Jazz

Thirty years ago, in late December, 1976, Charles Mingus performed a series of concerts in Tokyo with his quintet. In 2005, also in December, another Mingus band rounded out a week at Tokyo's famous Blue Note Club with a live recording on New Year's Eve...

Thirteen years and seven recordings after beginning his association with Criss Cross, John Swana presents his first album as the sole front-line horn. Spurred by an ace rhythm section comprising Dutch guitar great Jesse Van Ruller, bass megastar John...

Thirteen (13) New Contemporary Jazz compositions from one of the genres most gifted and successful recording artists. Top charting and award winning guitarist Ken Navarro now releases his 23rd album featuring his brilliant acoustic and electric guitar...

Thirsty Ear would like toßcongratulate Mary Halvorson, Guitarist and Composer, as Fellow for the 2019 MacArthur Genius Award. Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone have collectively been featured in the New York Times, Jazz Review, the Wire, Time Out New York,...

Thirsty Ear would like toßcongratulate Mary Halvorson, Guitarist and Composer, as Fellow for the 2019 MacArthur Genius Award. Guitarist Mary Halvorson and violist Jessica Pavone's longstanding duo embraces a wide range of musical traditions which critics...

Thirsty Ear would like toßcongratulate Mary Halvorson, Guitarist and Composer, as Fellow for the 2019 MacArthur Genius Award. Following their critically acclaimed debut trio album, 'Electric Fruit', Mary Halvorson, Weasel Walter and Peter Evans have...

Thirsty Ear would like toßcongratulate Mary Halvorson, Guitarist and Composer, as Fellow for the 2019 MacArthur Genius Award. Electric Fruit" alludes to the vexing encounter between nature and technology, one of the most complex issues that we face as a...

Thirsty Ear would like to congratulate Tomeka Reid, Jazz Cellist and Composer, as a Fellow for the 2022 MacArthur Genius Award. Over the last decade or so Chicago cellist and composer Tomeka Reid has emerged as one of the most original, versatile, and...

Third Ward Stories is a bit of a musical biography for this Houston-bred, thoroughly grounded member of the rich Texas Tenor tradition, his paean to the neighborhood he grew up in and the musical memories embedded in the soil of that 'hood. With stops...

Third of the World Broadcsating series, w. Rex Stewart-cornet, Ray Nance-tpt, Joe Nanton-tmb, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney-reeds, Fred Guy-gtr, Hilliard Brown-dms, Al Hibbler-voc+, 1943 & 1945 in NYC, 27 tracks. (Previously...

Third Man Records is proud to announce the forthcoming releases of Leon Redbone's Long Way From Home, the never-before-released earliest known recordings of the mysterious performer. Redbone's career has spanned over four decades and began with his...

Third in series of three with Tom Harrell-trumpet.1. Mingus in the Sky 2. The Carousel 3. Entrance Des Princes 4. Galerie Des Princes 5. Two Faced Lover 6. Twenty Bar Tune 7. December 26th Variation II 8. Pink Lady 9. The Waltz 10. A Time for Love