Jazz & Blues Lounge

Well, as you know, we lost one of the biggest names and influences on modern music this week. He is known as a bluesman, but he really influenced rock and roll right along with some of the earliest rock and roll musicians. I felt like I hadn’t really done the man justice with my little blurb-like blog entry on the day he passed away. What better way to appreciate Bo, however, than watching and listening to the man. So, thanks to YouTube for the following:
Here’s Bo in the 60s, complete with 60s clothing and freaky background …read more

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I know, I know, I am probably talking too much about the Sad Salamanders for some of you.  Well, what can I say, when I become a bit obsessed about something, I can’t shut up about it.  If I had my own jazz radio station, their album “Cigarettes and Fishnets” would be on steady rotation.
Check out their MySpace page:  www.myspace.com/sadsalamander.  They have lots of cool stuff there including their video for “My Parents Were Swingers.”  They also have an outstanding mention about this particular blog and a link, which I great appreciate. 
I also recently checked in to see if the …read more

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If you have not found the Sad Salamanders yet, you need to.  I have mentioned them before and I am attempting to champion them as one of the premier jazz bands out there right now.  They are, at the very least, a helluva lot of fun to listen to.  Well, now they have released their first video.
Click HERE to check out the video for “My Parents Were Swingers.”
This music video has already gone on my personal rotation.  It is sexy without being perverted and the song just rocks.  I love this tune, actually, and it’s the one that kicks of …read more

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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 knew it was only a matter of time before I looked up some Miles Davis stuff.
Well, I found it.  What was even more cool was the sheer amount of classic 1950s and 60s Miles Davis footage I was able to find.  For my money, this …read more

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