09 Dec 2024
Album Review: Cannonball Adderley Quintet — Live in Montreal May 1975
Saxophonist and band leader Julian “Cannonball” Adderley was at the forefront of jazz musicians who believed that jazz is the people’s music. And he lived that ethos, moving seamlessly from […]
23 Nov 2018
Cannonball Adderley’s “Swingin’ in Seattle”
Released today by Reel to Real Records, Swinging’ in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1967 represents the first release in a long while of previously-unheard (and previously un-bootlegged) Adderley recordings. […]
03 Apr 2015
Rick Wakeman, Cannonball Adderley, and Me
Today I’m going to indulge in a brief change of pace. I’d like to tell you about a pair of reissues with which I am involved. I won’t be reviewing […]
07 Nov 2012
Album Review: Akina Adderley & the Vintage Playboys – Say Yes
From a superficial standpoint, there’s not a huge amount of common stylistic ground between the music of Austin-based Akina Adderley (& the the Vintage Playboys) and Adderley’s grandfather Nat, or […]
07 Jul 2011
Album Review: Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans – Know What I Mean?
As I’ve confessed elsewhere on this blog, by most reasonable standards I’m a jazz newbie. Yes, I did buy Weather Report’s Heavy Weather LP when I was in high school. […]
31 Aug 2026
Talk and Listen: The Beatles’ Abbey Road’
The Beatles’ swan song — their 1969 album ABBEY ROAD — is a landmark achievement that sounds as fresh and vital today as it did 50-plus years ago. In this […]
11 Aug 2026
Listening Party and Discussion: THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
Pink Floyd’s 1973 album THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON was a landmark achievement and one of the best-selling albums of all time. In this listening party and discussion hosted […]
14 May 2026
Album Review: Parlor Greens — Emeralds
Soul jazz enjoyed its heyday in the 1950s and ‘60s. Often led by veterans of the hard bop movement, soul jazz offered a tuneful, less avant-garde and more accessible approach […]
13 Apr 2026
Album Reviews: Two from Rahsaan Roland Kirk
I’m going to veer off on a wild tangent in my approach to this review of this pair of new titles from Resonance Records. If that approach isn’t in line […]
27 Aug 2025
Album Review: All Things Swamp – Dressed
So-called “swamp rock” and similar music substyles reflect the sound and culture of Louisiana’s bayou country. But music informed by the traditions of New Orleans and its environs has never […]