2008

Jul

Listen Listen
Female jazz vocalists are on the very top now, I guess that mainly because of Norah Jones’...
Jul 3rd

Jun

Jarrett's Solo concerts -- Bluetrain...

Today, while I was listening to Jarrett’s Vienna Concert for the n-th time, I asked myself,...
Jun 27th
Listen Listen
Think I’m gonna start a series of posts about famous jazz tunes. There’s so many great...
Jun 1st

May

Listen Listen
Allright, so here’s something for all you free jazz lovers. A piece by one of my favorite...
May 30th
“Let’s play the music and not its background!”
— Ornette Coleman
May 29th
Listen Listen
Did you people know, that Chick Corea once made an album called “Children’s...
May 29th

reload

Hey, I’m not sure if anyone reads this, but if someone does, I apologize for some strange...
May 14th
Listen Listen
Since I’m sitting and learning about artificial intelligence search algorithms and stuff,...
May 7th

Mar

The Year 1905

I know that “Bluetrain” is devoted to jazz music, but, as Duke once said, there is no...
Mar 6th

Feb

Warch Watch
Bill Laswell’s “Material” live from Tokyo (via Youtube)
Feb 28th
“More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is...”
— Pat Metheny
Feb 26th

Masada obsession

I just can’t understand it. Whenever I heard about Jewish music, I was never interested....
Feb 21st

Bach

There’s nothing like a good Bach for goodnight. As we used to call him in music school:...
Feb 21st
Warch Watch
Masada String Trio - Sippur (via ) I never thought that someone could conduct a string trio. Never...
Feb 20th
“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your...”
— attributed to Charlie...
Feb 18th

Sketches of Spain

I’m really amazed by Sketches of Spain these days. I’d compare Aranjuez Concerto to ...
Feb 18th

Punk and Freud

I don’t know if Pink Freud is commonly known outside of Poland, but they’ve recently...
Feb 18th
“There’s two kinds of music: good and bad. I like...”
— atrributed to Duke Ellington
Feb 17th

good day all

Hello, this site, the Bluetrain, is yet another music weblog about jazz. It’s maintained by...
Feb 15th