Sun Goddess
adminHow the paths of Ramsey Lewis and Maurice White led to the recording of this quiet storm classic by Marshall Bowden Ramsey Lewis was one of the more popular jazz…
Read MoreJune Christy: Ballads for Night People
Following the success of her signature recording Something Cool, originally recorded in 1953 as a ten inch and supplemented in ’55 with additional tracks for LP release, June Christy cut…
Read MoreOld Wine in New Bottles
Esbjorn Svensson Trio: Leukocyte (2008) Amazon | Spotify Medeski Martin & Wood: Radiolarians (I–III) (2008/2009) Amazon | Spotify by Marshall Bowden Reinvention is the name of the game in music,…
Read MoreStan Getz: Captain Marvel
By the time Stan Getz recorded the album Captain Marvel with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Tony Williams, and Airto Moreira, he had been in the music business for nearly thirty…
Read MoreLuciana Souza: The New Bossa Nova
Listening to Luciana Souza on The New Bossa Nova reminds one of the best elements of bossa, the music that American jazz musicians and listeners fell in love with some…
Read MoreLuciana Souza: The Book of Longing
Download or Stream It Read Luciana Souza: The New Bossa Nova by Marshall Bowden Luciana Souza is a singer who takes more than a passing interest in the words that…
Read MoreToo Cool For Words: June Christy and Something Cool
by Marshall Bowden Read June Christy/Ballads for Night People “Something cool…I’d like to order something cool” says the dame in the smoky, slightly seedy bar that is something out of…
Read MoreChet Baker & Crew
Download or Stream It Chet Baker and Crew has the distinction of being recorded during a week of sessions that Baker recorded upon returning to the States after a disastrous…
Read MoreFlying Dutchman: A Survey
by Marshall Bowden Former John Coltrane producer and Impulse! Records A&R man Bob Thiele founded the Flying Dutchman record label with the express intention of producing a line of jazz-based…
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