Will Layman is a writer, teacher and musician living in the Washington, DC area. He is a contributor to National Public Radio and frequently appears as a guest on WNYC’s “Soundcheck” as a jazz critic. He plays both funk and jazz in the bars and clubs in and near the nation’s capital. His fiction and humor appear in print and online.
Features
Monday, February 4 2013
The Permanence of Pops: Louis Armstrong and American Music
The recently released early recordings of Louis Armstrong remind us that no one made a more complete contribution to art in the 20th century.
Wednesday, January 16 2013
"Very Self-Conscious About Everything": An Interview with A.C. Newman
New Pornographers frontman and solo artist Carl "A.C." Newman talks about his failure to be a real rock star and how an almost painful self-consciousness creates his work.
Thursday, December 13 2012
The Best Jazz of 2012
Jazz today remains the music that stays alive through a remarkable alchemy. On this list, traditions that go back to the jazz roots co-exist with modern pop tunes, and the avant-garde edges of the music blend in fluid ease with tonal beauty.
Monday, December 10 2012
Taking Five with the Late Dave Brubeck
At just 14 years old, hearing "Take Five" leap off the vinyl initiated us boys into all the things that would soon come to matter: abandon and sex, ecstasy and intelligence, serious ideas and sensual pleasure in one package.
Wednesday, August 15 2012
Derek Trucks on the Tedeschi Trucks Band: “A Working Man’s Band”
PopMatters interviews guitarist Derek Trucks about his new live album and recent tour with the Tedeschi Trucks Band and what it's like to collaborate with his wife -- and many other brilliant musicians -- every night on the road.
The Bad Plus Plays It Straight(ish) [24.Jan.11]
Miles Davis: How Much Is Enough? [30.Nov.10]
The Best Jazz of 2008 [17.Dec.08]
The Best Jazz of 2007 [11.Dec.07]
Best Jazz of 2006 [11.Dec.06]
Metheny / Mehldau -- On the Record [30.Nov.06]
Thriving Away From the Straight Line [1.Jan.95]
Columns
Wednesday, May 15 2013
David Sanborn May Not Be Cool -- But He's Sure Copied a Lot
David Sanborn may be the most imitated man in instrumental music. His ripe rasp on alto saxophone has been aped a thousand times over. Yet he's gotten little respect in true jazz circles.
Wednesday, April 17 2013
Ode to the Return of the Clarinet
Why did you leave jazz, O Clarinet? Did you ask too much of us, or did we ask to much of you? Either way, you've returned with a sleek, expressive vengeance!
Thursday, March 28 2013
Wynton Marsalis’ 'Blood on the Fields', Still Genius
Is anything ever as wonderful as it seemed when you first fell in love with it? Some things are. Some things become even sweeter over time.
Thursday, February 21 2013
'Why Jazz Happened' Makes Its Points Like a Snazzy Lawyer in the Courtroom: Zip, Zam, Zot
New Orleans to swing, swing to bop, bop to cool, cool to hard bop, hard bop to free jazz—"jazz style periods" are so often presented like this. But jazz's transformation often shifted independently of cultural happenings, and those shifts were far from linear.
Wednesday, January 30 2013
Saxophonist Jon Irabagon Takes Us By Storm
Suddenly saxophonist Jon Irabagon is everywhere: releasing his own music, starring as a sideman on wildly varying projects, constantly showing us that jazz can be whatever we want it to be.
