July 1995
BackTalk
Cover Story
- Tommy Ridgley: The Comeback Kid
Tommy Ridgley’s long wait is over. The vocalist, pianist and songwriter, who cut his first record in 1949 and was among…
Features
- Jazz Words
Jazz fans everywhere may be interested in a pair of new books by New Orleans-based writers. Jaco: The Extraordinary and…
Film & Video Bits
Letters
Plugged In
Reviews
- Bobby Charles, Wish You Were Here Right Now and Bobby Charles (Stony Plain)
- Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, La Toussaint (Rounder)
- Van Morrison, Days Like This (Polydor)
- Jerry Lee Lewis, Young Blood (Sire)
- Frankie Ford, Hot and Lonely (Ace)
- Dr. John, Afterglow (Blue Thumb/GRP)
- Jimmy Smith, Damn! (Verve)
- Steve Masakowski, Direct AXEcess (Blue Note)