Jazz and Roots Radio

I think I’ve mentioned on here how far behind I am when it comes to listening to the cds that show up in my mailbox. It had gotten so bad that there was a box of unlistened cds that I packed when we moved (7 months ago) and still had not touched since. So, I did the only thing I could think of. I hired my friends as ninebullets interns and started handing out stacks of cds. The instructions were simple. Listen and if you think I’d like it then give it back. Otherwise, it’s yours. One of the cds that came back was ... Read Full Story

The event was simply billed as "Willie Nelson Sings the Blues," but the historic two-night stand on January 12 and 13, 2007 at Jazz at Lincoln Center was far more than that. Read Full Story

Just listen to this and tell me what the difference is between Wynton Marsalis and “Ludacris” (below). Now consider that according to Wikipedia, Marsalis “has been awarded the 2005 National Medal of Arts of the United States, the Grand Prix du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy and the Edison Award of the Netherlands, and was elected an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in Britain. He has received several honorary doctoral degrees, and a variety of other recognitions from Brandeis University, Brown University, Columbia University, Denison University, Haverford College, Johns Hopkins University, the Manhattan School of Music, New York University, Princeton ... Read Full Story

Billboard - At first blush, this odd-couple billing would seem like a bizarre musical gumbo indeed, until one remembers that Willie Nelson knocked out a full-on pot-themed reggae album a few years ago. As it is, “Two Men With the Blues” is the recorded evidence of a two-night Jazz at Lincoln Center summit in January 2007 and an album whose enviably assured vibe pretty much drips out of the speakers. “Blues” is more of a relaxed, jaunty toss-off of well-attended numbers (”Georgia on My Mind,” “Stardust,” “Basin Street Blues”) than anything terribly revelatory, but given the names on the marquee that’s more than enough. ... Read Full Story

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the new release, Two Men With The Blues, from Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis - available 7.8.08 Courtesy of Eagle Rock Entertainment Thanks Dizzy for this post time is Greenwich Mean Time Read Full Story