Music - Oct. 19, 2008
Moncur, Rivers are stars of Blue Note reissues
You know me well enough by now to know that if there are new Blue Note reissues in the shops, then I'm going to tell you about them. Add to that the fact there are some real treasures here, and some that I suspect are new to CD, it's a gimmie.
Tags: Sam Rivers, Blue Note, J.R. Monterose, Sonny Clark, Hank Mobley, jazz, Grachan Moncur III, Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Stanley Turrentine, Jimmy Smith, Fats Waller, Lou Donaldson

Music - July 1, 2008
Mix tape: July 2008
Here's a look at the jazz-heavy stack of discs teetering on my desk while I'm at Summerfest...
Tags: Prince Fatty, Nick Cave, David Murray, Mal Waldron, Justin Time, Paul Bley, Blue Note, Baby Face Willette, Stanley Turrentine, Bobby Hutcherson, Lou Donaldson, Freddie Redd, Horace Silver, Wayne Shorter, Johnny Osbourne, Heartbeat, Rounder, Dig!!! Lazarus

Music - March 31, 2008
Mix tape: March 2008
This edition of Mix Tape is long overdue, I know it. Sorry for the delay, but here's what's spinning...
Tags: Enzo Vacca, EVOA!, Sportclub, Luciano, Cedric Myton, U Brown, Dub Syndicate, Reggae, jazz, Blue Note, Jimmy Smith, Jutta Hipp, Louis Smith, Cannonball Adderley, Zoot Sims, Rudy Van Gelder, Smith & Mighty, Thornel Schwartz, Ike Quebec

Music - Feb. 15, 2008
Mix tape: February 2008
Here are some of the CDs sitting on Bobby Tanzilo's desk today.
Tags: Horace Silver, Blue Note, These New Puritans, Gang of Four, Heidi Talbot, Boo Hewerdine, John McCusker, Eddi Reader, Cherish the Ladies, Compass Records, Domino Records, Kate Rusby, Miguel Migs, Rephlektor

Music - Dec. 11, 2007
Stocking stuffers for music geeks
If the music fiend in your life needs a stocking stuff, here are two very different options.
Tags: Blue Note, Bob Blumenthal, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Amy Wallace, Hal Leonard, The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists, Rudy Van Gelder, jazz