I’m disappointed at the overall weak reception on my radio, but I’ve discovered that two artists I’ve heard for many years now are actually considered Jazz performers: Sade and Frank Sinatra.
Sade I first heard considered a smooth jazz singer on Cool TV in 2004. This makes sense… I could never quite place her musical style.
Frank [...]
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I haven’t done this in awhile… this week’s Four for Friday:
Q1: How has the advent of the Internet changed the way you get your daily news?
I never read newspapers fully before, but I hardly even skim them now. I only watch the evening news to see the weather report now. Rarely do they cover anything [...]
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Today I saw the first advertising billboard for Couleur Jazz. If I see more, I’ll really think they’re making the effort to promote it!
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Madeleine Peyroux – Don’t Wait too Long.
I’m listening to SmoothJazz.com on a stream through Winamp as I type. They just played the above-mentioned song by the above-mentioned singer. I heard that song often on Couleur Jazz during their months of tape loops. I kept hearing the song, liked it… but had no idea who it [...]
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Even though Couleur Jazz is now live, they still re-use too many songs we’ve heard for months.
At least Queen Latifah’s performance of the song Have Mercy on Me is entertaining. The cover of the old standard Making Whoopie by Tony Bennet and Cindi Lauper (I think) just sounds too drab for my tastes.
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Too much of a good thing?
I’ve been finding that with Couleur Jazz as my radio alarm, I haven’t been successful in waking up on time. Maybe they are playing music at that hour not condusive to waking up, just calming stuff?
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