Jazz & Blues Lounge

I have had requests in the past to expand the sphere of coverage I do for this blog.  That can be a tough thing.  I am just one man, and Chicago is a big city and there is a lot of jazz and blues music going on here.  Trying to include such bastions of jazz and blues such as New York and Kansas City and New Orleans can be tough.  I don’t get free airline tickets or flown to concerts and events around the country by record labels and concert promoters (if you happen to be one, however, feel free …read more

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I love getting comments on this blog.  I never cease to stop learning from the people who take the time out of their busy day to comment on what I write.  I have written novels and I have written non-fiction books and there is nothing quite like running any kind of blog.  Blogs are so much more immediate, it’s like when I was in radio and would make a comment about the White Sox and get immediate phone calls from angry Cubs fans.
I love the recent comments for “joared” who left a few on recent posts.  I wanted to mention …read more

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I am a fan of rock and roll.  Yeah, sure, I write about jazz and blues on this blog, but I am hardly some kind of snob who only listens to one type of music.  Heck, I have been known to enjoy a classical tune or two in my day as well as rock and roll.  I have problems with rap and country, but that’s about it.  I have few hard and fast rules when it comes to music.  If it’s good, I don’t really care what genre it is.
It’s just that I have a particular fondness for jazz music …read more

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Toyota Park sits in the southwestern suburb of Bridgeview.  It is not the place you would normally expect to find rock and roll legends jamming with some of the finest blues players around.  It is also not the place you would think you would find some of the best guitar playing around, and yet, this past weekend, it was the only place to be if you wanted to see the likes of Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow and Buddy Guy.
The Crossroads tour/show came through this past weekend and played at Toyota Park.  It was 11  hours of some of the finest …read more

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