Sound
Albums worth a full listen — jazz, soul, and anything that earns the second side.
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
It sold almost nothing in 1967 and changed everything afterward. A review of The Velvet Underground & Nico.
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A Love Supreme — John Coltrane
Recorded in a single session in 1964, A Love Supreme is jazz as devotion. A review of John Coltrane’s masterpiece.
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Astral Weeks — Van Morrison
Recorded in a handful of nights in 1968, Astral Weeks still sounds like something overheard. A review of Van Morrison’s…
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In the Wee Small Hours — Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra’s 1955 late-night masterwork. The album for the last drink, the walk home, the hour when the city goes…
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Pink Moon — Nick Drake
Nick Drake’s final album is twenty-eight minutes recorded alone at midnight. The most intimate record in the canon, reviewed.
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Kind of Blue — Miles Davis
Miles Davis’s 1959 masterwork is not background music — it is the room itself. A review for the late-evening hour.
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Tapestry — Carole King
Carole King’s Tapestry is the album for the evening that needs to settle. A review of one of the great…
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Chet Baker Sings
The voice that made vulnerability sound like the most elegant thing in the room.
