Jazz/Blues
Bob Dylan Performs "The Night We Called It a Day" on Letterman Finale, Reflects on Past
Thelonious Monk Revisisted in Stellar 15-Disc Set 'Complete Riverside Recordings'
As of late, a new trove of Thelonious Monk recordings have been compiled for listeners of all stripes. A fifteen-disc set, 'Thelonious Monk: The Complete Riverside Recordings' is comprised of sessions both live and in the studio for the Riverside label, this marks his most complete set to date. Bob Belden, Blue Note A&R and Grammy-Winner, Dies at 58
The jazz world has lost two great figures this week--the latest being Bob Belden, a Grammy-winning jazz musician, composer, arranger and producer who was also the first American musician to perform in Iran since the 1979 revolution. He was 58 years old.