Music - July 1, 2008
Mix tape: July 2008
Here's a look at the jazz-heavy stack of discs teetering on my desk while I'm at Summerfest...
Tags: Prince Fatty, Nick Cave, David Murray, Mal Waldron, Justin Time, Paul Bley, Blue Note, Baby Face Willette, Stanley Turrentine, Bobby Hutcherson, Lou Donaldson, Freddie Redd, Horace Silver, Wayne Shorter, Johnny Osbourne, Heartbeat, Rounder, Dig!!! Lazarus

Music - March 31, 2008
Mix tape: March 2008
This edition of Mix Tape is long overdue, I know it. Sorry for the delay, but here's what's spinning...
Tags: Enzo Vacca, EVOA!, Sportclub, Luciano, Cedric Myton, U Brown, Dub Syndicate, Reggae, jazz, Blue Note, Jimmy Smith, Jutta Hipp, Louis Smith, Cannonball Adderley, Zoot Sims, Rudy Van Gelder, Smith & Mighty, Thornel Schwartz, Ike Quebec

Music - Feb. 15, 2008
Mix tape: February 2008
Here are some of the CDs sitting on Bobby Tanzilo's desk today.
Tags: Horace Silver, Blue Note, These New Puritans, Gang of Four, Heidi Talbot, Boo Hewerdine, John McCusker, Eddi Reader, Cherish the Ladies, Compass Records, Domino Records, Kate Rusby, Miguel Migs, Rephlektor

Music - Dec. 11, 2007
Stocking stuffers for music geeks
If the music fiend in your life needs a stocking stuff, here are two very different options.
Tags: Blue Note, Bob Blumenthal, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Amy Wallace, Hal Leonard, The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists, Rudy Van Gelder, jazz

Music - Dec. 10, 2007
New batch of Blue Notes contains some classics
I've fallen slightly behind, but recently checked out the latest batch, which arrived in late September. I was thrilled to find some of my favorites among them.
Tags: Blue Note, Jazz Messengers, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Kenny Burrell, Thad Jones, Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine, Duke Jordan, Grant Green, Midnight Special, Back at the Chicken Shack, jazz, Willie Bobo, Potato Valdez, Dizzy Reece, Horace Silver, Art Blake