Jazz & Blues Lounge

Yes, this is just an easy way to get out of writing another long and involved blog article.  However, tonight, I am turning things over to you.  Tonight, I am really tired, sitting here staring at a blank blog entry and wondering what the folks who stop by this blog are listening to right now.  What jazz or blues music is on your iPod or frequenting the CD player in your car or at home?
So, I am turning this blog over to you.  Some of you will have to wait for your comments to get approved, but I promise to …read more

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I love reading entertainment magazines.  I hate to admit that I find interviews with movie stars compelling reading.  At the very least, I read “Entertainment Weekly” which actually discusses movies and doesn’t just show pictures of whomever Jessica Simpson is dating.
They also provide cool information about things like Miles Davis box sets.  Yes,  it is another edition of my “Bryan’s Wish List of Box Sets.”  This one is called “Miles Davis:  The Complete On the Corner Sessions.”
According to the information found at Amazon.com:  “Miles Davis’ The Complete On The Corner Sessions, the eighth and final deluxe box set in the …read more

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I don’t have too much to talk about tonight.  I just wanted to take a brief moment to thank, again, the people who read this blog and have taken the time to comment.  Without Chip making regular comments, well, I don’t think this blog would be half as interesting as I hope it is.
I have a vision for this blog.  I imagine it being a place where those who love jazz and blues (but mostly jazz, as you may have noticed) can come and find out what’s going on in the music world that we all enjoy.  But I do …read more

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I feel like maybe this blog is becoming too much of some kind of musical lecture or something rather than anything interactive.  I cannot thank the people who visit this blog on a daily basis enough.  However, it seems that many of you read it and then move on.  Of course, the great thing about a blog is that it is interactive.
The fact is, I am hardly a jazz and blues expert.  I love the music and listen to it, but I am not really a musicologist.  I can tell you what I love to listen to, but I love …read more

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