Jazz

These 1931-38 tracks may be novelty numbers, but the virtuosity of these piano-playing ladies is seriously impressive. First time on CD for most of these: Dancing Till Dawn Edythe Baker; Just Humming Along Raie Da Costa; Film Hits Medley Vera Guilaroff;...

These "live" recordings emanate from the Newport Jazz Festivals held at Freebody Park, Rhode Island on the 17th of July 1954, the 7th of July 1957 and the 8th of July 1962. The trio features the usual line up Oscar Peterson (piano) Herb Ellis (Guitar)...

There's the view that cabaret started off in the 19th century as "the salon of petty criminals and prostitutes". In place of gilded drawing rooms were smoky dives and rather than offering a venue for artistic transcendence, it offered shaky boards on...

There's playing of breath-taking intensity to be heard on this CD - it is exciting, richly communicative music. Tim Hagans plays with a strong, subtly expressive tone, as articulate as it is eloquent - regardless of the musical context. With it's strong...

There's an old saying that a great jazz musician never plays a song the same way once. That could certainly be said of Jerry Bergonzi. He is an intellectual artist of uncompromising integrity and a bold, original composer. On Jerry's new Savant recording...

There was no great cunning master plan that brought noted jazz instrumentalists Bob James (keyboards), Lee Ritenour (guitar), Nathan East (bass) and Harvey Mason (drums) together to form a supergroup. Released in October 1991, Fourplay - aided by the...

'There was a time when French popular music was represented by Georges Brassens, Boris Vian and Gilbert B?caud. The encounter between the variety repertory and jazz was quite natural and legitimate. Claude Bolling. Fremealux. 2006.1. Parapluie: Les...

There Now is a collection of jazz hybrids: both new compositions and arrangements of early jazz standards. The Gang is concerned equally with the great musical legacies of Louis Armstrong, Pee Wee Russell, Derek Bailey, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago...

There is true musical chemistry between these four artists, two leading figures from the world of gypsy jazz and two internationally recognized giants of mainstream jazz. The music on this album is the result of a fantastic encounter and amalgamation of...

There is something simultaneously both brand-new and retro about 'All News Is Good News' - the debut album from Melbourne's instrumental soul group Surprise Chef. It sounds like something dreamt up by lo-fi cousins of David Axelrod and Janko Nilovic,...

There is something entrancing about the natural cycle of water. There is the constant ebb and flow. Then there are the nearly limitless variations, like the lightness of sprinkling rain, babbling brooks or the relentless force of crashing waves and...

There is only one way to enhance one's performance and that is to practice until there is a level of confidence in act, and pride in the outcomes. Guitarist and composer Diego Barber seeks new challenges relentlessly. His pursuit of excellence in all his...