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Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions in Holland (Jazz Detective). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions in Holland (Jazz Detective). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
A Brand-New Shade of Blue (Omnivore). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
From Memphis to New Orleans - Songs From Robin Hood Lane (Bar/ None). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Best of Chet Baker (Riverside). Review by Matthew Moyer.
The Definitive Chick Corea on Stretch and Concord (Stretch Records, Concord Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Know What I Mean? (Riverside). Review by Carl F Gauze.
In New York (Riverside, Concord Music). Review by Carl F Gauze.
It wasn’t all Bach and hypochondria in the life of mercurial pianist Glenn Gould. Shelton Hull finds this new biography awash in details of the great musician’s love life and other psychological insights.
Cheekbone Hollows (Pop. 1/2 Life) (Gypsy Eyes Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Shelton Hull gives us a peek into his personal playlist, busting at the seams with rap supervillains and jazz legends.
Triumph of Time (ObliqSound). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
A thousand kisses deep (Columbia). Review by Ben Varkentine.
Trumpet Evolution (Crescent Moon / Columbia). Review by Stein Haukland.
Live at Birdland (Telarc). Review by Chad Perman.
Erik Truffaz at La Maison Francaise in Washington, DC on April 29, 2002. Concert review by Bill Campbell.
Boulevard: New Version - The Complete Series (F Communications). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Steve Stav offers his personal musical recipe for love, culling from various music genres and eras, to get your Valentine’s Day headed in the right direction. What, no Barry White?
Night Sessions (Columbia). Review by Sean Slone.
When (Warp). Review by Marcel Feldmar.
The Art of the Ballad (Prestige). Review by James Mann
A.J. Croce celebrates the 50th anniversary of his father, Jim Croce’s, three ground breaking albums, with a nationwide tour of Croce Plays Croce.
High Above Harlesden 1978 - 2023 from On-U Sound collects 60 dub and reggae tracks from Creation Rebel, an astounding set of musicians.
Gerta O. Egy’s beautifully drawn fungi almost eclipse their fairyland habitats in her Mushroom Daydream Coloring Book.
One of the last of the classic wuxia swordplay films stands as a fitting coda to the grand period of the genre. Phil Bailey reviews a new Blu-ray release of the 1975 film The Valiant Ones.
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Smash Mouth takes us back to The Brady Bunch circa 1973, with “Sunshine Day,” featuring Barry Williams, the original Greg Brady.
Not everyone can be excited by blocks spinning on a screen, but if you are, Ian Koss recommends you pay attention to Best of Five.
The final two films in the bonkers Hong Kong action comedy series The Inspector Wears Skirts hit Blu-ray from 88 Films.
A pair of early “girls with guns” action films from superstars Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock have arrived from 88 Films.