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Richard is an emeritus professor of economics at Trinity University.

The Sound Of America

The Sound Of America

Norman Granz
2026-10-26
10
Cosa Nuestra

Cosa Nuestra

Willie Colon
2026-10-14
12
I Get Ideas

I Get Ideas

Dawn Lambeth
2026-07-16
16
A Little Travelin' Music

A Little Travelin' Music

Russ Lorenson
2026-05-29
2
Vamonos Pa'l Monte

Vamonos Pa'l Monte

Eddie Palmieri
2026-05-17
6
Jazz Dreams

Jazz Dreams

Kathy Ingraham
2026-04-10
8
Poems

Poems

Tilman Günther, Dominik Schürmann
2026-02-19
20
Stepping Forward

Stepping Forward

Thimo Niesterok
2025-10-30
5
Bitter Orange

Bitter Orange

Emma Smith
2025-10-04
6
Away

Away

Kris Adams
2025-09-30
2
Songs for Stuffed Animals

Songs for Stuffed Animals

Richard Guba
2025-09-27
5
All That Matters

All That Matters

Benjie Porecki
2025-09-25
8
The Ozark Concerto

The Ozark Concerto

Jake Hertzog
2025-09-20
8
High Standards

High Standards

Billy Lester
2025-09-18
6
Satchmocracy vol. 2

Satchmocracy vol. 2

Satchmocracy
2025-09-16
5
Miles '55: The Prestige Recordings

Miles '55: The Prestige Recordings

Miles Davis
2025-09-10
16
Amazonas

Amazonas

Cal Tjader
2025-08-12
11
Jazz Is My Lifestyle

Jazz Is My Lifestyle

Gunhild Carling
2025-07-28
1
Movie Magic. Great Songs from the Movies

Movie Magic. Great Songs from the Movies

Jack Wood
2025-07-23
3
A Star's Light Does Fall

A Star's Light Does Fall

Margaret Slovak
2025-07-18
1
Romance Language

Romance Language

Kathy Sanborn
2025-07-11
4
Ruta De La Clave

Ruta De La Clave

Joaquin Nuñez
2025-07-08
2
Memory

Memory

Paloma Dineli Chesky
2025-07-07
10
Soliloquies, Unaccompanied Pizzicato Violin Improvisations

Soliloquies, Unaccompanied Pizzicato Violin Improvisations

Jason Kao Hwang
2025-06-16
3
precondition

precondition

Vincenzo Virgilito
2025-06-15
5
Rainbows Of Your Love

Rainbows Of Your Love

Claudia Vorbach
2025-06-14
13
This Could Be The Start of Something Big

This Could Be The Start of Something Big

Anne Burnell
2025-06-03
5
Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies

Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies

Dave Stryker
2025-05-27
2
La Tierra Canta

La Tierra Canta

Patricio Morales
2025-05-25
1
Fun Size

Fun Size

Ginetta's Vendetta
2025-05-23
2
At Home

At Home

Champian Fulton
2025-05-21
4
Secret Message

Secret Message

Joe Syrian
2025-04-14
3
I Want to Be Happy

I Want to Be Happy

Liz Cole
2025-04-04
5
Confirmation

Confirmation

Mike Boone Friends and Family
2025-04-02
7
Mi Hogar II

Mi Hogar II

Rachel Therrien
2025-03-27
9
Urban Tracks

Urban Tracks

Cliff Korman
2025-03-02
7
A Small Patch of Earth

A Small Patch of Earth

Paul Dietrich's Elemental Quartet
2025-02-25
7
Vã Revelação

Vã Revelação

Bruna Black
2025-02-16
3
Vacilón Santiaguero

Vacilón Santiaguero

Kiki Valera
2025-02-15
11
Brasília Sessions

Brasília Sessions

Livio Almeida
2025-02-13
3
With Eyes Closed

With Eyes Closed

Matt Panayides
2025-02-10
7
HarmoniMonk

HarmoniMonk

Randy Weinstein
2025-01-31
9
Deeds, Not Words

Deeds, Not Words

Max Roach
2025-01-29
18
Eugenie

Eugenie

Eugenie Jones
2025-01-23
7
Explorations

Explorations

Bill Evans
2025-01-20
19
Truck Turner

Truck Turner

Isaac Hayes
2025-01-17
6
Promises, Promises and Raindrops

Promises, Promises and Raindrops

Allyson Briggs
2025-01-16
4
Santa Monica Session

Santa Monica Session

Doug MacDonald
2025-01-15
6
At The Renaissance

At The Renaissance

Ben Webster
2024-12-29
11
Gettin' Together

Gettin' Together

Art Pepper
2024-12-25
9

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1502 Ridge Avenue and Other Extinct Philly Jazz Temples

History of Jazz | 2026-03-25
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Breath Without End: The Trumpeter Who Found Faith and Never Died

Jazz Fiction | 2026-01-11
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Concerto for Cootie. The Life and Times of Cootie Williams

Book Review | 2025-12-04
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The Master of Drums: Gene Krupa and the Music He Gave The World

Book Review | 2025-04-29
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Don Byas: Sax Expat

Book Review | 2025-04-24
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Celia Cruz: La Reina y Su Corte

Multiple Reviews | 2025-04-05
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Then As Now: The Music Is To Die For

Highly Opinionated | 2025-03-23
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Opinion | 2025-03-07
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Book Review | 2025-01-19
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Richard J Salvucci's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

Year in Review | 2024-12-18
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No, Don Porfirio Did Not Invent Jazz, but It Doesn't Matter

Book Review | 2024-10-18
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The Cry!

