Circles in a Yellow Room, New York-based vibraphonist Mike Freeman's eighth recording as leader of his own ensembles, has a Latin flavor reminiscent of classic albums by West Coast maestro Cal Tjader.

Not to be confused with the Los Angles-based organ trio of the same name—though it is hard to see how confusion will not reign—this Organ Freeman hails from Dublin, Ireland, where guitarist/vocalist ...

Blurple Pain has just about everything you ask for from a contemporary R&B/hip-hop record — great arrangements, truth-telling and consciousness-raising, comic relief, fine storytelling, memorable love ...