In a Blue Mood

Benny Rubin Jr. Know Say Or See Benny Jr Music Benny Rubin Jr. is another prodigious talent coming from the Detroit area. Born in Flint, M...

Today is the centenary of Charlie Parker's Birth which I will celebrate with five recordings from Bird. There is no effort to select the...

John Scofield Swallow Tales ECM With all the recordings over his esteemed career, " Swallow Tales " is John Scofield's first...

Julio Botti Pure Tango Zoho Music "Pure Tango" is a collaboration between saxophonist Julio Botti and pianist Matias Lanfran...

Robin McKelle Alterations Doxie Records Vocalist Robin McKelle's new album has the singer interpret several songs by a diverse list of...

Among recent reissues in Fantasy's The Legends of Specialty series are the second volumes devoted to Roy Milton, Joe Liggins, Jimmy L...

Shempei Ogawa & No a Levy You Me & Cole Belle Records "You Me & Cole" is an album of bass-vocal duets providing ...

Last week I had a short playlist of some of Lonnie Johnson's recordings as the featured artist. This week we have him with other perform...

Various Artists 2020 Blues—New Music From Alligator Records Alligator Records This is a digital-only sampler from 5 albums that Alligator ...

Among recent reissues in Fantasy's The Legends of Specialty series are the second volumes devoted to Roy Milton, Joe Liggins, Jimmy ...

Gregg Martinez MacDaddy Mojeaux Nola Blue Records Trumpeter and vocalist Gregg Martinez (pronounced MartNEZ with the I silent) has been a ...

The Lucky Losers Godless Land Vizztone " Godless Land " is the latest recording from The Lucky Losers. Leading the band are b...

Mon David & Josh Nelson DNA Dash Hoffman Records Filipino-American vocalist Mon David teams up with pianist Josh Nelson on an album on...

Lonnie Johnson was one of the pioneers of blues whose influence was vast. As blues balladeer, he was a popular artist from the twenties unti...

Anthony Geraci Daydreams in Blue Shining Stone Records Anthony Geraci has had a lengthy career behind the keyboards. He has made subst...

Bill Warfield and the Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra Smile Planet Arts  Jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, bandleader, and educator, B...

It's impossible to keep up with the entire range of Ichiban's releases. Among those of recent note is Sonny Rhodes' latest, Li...

Rajiv Jayaweera Pistils Outside in Music "Pistils" is the debut album by Sri Lankan/Australian jazz drummer and composer, Ra...

Cary Morin Dockside Saints Self-produced A member of the Crow Tribal group, Cary Morin came to wide-spread notice as a member of the Pura ...

Today's Take 5 playlist is devoted to the blues classic "It Hurts Me Too." We start with Tampa Red's recording. Amo...