Jimmy Smith - Midnight Special (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)It's a testament to Jimmy Smith's volcanic creativity that the Hammond B3 organ firebrand recorded not one but two soul jazz classics Midnight Special and Back at the Chicken Shack in a single day when he entered Van Gelder Studio on April 25, 1960 with Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Kenny Burrell on guitar, and Donald Bailey on drums. Smith had been a self taught pianist before abandoning the instrument in 1954 in favor of the organ, renting

which was recorded together with the renowned guitarist Lionel Loueke as guest

Twentieth-century African American composer Margaret Bonds receives long overdue recognition with the world premiere recording of her crowning achievement

Johnny Maestro and Johnny Maestro & The Original Crests

pandeira (a type of drum with tambourine jingles on it)

the Town Hall Party Gang

bringing old songs to new audiences in his distinctively idiosyncratic way

Jose Amnesia

No concert would ever be complete with their biggest hit "House Of Sleep" that has been streamed over 13 million times on Spotify along and is the anthem that almost all metal fans can sing along to

The Beatles and Pearl Jam

Like New was produced by Jonathan Rado (Weyes Blood

And that's not the only mysterious thing going on in Re'Union

are transcended by Emmanuel Bardon and his ensemble