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Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill, Long After the Fire. This CD is a joint project by Vicki Peterson, who is best known as the Bangles’ lead guitarist, and her husband, John Cowsill, who struck gold as a singer and drummer in the siblings band the Cowsills. Here, they serve up …

A box set collects four Joni Mitchell albums, plus reviews of a Little Feat reissue, David Serby, and Steve Dawson.

A Charles Mingus box, plus CDs from Eliza Gilkyson, Tracy Nelson, Asha Wells, and a tribute to Badfinger's Pete Ham.

'Chronicles' is an eight-CD Miles Davis set which represents his work with the Prestige label, during which the man with the horn came into his own.

Remastered Mingus release focuses attention on the bassist's creative energy.

In part 2, vibes great Gary Burton discusses band dynamics, his ongoing collaboration with Chick Corea and his teaching approach.

Dynamic songstress reinvigorates jazz standards.

Not the complete concert, and a cheat to boot with overdubbed bass.

Five jazz titans performed together in a half empty hall back in 1953. The result was one of the legendary jazz concerts of all time.

If this isn't classic be-bop at its greatest, I'm not sure how it could get much better.