Jazz

The Wonderful Things To Come - The JC Hopkins Songbook. a new album by Parisian vocalist Melissa Lesnie and pianist Jean-Baptiste Franc of original compositions by JC Hopkins:ß The album features intimate, exclusive interpretations of Grammy-nominated...

The widow of this unparalleled piano virtuoso put together this project, centering it around the thing Oscar loved most in the world: his prized personal B?sendorfer Imperial piano. Kelly Peterson invited a host of jazz luminaries to Oscar's home studio...

The wide open City Of Kansas with it's unregulated bars and clubs helped nurture the development of Jazz in America. This Compilation offers 25 examples of Kansas based performers including, Bennie Moten, Jay McShann, Count Basie, Mary Lou Williams and...

The White/Gresty Ragtimers pay tribute to the playing style of the legendary Muggsy Spanier, feat. Geoff Cole, Goff Dubber, Martin Litton, Tony Bagot & Tony Scriven.

The West End Jazz Band is well known to aficionados of 1920s and 1930s jazz and dance music the world over. In over 30 years of playing this music, the band has established a reputation for authentically recreating music from the "Golden Age of Jazz". 24...

The West Coast's answer to the Vanguard Orchestra in N.Y.C., the CJO has been playing Monday nights at Pearl's in San Francisco for over 10 years. Led by saxophonist Alex Budman, the band features some of SF's top musicians, composers and arrangers...

The well-seasoned trio of San Francisco Bay-area musicians continue their longstanding partnership with a third recording of creative, and swinging, new music. Guitarist George Cotsirilos, bassist Robb Fisher and drummer Ron Marabuto explore seven...

THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT As an award-winning actress, musician, screenwriter, composer and arranger, Jennifer Porter leads a very busy life. It is obvious from listening to The Way You Look Tonight that Jennifer has a beautiful voice, a real feeling for...

The way is a duo formed by soprano player Joe Giarrdullo and percussionist Andrea Centazzo. The duo did an east coast tour in 2009 and recorded this CD live at the K.J Art Center in Woodstock 11/20/09. Joe Giardullo is one of the under-recognized heroes...

The Washingtonians is essentially known as the original name of Duke Ellington's band, before they migrated to New York City in 1923. The group actually evolved from a band that was led by banjoist Elmer Snowden, which included Ellington's Washington D.C...

The waiting is over: "Entering The Woods", the 5th album by the Emil Brandqvist Trio, is finished. There's no doubt that this formation is among the few piano trios worldwide that have played their way up to a continentspanning listening audience in...

The voices of Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell helped push Jimmy over the top in the early '40s, when he scored his biggest hits. These 22 transcription tracks feature both singers, and the band in fantastic form: Do It Again; the Breeze and I; on the...