C. Michael Bailey

Paul Marinaro - Mood Ellington (Origin Records, 2025)

Is this the best Ellington collection of the 21st Century...it is, but you decide...

Paul Marinaro - Mood Ellington
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Country Joe McDonald | 1942—2025 When the student is ready, the teacher appears...

"One, two, three, what are we fighting for?"

Country Joe McDonald | 1942—2025
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Yelena Eckemoff - Rosendals Garden II "Öresund Bridge" (L & H Productions, 2025)

Composer Yelena Eckemoff continues her pilgrimage toward the release of "Rosendals Garden" with the single, "Öresund Bridge."

Yelena Eckemoff - Rosendals Garden VI
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Dida Pelled - I Wish You Would (La Reserve Records, 2026)

Dida Pelled produces a masterpiece...

Dida Pelled - I Wish You Would
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Contemporary jazz organist Linda Dachtyl takes a hard left into 1970s progressive rock...

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Yunchan Lim - Bach: Goldberg Variations (Decca, 2026)

When is too much of a good thing not enough...?

Yunchan Lim - Bach: Goldberg Variations
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The 100 Best Live Recordings - No. 82 Live Johnny Winter And No. 82 Live Johnny Winter And (Columbia, 1971)

Johnny Winter was the definitive interpreter of the Rolling Stones...

The 100 Best Live Recordings - No. 82 Live Johnny Winter And
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Kelly Green - Corner of My Dreams (Green Soul Studios, 2025)

Kelly Green comes into her own...

Kelly Green - Corner of My Dreams
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The 100 Best Live Recordings - No. 83 Yes—Yessongs No. 83 Yes—Yessongs (Atlantic, 1972)

Investigating my love/hate relationship with prog rock...

The 100 Best Live Recordings - No. 83 Yes—Yessongs
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Yelena Eckemoff - Rosendals Garden V "Gamla Stan" (L & H Productions, 2025)

That wily Russian-American composer Yelena Eckemoff continues her pilgrimage to Rosendals Garden...

Yelena Eckemoff - Rosendals Garden V
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Noël Akchoté - Gaudeamus (Missel de Saint Vougay, XIth Cent.) (Bandcamp, 2025)

Two words: Noël Akchoté

Noël Akchoté - Gaudeamus (Missel de Saint Vougay, XIth Cent.)
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The 100 Best Live Recordings - No. 84 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer—Welcome Back My Friend to the Show that Never Ends No. 84 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer—Welcome Back My Friend to the Show that Never Ends (Manticore, 1974)

Those bleary, teenaged weekends; combustible and brief...

The 100 Best Live Recordings - No. 84 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer—Welcome Back My Friend to the Show that Never Ends
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Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Band - Basie Rocks! (DeborahSilver Entertainment, 2025)

Basie updated!

Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Band - Basie Rocks!
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Angela Verbrugge with Ray Gallon - In the Wonder of the Night (G2 Records, 2025)

Angela Verbrugge delivers an intimate look at duo recording with Ray Gallon...

Angela Verbrugge with Ray Gallon - In the Wonder of the Night
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All About Jazz | Michael Ricci | Substack I built and maintain two websites about jazz music. Click to read All About Jazz, by Michael Ricci, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

All About Jazz
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Betty Bryant - Nothin' Better to Do (Bry-Mar Music, 2025)

"Lotta Livin'" was a revelation, "Nothin' Better to Do" ups the ante...

Betty Bryant - Nothin' Better to Do
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This is the resurrection of a column early in the careers of Publisher Michael Ricci and senior contributors Chris Slawecki and C. Michael Bailey. Look for Cool Vic when you come our way...

Case Files: 2026-01 article @ All About Jazz url:https://www.allaboutjazz.com/case-files-2026-01

André Darlington - Booze & Vinyl Country: 100+ Spirited Music-and-Drink Pairings (Running Press, 2025)

Not exactly the regular fare at WMR (with more to come), but still timely and salient...

André Darlington - Booze & Vinyl Country: 100+ Spirited Music-and-Drink Pairings
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Víkingur Ólafsson - Opus 109: Beethoven | Bach | Schubert (Deutsche Grammophon, 2025)

Víkingur Ólafsson makes his pilgrimage to Beethoven...

Víkingur Ólafsson - Opus 109: Beethoven | Bach | Schubert
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Alyssa Allgood - Leap (Self Released, 2025)

Alyssa Allgood takes a Leap...

Alyssa Allgood - Leap
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Published today at All About Jazz...

Kieran Brown: Loving You album review @ All About Jazz url:https://www.allaboutjazz.com/loving-you-kieran-brown-cellar-music-group

Miles Davis Quintet - The Complete Live in Paris Vol. I & II (The Lost Recordings, 2025)

Thirty-five years after his death, Miles Davis remains as large as ever...

Miles Davis Quintet - The Complete Live in Paris Vol. I & II
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Yelena Eckemoff - Rosendals Garden V "ABBA Museum" (L & H Productions, 2025)

Yelena Eckemoff continues her journey toward Rosendals Garden...

Yelena Eckemoff - Rosendals Garden IV
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Can you tell this is the last day of 2025!

WMR Best Recordings of 2025
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Notable and Nearly Missed... This is not enough time in a human life to listen to all the music.

We are closing in on 2026...!

Notable and Nearly Missed...
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New York vocalist Naama gives a short, sweet kiss to Autumn...

Naama - 'Tis Autumn La Reserve Records, 2025

New York vocalist Naama gives a short, sweet kiss to Autumn...

Naama - 'Tis Autumn
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Michal Urbaniak, Pioneering Jazz Fusion Violinist, Dies at 82

The NYT quoted me.

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Shani Diluka - Renaissance (Warner Classics, 2025)

The best solo piano recital of the year...

Shani Diluka - Renaissance
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Her Memory of the Future A very special playlist...

An essential lifetime...

Her Memory of the Future
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