Title: Planetary Prince Artist: Cameron Graves Label: Sterling Silver Productions Format: CD Release date: June 10, 2016 Perhaps best known for their participation on Kamasi Washington’s monumental LP The Epic (released in May 2015), the West Coast Get … Continue reading
Title: SevenArtist: Cameron GravesLabel: Artistry Music/Mack AvenueFormats: CD, LP, DigitalRelease date: February 19, 2021 Pianist-composer Cameron Graves initially achieved acclaim as a member of the West Coast Get Down, a collective of L.A. jazz musicians that includes Kamasi Washington and … Continue reading
Title: A Day in the Life: Impressions of Pepper Artist: Various Label: Verve/Impulse! Formats: CD, LP, Vinyl Release date: November 30, 2018 The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, released in the summer of 1967, was an … Continue reading
Title: The Message Artist: The Stanley Clarke Band Label: Mack Avenue Formats: CD, MP3 Release date: June 29, 2018 The release of Stanley Clarke’s latest album, The Message, comprises magnetic compositions that incorporate various elements of funk, jazz-fusion, … Continue reading
Following are additional albums released during May 2018—some will be reviewed in future issues of Black Grooves. Blues, Folk, Country Charles A. Asbury: 4 Banjo Songs, 1891-1897 (Archeophone) Larry Garner: Live At The Tivoli (Weinerworld) Lurrie Bell & the Bell … Continue reading
Following are additional albums released during February 2017—some will be reviewed in future issues of Black Grooves. Blues, Folk Country Eddie Bo, Chris Barber: The 1991 Sea-Saint Sessions (Last Music Co.) Hayes McMullan: Everyday Seem Like Murder Here (LITA) Classical, … Continue reading
Title: Uprising Artist: Miles Mosley Label: World Galaxy / Alpha Pup Formats: CD, LP, MP3 Release date: January 27, 2017 When press releases surrounding Miles Mosley’s latest project were circulated last fall, little did we know just how strongly … Continue reading
Welcome to the July 2016 edition of Black Grooves, sponsored by the Indiana University Archives of African American Music and Culture. We’re kicking off this month’s issue with a tribute to the late, great Bernie Worrell who released his final … Continue reading