2008

Jul

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

Jun

Jarrett's Solo concerts -- Bluetrain...

Today, while I was listening to Jarrett’s Vienna Concert for the n-th time, I asked myself,...

Think I’m gonna start a series of posts about famous jazz tunes. There’s so many great...

May

Allright, so here’s something for all you free jazz lovers. A piece by one of my favorite...

“Let’s play the music and not its background!”
— Ornette Coleman

Did you people know, that Chick Corea once made an album called “Children’s...

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Hey, I’m not sure if anyone reads this, but if someone does, I apologize for some strange...

Since I’m sitting and learning about artificial intelligence search algorithms and stuff,...

Mar

The Year 1905

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

Feb

Bill Laswell’s “Material” live from Tokyo (via Youtube)

“More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is...”
— Pat Metheny

Masada obsession

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

Bach

There’s nothing like a good Bach for goodnight. As we used to call him in music school:...

Masada String Trio - Sippur (via ) I never thought that someone could conduct a string trio. Never...

“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your...”
— attributed to Charlie...

Sketches of Spain

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

Punk and Freud

I don’t know if Pink Freud is commonly known outside of Poland, but they’ve recently...

“There’s two kinds of music: good and bad. I like...”
— atrributed to Duke Ellington

good day all

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