Jazz

This is an intimate duo recording, with Fred Hess on tenor sax and Marc Sabatella on piano. It's a model of like-minded musicians playing in tandem, bouncing off and challenging each other to create music that is spontaneous, fresh and absorbing.1. Home...

This is an exploration of the trumpeter's wide range of musical interests, from hard bop to Latin, with some reggae & hip hop stops along the way, feat. Conrad Herwig, Donald Harrison, David Kikoski, John Benitez.1. Jamaica Silver 2. I've Grown...

This is an exciting glimpse into the world of black American funk, jazz and soul from the early 70s. The music has a political agenda, even when it isn't overtly preaching a message. Recorded after the 60s dream had ended, during the era of Watergate,...

This is an ethereal record. The continual return of the haunting central theme creates a hypnotic dreamlike atmosphere giving the whole work a symphonic tone-poem quality. This is not traditional Brazilian bossa-nova but a finely woven textural work...

This is an awesome ensemble on all counts: writing, soloing and swinging - Ed Soph. Multi-instrumentalist Vince Norman and drummer Joe McCarthy gather together some of the finest big band players on the eastern seaboard to create a creative and swinging...

This is an album of rare beauty and elegance and yet an album of understated power. Marco Pereira has become known not just as Brazil's greatest guitarist since Baden-Powell but also as an important contemporary composer. He has performed and made...

This is an album of lyrical piano music written mostly by Tommy Kotter. It contains beautiful melodies in the tradition of jazz, classical and folk music. The season-poems (all composed in their corresponding season) are small classical piano...

This is an addendum to the acclaimed "Bix Restored" series that featured meticulous restoration of every recording on which cornetist Bix Beiderbecke played. The highlight of this volume is three newly discovered alternate takes of recordings featuring...

This is Abrams' third album for Delmark & his most varied, with seven compositions, all set with different instrumentation; this 1972 session features Art Brown, Steve McCall, Rufus Reid & others.1. Ballad for New Souls 2. Things to Come from Those Now...

This is a very special recording of historical importance. The Ritual Trio in it's original configuration (featuring Lester Bowie and Malachi Favors) recorded live in Saafelden in 1987. This recording brings back to life the vibrant sounds of Lester...

This is a unique blend of free jazz and electronica. Beginning with three live concerts, each recorded in four instrumental layers, some performances were left intact, other layers were either re-performed or invented anew. Some layers migrated from one...

This is a step further in the collaboration between bassist Jonas Hellborg and south Indian percussion master Selvaganesh, and this CD introduces India's most progressive sitar player, Niladri Kumar. Niladri comes from the same school as Ravi Shankar and...