Dr. Bob's Jazz - Benefit Boppin' Quartet - JBBQ
A COOL HOT JAZZ SWING SONG. Words/Title - William Shakespeare (1623) & Music - JBBQ (2023) swingin' like Sir George Shearing - Pianos; Buddy Rich - Drums; Slam Stewart - Bass); And FOUR CENTURIES in the making (1623 - 2023).
A Jazz Fusion Blues mix of Harmonica, Piano, Organ, Guitar, Bass and Drums.
SUPPORT UKRAINIAN RELIEF! For example, JBBQ gave a meals support donation, matched by the Tripadvisor Foundation, to: World Central Kitchen which since February has served 17+ million meals to people in Ukraine & 8 nearby nations. (SEE SONG PAGE).
At times like these we all need a lift from the Blues of our Hearts and Souls...and the never ending problems of the World. This song offers a Bluesy fix for BLOWIN' THE BLUES AWAY: Piano and Trumpet Solos with Backing of Piano, Bass & Drums.
Some like it HOT...But most like it COOOOL in the Summertime!. So just kick back & enjoy COOOOL SUMMER BLUES ...a time to lounge around while it lasts.
JBBQ's mood was love lost for this song. We recalled being in a dimly lit lounge with soft music playing, drinks flowing and hearts feeling WHAT COULD BEEN BLUES.
EscapAid Song Challenge - Clickers Club Music Player - SoundClick. JBBQ has always found escape & joy in the Arts - especially Music. So, BLUES RHAPSODY is for Rodrica (Rodz) Rudge for exemplary dedication to an ever viable Clickers Club.
BLUE MIDNIGHT(Jazz Me Bluesy Album Version) is a mood song reflection of sleepless nights when thoughts will not be still and heartaches of love rack the Soul - Like Endless Tick-Tocks Of Time.
When one removes the euphonic garments of music; and give a notable look at the bare keys revealed with naked tones, there are scores of songs like this Burlesque tune: Kinda' satire, parody, caricature, lampoon, farce - even lusty Bluesy Striptease.
This song, giving hope and recovery, was inspired by the great poem IVY COURT BLUES by Kristen Zory King; and the integral JBBQ music within this dramatic poetry. With emotional upbeat, OUT OF DARK SHADOWS is the music B-side.
Carol Blazina, founder of acclaimed Terpsichorian Dance Company and longtime Professor/Vice President at the State University of New York (SUNY) Oneonta passed on June 2, 2015 after a courageous battle with Cancer. See Song Story:
JBBQ's mood was love lost for this song. We recalled being in a dimly lit lounge with soft music playing, drinks flowing and hearts feeling WHAT COULDA BEEN BLUES.
Why JBBQ knows there is NO PLACE LIKE THE BLUES, was aptly said by the great Blues Jazz Singer CARMEN MCRAE: "Blues is to Jazz what yeast is to bread; without it, it's flat."