Is Innovation Required in Jazz Today? [26.Sep.12]
The Vijay Iyer Trio Takes Over [15.Mar.12]
Rock Is the New Jazz. Sorry, Rock. [16.Feb.12]
Sympathetic Vibrations [22.Nov.11]
The Off-Handed Cool of Michael Franks [22.Aug.11]
Does 'Treme' Hate Modern Jazz? [11.Jul.11]
David Foster Wallace's Posthumous 'The Pale King' Explores Self-Consciousness As a Disease [7.Jun.11]
Jane Ira Bloom's Sinuous Soprano [17.May.11]
An Infectious Case of Jazz Fanaticism [14.Apr.11]
The Blessing and the Curse of the Grammys [7.Mar.11]
Rebirth in the Tremé: New Orleans Ascendent [1.Dec.10]
Ten Reasons to Love Jason Moran [9.Aug.10]
Nikki Yanofsky: Forever Young [2.Jun.10]
Celluloid Dreams: How to Film a Melody [18.Feb.10]
Overlooked Jazz Gems of 2009 [12.Jan.10]
Is there Virtue in Virtuosity? [22.Oct.09]
Jazz Cellist Peggy Lee's 'Fever' [16.Sep.09]
Hip-notized by a Male Billie Holiday [20.Aug.09]
Jennifer Lee: The Bay Area Diana Krall [23.Jul.09]
Great Vibrations: An Interview with Gary Burton [11.Jun.09]
Some Sing with Swing [15.May.09]
Long Live Blossom Dearie [10.Apr.09]
Songlines: Small Is Beautiful [19.Mar.09]
Ravi Coltrane: The Son Also Rises [19.Feb.09]
No Piano No Problem [18.Dec.08]
R.I.P. Smooth Jazz, Round Two [6.Nov.08]
Selling the Melody [9.Oct.08]
Looking Back at Brubeck [21.Aug.08]
Double Standards [17.Jul.08]
Tangled Up in Blue Note [29.May.08]
R.I.P. Smooth Jazz, 1985-2008? [17.Apr.08]
The Gap: Charles Lloyd [11.Mar.08]
The Gap: Bix Beiderbecke [31.Jan.08]
The Gap: Paul Bley [3.Jan.08]
A Laughing Dilemma, Revealed [15.Nov.07]
Bass Reflections [17.Oct.07]
Swept off My Feet by "Newcomer" James Carney [20.Sep.07]
A Critic's Grab-Bag [10.Aug.07]
Playing Pop in the Jazz/Soul Shadow [22.May.07]
Celebrating John Coltrane, Personally [9.Mar.07]
Reviews
Tuesday, May 7 2013
Steve Coleman and Five Elements: Functional Arrhythmias
A lean and intriguing set of tunes from the usually frustrating but often brilliant saxophonist.
Thursday, April 11 2013
Keith Jarrett: Hymns/Spheres
A double-disc set that finds the jazz pianist jamming on a baroque organ in the 1970s (when else?).
Thursday, March 28 2013
Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Slippery Rock
The antic jazz quartet, back on the job: fun and loose and flying.
Friday, March 15 2013
Charles Lloyd / Jason Moran: Hagar’s Song
A saxophone-piano duet between the 75-year-old mystic and his recent partner. Beautiful.
Monday, March 11 2013
John Hollenbeck: Songs I Like a Lot
Pop songs radically reconfigured by the one-of-a-kind John Hollenbeck -- a shimmering triumph with an oddball touch.
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Gamak [4.Mar.13]
Wayne Shorter Quartet: Without a Net [21.Feb.13]
Joe Lovano Us Five: Cross Culture [20.Feb.13]
José James: No Beginning and No End [12.Feb.13]
Aaron Neville: My True Story [25.Jan.13]
Petra Haden: Petra Goes to the Movies [24.Jan.13]
Erin McKeown: Manifestra [16.Jan.13]
Klang: Brooklyn Lines... Chicago Spaces [16.Jan.13]
David Virelles: Continuum [7.Jan.13]
Rez Abbasi Trio: Continuous Beat [28.Nov.12]
Shelby Lynne: Revelation Road (Deluxe Edition) [19.Nov.12]
Guillermo Klein: Carrera [19.Nov.12]
