Well May is here, and it seems that Spring is finally showing up in NYC. I’m grateful to have been able to bring you another episode of The Listening Suite – my third episode after a very long hiatus. I’m going to try very hard to come back strong and bring y’all some good music.…
Happy New Year and welcome to the January 2015 Edition of The Listening Suite! For the first podcast of the new year, I wanted to share a special jazz playlist. I’m calling it a ‘jazz primer’, if you will – filled with jazz classics. Many thanks to Ray Garraud of The Garraud Files for providing the “new”…
Welcome to a special Holiday Edition of The Listening Suite. Tonight’s playlist is a mix of ambient, downtempo, chill “commercial-free” holiday music for your listening pleasure. Listen HERE for the Mixcloud player, or listen and download from the SoundCloud player below. Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
Happy Autumn! It’s my favorite time of year, and so it gives me great pleasure to usher in the new season with a new episode of The Listening Suite. After a long summer break, I’m back with some new tracks, and some familiar artists. Again, you can stream the podcast from Mixcloud, or download from…
Finally, I was able to reconnect with vocalist Jua and follow up on our 2012 Artist Conversation (click HERE to hear it). Jua released his sophomore CD, Colors of Life, on June 24, 2014 (click HERE to read my review) and I was privileged to speak with him about the project. Once again, we had…
Welcome back to The Listening Suite! I am excited to not only bring you the second edition of the Suite, but our first podcast edition of this week’s playlist. Many thanks to Doug Ramsay, a.k.a. MrFresh, of the Sunday Soundtrack Podcast over at vibesnscribes.com, for all his podcasting and technical wisdom and encouragement. And of…
Earlier this week, I participated in a wonderful TweetChat entitled, “Soundtrack of Life,” (Twitter #chatwithjua) the latest installment in a series of TweetChats hosted by friend to This and That With Calandra and vocalist extraordinaire, Jua Howard. Here’s how Jua described the pending conversation: Like myself, I am sure each of you have signature songs…
Earlier this week, I participated in a wonderful TweetChat entitled, “Soundtrack of Life,” (Twitter #chatwithjua) the latest installment in a series of TweetChats hosted by friend to This and That With Calandra and vocalist extraordinaire, Jua Howard. Here’s how Jua described the pending conversation: Like myself, I am sure each of you have signature songs…
Lately I’ve been neglecting my favorite “sub-genre” of jazz, what might be considered ‘classic’ jazz. A few weeks ago, I was on the Internet and stumbled upon a great documentary on saxophonist Dexter Gordon. Of course I knew who he was, but I didn’t know his story. As a side note, I LOVE biopics and…
Lately I’ve been neglecting my favorite “sub-genre” of jazz, what might be considered ‘classic’ jazz. A few weeks ago, I was on the Internet and stumbled upon a great documentary on saxophonist Dexter Gordon. Of course I knew who he was, but I didn’t know his story. As a side note, I LOVE biopics and…
Liner Notes Lounge 