 Brazilian Guitar Fuzz BananasBy
Rick Sawyer
Any compilation that begins with a 1960s jam about Brazilian Batman in space deserves to be in your collection, like, yesterday, and that’s something that can unreservedly be said about Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas, where “Tema De Batman” is just a warm-up.  The Mayor of El Barrio: Joe Cuba’s BoogalooBy
Rick Sawyer
The boogaloo, like so many crossover styles before and since, was destined to have a short lifespan. A fusion of Latin and African American music forms, boogaloo was the sound of a certain part of New York City in the late sixties, and nobody personified that sound quite as completely as Joe Cuba, the author of the genre’s greatest hit.  Kind of Bloop: An 8 Bit Tribute to Miles DavisBy
Rick Sawyer
The album has become such an emblem for a specific moment in jazz that it came as little surprise when we learned that an NYU music professor recorded an album of reggae covers back in 1981. Somewhat more surprising, however, was last year’s Kind of Bloop: An 8 Bit Tribute to Miles Davis. The vamping and jamming of reggae is one thing, but can you rearrange Kind of Blue for NES?  Soothing Sounds for a Toddler: Making a Mixtape for a Two-Year-OldBy
Rick Sawyer
My niece’s reaction to David Bowie got me thinking about musical variety. Kids haven’t been programmed to think that weird music is weird yet. In the hopes of coaxing her away from the insipid oldies music that my mom makes her listen to, I wanted to craft a mixtape that would introduce my niece to stuff that I liked when I was younger.  Elvis 75: New Box Set Chronicles the King’s VersatilityBy
Rick Sawyer
A great strength of Elvis 75 is its chronological arrangement. Listen to the set in order, and you can hear Elvis evolve across the decades. And the tracks don’t bog down; the song selection was made judiciously but with enough room for nonessential surprises.  Kind of Blue: Reggae StyleBy
Rick Sawyer
Miles in a reggae way? This year, the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis’s landmark Kind of Blue, the world finally has the answer. 
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