Boz Scaggs Didn’t Take the Standard Approach to Standards on ‘Speak Low’
The West Coast jazz-inflected ‘Speak Low,’ released 10 years ago today, was a nifty reinvention of the Boz Scaggs aesthetic.
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Ry Cooder’s ‘The UFO Has Landed’ Finally Put His Amazing Career in Context
Released 10 years ago this month, ‘UFO Has Landed’ was definitive in a way the always-restless Ry Cooder never quite allowed himself to be.
Sonny Rollins Became a Colossus Once More With ‘Road Shows Vol. 1’
Released a decade ago this month, ‘Road Shows Vol. 1’ reframed Sonny Rollins as jazz’s most important living saxophonist.
Buena Vista Social Club Captured Already-Lost History on ‘At Carnegie Hall’
Released 10 years ago this month, ‘At Carnegie Hall’ remains the most complete testament to the Buena Vista Social Club’s sizzling mid-1990s Cuban revival.
‘Survivors Guide to Prison’ Goes Beyond Numbers to Expose Our National Disgrace
Activist-filmmaker Matthew Cooke’s new documentary ‘Survivors Guide to Prison’ is about more than the rudiments of making it on the inside.
Maceo Parker’s Roots and Grooves was half genius, half missed opportunity
Released 10 years ago today, this album found Maceo Parker trying another fun experiment with history and sound, but with mixed results.
After Years of Struggle, Robert Finley’s Finally ‘Got a Thing Going On’
Robert Finley stopped to talk about different things but mostly, he just played, accompanied only by the rattling window unit.
Denise LaSalle, Soul-Blues Belter (1939-2018): An Appreciation
We loved the sexy, hard-as-nails Denise LaSalle for creating a series of titanic grooves, and also because we were never certain that she couldn’t have kicked our ass.
Alan Parsons Project somehow remains faceless, despite hitting big with Eye in the Sky
It didn’t help that a different singer was featured on each single from the Alan Parsons Project’s smash album, which arrived in June 1982.
Ella Fitzgerald, “Perdido” (1949): Appreciations
“Perdido” was supposed to be a live showcase for Charlie Parker. Then Ella Fitzgerald – who would have been 100 today – stepped up to the mic.
