A music blog written by Rich Brown
Detroit is a city that is no stranger to bad news. This last weekend delivered some of the saddest news for Jazz lovers and music fans of all sorts. The godfather of jazz in Detroit, trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, died on Sunday, May 24 of complications from congestive heart failure and COPD. At 78 years old,... Continue Reading →
John Coltrane is one of the most influential and imitated Jazz musicians to ever sound a note. I know the first music I ever heard Coltrane play is on the Miles Davis album “Kind of Blue”. That started me on a lifelong quest to familiarize myself with every recorded sound Trane has made. If his... Continue Reading →
If I think back, I believe the first music I heard that could be classified as Blues would have been an old cassette tape of Ray Charles. He was a giant in the world of music, with a musical voice all his own and became a foundational influence in the genres of Blues, R&B, and... Continue Reading →
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