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Jed Levy - Faces and Places - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Faces and Places, from Jed Levy and it's a a taste of contemporary jazz styles. Opening with Email, Jed Levy on tenor sax leads the this Afro…
Continue Reading »Origin Records artist: Nnenna Freelon - Beneath The Skin - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Beneath The Skin, by Nnenna Freelon and it really strong. Opening with Journey of the Heart, Nnenna Freelon is poised and precise with clean vocal articulation over…
Continue Reading »Little Village Foundation Artist: Terry Hanck - Grease To Gravy - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Grease To Gravy, from Terry Hanck and it really swings. Opening with Wilson Pickett's Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You, Terry Hanck has got another hot…
Continue Reading »Bman's Picks 2026
Bman's Picks 2026 This will be a long process, certainly taking until the end of the year as new releases are received, but I am posting them as I reconsider my recommendations and select the best of the…
Continue Reading »Bman's Picks 2025
Bman's Picks 2025 This will be a long process, certainly taking until the end of the year as new releases are received, but I am posting them as I reconsider my recommendations and select the best of the…
Continue Reading »Origin Records artist: Charlie Ballantine - East By Midwest - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, East By Midwest, by Charlie Ballantine and it's great! Opening with Storyteller, a lush, instrumental ballad, Charlie Ballantine on guitar crafts a beautiful melody, saturated with reverb…
Continue Reading »Big Radio Records artist: Christopher Wyze & The Tellers - Live In Clarksdale - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Live In Clarksdale, from Christopher Wyze & The Tellers and it's a solid blues rocker. Opening with rocker, Three Hours From Memphis, Christopher Wyze leads the way…
Continue Reading »Orenda Records artist: Joseph Santa Maria & David Tranchina - Oblique Rhyme - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, and it's curiously cool. Opening with War Crimes, a driving, angular composition, led by Joseph Santa Maria on tenor sax, with a relentless bass line and solo…
Continue Reading »American Blues Artist Group artist: Dudley Taft - The Speed Of Life - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, The Speed Of Life, by Dudley Taft and it's a solid blues rocker. Opening with Wanted Man, Dudley Taft, the great, great, grandnephew of US President William…
Continue Reading »J&R Collective artist: Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival - Retrograde - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Retrograde, from Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival, and it's packed with blues rockers. Opening with Light The Fire, Jennifer Lyn on lead vocal and guitar ignites…
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