In a Blue Mood

  Wynonie Harris -  Rockin' the Blues -  Proper Along with Big Joe Turner and Jimmy Rushing, Wynonie Harris is generally regarded as the...

One of my favorite blue shouters was Smiley Lewis. The New Orleans singer and guitarist had many superb recordings, but alas some of his rec...

While I only had the pelasure to see Jimmy Witherspoon perform once live, I was long a fan of his recordings. while often compared to h...

Willie Jackson Chosen By the Blues Self-Produced Savannah, Georgia based Willie Jackson is a full-throated blues shouter backed by a s...

Wynonie Harris  Don’t You Want To Rock?  The King & Deluxe Acetate series  Ace Records 2-CD set UK Import  Wynonie Harris, the gr...

Going back through the old issues of the Buffalo Jazz Report , I have discovered not only my old columns but also regular album revie...

Avid Jazz is one of several European Public Domain reissue labels that have compiled reissues of vintage jazz albums primarily from the 19...

Jimmy “T-99” Nelson is among the last of the shouters that arose during the swing era and who flourished in the early years after World War ...

I have many fond memories of the late Big Joe Turner, one of the greatest blues shouters of all time. I had the honor to emcee Big Joe and L...

Back in the early 1990s, EMI issued a series of blues reissues that made some important and vintage blues available for blues listeners. I...

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...

I am a long time fan of Mr. 5 X 5 and the chance to review a recent previously unissued recording by the former Count Basie singer is someth...

2009-0725_Pocono_Blues_Saturday-1527 Originally uploaded by NoVARon One of the performers at this year's Pocono Blues Festival I was loo...

Its been a decade since Napoleon Brown Goodson Culp, better known as Nappy Brown, last had a new recording out. Thanks to producer Scott Cab...

In light of Jimmy 'T-99' Nelson's passing, it is appropriate to remember him in this review from 1999 that appeared in the Janua...