In a Blue Mood

Vienna Carroll and the Folk Harlem Field Recordings Self-Produced Listening to this stunning recording by New York City-based singer Vienn...

I still remember seeing Elvin Jones at the Tralfamdore Cafe in Buffalo. It was an amazing weekend of music. The only member of the band I re...

Blind Lemon Pledge Goin' Home OFEH Records Blind Lemon Pledge is the roots and blues name for James Byfield. Recently, I reviewed a re...

Avishai Cohen Big Vicious ECM Speaking of his new album " Big Vicious ," Israeli trumpeter Avishai Cohen states that the rec...

Bob Ferrel Bob Ferrel's Jazztopian Dream BFM Productions One gets overwhelmed at times with releases, that some get lost. Trombonist B...

Joe Louis Walker Viva Las Vegas Live Cleopatra Blues "Viva Las Vegas Live" is, I believe, the 26th album from Joe Louis Walker, ...

The THEK Jazz Quintet Plays the Music of Sam Jones TNEK Jazz LLC Bassist Kent Miller leads a quintet drawn primarily from the Mid-Atlantic...

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...

Jose Ramirez Here I Come Self-Produced Originally from Costa Rica, singer-guitarist-songwriter Jose Ramirez has been making a name fo...

Mary Jo Curry Band Front Porch Self-Produced Out of Illinois, the Mary Curry Band makes a strong musical statement with its new album. A c...

Diane Schuur Running on Faith Jazzheads Grammy-Award winning vocalist and Diane Schuur has her first album in six years. She co-produced t...

Crystal Shawanda Church House Blues True North Records Crystal Shawanda is an indigenous musician who grew up on the Wikwemikong reserve o...

Dayna Stephens Trio Liberty Contagious Music About tenor saxophonist Dayna Stephens' previous album "Gratitude," I wrote tha...

For this week, we have a short playlist of Chicago bluesman John Primer. A veteran of the bands of blues legends Muddy Waters and Magic Slim...

Naama Gheber Dearly Beloved Cellar Music Records Israeli-born singer Naama Gheber makes her debut on a program taken from the American...

Victor Wainwright and the Train Memphis Loud Ruf Records Victor Wainwright has become one of the most prominent individuals on the blues a...

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Black, Brown & Beige Blue Engine records Blue Engine Records, the label of Jazz ...

John Primer & Bob Corritore The Gypsy Woman Told Me Vizztone/ SWMAC Records This is the third recording by the former Muddy Waters...

Rory Block Prove it On Me Stony Plain "Prove it On Me" is the second in Rory Block's series, "Power Women of the Bl...

What is now known as the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra started decades ago as the Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra. For five decades, until in...