Tag Archives: jazz

The Squirrel Nut Zippers are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their hit album 'Hot' with a revival tour, and trust me, it is a revival! Your spirit and your body will be awakened by this music, guaranteed.

'What Happened, Miss Simone?' is a great documentary about an amazing woman that comes with a bonus CD containing some of her greatest songs.

With material taken from the end of the 1940s all the way up through 1952, 'Unheard Bird' finds Charlie Parker fitting his sound into such variations as fronting a big band, leading a quintet, floating effortlessly above a Latin jazz orchestra and playing alongside such jazz luminaries as Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Buddy Rich, and Dizzy Gillespie.

With 'Stripped', Macy Gray marries her songwriting and interpretive skills in one place. The new album acts as proof that Gray's style has become its own blueprint on making, and playing, by one's own set of artistic rules to achieve longevity.

Between 1982 and 2016, Nu Shooz recorded six LPs and an EP. Their most recent effort, 'Bagtown' (2016, NSO Music), is the culmination of much musical study in understanding the distance and intimacy between pop and R&B. Both Valerie Day and John Smith discuss the birth of Nu Shooz, their biggest hit "I Can't Wait" and more in this exclusive interview with Blogcritics!

Between 1982 and 2016, Nu Shooz recorded six LPs and an EP. Their most recent effort, 'Bagtown' (2016, NSO Music), is the culmination of much musical study in understanding the distance and intimacy between pop and R&B. Both Valerie Day and John Smith discuss the birth of Nu Shooz, their biggest hit "I Can't Wait" and more in this exclusive interview with Blogcritics!

Elisabeth Lohninger is a fine singer and her original songs provide her with ample opportunity to show what she can do.

Jazz from musicians that talk to each other and more importantly understand one another.

Pianist/composer Todd Hunter’s new album, 'Eat, Drink, Play,' is kind of a love letter to the classic jazz piano trio.

New directions pursued with fervor can take an artist to a new level.