It's February, which means it's Black History Month (at least here in the United States), a time where we spend 28 (29 this year!!!) days to think about the life and times of black Americans. Here at Raggy Waltz, we use the month of February to highlight albums by black men and women as well [...]
Ah, a new year. With a new year comes the promise to... yeah you're not here for inspirational fluff. You're here for jazz records. So to the West Coast we go, where some of the best jazz of the 1950's was being played! The Music The Tune: "Full Count" The Tune: "Groovin' Higher" Recorded: 26 [...]
I said I wouldn't do any year-end special posts. I lied. 2019 was a year. It was a full year. It was a stressful year. It was a great year. I passed my boards and was hired as a nurse in January, providing me with a way to obtain even more records than ever before. [...]
After a long hiatus, I'm back! For my last post of the year and decade, I thought about doing something special, but I couldn't think of anything good. So instead, I decided to spotlight some of the newer albums that I've bought this month that I've been spinning almost nonstop. First up, an album by [...]
2019 is almost over and I have a ton of albums that I've acquired throughout the year that I haven't yet gotten around to writing about. In the waning days of the decade, I'm attempting to correct that. The last time I was back home in California this past March, I made a stop by [...]
There aren't very many albums that I can listen to nonstop repeatedly day and night for years without needing to shelve it for a while. Even fewer are albums that continue to surprise me with each listen, almost becoming more fresh with each play. This record is one of those rarities. The Music The Tune: [...]
September has been good to me this year. Besides being my birthday month, I paid a few visits to a few record stores. Those trips were quite productive, and I've been extremely excited about it ever since. Luckily, I have this blog where I can write about said excitement! First up, my trip down to [...]
The great Horace Silver. That's it. That's the intro. To the music. The Music The Tune: "Strollin'" Recorded: 8-9 July, 1960 at Englewood Cliffs, NJ Personnel: Junior Cook - Tenor SaxBlue Mitchell - TrumpetHorace Silver - PianoEugene Taylor - BassRoy Brooks - Drums By a happy coincidence, the day I finally got around to writing [...]
It's been a while since I've done a 'Record Storing' feature, not because I haven't been to a record store (as my wallet laughs..) but because I haven't had the time. I now have some time. Me, in full tourist mode.(All photos of me taken by my friend Rachel) I've just come back from my [...]
Taking a break from grails and expensive records, I want to get back to the main reason why I started writing about records in the first place- my love for the albums that I don't see talked about much, the underappreciated or plain ignored jazz records and artists that deserve another listen. Like George Shearing. [...]
