Some Virtual Stocking Stuffers

A couple of quick ideas for filling your time online during the holiday season and beyond:

Accujazz.com: Right now I’m listening to the “Swingin’ Christmas” channel, but there are multitudes of other channels to choose from and listen to. This one has really brightened my morning. They also have a blog where they review new releases, and occasionally refer you to other sites of interest. Check it out.

Jazz.com Slightly over a year old now, this is a jazz site that is informative, funny, and visually pleasing without being so visually heavy that it takes ten minutes for a page to load. Reviews, interviews, lots of good writing, images (check out the gallery for some other great jazz photogs & artists), and Lewis Porter’s Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians. Author/Musician Ted Gioia’s site.

jazzvideoguy.tv   

http://www.planetbret.com/  Both of the above are sites that belong to Bret Primack, aka jazzvideoguy. Like mini-jazz docs. Interviews & performance mixed. Bret has been around for many years and has experience in all sorts of Jazz enterprises. Check him out.

Thanks to the Accublog for the links to Bret’s spaces.