Jazz

The sleeve note says: "Of all the jazz groups to appear on the British jazz scene since the demise of the Jazz Couriers, none appears to have a broader appeal than the Jazz Five. The personnel strikes a remarkably happy balance between experienced young...

The Sky is Ruby is an album of Raoul BJ rkenheim's compositions recorded with Finland's premiere jazz big band, the UMO Jazz Orchestra. Raoul Bj rkenheim, who is one of the most adventurous guitarists on the contemporary scene, initially progressed from...

The Sky Below is guitarist Miles Okazaki's sequel to his critically-acclaimed Trickster (Pi 2017), which the New York Times labeled "tenacious futurism" and Pitchfork called "obviously complex, the work of virtuosi." The album received critics' picks in...

The singular guitarist John Stowell and saxophone legend Dave Liebman have been friends and colleagues for decades and occasionally find time to perform or record together, such as on Stowell's 2002 release, "The Banff Sessions" (Origin). For "Blue...

The singular catalog of the great pianist/composer Carla Bley has been celebrated and performed for decades. She has not only performed her unique compositions in her own star-studded bands but has had them canonized by such legendary artists as Gary...

The singing of Denise Donatelli is particularly remarkable, since her style is able to employ the positive aspects of both unbridled scat-singing and lyrical balladry. Of special note is the rich timbre of Donatelli's voice, which has the clarity and...

The singer who provided the vocals for the Helen Morgan Story had one remarkable voice, and it's in prime form on these late-'50s LPs. These 46 tracks come from her albums Gogi, Welcome to My Heart, Torch Time and Granted-It's Gogi : her beautiful...

The singer Peter Majanen took a detour from budding pop stardom to become a scientist and an entrepreneur. After taking a master class with singer Gino Vannelli, best known in the U.S. for his string of late 1970-1980's hits, Vanelli was sufficiently...

The Singapore Slingers, under the direction of Matt Tolentino, are one of the leading dance orchestras dedicated to music of the 1910s, '20s, and '30s. From their arrangements to their instruments to their performing attire - everything is "period...

The Silent Life is a solo bass album recorded by Jonas Hellborg in 1990 at Greenpoint Studios, the recording studio he co-owned with Bill Laswell at the time. Hellborg spent 2 years prior to recording this album playing and getting attuned to an acoustic...

The seven parts of this suite are composed according to the way an oldfashioned Broadway musical is structured, as a tribute to Porter, Gershwin, Hammerstein and all those classic Broadway composers. Each piece is also dedicated to a composer and/or...

The session on this album was recorded in 1970 and previously issued on LP. This 16 track CD combines bonus material from another session and showcases Jean singing the blues with the Boll Weevil Jass Band featuring Dan Havens, Bob Shanahan, Frank...