Jazz

This four CD collection features all of Jimmy Heath's seminal Riverside albums, alongside two further records on which he played, ostensibly as sideman, but took top billing because of his significant contribution. An ideal starting point for anyone just...

This formidable power trio of guitarist Alex Machacek, 5-string electric bassist Matthew Garrison and drummer Jeff Sipe is impossibly intense, dripping with staggering virtuosity and fertile ideas and seething with the kind of raucous improvisational...

This follow-up album to Latin smooth jazz Flautist Nestor Torres' hit album Treasures of the Heart.1. Cafe Cubano 2. Java 3. Doesn't Really Matter 4. This Side of Paradise 5. Summer's End 6. Blue Sky 7. Don't Fall in Love 8. Danzon de Amor 9. Carribean...

This fine collaboration of cornetist Braff and Larkins on piano was originally recorded and released on LP in 1972. This CD includes four more previously unreleased tracks.1. Fine and Dandy 2. I Want a Little Girl 3. Skylark 4. The Very Thought of You 5...

This fine band from Australia is led by Geoff Gilbert, a banjo player who has now moved to New Orleans. This CD captures the essence of his band which performs and floats on the riverboats that sail up the Mississippi River from New Orleans. Featured is...

This features cornet player w. backing musicians Mike Pittsley, Allen Vache, John Sheridan, Howard Elkins & others; it contains various selections from the "Memphis Jazz Festival Vol. 4" LP as bonus tracks.1. Frog/I/More Rag 2. Egyptian Fantasy 3...

This fascinating set catches a group of young musicians on the verge of greatness. Donaldson is joined by Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, Sonny Clark, Jamil Nasser and Art Taylor. Contains 4 groovin' tracks including Spuntnik, Dewey Square, Strollin' in and...

This fascinating flip through the Kenton story brings you prime performances by his most influential orchestra of each decade. Join him in '48 in Chicago (Lover; Impressionism; Safranski), in '56 in Monterey, CA (Cherokee; Young Blood; Intermission...

This fascinating collection of music from the streets of New Orleans was recorded between 1954 and 1958, and includes an inspiring variety of material, from vegetable peddlers' street cries to the musical saw and brass bands, from a shoeshine boy's...

This fascinating collection demonstrates the variations one tune may inspire, from it's origin as a French quadrille to transformative performances by the Benny Goodman trio and jazz pianist Art Tatum. From Jelly Roll Morton's historic spoken...

This fascinating album follows jazz drummer Baby Dodd's as he demonstrates the sonic elements of his famous solos and discusses these component parts with the attentive audience. From a discussion of drumming in the 1920s to a tom-tom "workout," Dodd's'...

This fantastic Dixieland studio band got together in San Francisco in the early '60s, emerging with these hot tracks. Cornetist Billy Butterfield and trombonist Abe Lincoln lead the charge through I Can't Get Started; I Want to Be Happy; at the Jazz Band...