Jazz

While this CD examines the music emanating from Cambridge University much of the pioneering sounds were the work of Fred Elizade. The music here follows the Quinquaginta Band through the years. Elizalde played piano and arranged from his arrival at...

While staying true to his roots as a guitarist deep in gratitude to Wes Montgomery and Grant Green, Randy Napoleon aspires to find new routes through the music and refine his already fully evolved voice. On Puppets, he teams with the prolific composer...

While retaining the thoroughly modern post-bop aesthetic they cultivated over their first 3 recordings, the Halifax-based trumpeter Paul Tynan and baritone saxophonist Aaron Lington from San Jose, CA, decided to tackle the hard-bop organ band format for...

While retaining his exciting and original compositional voice, Gordon Lee moves from the big band of "Flying Dream" (OAT 22016) to the piano trio for his second OA2 release. Along with his band of Northwest all-stars, Lee explores a diverse set of 7...

While respecting the harmonic contours and deeply ingrained melodies of those oft-covered tunes, and others presented here on Archtop Avenue, Zjaca puts his own personal stamp on them through reharmonization, subtle rhythmic shifts and improvisational...

While recognized for his band leading skills on his international tours and countless CD's (as well as side man work with Dr. Lonnie Smith, Joe Locke, and Ari Hoenig among others) One marks guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg's first recording made up of...

While Pauline Oliveros' output has it's high and low marks, the composer, accordionist and organizer is an undeniable force in new music. For fifty years she has pursued sonic experiments, and as the founder of the Deep Listening Institute, she has...

While organizing his debut recording for OA2 Records, pianist Rich Pellegrin had specific ideas for his accompanying musicians and their approach to his musical concepts. Wanting artists who were drawn to density, complexity, and virtuosity, but who were...

While known as a great Swing band, San Francisco favorites Tin Cup Serenade is deeply rooted in the blues, and draws from Ragtime, New Orleans Jazz, Mariachi, Calypso, Mento and Western Swing also. Guitarist/vocalist Rolf Wilkinson fronts Tin Cup...

While Jesse Ed Davis' legacy has finally started to see the light of recognition, there is still a long way to go in establishing his rightful place in the pantheon of rock and roll legends. As a full blooded Kiowa Indian and Oklahoma native, Jesse was a...

While Jamie Saft has been a significant presence on previous RareNoise recordings by Slobber Pup, Plymouth and Metallic Taste of Blood, the renegade keyboardist and essential Downtown improviser steps into a dramatically different role on THE NEW...

While Carvalho is constantly reminiscent of the days of Gilberto's samba, he is never trying to emulate the sound entirely. It's his own take on the basic framework of samba... an outstanding example of a contemporary piece of mood music. Brazilian...