I was doing some more noodling around online and found something that NPR has put together for your fledgling jazz folks out there. You can click HERE for their “Basic Jazz Library.” It appears to be a series of articles or blogs that goes back to 2005. What struck me is that the first record […]
Looking around for lists has been an interesting experience. It seems that people truly love lists and there are an endless number of people willing to write them. At the same time, I began to wonder. I began to wonder if there was someone out there to definitively declare what they felt was the “Greatest […]
Let’s be upfront about things. As I write this, I am 36-years-old. I am not of the age where I should be having so many “senior moments” like I am having now. At the same time, I have written so many posts here, it is only a matter of time before I start repeating myself. […]
I think I have found my calling when it comes to these end-of-year lists that everyone wants to do. Since I feel it is unfair to try and put together a list myself as I have not come nearly close enough to listening to all of the music that was released in 2007, I am […]
Earlier in the week I talked about an article on Amazon.com that purported to be the best blues albums of 2007. Of course, there is also a list of the supposed best jazz albums of 2007 there as well.
In theory, I should have my own list. I have some problems with that, though. I am […]
Writing my post yesterday got me feeling bad about the fans of the blues who might have stumbled across this particular blog. Sure, I may not get quite as many readers as the other bloggers around here, but I get enough to at least be able to hold my head up at the end of […]
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 […]
Recent Comments