Music - July 17, 2007
Mix tape: reissue-ville
Heartbeat has two new Studio One CDs out and both are new versions of classic LPs already reissued on CD by Heartbeat in the past. Then there's the amazing new Mingus/Dolphy live set.
Tags: Studio One, Coxsone, reggae, jamaica, lone ranger, alcapone, dolphy, mingus, blue note, byard, andrew hill, dannie richmond, coles

Music - May 21, 2006
Kahn chronicles Impulse!
Ashley Kahn, often heard on NPR, is the author of books about the making of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" LP and Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue." His new volume is an eclectic portrait of one of the most eclectic labels in jazz history, Creed Taylor's Impulse!.
Tags: Coltrane, Shepp, Ayler, Impulse, Ashley Kahn, jazz, Impulse, Blakey, Mingus, Pharaoh Sanders