I have completely fallen in love with the stuff on YouTube. Well, that is to say, I was already wasting for too much time hanging around looking at stuff on YouTube, but now that I found some very cool concert footage of some of the artists I talk about here, I can’t stop looking. You […]
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. […]
It’s that time again. Yes, I am too lazy to do any actual research about musicians. I am quite overdo to write another article about one of the classical jazz musicians I love so much. This entire blog is just aching for an official Miles Davis history lesson. The problem is, that is a little […]
I hate to keep shilling for things without being given huge amounts of stuff for free ;-). However, I just did some more shopping for myself and started salivating again for at least three more CD box sets.
1. Miles Davis: in Stockholm, 1960 Complete. Yeah, it’s 4 discs and also features Miles playing with John […]
I know this is the music blog and all, but I did want to thank all of you who sent such kind words to me after I announced the birth of my niece. I finally got a chance to see her this weekend and it was amazing. I have always wanted to be an uncle […]
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 am going to confess that I was never a particular fan of the seminal jazz band Weather Report. I mean, I was aware of them and I played their music during the days when I worked at the jazz radio station. I didn’t dislike them or anything, but there is just such a diverse […]
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