Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, “Walk Tall” Chris Holmes posted on April 21, 2013April 15, 2013 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, “Walk Tall” The Cannonball Adderley Quintet gets funky to kick off the '70s with "Walk Tall," from his Country Preacher live Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Dave Brubeck Quartet, “Blue Rondo à la Turk” Chris Holmes posted on December 9, 2012December 9, 2012 1 Comment Here's my favorite song from the Dave Brubeck Quartet, "Blue Rondo à la Turk" from the landmark 1959 album Time Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Fantastic New Music from Negroni’s Trio — On the Way Chris Holmes posted on October 28, 2012October 24, 2012 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Fantastic New Music from Negroni’s Trio — On the Way This week's Sunday Jazz looks at the fantastic new album from Negroni's Trio, called On the Way. It is excellent Latin Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Even More Halloween Jazz for a Spooky, Swingin’ Time! Chris Holmes posted on October 14, 2012October 13, 2012 Comments Off on Even More Halloween Jazz for a Spooky, Swingin’ Time! Here's a half dozen more classic jazz selections to add a little swing to your Halloween celebration this Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Let’s Talk About the PolCat Album Chris Holmes posted on July 29, 2012July 26, 2012 3 Comments In this week's Sunday Jazz I review the PolCat album, some sweet jazz fusion from Chris Poland, Frank Catalano, Sean O’Bryan Smith, and Jim Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz A Child’s Introduction to Jazz, Narrated by Cannonball Adderley Chris Holmes posted on May 20, 2012May 18, 2012 1 Comment Let's listen to the fun and informative 1961 album A Child's Introduction to Jazz, narrated by Cannonball Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Jay McShann & His Orchestra, “Swingmatism” Chris Holmes posted on May 13, 2012May 7, 2012 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Jay McShann & His Orchestra, “Swingmatism” Enjoy Kansas City jazz legend Jay "Hootie" McShann and His Orchestra perform one of my favorite tracks - Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Shorty Rogers, Stan Freberg, and “Three Little Bops” Chris Holmes posted on March 11, 2012April 11, 2012 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Shorty Rogers, Stan Freberg, and “Three Little Bops” Let's take a fun little diversion from our Sunday Jazz routine to watch "Three Little Bops," the swinginest cartoon Looney Tunes ever Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Andy Summers, “The Three Marias” Chris Holmes posted on February 5, 2012February 4, 2012 2 Comments Sunday Jazz returns with a track from Police guitarist Andy Summers' excellent 1997 fusion LP, The Last Dance of Mr. Read More