Jazz & Blues Lounge

Hello one and all.  Thanks again for making 2007 a great year here.  I hope I have managed to entertain you a few times, at the very least and, perhaps, opened your eyes to some new music.  I hope to continue to do both of those things throughout 2008.
Since I cannot say for sure I will be able to post tomorrow, which is Christmas Day, I thought I would post my holiday greeting today.
So, to all of you out there I wish you and your family’s a very, very happy holiday, Merry Christmas and a safte return to this blog as …read more

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There is nothing quite like Christmas music.  You might think that Christmas music and jazz are just mutually exclusive.  Well, you would be wrong.
Back when I worked at the college radio station that played jazz, when Christmas time came around, there was a sudden proliferation of jazz CDs and records for us to play.  For a time it was even required for us to play one Christmas tune an hour.  While almost all of the jazz vocalists had released Christmas albums, for those of us who enjoyed instrumentals, it was slim pickins.  Except for one guy that you may not …read more

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