If there’s any period in modern Springsteen history that continues to grow in admiration it is the 2007-2008 Magic era.
This three-CD set from Blue Note expands trumpeter Lee Morgan's original two-LP set from four selections to 12. Morgan's music had become much more modal by this time, heavily influenced by John Coltrane, although some of the previously unissued numbers (including a remake of his popular "The Sidewinder") are a bit more straight-ahead. Bennie Maupin (on tenor, bass clarinet, and flute) is in peak form and the rhythm section (pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Jymie Merritt, and drummer Mickey Roker) is alert and creative. All of the songs are group originals, including two by Morgan (on his "Speedball," Jack DeJohnette sits in on drums), five by Maupin, three by Mabern, and two from Merritt. Stimulating and frequently exciting music from late in Lee Morgan's short life.
The Live Series: Songs of the Road is a live album by Bruce Springsteen, released in November 2018 as a digital download. The album is composed of live songs from 1977-2013 at various different shows throughout Springsteen's career which feature performances with the E Street Band. The songs on this live compilation revolve around cars, road songs, songs involving streets.
As the first compilation of the Beatles' music to show up after the murder of John Lennon, Reel Music was a pretty pathetic venture, and clear evidence that Capitol Records and its parent company, EMI, had run out of ideas when it came to marketing the group's music…