Diana Krall: Glad Rag Doll [15.Oct.12]
Bill Evans Trio: Moonbeams [5.Oct.12]
Dave Douglas Quintet: Be Still [25.Sep.12]
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Everybody’s Talkin’ [28.Aug.12]
Dirty Dozen Brass Band: Twenty Dozen [21.Aug.12]
John Pizzarelli: Double Exposure [1.Aug.12]
Pat Metheny: Unity Band [16.Jul.12]
NRBQ: We Travel the Spaceways [11.Jul.12]
Shawn Colvin: All Fall Down [27.Jun.12]
Mindy Smith: Mindy Smith [25.Jun.12]
Eri Yamamoto Trio: The Next Page [18.Jun.12]
Kenny Garrett: Seeds from the Underground [23.May.12]
Mary Halvorson Quintet: Bending Bridges [11.May.12]
Bill Frisell: Blues Dream [18.Apr.12]
Brad Mehldau Trio: Ode [10.Apr.12]
Joshua Redman: Moodswing [2.Mar.12]
Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio [29.Feb.12]
Ben Kweller: Go Fly a Kite [16.Feb.12]
Rez Abbasi’s Invocation: Suno Suno [13.Jan.12]
Keith Jarrett: Rio [29.Nov.11]
George Benson: Guitar Man [18.Nov.11]
John Scofield: A Moment’s Peace [28.Sep.11]
Ornette Coleman: Something Else [9.Sep.11]
Michael Franks: Time Together [22.Aug.11]
Madeleine Peyroux: Standing on the Rooftop [17.Aug.11]
James Farm: James Farm [9.Aug.11]
Pat Metheny: What’s It All About [20.Jul.11]
Bill Evans: The Sesjun Radio Shows [1.Jul.11]
Jamaaladeen Tacuma: For the Love of Ornette [23.Jun.11]
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Revelator [15.Jun.11]
Marcus Miller: A Night in Monte-Carlo [19.May.11]
The World Saxophone Quartet: Yes We Can [18.Apr.11]
Paul Simon: So Beautiful or So What [15.Apr.11]
Keren Ann: 101 [23.Mar.11]
Kurt Elling: The Gate [14.Mar.11]
Buddy Miller: The Majestic Silver Strings [3.Mar.11]
Cassandra Wilson: Silver Pony [21.Feb.11]
Marc Cary: Focus Trio Live 2009 [9.Feb.11]
Eddie Henderson: For All We Know [8.Feb.11]
Amos Lee: Mission Bell [3.Feb.11]
Joe Lovano/Us Five: Bird Songs [20.Jan.11]
The Jazz Passengers: Reunited [19.Jan.11]
Kurt Rosenwinkel and OJM: Our Secret World [10.Jan.11]
Danilo Pérez: Providencia [7.Dec.10]
Hilary Kole: You Are There [6.Dec.10]
Sting: Live in Berlin [22.Nov.10]
Geri Allen: Flying Toward the Sound [19.Nov.10]
Wallace Roney: If Only For One Night [15.Nov.10]
David Weiss and Point of Departure: Snuck In [8.Nov.10]
Jeff Lorber Fusion: Now Is The Time [27.Oct.10]
'Admission' Is a Zippy Read and a Keen Glimpse at the Man (or Woman) Behind the College Curtain [22.Oct.10]
Vijay Iyer: Solo [20.Oct.10]
Herbie Hancock: The Imagine Project [14.Oct.10]
Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers [16.Sep.10]
Paul Motian: Lost in a Dream [23.Aug.10]
Esperanza Spalding: Chamber Music Society [17.Aug.10]
Tracy Bonham: Masts of Manhatta [16.Aug.10]
Punch Brothers: Antifogmatic [4.Aug.10]
Lionel Loueke: Mwaliko [27.Jul.10]
Renee Fleming: Dark Hope [21.Jul.10]
Tomasz Stanko: Dark Eyes [30.Jun.10]
Macy Gray: The Sellout [21.Jun.10]
Martin Sexton: Sugarcoating [8.Jun.10]
Pat Metheny: Orchestrion [28.Apr.10]
Jamie Cullum: The Pursuit [16.Apr.10]
Suzanne Vega: Close Up, Volume One, Love Songs [14.Apr.10]
Dave Holland Octet: Pathways [24.Mar.10]
Myra Melford and Be Bread: The Whole Tree Gone [10.Mar.10]
Matthew Shipp: 4D [5.Mar.10]
Gil Scott-Heron: I'm New Here [11.Feb.10]
