I guess I like Jazz… kinda

I’ve always liked the Rat Pack. I’m a big fan of the music and just the vibe they gave. I haven’t listened to them a whole lot lately though. Since getting my last computer a few years ago my play count for Dean Martin is only 59 and Frank Sinatra, 17.

Then I saw Joss Stone on CMT’s Crossroads with Leann Rimes a year or two ago..

and I definitely became a fan of Joss Stone. I guess she’s more of a soul singer than jazz but it opened my mind to new music.

I used to not watch American Idol at all. Then I finally decided to give it a shot, I’m a musician after all and I kinda love music, haha, so I started watching Season 6 and have been a fan since. Last week Harry Connick Jr. was a guest mentor for Frank Sinatra week and I immediately became a fan. I liked the fact that he took the time not to just mentor the contestants but help with composing the arrangements. I think its the first time I’ve seen a mentor do more than say “connect with the audience” or “connect with the song and lyrics”. Then the contestants sang a Harry Connick Jr medley

and I was like wait, that’s Harry Connick Jr.? The only thing I really knew about him was the my brothers ex gf Lorri got to go on stage and sing with him; if my memories serves me right. It actually put me in a good mood watching the video lol. So I looked him up, cause that’s what I do when I discover new music I like and jazz came up as one of his genres you could put him in. I played Harry Connick Jr. on

to see what else is out there within that genre, and sure enough Joss Stone played, Norah Jones played, and then Michael Bublé played, so I look him up to because I know girls seem to love this guy, so I wanted to see what all the hype was about and apparently this guy has been called today’s Frank Sinatra. Ha, and I love this song.

So I guess I’m a fan of Jazz in a way, there’s like a million subgenres, after I looked up Jazz on Wikipedia and all of these artist list jazz as a way to describe there music. So am I going to any jazz festivals anytime soon? F yeah I am! I’m always down for new adventures. I looked up jazz festivals on Wikipedia because there was a link for it, like always, and apparently I moved from the jazz festival capital in Nor*Cal. 3 out of the 14 festivals listed are in SoCal and the rest are up north. I’m gonna try to hit up the Playboy Jazz Festival this year, held at the Hollywood Bowl.
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