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John Lee Hooker: Don’t Turn Me from Your Door
It’s easy to imagine that, if that essential American music […]
- by Duck Baker
- Aug 03rd, 2022
The Cookers: Look Out!
The cooperative group the Cookers was formed in 2007 and […]
- by Duck Baker
- Feb 22nd, 2022
Abdullah Ibrahim: The Balance
The great South African pianist/composer Abdullah Ibrahim has slowed his […]
- by Duck Baker
- Jan 30th, 2020
Thelonious Monk Quartet: Mønk
Though not as earthshaking as the recently rediscovered John Coltrane […]
- by Duck Baker
- Jan 25th, 2019
Louis Armstrong: The Standard Oil Sessions
Everyone knows that Louis Armstrong was the first great jazz […]
- by Duck Baker
- Sep 07th, 2018
Duke Ellington: Piano in the Background
This fine record tends to get lost in the varied […]
- by Duck Baker
- Jul 11th, 2018
Miles Davis: Miles In Berlin
After John Coltrane’s last tour with Miles Davis in 1960, […]
- by Duck Baker
- Jun 14th, 2018
Thelonious Monk: Monk in Tokyo
This fine recording was somewhat overlooked when it first appeared […]
- by Duck Baker
- Jan 19th, 2018
Charles Mingus: The Clown
Charles Mingus’ ascension from bebop sideman through cool-school/Third Stream experimenter […]
- by Duck Baker
- Aug 25th, 2017
Count Basie/Lester Young: Classic 1936–1947 Count Basie & Lester Young Studio Sessions
This collection has been heralded as “the mother of all […]
- by Duck Baker
- Apr 27th, 2017
João Gilberto and Stan Getz: Getz/Gilberto ’76
Getz/Gilberto (1964) was a monster hit that helped make bossa […]
- by Duck Baker
- Mar 17th, 2017
Jane Ira Bloom: Early Americans
Jane Ira Bloom is among the still-small number of jazz […]
- by Duck Baker
- Feb 27th, 2017
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The Cookers: Look Out!
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- Feb 22nd, 2022
John Lee Hooker: Don’t Turn Me from Your Door
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- Aug 03rd, 2022
Miles Davis: Miles In Berlin
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- Jun 14th, 2018
Duke Ellington: Piano in the Background
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- Jul 11th, 2018