Music

Holiday Music Playlist 2017!

It is time to add some Christmas music to my iPod.  Many of them are old classics and there is something for everyone to enjoy this holiday season!

Joy To The World – Whitney Houston (My favorite Christmas song ever!)

A Charlie Brown Christmas – Vince Guaraldi Trio (Best Christmas album ever!)

Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas – Ella Fitzgerald

Currier & Ives: Christmas Treasures – The London Symphony Orchestra

Jingle Bells – Duke Ellington Trio

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Luther Vandross

Winter Wonderland – Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett

Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy – Bing Crosby and David Bowie

Santa’s Got a Bag of Soul – The Soul Saints Orchestra

Cool Yule – Louis Armstrong

This Christmas – Donny Hathaway

Do They Know It’s Christmas – Various Artists

Winter Wonderland – Lena Horne

Let It Snow, Let It Snow Lena Horne

Santa Claus Is Coming – Les Paul and Mary Ford

The Christmas Song – Nat King Cole

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Judy Garland

Ask Yourself – Sunday People

My Favorite Things – The Supremes

What Child Is This? – Vanessa Williams

Last Christmas – Wham!

What Christmas Means – Stevie Wonder

Every Year, Every Christmas – Luther Vandross

Christmas in Hollis – Run-DMC

Christmas in New Orleans – Louis Armstrong

All I Want For Christmas – Mariah Carey

Let It Snow – Boys II Men

Happy Holidays – Peggy Lee

Christmas Time – Chris Starney

Here Comes Santa – Ramsey Lewis Trio

 

Fall 2017 Music Playlist!

Times to switch up my iTunes playlist for the autumn!

I like taking long walks around the neighborhood to take in all the beautiful, changing leaf colors in the trees.  It’s nice to listen to cool music especially jazz with a little hip-hop here and there while absorbing the scenery, the cool air and reading a good book with some apple cider and candy corn.

Here’s my list of albums you should check out:

Kind of Blue by Miles Davis

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Monk’s Dream by Thelonious Monk

Ella and Louis by Ella Fitzgerald and Louie Armstrong

Jazzmatazz by Guru

 

 

Whitney Houston, we have a problem

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By Talia Whyte

Houston, we have a problem — seriously!

If you have been under a rock the last few months, you might have missed it. The once great singer known as Whitney Houston has been on a disastrous, comeback world tour, which has been marred by the singer’s alleged substance abuse. The diva’s problems were seen prominently during her Australian opener in Brisbane last February, where many fans left before the show ended, complaining of her cracked voice and her not remembering lines for songs.

“She couldn’t entertain a dead rat,” said one Australian fan.

Read the full article here