Jazz

With a distinctly poignant & spacious quality reminiscent of ECM, pianist/composer Lossing's debut album features iconoclast Ed Schuller on bass & the legendary Paul Motian on drums; the mix of standards & originals takes you on a diverse musical...

With a combined 14 albums as leaders, and appearing on dozens more as sidemen, Thomas Marriott, Mark Taylor and Matt Jorgensen have put a strong stamp on the sound of modern jazz that has come out of Seattle and Origin Records over the last decade...

With a chemistry forged over 15 years of playing together in many different musical configurations, the Chicago-based trio of bassist Clark Sommers, saxophonist Geof Bradfield and drummer Dana Hall have developed a trust and intuitiveness that yields...

With a 57-year history of performing together, going back to their 1954 meeting in their hometown of Chicago, the legendary saxophonist/trumpeter Ira Sullivan and vibist/pianist Stu Katz team together finally to commit their well-earned rapport to tape...

With a 2008 month-long tour of Africa as inspiration, Chicago saxophonist Geof Bradfield composed a rhythmically rich, harmonically challenging suite, drawing on his experiences in Rwanda, Congo, Uganda, & Zimbabwe. Incorporating elements of jazz,...

With "Tiresias", Louie Belogenis (sax), Sunny Murray (drums), and Michael Bisio (bass) look to the implications of Albert Ayler's recording "Spiritual Unity". Belogenis says, "Bisio and I listened to that record intensely; Ayler switches back and forth...

With "Throw Down Your Hammer and Sing" Nate Wooley (trumpet) Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello and electronics) and Jason Roebke (bass) create an alien landscape of strange sounds that ebb and flow between sparse instrumentation and dense layers of sound. These...

With "The Originals" 7-time Grammy nominee Christian Jacob returns to the jazz trio setting with a captivating collection of original compositions. Presented in a story-like fashion, each selection draws the listener deeper into the trio's musical...

With "Past Present," the Bay-area trio of guitarist George Cotsirilos, bassist Robb Fisher and drummer Ron Marabuto build on the musical success of 2006's "On the Rebop" and apply a progressive, modern, but gimmick-free jazz treatment to a mix of...

With "Merely a Traveler on the Cosmic Path" drummer and percussionist Adam Rudolph and Ralph Jones on various woodwind instruments present their first studio recording as a duo. Their first recorded collaboration, YEYI (MTA 11) was voted one of the years...

With "In between", is the 8th album that Isabelle Olivier presents: a milestone always so fine, joyful and playful. Isabelle Olivier's work has something totally unique. "In between" offers an intimate, rich and very subtle sound exploration. Something...

With "Hypocrisis" B Records launches it's jazz collection, and what a beautiful manifesto this album is! Recorded live with the same attention as ever in a mythic place for jazz creation, the Dynamo in Pantin, the Pujuila Quartet, gathered around the...