Jazzfan's Useful Jazz Links

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This section has been a bit slow lately so here's quick post to keep things moving.

Just a few web links that I find useful in my role as Jazzfan:

Jazzmatazz - a nice site with links to list of Upcoming jazz CDs, New & recent jazz CDs, Earlier 2005 releases, Jazz reviews (Jazzmatazz jazz reviews) and Jazz books (Information on selected jazz books) among other interesting links. Worth a look.

Graham Greene's Real Spy

Graham Greene's Real Spy

Lovely essay on Greene's friendship with a genuine Foreign Office undercover agent. Peter Edmund James Leslie was an ex-Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism, owned shares in a diamond mine, worked as an arms salesman, and served as a Vice-Consul—in others words, he was the very template of a Graham Greene protagonist.

What Angels Can Do

What Angels Can Do

Happy Friday, lovely. I'm sorry for missing you yesterday. I started on several different entries, actually, but none went where I wanted. Which isn't necessarily bad — entries often take unexpected turns — but these entries, in particular, simply seemed not right enough for this space.

Jimmy Smith

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Hey all,

I'm new to the forums and pretty new to jazz. Growing up my dad was a huge jazz fan (still is), though he was mostly interested in 20s through the early 50s stuff, not really into Beebop or any of the genres developed after that. So I had listened to some the earlier stuff and styles, Armstrong, Basie, Ellington, Jay McShann. Didn't really think I'd like Miles Davis or John Coltrane, but then I actually heard Kind of Blue and Blue Trane and went "wow". Anyway, almost 50 (in a month or so) and just starting my jazz education in ernest.

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