I'm listening to a collection I downloaded from Emusic awhile ago: The Early Years Volume 2, Tom Waits

Anyone who thinks he can't be melodic should definitely hear this. He's famous for the fact of sounding like a singer who has had far too many cigarrettes and whisky. He often sounds like a barely alive critter, a wailing banshee. I think these recordings were from before he achieved that state.

You may be asking, "Jeff, what does this have to do with jazz?" Well, Holly Cole recorded a fantastic album of covers of his songs, Temptation.

Tags: Emusic, Tom Waits, Holly Cole.

He wasn't involved in jazz (as far as I know, anyway), and I can only think of one song I've ever heard from him (You'll never find), but soulful smooth R&B lost a legend in Lou Rawls today at the age of 72.

Tags: R&B, Lou Rawls.

I'm sorry this blog has been down for most of the weekend. My Webspace provider just wasn't on top of it.

I'm taking steps to solve this.

I learned yesterday that CBC Radio 2 has a jazz show. Unfortunately it doesn't play all day.

Still I may well track it down. If my radio reception for it is good and steady, I may well change my radio to it.

For those of you who listen through Sirius Sattelite radio, it airs there as well.

Tags: sattelite radio, CBC Radio 2.