2019 marks the 80th anniversary of Blue Note Records.Alfred Lion (April 21,1908  - February 2, 1987) was a Jewish German-born American record executive who co-founded Blue Note Records.Reid Miles (4 July 1927 - 2 February 1993) was an American graphic designer best...

Earl Sweatshirt - SICK! [Tan Cressida Records]

Worldwide many people know about Ernie Barnes because of his famous painting entitled “Sugar Shack”.  This painting was displayed on the popular sitcom “Good Times” and was also utilized as an album cover for the late but great Marvin Gaye’s album “I Want...

Trumpeter Clifford Brown, a brilliant improviser and a model for clean-living in jazz, was born  (October 3) in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1930.Brown was a pioneering trumpeter when it came to bebop and hard-bop, an artist whose effervescent personality, warm tone and...

There is no more memorable a main film theme than the one featured in Get Carter. Written by a 23 year old Roy Budd, the evocative and haunting tune sits perfectly in the space it was intended at the beginning of the film. The soundtrack album, unreleased in major...

1970 - Kluster - Kluster (Experimental Krautrock) 1971 - Claude Denjean - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (Synthpop) 1972 - Hot Butter - Popcorn (Synthpop) 1973 - Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (Porgressive Rock) 1974 - Kraftwerk - Autobahn (Krautrock) 1975 - Tangerine...