Jazz & Blues Lounge

When it comes to jazz festivals, there are very few who could argue with the fact that one of the most-respected, and probably the highest and biggest, is the Monterey Jazz Festival.  It is the festival that has defined jazz for 50 years now.  It’s the place where Miles and Trane and dozens of other musicians played and their performances have become legendary.
In 2007, the Monterey Jazz Festival celebrated that 50th anniversary.  It lined up, as you might expect, some of the best and brightes in the genre today.  Now, in case you just couldn’t quit get to Monterey last …read more

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The Velvet Lounge, as I have mentioned before, is one of the best places in all of Chicago to see jazz played live.  It is jut the quintessential jazz club.  It’s small and the stage is really just one end of the place.  The place used to be smokey before Chicago messed with the smoking laws.  The musicians are close enough to touch.
With the Thanksgiving holiday upon us (how can that be?  Didn’t we just have Thanksgiving about two weeks ago?  Where did this year go?)  it might be time to check out some cool jazz at a great club.  …read more

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The posting from yesterday about the Las Vegas blogging event, got me wondering about what kind of jazz clubs there are in Vegas.  Given how they have entire casinos based on various themes, I am surprised they don’t have an entire casino devoted to Jazz. 
I have never been to Vegas, so I can’t say what is and what is not there.  I can only go by what I hear and what I find online.  So, I did  little checking.  I found an entire list of clubs with live music.  Of course, having never been there, I can’t say where these …read more

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