Jazz

Woody Shaw is widely revered across the globe as the last major innovator to significantly revolutionize modern jazz trumpet playing. Shaw's innovations vastly extended the harmonic and technical vocabulary of the instrument and remain largely...

Woody Shaw & Louis Hayes: 'The Tour' Vol. 1 (Audio CD) "By no means is jazz dead-that's essentially why Louis Hayes and I formed this band. We really enjoy playing." So wrote Woody Shaw, presumably around the time of this historic concert from their 1976...

Woodwind player Braxton presents compositions that are likened to a musical voyage, with terrain, stories, dialogue & characters with their own personalities & secrets - he wrote many of these pieces in the 1970s,.1. Composotion 65 2. Composition 74B 3...

WOODS & MAYS documents the musical meeting of Phil Woods (Grammy winning alto saxophonist) and Bill Mays (legendary pianist) for a duo session at Maggie's Farm.1. All This and Heaven Too 2. Blues for Lopes 3. Danielle 4. Do I Love You? 5. Hank Jones 6...

Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 - October 29, 1987), the celebrated American jazz clarinettist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader came to prominence in the late 1930s and was active until his death in 1987. His bands often played music that...

Wonderful compositions, plus previously unissued bonus tracks, featuring Oscar Pettiford on bass and vocalists Joya Sherrill, Kay Davis, Betty Roche, and Al Hibbler + the Mellotones.1. Take the a Train/Broadcast Intro 2. Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' 3...

Without knowing or planning it, saxophonist/composer Benjamin Boone has spent his life preparing for a collaboration with Philip Levine. Long fascinated by the inherent musicality of the spoken word, Boone crossed paths with the Pulitzer Prize-winning...

Without knowing or planning it, saxophonist/composer Benjamin Boone has spent his life preparing for a collaboration with Philip Levine. Long fascinated by the inherent musicality of the spoken word, Boone crossed paths with the Pulitzer Prize-winning...

Without a doubt Gene Krupa was one of the foremost drummers of the "Swing Era". Most of the recordings on this CD feature The Gene Krupa Orchestra and Trio with some of the tracks featuring trumpeter Roy Eldridge and vocals by Anita O'Day, Irene Day and...

Without a bit of pretension but with a whole lot of swing, Paul West and Mark Brown, musical collaborators for over 25 years, take those years of performing and writing together to create an intimate and joyous album of great, new, American music...

Within the small circle of modern jazz trombonists, few would argue that Steve Davis stands apart from the crowd, not only as a singular instumental voice but also as a gifted composer. With Systems Blue, his fifth Criss Cross album to date, Davis...

Within Melbourne's burgeoning cinematic-soul scene, which includes breakout acts Surprise Chef and Karate Boogaloo, mysteriously sit The Pro-Teens. Helmed by prolific drummer and percussionist Hudson Whitlock, who also plays in both aforementioned bands,...