.  “Take Five” is also a great album that was at the top of the charts …read more

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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 Orleans.  He is a man who plays the trumpet and, man, can he play.  When it comes to modern horn players, there are a select few I would consider lumping in with the classic horn players like Dizzy and Miles.  Terence would be one of …read more

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