Jazz

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Up Popped the Two Lips, one of two new records by composer, saxophonist and flutist Henry Threadgill. Threadgill recorded the album with a new sextet called Zooid.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia (1933-1944).

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews two new Armstrong reissues: Louis and the Angels and Louis and the Good Book (both recorded in the 1950s, and released on Verve).

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews the new anthology Woody Herman - Blowin' Up a Storm: The Columbia Years 1945-47.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Freefall featuring pianist Kenny Barron and violinist Regina Carter.

Music critic Milo Miles profiles singer Maria Muldaur, most famous for her 70s hit Midnight at the Oasis. She has a new album called Richland Woman Blues.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead continues with part three of his Avant-Garde Made Easy series. This time he considers composer, improviser and saxophonist Anthony Braxton.

Whitehead reviews the complete Blue Note sessions of tenor saxophonist Don Wilkerson.

Whitehead reviews The Complete Vee Jay Lee Morgan-Wayne Shorter Sessions on the Mosaic box label.

Whitehead Reviews Ralph Gleasons Jazz Casual Series, a collection of Gleasons 1960s TV show on DVD and video.