Wadada Leo Smith: Spiritual Dimensions [26.Jan.10]
Eri Yamamoto Trio: In Each Day, Something Good [12.Jan.10]
Steve Kuhn: Mostly Coltrane [15.Dec.09]
J.D. Allen Trio: Shine! [24.Nov.09]
Matt Wilson Quartet: That's Gonna Leave a Mark [10.Nov.09]
Rhonda Vincent: Destination Life [2.Nov.09]
Vijay Iyer Trio: Historicity [26.Oct.09]
Robert Glasper: Double Booked [13.Oct.09]
Fred Hersch: Fred Hersch Plays Jobim [13.Oct.09]
Medeski, Martin and Wood: Radiolarians III [6.Oct.09]
The Apples in Stereo: #1 Hits Explosion [5.Oct.09]
Eldar Djangirov: Virtue [1.Oct.09]
The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to the 21st Century by Joachim-Ernst Berendt and Gunther Huesmann [29.Sep.09]
Stefon Harris and Blackout: Urbanus [17.Sep.09]
Mark O'Connor: Americana Symphony, Hot Swing Trio Live in New York, String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3 [4.Sep.09]
James Carney Group: Ways and Means [2.Sep.09]
Dave Douglas and Brass Ecstasy: Spirit Moves [14.Aug.09]
Jack DeJohnette: Music We Are [10.Aug.09]
The Way Home by George Pelecanos [4.Aug.09]
Enrico Rava: New York Days [4.Aug.09]
Spyro Gyra: Down the Wire [18.Jun.09]
The Smithereens: The Smithereens Play Tommy [3.Jun.09]
Melody Gardot: Mosaic: My One and Only Thrill [26.May.09]
Joe Lovano Us Five: Folk Art [22.May.09]
Allen Toussaint: The Bright Mississippi [30.Apr.09]
Melinda Doolittle: Coming Back to You [29.Apr.09]
Growing Up Dead by Peter Conners [27.Apr.09]
Nat King Cole, Re: Generations [24.Apr.09]
Diana Krall: Quiet Nights [23.Apr.09]
Jazz Icons: Sonny Rollins Live in '65 & '68 [8.Apr.09]
Brad Shepik: Human Activity Suite [6.Apr.09]
Return to Forever: Returns [31.Mar.09]
Wynton Marsalis: He and She [30.Mar.09]
Nels Cline: Coward / Alex Cline: Continuation [18.Mar.09]
Marion Maerz: Burt Bacharach Songbook [17.Mar.09]
Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition: Apti [27.Feb.09]
Gunmetal Black by Daniel Serrano [28.Jan.09]
Matthew Shipp Trio: Harmonic Disorder [26.Jan.09]
Paul Shapiro: Essen [12.Jan.09]
The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer [7.Jan.09]
Fight the Big Bull: Dying Will Be Easy [16.Dec.08]
Jenny Scheinman: Crossing [10.Dec.08]
Esbjorn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.): Leucocyte [8.Dec.08]
Kenny Barron: The Traveler [25.Nov.08]
Eri Yamamoto: Duologue/Redwoods [12.Nov.08]
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Kinsmen [10.Nov.08]
Joe Lovano: Symphonica [5.Nov.08]
Boz Scaggs: Speak Low [31.Oct.08]
McCoy Tyner: Guitars [30.Oct.08]
Take 6: The Standard [23.Oct.08]
If Every Month Were June by Tony Bender [12.Sep.08]
Aaron Parks: Invisible Cinema [28.Aug.08]
Lazlo Gardony: Dig Deeper [26.Aug.08]
Uri Caine Ensemble: The Othello Syndrome [25.Aug.08]
Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet: Tabligh [25.Aug.08]
Stuff: Live at Montreux 1976 [DVD] [21.Aug.08]
Poolplayers: Way Below the Surface [18.Aug.08]
Sergio Mendes: Encanto [6.Aug.08]
Return to Forever: Return to Forever [4.Aug.08]
The Jeff Gauthier Goatette: House of Return [1.Aug.08]
Commonwealth [23.Jul.08]
Todd Sickafoose: Tiny Resistors [16.Jul.08]
Fieldwork: Door [14.Jul.08]
