Stan Getz: Captain Marvel
adminBy 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 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 More“Ode to Billie Joe” & “Clothesline Saga”
But for a time, all America became obsessed by the question of what happened on Choctaw Ridge that caused Billy Joe McAllister to commit suicide by jumping off the bridge.…
Read MoreAretha Arriving: Young, Gifted and Black
Aretha Franklin, great American singer, songwriter and pianist, passed away on August 16th. As a tribute, New Directions In Music takes a look at her landmark 1972 recording Young, Gifted…
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…
Read More3614 Jackson Highway: Cher’s Best Performance
by Marshall Bowden Download or stream it 3614 Jackson Highway is easily the best and most ambitious recorded work of Cher’s career, and demonstrated early on the potential she had…
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