Here’s an interesting article I read yesterday: (editor’s note: this was a JazzWax dot com article regarding the girl from ipanema) I like his inclusion of the Percy Faith recording, but what I like the BEST is his inclusion of Maynard Ferguson’s version in his 3 WORST recordings of the song! Here’s what I wrote [...]

Strange that Jazz hasn’t appeared more often in the creations of DJs and hip-hop beat wizards. But here’s 7 Light Jazz-Sampling songs

I was browsing around today and found this great website listing the Top 100 Jazz Albums as selected by voters for great jazz reviews

OK, time for some more bite-sized survival! I hope you all read/enjoyed my review of Percussion Bitter Sweet. (If you don’t have it and are thinking about getting it, please do so through my iTunes links…) Just some new tidbits for you: If you look on the right sidebar underneath the RSS and email subscription [...]

OK, so today I decided to list some of Jazz’s greatest contributions to cilvilization. Here we go! 1. Mingus’ “Cat Toliet Training Program”: http://www.mingusmingusmingus.com/Mingus/cat_training.html. Saving our economy from rising kitty litter and strongly scented candles! 2. Miles Davis’ “The Autobiography” with Quincy Troupe: Who else wants to find a way to fit two curse words [...]

OK, Ladies and Gentlemen, here is part 1 of an ongoing study regarding what the most well-known jazz song is. To make everything more fun, I’m contrasting the votes of the public (which may be just a wee bit influenced because some people are in band, but not jazz band), and that of jazz listeners/musicians. [...]