Avishai Cohen Trio: Gently Disturbed [9.Jun.08]
Lionel Loueke: Karibu [6.Jun.08]
Get Smart: The Complete Series [3.Jun.08]
Jason Mraz: We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things [29.May.08]
JD Allen: I Am I Am [16.May.08]
Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz [15.May.08]
Alex Sipiagin: Out of the Circle [8.May.08]
David Buchbinder: Odessa/Havana [7.May.08]
Nicholas Payton: Into the Blue [22.Apr.08]
Stanley Jordan: State of Nature [21.Apr.08]
Cuong Vu: Vu-tet [18.Apr.08]
Maceo Parker: Roots and Grooves [17.Apr.08]
Miguel Zenon: Awake [15.Apr.08]
Steven Bernstein: Diaspora Suite [9.Apr.08]
Steve Lehman Quintet: On Meaning [7.Apr.08]
Uri Caine: The Classical Variations [19.Mar.08]
Sonny Fortune: You and the Night and the Music [21.Feb.08]
The Epochs: The Epochs [14.Feb.08]
Soft Machine Legacy: Steam [13.Feb.08]
Sheryl Crow: Detours [12.Feb.08]
Eliane Elias: Something for You [12.Feb.08]
Wynton Marsalis: Standards and Ballads [11.Feb.08]
New York Voices: A Day Like This [11.Feb.08]
Keith Jarrett: Setting Standards [7.Feb.08]
Pat Metheny Trio: Day Trip [6.Feb.08]
Joe Jackson: Rain [28.Jan.08]
The Sarah Silverman Program: Season One [18.Jan.08]
Stacey Kent: Breakfast on the Morning Tram [15.Jan.08]
Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon [14.Jan.08]
Andy and the Bey Sisters: Round Midnight [9.Jan.08]
The Pizzarelli Boys: Sunday at Petes [8.Jan.08]
Joe Henderson: Power to the People [2.Jan.08]
Michael Blake Sextet: Amor de Cosmos [20.Dec.07]
Jacky Terrasson: Mirror [19.Dec.07]
Christian Scott: Anthem [18.Dec.07]
Chris Potter 10: Music for Anyone [17.Dec.07]
Chris Potter Underground: Follow the Red Line [14.Dec.07]
Dee Dee Bridgewater: Red Earth [11.Dec.07]
Frode Haltli: Passing Images [10.Dec.07]
Charlie Hunter: Mistico [7.Dec.07]
In the Know by Nancy MacDonell [29.Nov.07]
Dave Brubeck: Indian Summer [12.Nov.07]
Diana Krall: The Very Best of Diana Krall [8.Nov.07]
Queen Latifah: Travlin Light [30.Oct.07]
Kenny Burrell: 75th Birthday Bash Live! [22.Oct.07]
Ultra-Talk by David Kirby [15.Oct.07]
Billie Holiday: Lady Day [5.Oct.07]
Herbie Hancock: River [4.Oct.07]
The Claudia Quintet: For [1.Oct.07]
Joni Mitchell: Shine [28.Sep.07]
Joe Henry: Civilians [19.Sep.07]
Bruce Hornsby: Camp Meeting [6.Sep.07]
Turtle Island Quartet: A Love Supreme [29.Aug.07]
Tord Gustavsen Trio: Being There [27.Aug.07]
James Carney Group: Green-Wood [22.Aug.07]
Bobby Hutcherson: For Sentimental Reasons [20.Aug.07]
Trio of Doom: Trio of Doom Live [17.Aug.07]
Terence Blanchard: A Tale of Gods Will [15.Aug.07]
Joe Lovano and Hank Jones: Kids [10.Aug.07]
Monks Music Trio: Monk on Mondays [6.Aug.07]
William Parker & Hamid Drake: Volume 1: First Communion and Piercing the Veil; Volume 2: Summer Snow [27.Jul.07]
The Chicago Underground Trio: Chronicle [DVD] [23.Jul.07]
Charles Mingus Sextet: Cornell 1964 [20.Jul.07]
Kenny Werner: Lawn Chair Society [19.Jul.07]
Martin Sexton: Seeds [16.Jul.07]
Page McConnell: Page McConnell [27.Jun.07]
Alvin Batiste: Alvin Batiste [18.Jun.07]
Kartet: The Bay Window [13.Jun.07]
Boz Scaggs: Silk Degrees [12.Jun.07]
Allison Krauss: A Hundred Miles or More [8.Jun.07]
