Listening Bar Albums

Ella Fitzgerald — Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book (1956)

Ella Fitzgerald — Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Col...

Ella Fitzgerald’s Cole Porter Song Book reveals the profound depth hidden in old music — a timeless album that shows what careful, intentional listening can still uncover.

Ella Fitzgerald — Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Col...

Ella Fitzgerald’s Cole Porter Song Book reveals the profound depth hidden in old music — a timeless album that shows what careful, intentional listening can still uncover.

Donny Hathaway — Someday We’ll All Be Free (1973)

Donny Hathaway — Someday We’ll All Be Free (1973)

A quiet, soul-deep reflection on Donny Hathaway’s Someday We’ll All Be Free — an album of fragile hope, tender brilliance and the kind of truth that still lifts a room...

Donny Hathaway — Someday We’ll All Be Free (1973)

A quiet, soul-deep reflection on Donny Hathaway’s Someday We’ll All Be Free — an album of fragile hope, tender brilliance and the kind of truth that still lifts a room...

Rahsaan Roland Kirk — The Inflated Tear (1968)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk — The Inflated Tear (1968)

A soulful, accessible entry into Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s world, The Inflated Tear blends tenderness, invention, and melodic clarity — a timeless jazz classic for new listeners and longtime devotees alike.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk — The Inflated Tear (1968)

A soulful, accessible entry into Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s world, The Inflated Tear blends tenderness, invention, and melodic clarity — a timeless jazz classic for new listeners and longtime devotees alike.

Fela Kuti — Zombie (1976)

Fela Kuti — Zombie (1976)

A fearless Afrobeat masterpiece that turned rhythm into rebellion — and changed the course of modern music.

Fela Kuti — Zombie (1976)

A fearless Afrobeat masterpiece that turned rhythm into rebellion — and changed the course of modern music.

A Tribe Called Quest — Midnight Marauders (1993)

A Tribe Called Quest — Midnight Marauders (1993)

Rafi Mercer revisits Midnight Marauders, A Tribe Called Quest’s effortlessly cool 1993 masterpiece — a nighttime world of groove, clarity, and movement that remains as vital today as ever.

A Tribe Called Quest — Midnight Marauders (1993)

Rafi Mercer revisits Midnight Marauders, A Tribe Called Quest’s effortlessly cool 1993 masterpiece — a nighttime world of groove, clarity, and movement that remains as vital today as ever.

Dusty Springfield — You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me (1966)

Dusty Springfield — You Don’t Have to Say You L...

A reflective album review of Dusty Springfield’s You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, exploring its emotional clarity and why it remains powerfully present when revisited today.

Dusty Springfield — You Don’t Have to Say You L...

A reflective album review of Dusty Springfield’s You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, exploring its emotional clarity and why it remains powerfully present when revisited today.