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Marty Grebb: Smooth Sailin'
by Ed Kopp
It's usually a mistake when one artist tries to play multiple instruments on a solo album. But few blues cats are as versatile as Marty Grebb, and everything he touches turns to gold on Smooth Sailin'.Grebb is a huge talent who has collaborated with dozens of big-name artists, beginning with the Buckinghams and lately ...
Taj Mahal: Blue Light Boogie
by Ed Kopp
Blue Light Boogie combines songs Taj Mahal recorded for various multi-artist tribute albums along with some cuts lifted from the bluesman’s ‘90s releases on Private Music. The latter are hardly the best selections Taj recorded for his label, they do demonstrate the eclectic talents and considerable soul of one of America’s best blues talents. Blue Light ...
Junior Kimbrough: Meet Me in the City
by Ed Kopp
Along with his neighbor R.L. Burnside, the late Junior Kimbrough may have been one of the last of the old-school Mississippi bluesmen. Kimbrough died of heart failure last year at age 67.A popular singer and guitarist in northeast Mississippi, Kimbrough turned his house into a juke joint that became such a hot spot he ...
Son House: The Original Library of Congress Sessions From Field Recordings 1941-1942
by Ed Kopp
These Son House “field recordings" were made in 1941 and ‘42 by folklorist Alan Lomax, who toured the country with a crude 300-pound machine documenting all sorts of regional music.In the 1930s, Son House served as the main inspiration to fellow Mississippians Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters, arguably the two greatest innovators the blues ...
Various: Gaga for Ya-Ya
by Ed Kopp
Gaga for Ya-Ya is a zydeco anthology meant to accompany the best-selling mother-daughter novel The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells.A music soundtrack to a book is a curious marketing concept, but you don't need to read the novel to appreciate this CD. Gaga stands on its own as a toe-tapping ...
Scott Hamilton: Blues, Bop & Ballads
by Ed Kopp
It's been 22 years since a sax prodigy named Scott Hamilton set the jazz world on its ear simply by favoring pure swing over post-bop and fusion. Now in his mid-forties, the talented tenor saxman remains true to his Muse. Blues, Bop and Ballads delivers everything its title promises, and stylishly.This album swings with ...
Ray Vega: Boperation
by Ed Kopp
On Boperation, trumpeter Ray Vega infuses 12 classic bop tunes with a Latin-jazz spin. All of these tunes were made famous by Vega's trumpet heroes, and his new renditions are terrifically rhythmic.Lead trumpeter in Tito Puente's band for the past six years, the 38-year-old Vega has also worked with Paul Simon, Mongo Santamaria, and ...
Johnny "Guitar" Watson: Blues Masters: The Very Best of Johnny "Guitar" Watson
by Ed Kopp
Johnny “Guitar" Watson was a vastly underappreciated blues and R&B trendsetter whose adventurous guitar style influenced the likes of Bo Diddley, Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa. The Very Best of Johnny “Guitar" Watson focuses on the years 1952 through 1963, the period when Watson made his best music. Many of these tracks were previously unavailable on ...
Otis Spann: Best of the Vanguard Years
by Ed Kopp
Nowhere are Otis Spann’s piano skills better showcased than on this CD’s first five tracks, lifted from the classic 1969 album Chicago/The Blues/Today! Volume 1. These cuts feature Spann in a spare format with drummer S.P. Leary as his only backing, and they contain some of the most accomplished blues piano ever recorded. The rest of ...
Corey Harris: Greens From The Garden
by Ed Kopp
Now here's something you rarely find in the blues bin: a concept album.New Orleans resident and country bluesman Corey Harris relates music to nourishment on Greens From the Garden, his third and best release. Like sumptuous courses at a great Southern feast, there's a variety of sustaining musical styles on Greens. Harris's tunes are ...