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - Volume 1 [3.May.07]
The Decemberists: The Decemberists [DVD] [30.Apr.07]
Pat Martino: El Hombre [23.Apr.07]
Robert Glasper: In My Element [12.Apr.07]
Jonatha Brooke: Careful What You Wish For [2.Apr.07]
U2: Achtung Baby [DVD] [2.Apr.07]
Brad Shepik Trio: Places You Go [15.Mar.07]
Stryker/Slagle Band: Latest Outlook [13.Mar.07]
The Paul Carlon Octet: Other Tongues [9.Mar.07]
Katharine McPhee: Katharine McPhee [1.Mar.07]
Steve Kuhn Trio: Live at Birdland [19.Feb.07]
Charles Tolliver Big Band: With Love [12.Feb.07]
Tahiti 80: Fosbury [29.Jan.07]
Nickel Creek: Reasons Why [26.Jan.07]
Erin McKeown: Sing You Sinners [10.Jan.07]
Get Smart The Complete Collection [22.Dec.06]
John Gorka: Writing in the Margins [21.Dec.06]
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Codebook [20.Dec.06]
Richard Bona: Tiki [14.Dec.06]
Mark Helias and Open Loose: Atomic Clock [11.Dec.06]
Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood: Out Louder [4.Dec.06]
Branford Marsalis Quartet: Braggtown [28.Nov.06]
Nanci Griffith: Rubys Torch [21.Nov.06]
Steely Dan: Classic Albums [DVD] [13.Nov.06]
Mark Feldman: What Exit [12.Nov.06]
Jeff Lang: Prepare Me Well [3.Nov.06]
Sarah Vaughan: Send in the Clowns [30.Oct.06]
The Brecker Brothers: Sneakin Up Behind You [19.Oct.06]
Keith Jarrett: The Carnegie Hall Concert [16.Oct.06]
Geri Allen: Timeless Portraits and Dreams [12.Oct.06]
Early Day Miners: Offshore [10.Oct.06]
Dave Holland Quintet: Critical Mass [6.Oct.06]
Jason Moran: Artist in Residence [25.Sep.06]
Anne Ducros: PIANO, piano [21.Sep.06]
Chris Thile: How to Grow a Woman From the Ground [21.Sep.06]
Bobby Previte: Coalition of the Willing [12.Sep.06]
John Pizzarelli: Dear Mr. Sinatra [7.Sep.06]
Sex Mob: Sexotica [1.Sep.06]
Liquid Soul: One Two Punch [29.Aug.06]
Joe Lovano: Streams of Expression [25.Aug.06]
Brian Bromberg: Wood II [24.Aug.06]
Edgar Meyer: Edgar Meyer [23.Aug.06]
Jason Kao Hwang: Edge [18.Aug.06]
Liberty Ellman: Ophiuchus Butterfly [17.Aug.06]
Christian McBride: Live at Tonic [15.Aug.06]
Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet: Way Out East [11.Aug.06]
Janis Siegel: A Thousand Beautiful Things [2.Aug.06]
Medeski, Martin & Wood: Note Bleu [26.Jul.06]
Terry Smith: Fall Out [25.Jul.06]
George Benson: The Essential George Benson [21.Jul.06]
Karrin Allyson: Footprints [18.Jul.06]
Some Girls: Crushing Love [14.Jul.06]
The Derek Trucks Band: Songlines [11.Jul.06]
Trey Anastasio: Shine [6.Jul.06]
Nick Lachey: What's Left of Me [5.Jul.06]
Paul Shapiro: Its in the Twilight [10.May.06]
Joey DeFrancesco: Organic Vibes [4.May.06]
Steve Khan: The Green Field [3.May.06]
Mimi Fox: Perpetually Hip [17.Apr.06]
Cassandra Wilson: Thunderbird [14.Apr.06]
Manu Katche: Neighorhood [12.Apr.06]
Take Six: Feels Good [6.Apr.06]
Bonnie Bramlett: Roots, Blues & Jazz [3.Apr.06]
Sean Watkins: Blinders On [29.Mar.06]
Donald Fagen: Morph the Cat [28.Mar.06]
Carmen Lundy: Jazz and the New Songbook [16.Mar.06]
Garrison Starr: The Sound of You and Me [14.Mar.06]
Herbie Hancock: The Essential Herbie Hancock [9.Mar.06]
Odyssey the Band: Back in Time [6.Mar.06]
