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In Praise of Liquid Soul

I saw Liquid Soul in concert at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival in 1999. I had never heard of the band before. My then-wife and I were sitting on the lawn enjoying the day of music when the…

Joshua Redman Quote

I read a quote from Joshua Redman in a recent Borders magazine. I thought it was appropriate for the first entry at this site. “Jazz is going in all different directions now, and most are wonderful. There are great musicians…

Review: Warner Bros. Jazz Christmas Party

Warner Bros. gathered its jazz and contemporary jazz rosters to put together the label’s first holiday collection. But, unlike other label holiday albums, Jazz Christmas Party, doesn’t just feature submitted tracks from its artists. WB artists collaborated together on several…