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 - 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 - Dec. 10, 2007
New batch of Blue Notes contains some classics
I've fallen slightly behind, but recently checked out the latest batch, which arrived in late September. I was thrilled to find some of my favorites among them.
Tags: Blue Note, Jazz Messengers, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Kenny Burrell, Thad Jones, Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine, Duke Jordan, Grant Green, Midnight Special, Back at the Chicken Shack, jazz, Willie Bobo, Potato Valdez, Dizzy Reece, Horace Silver, Art Blake

Music - June 30, 2007
Jazz for connoisseurs
On the heels of the long-awaited reissue of recently-departed jazz pianist Andrew Hill's 1966 "Compulsion" by Blue Note comes a batch of Connoisseur Series reissues that includes the session Hill recorded for Blue Note right after.
Tags: Blue Note, Andrew Hill, Grassel, Frank Foster, Turrentine, Jimmy Smith, Kenny Cox