Blakey’s solo beats down like the desert sun, cymbals chiming with the breeze. The rest of the album restates and expands on tones and themes first presented, a true bop classic.

This old country blues seems to suit any occasion well, particularly hot Montreal summers.

This piece of Canadian music history compiles songs from a multitude of Halifax bands approaching their fourth decade.

Gateway (the album) is filled with surreal interweaving and dazzling textures; the trio seems to speak as one.

This week’s pick quickly jumped out at me as I perused the Super Lock-Up section of our library. Mingus Ah Um was released in 1959.