Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – The Sesjun Radio Shows (2011)
This double-album set features late-period performances by the Jazz Messengers found years after Art Blakey passed away.
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Steely Dan Sunday: “Only a Fool Would Say That” from Can’t Buy a Thrill (1972)
More than any other track from their debut album, “Only a Fool Would Say That” points the way to what Steely Dan would evolve into.
Movies: Stan Kenton – Artistry in Rhythm: Portrait of a Jazz Legend (2011)
Stan Kenton would have been 100 this year and, in many ways, he’s as misunderstood now as he was in his own time. You May Also Like: 14 Jazz Orchestra, Jazzrausch Bigband + Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra: Big Bands on Different Paths
Something Else! Featured Artist: Styx
A band suspended forever between the formalism of Dennis DeYoung’s Broadway pretensions and the harder-edged banalities of James Young and Tommy Shaw, Styx sounded different every time it came on the radio. Yet, critics insisted, somehow the same: Mediocre. You May Also Like: No related posts.
Christy Murphy – Feeling Good Looking Good (2011)
When Christy Murphy’s off-kilter sensibility and spare folk-rock jangle mesh, as on the YouTube hit “Single Girl’s Love Song,” her album Feeling Good Looking Good is a merry little distraction. You May Also Like: Leviathan Drummer Gary ‘Roscoe’ Murphy: Something Else! Interview LCD Soundsystem, Aug. 5, 2016: Shows I’ll NeverRead More
The Friday Morning Listen: Pat Metheny – A Map of the World (1999)
Author Jonathan Franzen (The Corrections, Freedom) was feeling sort of burned out and overexposed after spending several months book touring, with his personal history a constant subject. His solution was to travel to a remote island You May Also Like: Why You Should Give Pat Metheny’s ‘Rejoicing’ Another Listen ‘ElegantRead More
Whitesnake – Forevermore (2011)
Maybe it’s because I was forced to listen to “Is This Love?” way too many times in the late 1980s, but for some reason, I just don’t hold Whitesnake in the same regard as many of my friends of a similar age. You May Also Like: The Dead Daisies –Read More
Forgotten series: Nick Cave – No More Shall We Part (2001)
by Tom Johnson First impressions . . . you know what they say about that. They’re always right. Unless they’re not. You May Also Like: Tony Malaby’s Sabino – ‘The Cave of Winds’ (2022)
Two for Tain!: Jeff "Tain" Watts – Family and Laura Kahle – Circular (2011)
It’s been a couple of years since we last heard from pre-eminent jazz rhythmist Jeff “Tain” Watts, when his star-studded engagement Watts was introduced. You May Also Like: Kevin Eubanks – East West Time Line (2017)
Boz Scaggs’ ‘Miss Sun,’ ‘Some Change,’ ‘Dindi,’ Others: Gimme Five
Enough with the ‘Silk Degrees’ already. Let’s explore elsewhere in Boz Scaggs’ lengthy catalog.
