Mike (Jazz Bums)
Exploring jazz history, vinyl collecting, and sound quality — one record at a time.
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Hearing Charlie Parker’s “Lover Man” Differently
Charlie Parker in LA, photographed by William Claxton around 1945-46.
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I’ve been spending some time recently reading about Charlie Parker’s Los Angeles period, especially the history surrounding “Lover Man.”
The session was...
Album Review: Omer Govreen Quartet, "All Things Equal" (J.M.I., 2025)
In early July I guest-hosted Labeled on WKCR, a five-hour jazz record deep dive co-hosted by Jay Cohn and Steven Mandel, founders and producers at J.M.I. Recordings. After the broadcast, they handed me a promo of J.M.I.’s new release, the O...
Byard Lancaster’s "Exodus," Philadelphia 1977
I was up in Boston for work and made a point to swing by Music Research Library on my way home. So after wrapping up my meetings, I headed to Beacon Hill, parked in what was, at best, a questionable spot, and gave myself just enough time fo...
Live on WKCR: My Norman Granz Set for "Labeled"
Stream the Full Broadcast: Scroll down to stream the full five-hour WKCR broadcast, plus a complete playlist with Discogs links to the exact pressings we played.
Earlier this month, I had the chance to guest host a special five-hour episod...
78 RPM Shellac: A Jazz Listening Session in a Flatiron Loft
Last Tuesday, July 1st, I stepped into a fourth-floor loft in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, inside a commercial building shared by artists and office tenants. The entrance was lined with boxes of 78s, immediate evidence that we were here f...
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