With the passing Jimmy Smith, king of the Hammond B-3, there’s a throne that is conspicuously empty. It’s probably too early to say for sure, but judging from his 2006 rele…
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Ancient stories get to be that way (ancient) because they communicate universal truths that resound with all human beings in all eras, but also because they are entertai…
Listening to Lou Rawls sing "Something Stirring in My Soul," recorded in 1966 for his Capitol release Carryin’ On, there’s little wonder why he became such an eff…
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I got turned on to Cassandra Wilson in 1996 with her second Blue Note disc New Moon Daughter. Everything about it thrilled me: the mix of folk, country, blues, pop, …
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Let me be perfectly frank: I do not like "jamband" music. I find it monotonous, self-indulgent, lazy, masturbatory and dull. But there are exceptions, the prime one being M…