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Jazz and Blues Lounge

May 27th, 2008

The New Releases for the Last Week of May

Is it really the last week in the month of May, already? Wasn’t it just New Years Day like, yesterday? At this rate the holidays will be here in the blink of an eye. I will be celebrating my niece’s birthday before I know it. Jeez, who hit the Fast-Forward button?
Anyway, […]

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May 26th, 2008

The Salamander Video Comeback

Ah, the saga of the Sad Salamanders and their video or their rockin’ (or is that, jazzin’) tune “My Parents Are Swingers.” Just to recap: The Salamanders are this awesome group that reached out to me back around February wondering if I would give their new CD “Cigarettes and Fishnets” a listen. I […]

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May 20th, 2008

Another New Week and New Releases

Ah, Tuesday, it’s such a lovely day. Seldom does Tuesday get much respect. People have football on Monday and they love to complain about it. They have Wednesday and the call it “hump day” and celebrate the fact that it is the middle of the week. On Thursday you have Must […]

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May 17th, 2008

A Sad Tale from a Sad Salamander: What is the Deal YouTube?

I got an e-mail from the fearless leader of the Sad Salamanders the other day. It appears that the video, which you have seen oosted here and linked to here and talked about here, has been removed from YouTube. I hope Scooter doesn’t mind me cutting and pasting his e-mail, but he writes:
“As […]

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May 13th, 2008

Another Tuesday and More New Releases

It is another Tuesday and that means new releases and reissues galore. Unlike last week, it seems that the record companies have plenty they want you to check out this coming week. This is, once again, from AllAboutJazz.com which is a great online magazine all about jazz (hence the name, I am gathering). […]

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May 12th, 2008

Some More Blues Because it’s a Monday

Well, it is a Monday morning and I am still in my Blues Training phase. I am loving it. The friend who created the blues CD for me certainly selected some great tunes. Of course, the first part of the CD was the Buddy Guy album “Sweet Tea” that I raved about […]

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May 10th, 2008

Some Thoughts about the Blues, Buddy Guy and a Track

It is Saturday morning. It is a good morning for me because I have found some new music to love. You see, and as you may have noticed, I am more of a jazz guy than a blues guy. Why? Well, I fell in love with jazz first because of the […]

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May 7th, 2008

New Month and New Releases

The spring season has kicked into high gear and things are getting busy in the music world. Things are also getting busy amongst us here at b5media. So, I missed the normal release date when it came to the new releases and the reissues. Actually, this month so far the new releases […]

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May 6th, 2008

Great News and Exciting Developments

I love writing this blog. When I started, I just hoped a few folks who were devoted to, primarily, jazz would stop by and read a few things and I would have been happy. However, I have been surprised by how much this site and this blog has grown. I was delighted […]

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May 3rd, 2008

Saturday Morning and Emotional Lizards

It is a Saturday morning here in Chicago and the weather is vintage Chicago. In short, it was sunny and bright when I woke up, but now it’s cloudly and threatening rain less than an hour later. It is also that weird mid-ranged temperature when you really should wear a jacket, but it […]

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