In a Blue Mood

Ron Weinstock's semi-regular collection of observations, reviews and more about blues, jazz and other matters informed by the blues tradition.

Showing posts with label Carl Sonny Leyland. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Carl Sonny Leyland. Show all posts

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Andrew Alli Hard Workin' Man

Andrew Alli Hard Workin' Man EllerSoul Born in 1988 in Richmond, Virginia, Andrew Alli delivers a straight-ahead, no-frills collec...

Sunday, September 09, 2012

James Harman in a Lonesome Moon Trance

James Harman has been laying his blues harmonica and vocals for several decades. He has stayed true to the blues tradition while as ...

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Lluis Coloma's Boogie Woogie and Blues Portraits

Spanish pianist Lluís Coloma is representative of a worldwide group of pianists devoted to the classic boogie woogie and blues form. His mos...

Sunday, October 09, 2011

Doug MacLeod's Blues Ring True

Years ago in the Washington D.C. area, legendary WPFW-FM blues radio personality Jerry ‘The Bama’ Washington would play at least a couple ti...

Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Jerry McCain Still Got The Blues All Over Him

Harmonica player Jerry McCain who first recorded for Trumpet Records in the early 1950s continues to record today with recent efforts under ...

Friday, September 18, 2009

A Totally Captivating Piano Blues Recording

My purchase of Carl Sonny Leyland’s “A Chicago Session” (Ventrella) was an impulse based in part on the description of the disc on the new r...

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