Tom McDermott, The Crave: Piano Music from New Orleans and Beyond (STR Digital Records)

In New Orleans, the present is always haunted by the past, and nowhere more so than within the city’s great musical traditions, where the fondly remembered figures of history regularly […]

Ernest Ranglin, Modern Answers to Old Problems (Telarc Jazz)

Johnny Hodges, The Complete Verve Johnny Hodges Small Group Sessions 1956-61 (Mosaic)

Rumble on the River: New Orleans Funk

Rumble on the River: The Stax Story

Thelonious Monk, The Complete Prestige Recordings (Prestige/Fantasy)

Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis, You Win Again (Pointblank/Virgin)

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, The Great Summit/Complete Sessions/Deluxe Edition (Roulette Jazz)

Johnny Adams, There Is Always One More Time (Rounder)

“Ken Burns’ Jazz” A Classic?