Nov 26, 2019 9:00 AM
Deluxe and Definitive Blues Sets
Michael Robert Frank, founder and CEO of the label Earwig Music, has completed his greatest rescue mission. “I’ve…
Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969–Vols. 1 & 2 offers performances by a parade of blues VIPs.
Nov 26, 2019 9:00 AM
Michael Robert Frank, founder and CEO of the label Earwig Music, has completed his greatest rescue mission. “I’ve…
Nat “King” Cole (1919–1965)
Nov 22, 2019 9:00 AM
Big CD box sets are like fancy cars or eye-catching jewelry—fun to own but expensive to buy. Then comes the holidays,…
All of Miles Davis’ recordings with his namesake nonet are compiled on The Complete Birth Of The Cool.
Nov 21, 2019 9:00 AM
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the short-lived, but now legendary, Miles Davis Nonet. Its recordings, first…
NYU Steinhardt has numerous bands of various sizes.
Nov 20, 2019 9:00 AM
If jazz has an epicenter, New York is it. And in New York, Greenwich Village—longtime home of iconic clubs like the…
A pair of Gregg Allman discs dating back to 1973 and ’74 are being reissued.
Nov 19, 2019 9:00 AM
With the gift-giving season upon us, music lovers have a multitude of options when it comes to reissues, deluxe…
Robert Glasper (foreground) and Herbie Hancock in a scene from the documentary Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes.
Nov 14, 2019 9:00 AM
Swiss-born director Sophie Huber’s Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (Eagle Vision), which coincides with the…
A new biography of blues guitarist-singer Stevie Ray Vaughan is titled after his 1983 album, Texas Flood.
Nov 13, 2019 9:00 AM
What made Stevie Ray Vaughan great? Nearly 30 years after the Texas guitar slinger’s tragic death, music journalists…
Bassist Harish Raghavan steps out with his first leader date, Calls For Action.
Nov 6, 2019 9:00 AM
It seems obvious to say that a bass player’s sound would be a deep one. But there is a real darkness to Harish…
John Coltrane’s Blue World, which includes 27 minutes of previously unheard music, was recorded in 1964, a defining year for the saxophonist.
Nov 5, 2019 9:00 AM
In December 1964, John Coltrane and his classic quartet headed in to Rudy Van Gelder’s New Jersey studio to record A…
Blues guitarist Keb’ Mo’ said he initially planned to get a job with the Roland company, instead of pursuing performance as a career.
Nov 4, 2019 9:00 AM
Downstairs in the beautiful home that Keb’ Mo’ and Robbie Brooks Moore, his wife, maintain in the hills southwest…
