Digital downloads haven’t yet driven box sets extinct—and this year the best include Paul Bowles’s Moroccan field recordings, vintage Ray Charles in mono, a 50-year NRBQ retrospective, and ten discs of foundational 40s bebop from Savoy Records.
Steven Lattimore explores the musical legacy and business struggles of the bluesman behind "Bright Lights, Big City" and "Big Boss Man" in his documentary "The Jimmy Reed Experience." It screens Tuesday 2/15 at Dominican University, along with a legal panel and jam session.