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Joe Blessett with his fifth outing, the fittingly titled Chillin Out in Dark Places, Blessett exhibits a side of jazz which complements the smart phone generation which does not care much for genres but does like genre-splicing. Blessett’s music won’t be heard any time soon in live settings because Chillin Out in Dark Places is the product of a musician who mixes and engineers the results and uses modern technology to create an amalgam of soul, gospel, jazz, electronica and... (continue reading)

SOURCE: JAZZWAX BY MARC MYERS, Published: 2011-09-30

I'm often asked where I think jazz is headed and which jazz musicians are pushing the envelope without boring the listener. My answer to the first question is, “I don't know." Until jazz artists start speaking the language of today's diverse music buyers and jazz fans allow the music to move beyond lighthouse status, the art form may simply languish as live performances of what we've already heard on... (continue reading)

Joe Blessett is a jazz musician who has named his album Singapore Nights. When putting it in the player, I at first expected the music to conjure up images of Asian culture, perhaps. The titles of pop songs are oftentimes dead giveaways for what a song’s subject matter will be, but this thinking goes out the window with instrumental jazz, where the melody and/or rhythm can be evocative of a place and time, or of any other person, place or thing. All of this information is safely... (continue reading)