The discoveries of unheard performances and unreleased albums have buoyed the jazz landscape in recent years. In fact, two years ago this month, this writer posted a review of MONK,
Surely, we all miss live music, especially when you hear the rollicking jump blues on this latest recording, Too Far from the Bar, by the venerable Sugar Ray and the
Multi-Grammy award-winners trumpeter/Flugelhornist Randy Brecker and versatile saxophonist Eric Marienthal have long been friends and on-stage collaborators (Jeff Lorber, GRP Big Band) but are teaming for their first co-led album,
If you’ve been privileged to see an acoustic piano concert by Chick Corea, you can’t help but be struck not only by his creative improvisations but his playfulness, rapport with
Sometimes a writer can exhaust the accolades for an artist covered countless times and this writer is beginning to feel that way about today’s premier blues guitarist, Ronnie Earl. So,
The heralded roots band Delta Spirit took an extended break after supporting their 2014 Into the Wide. It took some time for the originally Southern Californian-based band of five independent,
Artemis, the multi-generational, multi-cultural, all-female jazz aggregation of seven of today’s top modern jazz musicians, is already somewhat known but are making their Blue Note debut with this self-titled effort.
James Lee Baker is another thoughtful, relatively unknown singer-songwriter making an impact lately. But this is much more than just another effort. The CD has an enclosed detailed booklet with
Celebrated Malian songwriter and guitarist Afel Bocoum gathers a slew of guests and collaborators for his latest release, Lindé. Named after the wild expanse near Bocoum’s hometown of Niafunké, Lindé is a blend
Peter Parcek is one of the most criminally underrated blues guitarists despite having earned a BMA nomination ten years ago. While folks like Joe Bonamassa, Walter Trout, and Kenny Wayne
