Jazz Fest – Day 1
They were still building things for the opening day. Johnny Clegg came on stage almost 40 minutes later. He seemed fairly disinterested in his performance, keeping his hands in his pockets for the most part until he had a guitar to play.
Even then, he and his band only performed 4 songs [...]
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I’m preparing for my trip to the Jazz Fest today. I got cleaned up, packed my bag, put on my first dose of sunblock for the day…
I even watched some CoolTV to get me in a Jazz mindset. I may be physically exhausted by the afternoon, but it’ll be worth it!
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It’s official: I’ve reserved my transport for the opening day of the Montreal Jazzfest.
Now, barring rain, I’ll be there… even if it leaves me as a puddle.
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I finally changed my air conditioner plug to a different socket than my computer, so I can have both on now instead of switching to the fan mode when I use my PC. No more concerns about power spikes!
Words aren’t enough to convey how good it is to now compute in a cooled room.
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It’s now 6 days before the Montreal International Jazz Festival… it being the 25th anniversary, I’ll be there if I have to be pushed around on a wheeled mattress…
There’s been a lot of press about the event, especially an indoor concert by Jazz guitarist Keith Jarrett. I’m not a real fan of guitar jazz, but [...]
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I’ve been watching CoolTV, the Canadian Jazz specialty TV channel, all day.
As if I needed more reason to add the channel to my grid after the free-view is over (already a given), they air a concert with Holly Cole, my favorite Jazz diva.
Not that in my case a hard sell is neccesary!
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I watched some CoolTV this morning… a show called SmoothJazz TV.
What freaked me out was when they called Sade a jazz singer. I never thought of her as one!
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