The Olson Band

During his brief yet legendary career, the albums released during Jimi Hendrix's lifetime could be broken down into two categories – psychedelic hard rock and funk/soul rock. The latter style could be pinpointed to the 1970 release Band of Gypsys, a live recording which saw Hendrix hook up with old pals Billy Cox (guitar) and Buddy Miles (drums), and shy away from the pyrotechnics of his early days in favor of heavy jamming. Thirty-six years after the release of the Band of Gypsys' lone album comes a follow-up, Band of Gypsys Return, on which Hendrix's shoes are filled by such players as Eric Gales, Kid Rock's Kenny Olson, and Guitar World Magazine's Andy Aledort, among others.

Svensk Jazzhistoria is a comprehensive series of reprints of historically important phonograms of Swedish jazz from its beginning until 1979.

This was Wind Machine break-thru CD. They started as a rather dreadful dance band. And it's hard to call their music 'new-age' just by the sound. Their themes seem to be new-ageish, but the dance and country music influences of their sound betray them on this release. Still, I am talking about some rather pleasant music, closer to the smooth jazz area than new-age.