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Monte Croft

Mythology

By Steve Johns

Label: Steeplechase Productions
Released: 2025
Track listing: Coming Of Age; Sapphire; This Is The Thing; Make Me Rainbows; Our Time; Bluesday The 13th; Compared To What; In My Humble Opinion; Friday The 16th; River's Edge; Mythology.

Are We There Yet?

By Ed Cherry

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2023
Track listing: Jean Pauline; Ding Dong; Green Jeans; Holy Land; Japanese Folk Song; Are We There Yet; Spring Is Here; Mr Walker; Lawns; Tres Palabras.

Ed Cherry: Always Groovin’

by R.J. DeLuke
April 12, 2023

"I liked the look of it--I like the sound--the feel," says renowned guitarist Ed Cherry about the guitar, an instrument he has been playing for more than half a century. He long ago became a first-rate player with a warm sound and joyous approach. He is also diverse. He's played a myriad of styles ...

Ed Cherry: Are We There Yet?

by Pierre Giroux
February 24, 2023

February is appropriately recognized in the United States as Black History Month. The Cellar Music Group has been in the forefront of acknowledging the importance of Black musicians to jazz in America. With the release of Are We There Yet? by guitarist Ed Cherry, Cellar Music Group presents another release that is led by a Black ...

Ed Cherry: Are We There Yet?

by Edward Blanco
February 7, 2023

In remembering the great Wes Montgomery, guitarist phenom Ed Cherry records his arrangement and interpretations of one of the superstar's most memorable compositions with an incredible hard-swinging version of “Mr. Walker" featuring Kyle Koehler on the Hammond B3 organ reminiscent of Montgomery collaborations with organist Melvin Rhyne. Byron “Wookie" Landham on drums rounds out Cherry's quartet ...

Blackbirds

By Bettye LaVette

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: I Hold No Grudge; One More Song; Blues for the Weepers; Book of Lies; Romance in the Dark; Drinking Again; Strange Fruit; Save Your Love for Me; Blackbird.

Bettye LaVette: Blackbirds

by Angelo Leonardi
April 13, 2021

Com'è accaduto a Sharon Jones anche Bettye Lavette ha incontrato il successo in età matura--o nel suo caso avanzata--ottenendo quei riconoscimenti che non ebbe negli anni d'oro della soul music. È stato l'album del 2003 A Woman Like Me, quando aveva già 57 anni, a darle quel successo che attendeva da tempo, aprendole un percorso ricco ...

Love Letter

By Jimmy Heath

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2020
Track listing: Ballad From Upper Neighbor’s Suite; Left Alone; Inside Your Heart; Fashion Or Passion; Con Alma; Don’t Misunderstand; La Mesha; Don’t Explain.

Chien Chien Lu: The Path

by Dan Bilawsky
September 26, 2020

For vibraphonist Chien Chien Lu, the path to jazz wasn't direct. She rode a contemporary classical percussion track into her twenties in her native Taiwan, but, as it turned out, that drive was less about reaching a destination than it was about the act of discovery: A growing desire for musical freedom and adventure eventually set ...