In a Blue Mood

Leroy Carr's legacy is perhaps not as appreciated today as it once was. A major recording star, his duets with guitarist Scrapper Blackw...

The Complete Jazz Casual Series EFOR Films Many of you may be aware of the legendary public TV show, Jazz Casual, that was hosted by th...

The British Ace Records label has been reissuing numbers reissues from the catalogues and archives of Modern Records and its affiliates. A...

Jimmy Witherspoon is among my favorite singers in the blues and jazz realms, who was able to sound good in a variety of settings. His earli...

Much has been written about the late blues shouter, Jimmy Witherspoon. The Arkansas native who first attracted notice singing with with Tedd...

“You Know I Can’t Reuse: The Bill Heid Sessions,” (Eastlawn) is one of those discs that straddle the blues and jazz categories, so unfortun...

Can there be little doubt we are blessed in terms of the availability of some terrific rhythm & blues from the music’s golden age of the...

Mosaic Records has a well deserved reputation for superb boxed sets of many different giants of jazz. In recent years they have started new...