Orem Library

Acclaimed vibraphonist Joel Ross returns with his fourth Blue Note release Nublues, an album of blues and ballads as refracted through the prism of one of the most creative modern jazz groups of our time. Communication is a key element of the album; both the communication between the musicians and the listener with an emphasis on singable melodies, as well as the profound and intuitive musical conversation that occurs within this tight-knit band....

Tinsley Ellis unplugs and channels his masterful guitar skills and soul-baring vocals into a bracing collection of solo acoustic tracks steeped in the traditions of Muddy Waters, Skip James, Son House, Robert Johnson and even Leo Kottke. Nine newly written originals sit alongside reverent, yet spirited, versions of House's "Death Letter Blues;" Willie Dixon's "Don't Go No Further;" and Kottke's "Sailor's Grave On The Prairie."