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July 8, 2025

Respect (2021): A Thorough Homage To Aretha Franklin

April 10, 2023

I’m no filmmaker, but I imagine putting together a biopic for a well-loved celebrity is like walking on thin ice. Audiences go into theaters...

Jazz Meets Sondheim – Part Two

March 30, 2023

Pretty Women From Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd is a dark comedy with aspects of horror that opened on Broadway in 1979 and won eight Tonys....

Jazz At Massey Hall Album

January 30, 2023

What Down Beat Magazine calls “the greatest jazz concert ever”, performed by a quintet of legendary all stars. On May 15, 1953 the quintet...

Jazz, Blues, & Alternate View – Part 3

January 2, 2023

Niecie Queen of the Hill album Ride the Tiger Records Detroit, Michigan born and bred singer-songwriter Niecie has always injected a hefty amount of blues and R&B...

Roasting Rock Stars In Their 70’s

January 2, 2023

This blog is intended to be tongue-in-cheek and light hearted, if you are offended, oh well… We celebrate The 70’s Club – aging rock ‘n’...

Classical & Jazz TV

November 7, 2022

Classical and jazz music is less common on network and cable TV as it us to be. Denying performing arts broadcast coverage is a...

My ‘Interview’ With Elmore Leonard

October 28, 2022

I was a bit anxious, sitting at the bar in Forte a very nice restaurant in Birmingham, Michigan. Elmore ‘Dutch’ Leonard had asked me...

“Higher”, new Michael Buble album

October 10, 2022

In case you haven’t heard, Crooner Michael Buble has a new album. It was released in March, 2022. He does the usual cover songs...

John Coltrane “My Favorite Things”

September 16, 2022

The John Coltrane Quartet album “My Favorite Things” in 1960 on Atlantic Records is considered one of the greatest jazz albums ever produced and...

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