Shagtastic Voyage

…I just picked albums released this year that got more personal airplay than all the other albums I bought from 2012. Basically, the ones I couldn’t put down…

All Kooked Out… It kinda got lost in the mix until recently when I took the time to straighten out the ones I wanted but might never listen to and the ones that I just plain needed at my disposal – this was one of them

This is more like a three-fer! It’s the entire performance but I put it on here because A) it’s Bill Evans and he kills it throughout and B) Marc Johnson [bass] and Joe LaBarbera [drums] both play pretty nice solos, too. So… Enjoy!

Here’s Mr. Blade’s solo on a Joshua Redman tune, Jazz Crimes -

  This week’s DIG is, for me, a testament to how the right player can make any instrument sound good in a jazz setting (sorry for the slam on B-3s; I’m just not a huge fan when they’re used for jazz). Sam Yahel, however, mixes great arrangements with awesome musicians and really knocks it out [...]

OK, I’ll admit it, my internet consumption borders on unhealthy. While this may be detrimental to my eyesight and social life, it is great for my music library and awareness. One thing I do a lot is listen to internet radio. I put it on at work and listen while I pencil push. However, there [...]

…What is not so common is to get blind-sided by a year-old release and feel like peeing on an electric fence to punish myself for missing it…

Ok, things got a little crazy last week so I missed a DIG…but hey, I said it would be “mostly weekly!” Anyhow, for this installment, I am going to cover an album that means a lot to me.  You see, back in 2004, I was a lost man. Living in Atlanta, I had just gotten [...]

For a while now, I have been posting links to things I find and love to various places. My point is to support jazz and show people that it’s everywhere and easy to get. I wanted to expand this so I started posting it to Twitter, too. Now, I want to take it even farther. [...]