Reassessing | 2024-08-29
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Jack Pyle's Son

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Rollin' With Leo

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The Fox

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Multiple Reviews | 2024-03-14
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Shelly Manne and His Men at the Black Hawk 1

Reassessing | 2024-03-04
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In With The In Crowd: Popular Jazz in 1960s Black America

Book Review | 2024-02-16
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Sly Stone: Thank You (Falettinme be Mice Elf Agin)

Book Review | 2024-01-26
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From Badass Sparrows to Playhouse 90 and Naked City

Multiple Reviews | 2023-10-22
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Ornette Coleman: An Innovator of the First Order, But Certainly...

Multiple Reviews | 2023-09-20
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The Rhythm of Unity: A Jazz Musician's Lifelong Journey Beyond...

Book Review | 2023-06-06
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Solid. Life and Death of a Jazz Genius: Scott LaFaro

Book Review | 2023-05-03
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Jimmy Zito: Young Man With a Horn

History of Jazz | 2023-03-21
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The Easy Way

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Jazz À La Creole: French Creole Music and the Birth of Jazz

Book Review | 2023-01-15
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On Jazz: A Personal Journey

Book Review | 2022-11-16
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Read "Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld"

Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld

Book Review | 2022-09-19
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Read "The Jazz Masters: Setting the Record Straight"

The Jazz Masters: Setting the Record Straight

Book Review | 2022-04-14
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Read "The Best Musical Almost No One Ever Saw: The Real Ambassadors"

The Best Musical Almost No One Ever Saw: The Real Ambassadors

Book Review | 2022-02-23
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Read "Coltrane's Progeny: Giant Steps for Late Beginners"

Coltrane's Progeny: Giant Steps for Late Beginners

What is Jazz? | 2022-01-16
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Read "Canaries In A Musical Mineshaft"

Canaries In A Musical Mineshaft

History of Jazz | 2021-11-26
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Read "La Ruta Del Jazz: Itinerario Del Jazz En Michoacán Durante El Siglo XX"

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The Mysterious Ms. Morel

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Angela's Ring: An Opera Revue of the European Debt Crisis

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Read "Nick Travis: A New York Studio Jazzman"

Nick Travis: A New York Studio Jazzman

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Read "My Life in the Key of E"

My Life in the Key of E

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Read "Good Morning Blues"

Good Morning Blues

Book Review | 2018-01-11
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Read "Softly, With Feeling"

Softly, With Feeling

Book Review | 2017-10-24
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Read "Go Slow: The Life of Julie London"

Go Slow: The Life of Julie London

Book Review | 2017-06-30
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Read "Shorty Rogers: Short Stops"

Shorty Rogers: Short Stops

Reassessing | 2017-05-22
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Read "Billy Krechmer: A Philadelphia Story"

Billy Krechmer: A Philadelphia Story

Profile | 2017-03-15
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Read "Band Ambition: Sherrie Maricle and Diva"

Band Ambition: Sherrie Maricle and Diva

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Top Ten Jazz Songs of My Childhood

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The Girls in the Band

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Go Slow: The Life of Julie London

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Top Ten Jazz Songs of My Childhood

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Dot Time Legends Series: Is Every Night New Year's Eve Around Here?

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Nick Travis: A New York Studio Jazzman

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Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach: Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings

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Shelly Manne and His Men at the Black Hawk 1

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Solid. Life and Death of a Jazz Genius: Scott LaFaro

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Anaïs Reno: Lovesome Thing: Anaïs Reno sings Ellington & Strayhorn featuring Emmet Cohen

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Sonny Rollins: Go West! The Contemporary Records Albums

Album Review | 2023-07-26
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Read "The Mysterious Ms. Morel"

The Mysterious Ms. Morel

History of Jazz | 2021-05-02
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Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners

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Curtis Counce: You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce!

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Diva: A Swingin' Life

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Ann Hampton Callaway: Fever: A Peggy Lee Celebration

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Canaries In A Musical Mineshaft

History of Jazz | 2021-11-26
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Nicole Henry: Time To Love Again

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Hampton Hawes: For Real!

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Read "La Ruta Del Jazz: Itinerario Del Jazz En Michoacán Durante El Siglo XX"

La Ruta Del Jazz: Itinerario Del Jazz En Michoacán Durante El Siglo XX

Book Review | 2021-06-19
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Bill Evans: Explorations

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Art Farmer: Portrait of Art Farmer

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Grant Geissman: Blooz

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Various Artists: The Birth of Bop

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