Jazz Uncorked

Monroe James Lawrence (The Nightlife Sommelier) is your Wine & Spirits sherpa, offering enlightened perspectives on fine beverages and jazz entertainment.


Eartha Kitt: Live from the Cafe Carlyle

By MONROE JAMES LAWRENCE YOHEY January 1, 2008

Read "Eartha Kitt: Live from the Cafe Carlyle"

Eartha Kitt Live from the Cafe Carlyle DRG Records 2006

Everything about the Café Carlyle speaks class and sophistication. The Café Carlyle opened in 1955, and has featured legends such as cabaret entertainer, Bobby Short. The venue has an intimate and romantic quality that can easily overflow into sensual and ...

Read More
5,778 views |

Wine Club Selections: July 2004

By MICHAEL RICCI August 11, 2004

Each month we'll pair two recent jazz CDs with the latest releases from the AAJ Wine Club . This month we're pairing Rancho Sisquoc Winery's Cabernet Sauvignon with Moacir Santos's Ouro Negro and Cosentino Winery's Meritage White with George Shearing's Like Fine Wine.

For more information about how you can taste these and other delicious wines ...

Read More
4,049 views |

Wine Club Selections: June 2004

By MICHAEL RICCI August 11, 2004

Each month we'll pair two recent jazz CDs with the latest releases from the AAJ Wine Club . This month we're pairing Fess Parker's Mackie's Blend Central Coast Syrah with The Frank & Joe Show's 33 1/3 and Lange Winery's Pinot Blanc with David Hazeline's Close To You.

Fess Parker Mackie's Blend Central Coast ...

Read More
3,924 views |

Wine Club Selections: May 2004

By MICHAEL RICCI August 11, 2004

Each month we'll pair two recent jazz CDs with the latest releases from the AAJ Wine Club . This month we're pairing Quivira's Zinfandel with Andy Bey's American Song and Zaca Mesa Vineyards's Santa Ynez Valley Chardonnay with Mark Isaacs's Keeping The Standards.

For more information about how you can taste these and other delicious wines ...

Read More
3,776 views |

Wine Club Selections: April 2004

By MICHAEL RICCI April 24, 2004

Each month we'll pair two recent jazz CDs with the latest releases from the AAJ Wine Club . This month we're pairing WillaKenzie Estate's Oregon Pinot Noir with Ted Sirota's Breeding Resistance and Martin & Weyrich Winery's Central Coast Pinot Grigio with Jim Robitaille's To Music.

For more information about how you can taste these and ...

Read More
3,580 views |

Wine Club Selections: March 2004

By MICHAEL RICCI March 29, 2004

Each month we'll pair two recent jazz CDs with the latest releases from the AAJ Wine Club . This month we're pairing Vianza Winery's Santerra Rosso with Enrico Rava's Easy Living and White Oak Vineyards's Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc with Bob James's Take It From The Top.

Vianza Winery Santerra Rosso

Read More
5,758 views |

Wine Club Selections: February 2004

By MICHAEL RICCI March 9, 2004

Each month we'll pair two recent jazz CDs with the latest releases from the AAJ Wine Club . This month we're pairing Zenaida Cellars' Estate Merlot with Jim Ridl's Door In A Field and Clos LaChance's Chardonnay with Abbey Lincoln's It's Me.

For more information about how you can taste these and other delicious wines from ...

Read More
3,892 views |

Wine Club Selections: January 2004

By MICHAEL RICCI February 24, 2004

Each month we'll pair two recent jazz CDs with the latest releases from the AAJ Wine Club . This month we're pairing Pretty-Smith's Cabernet Sauvignon with the Moutin Reunion Quartet's Red Moon and Louis M. Martini's Folle Blanche with Tierney Sutton's Dancing in the Dark.

For more information about how you can taste these and other ...

Read More
3,157 views |

Mutt Lynch's 2000 Portrait Of A Mutt Goes With Ramsay Midwood's Shoot Out At The OK Chinese Restaurant

By DAVID GINOCHIO January 9, 2003

The other day on the way home from work I stopped into the grocery store to pick up a few odds and ends, and made the inevitable side trip to the wine aisle. A wine label featuring a somewhat abstract photomontage of a dog, along with a rather cutesy, dog specific slogan, definitely inspired the “too ...

Read More
4,554 views |


Giveaways

Marc Ribot

Marc Ribot

About | Enter

Jeffrey Gimble

Jeffrey Gimble

About | Enter

Tommy Flanagan

Tommy Flanagan

About | Enter

Dan Lehner

Dan Lehner

About | Enter