Bobby McFerrin had the top recording on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart 35 years ago. Simple Pleasures was spending its second week as the #1 album Continue Reading
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Contemporary jazz pianist, composer, conductor, and arranger David Benoit feels new energy after a recent kidney transplant. “I’ve been given this incredible gift… and I feel like Continue Reading
On 2.22.22 (Feb. 22, 2022), I was thinking about duets and some of my favorites. One that immediately came to mind was the first Benoit/Freeman Project. Here's Continue Reading
Get your 2022 off on the right foot with new jazz! The Chicago Experiment is the next in a series of the Ropeadope's Experiment series. The label Continue Reading
Legendary bassist Lee Sklar has a YouTube channel where he talks about the legion of musicians he's worked with. He also plays his bass line on the Continue Reading