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06/19/2026

06/18/2026

Live jazz albums always spark debate, because so much depends on the moment, the band, the room and the energy...

There’s already plenty of discussion in the article comments, but what in your opinion is missing from this list of the most ICONIC LIVE JAZZ RECORDINGS?

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06/18/2026

The JONI MITCHELL SUMMER SOLSTICE RADIO SPECIAL tonight at 8 PM (Pacific) streamed at klcc.org 89.7 FM and on-demand at mixcloud.com. Celebrate the beginning of Summer with the music of Joni Mitchell. Tonight's show features covers of Mitchell's 1971 masterpiece BLUE. Tune way in!

06/13/2026

Friedrich Nietzsche was born in 1844 in Germany and lost his father when he was still a child. Growing up with grief and loneliness, he developed a habit of questioning everything. While many people searched for comfort in accepted beliefs, Nietzsche searched for truth, even when it was uncomfortable. His life became a relentless attempt to understand suffering, meaning, and what it means to live fully.

The moment that changed his life came when he broke away from the ideas and institutions he had once admired. He began challenging religion, morality, and social conventions, believing that many people lived according to borrowed values rather than their own convictions. This intellectual rebellion shaped books like Thus Spoke Zarathustra and made him one of history's most influential thinkers.

One of the hardest lessons Nietzsche learned was that growth often demands suffering. His own life was marked by illness, isolation, failed relationships, and misunderstanding. Yet he believed that adversity could strengthen a person, just as resistance strengthens a muscle. Rather than asking for an easier life, he urged people to become strong enough to face a difficult one.

One of his most powerful lines still resonates today:

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”

Friedrich Nietzsche's life reminds us that meaning is not something we discover waiting for us. It is something we create through courage, struggle, and the willingness to become who we truly are.

06/12/2026

What's missing (in your opinion) from this list of legendary jazz albums?

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