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September 4

Week 382: “Juliet” by Matthew Bourne

Matthew Bourne’s 2012 album, Montauk Variations, is one of those rare records that are compelling…

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July 17

Week 375: “Cheek to Cheek” by Fred Astaire

Dancing as a social event has completely changed over the past century. It’s still something…

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June 12

Week 370: “The Plum Blossom” by Yusef Lateef

Shakespeare insisted that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. True as…

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May 29

Week 368: “She’s Leaving Home” by The Beatles (Brad Mehldau Trio cover)

As soon as I was old enough to be trusted to handle things of value,…

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May 8

Week 365: “Minutes, Seconds, Hours” by David John Sheppard

Whenever I’m walking and I cross a set of railroad tracks, I get an incredible…

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March 13

Week 357: “Chelsea Bridge” by Tommy Flanagan

This song, written by Billy Strayhorn, was supposedly inspired by a painting Strayhorn saw while…

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January 30

Week 351: “Stardust” by Nat King Cole

Here’s a strange question to kick off your week: will we ever run out of…

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January 16

Week 349: “Surprises” by Ibrahim Maalouf

There are not many cities in the world with an archaeological history as rich as…

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November 28

Week 342: “Lonely Melody” by Dorothy Ashby

The past half-century has been tough on Detroit. Detroit’s decline has been well-documented in film,…

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September 26

Week 333: “September Song” by Chet Baker

I love September. September reminds me that the world is colourful and vibrant. September is…

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September 19

Week 332: “In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning” by Frank Sinatra (Jamie Cullum cover)

Many of the cover songs posted on this blog are of the “so different they’re…

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July 4

Week 321: “How Deep Is The Ocean” by Curtis Counce

Okay okay okay, before we get to the song itself, let’s talk about the horrific…

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May 30

Week 316: “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered” by Anita O’Day

A while ago I watched two music documentaries within 24 hours of each other: Amy,…

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April 18

Week 310: “Serenade” by Martin Bouchard

I’d like to tell you the interesting story of Martin Bouchard. Unfortunately, I don’t know…

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April 4

Week 308: “Rose Rouge” by St. Germain

This is the song that made me realize I liked jazz. I never disliked it,…

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March 14

Week 305: “When Sunny Gets Blue” by McCoy Tyner

Reading up on jazz legend McCoy Tyner, I noticed that one biographer described him as…

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January 11

Week 296: “On A Better Day” by Colman Brothers

Britain’s Colman Brothers do for Bossa Nova what acts like Breakestra and Menahan Street Band…

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November 2

Week 286: “Undiu” by Joao Gilberto

Joao Gilberto was a pretty enigmatic guy. Along with Jobim, he was part of the…

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September 28

Week 281: “The Way You Look Tonight” by Peggy Lee

Whenever I go to a greasy breakfast place, I read over all the various breakfast…

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September 14

Week 279: “Dawn’s Song” by Michael Kaeshammer

Small concerts are the best. There’s nothing wrong with super-sized, stadium-filling mega-shows, but sometimes music…

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