John McNeil: East Coast Cool [3.Mar.06]
Tom Scott: Bebop United [1.Mar.06]
Edsel Gomez: Cubist Music [27.Feb.06]
Andrew Hill: Time Lines [22.Feb.06]
Chick Corea: The Ultimate Adventure [20.Feb.06]
The Advantage: Elf-Titled [14.Feb.06]
Chris Thile and Mike Marshall: Live Duets [13.Feb.06]
Charlie Hunter Trio: Copperopolis [9.Feb.06]
Ray Davies: Other People's Lives [3.Feb.06]
Some Girls: Heaven's Pregnant Teens [18.Jan.06]
Todd Rundgren: Best of Todd Rundgren Live [12.Jan.06]
Craig Wedren: Lapland [6.Dec.05]
Javon Jackson: Have You Heard [5.Dec.05]
Mat Maneri: Pentagon [2.Dec.05]
Bobo Stenson: Goodbye [1.Dec.05]
Jenny Scheinman: 12 Songs [30.Nov.05]
Marc Johnson: Shades of Jade [28.Nov.05]
Toshi Reagon: Have You Heard [23.Nov.05]
Bill Withers: Just As I Am [DualDisc] [14.Nov.05]
Jamie Cullum: Catching Tales [11.Nov.05]
Shemekia Copeland: The Soul Truth [25.Oct.05]
Uri Caine & Bedrock: Shelf-Life [24.Oct.05]
Tim Ries: The Rolling Stones Project [17.Oct.05]
Sonny Rollins: Without a Song [13.Oct.05]
Tim O'Brien: Fiddler's Green / Cornbread Nation [11.Oct.05]
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities [29.Sep.05]
Alison Moyet: Voice [28.Sep.05]
Miles Davis: The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 [23.Sep.05]
Gerald Veasley: At the Jazz Base! [21.Sep.05]
Lee Ritenour: Overtime [12.Sep.05]
Horace Silver: Silver's Blue [6.Sep.05]
Greg Osby: Channel Three [1.Sep.05]
Tierney Sutton: I'm With the Band [29.Aug.05]
Esther Phillips: Jazz Moods / Hot [25.Aug.05]
Woody Shaw: Stepping Stones [24.Aug.05]
Paul Brown: The City [17.Aug.05]
Earl Klugh: Naked Guitar [9.Aug.05]
Tony Bennett: Jazz Moods: Cool [8.Aug.05]
Nickel Creek: Why Should the Fire Die? [4.Aug.05]
The Thieves: Tales From the White Line [1.Aug.05]
Beth Nielsen Chapman: Look [29.Jul.05]
Louis Armstrong: Jazz Moods: Hot [28.Jul.05]
Sara Lazarus: Give Me the Simple Life [22.Jul.05]
Stanley Turrentine: Jazz Moods -- Cool [20.Jul.05]
Danilo Perez: Live at the Jazz Showcase [18.Jul.05]
Ron Blake: Sonic Tonic [15.Jul.05]
Ted Nash & Odeon: La Espada de la Noche [11.Jul.05]
Tord Gustavsen Trio: The Ground [6.Jul.05]
Tracy Bonham: Blink the Brightest [29.Jun.05]
Walter Beasley: For Her [27.Jun.05]
Bob James: Live at Montreux [DVD] [23.Jun.05]
Chet Baker: Career: 1952-1988 [23.Jun.05]
Sting: Bring on the Night [DVD] [22.Jun.05]
Wayne Shorter: Beyond the Sound Barrier [17.Jun.05]
Lizz Wright: Dreaming Wide Awake [16.Jun.05]
Marcia Ball: Live! Down the Road [14.Jun.05]
X: Live in Los Angeles [CD and DVD] [13.Jun.05]
Keith Jarrett: Radiance [7.Jun.05]
Terence Blanchard: Flow [3.Jun.05]
Tord Gustavsen Trio: The Ground [31.May.05]
Dizzy Gillespie: Career: 1937-1992 [27.May.05]
The Robert Cray Band: Twenty [24.May.05]
KEM: Album II [17.May.05]
Alison Brown: Stolen Moments [11.May.05]
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Wednesday, December 14 2011
Bubbling Under the 75 Best Albums of 2011: Tedeschi Trucks Band
This week we presented our Best 75 Albums of 2011. Here are several more just bubbling under the top 75...
Sunday, December 13 2009
The Apples in Stereo: #1 Hits Explosion
The Apples in Stereo - #1 Hits Explosion - Yep Roc [$13.98]
