Category: No One Asked My Opinion, But…

GUILTY PLEASURE MUSIC!

Let’s admit it; we’re all musical snobs at heart. There are things that we like because we know other people like it as well, and we don’t want to be “caught” listening to something that is considered “uncool”. The old…

JAZZ MOTHERS!!

Yes, jazz is a male-dominated art. But since this month we celebrate Mother’s Day, it’s fitting to give a shout out to ladies of jazz that shown the true art of improvisation by raising a family!, In honor of Mother’s…

THE UNIVERSITY OF ART BLAKEY

If  you’re a self-respecting jazz fan, somewhere in your life you were introduced to Art Blakey, either through his group The Jazz Messengers, or by listening to him as a  “sideman” on countless albums. If you’re not familiar with him,…

IT’S TOP TEN TIME!

One of the true joys of running a jazz website is finding out what other jazz journalists consider to be the best albums of the year. It’s fun to compare  notes, thinking things like “you really liked that album?!?”. It…

SONGS TO LAST A CENTURY…

Boy, you listen to the radio, or youtube, or spotify, or WHATEVER, and  you just simply wonder, “who wrote this stuff?”. It sounds like musical MacDonald’s, fast food that you forget about in 10 minutes. Has it always been this…

SUMMERTIME!

So, here we are in the midst of summer. There are NO holidays to celebrate in August, and the only time to do any physical activity out doors is before 10 o’clock or after 7, when the sun is thinking…

CELEBRATE OUR FATHERS

Let’s face it, if it weren’t for fathers, most of us wouldn’t be around. We’ve all had them, some of us are them, and some of us fathers have been called a “Mother.” Having said all that, the sign of…