Jazz

The second album from young jazz multi-instrumentalist (alto, tenor & soprano sax & also flute) - he performs straight ahead jazz standards & a few originals.1. What's My Name? 2. Fee Fi Fo Fum 3. Suspended Anxiety 4. Like Sonny 5. Harmonic Distortion 6...

The second album by former opera star and singer/songwriter Constance Hauman, whose critically acclaimed recording, Falling Into Now, made The Guardian's list of the 10 Best Albums of 2015. High Tides features eight new songs written by Hauman and two...

The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra presents the recorded premiere of an important and remarkable new suite for large Jazz ensemble created by the legendary saxophonist and composer, Jimmy Heath. Commissioned by the SRJO and first performed in Seattle...

The Seattle bassist has been an unassuming yet vital figure on the Northwest Jazz scene for almost three decades. He has lent his talents to countless recordings and live performances, including work with Michael Brecker, Benny Golson, Paquito D'Rivera,...

The Scottish wunderkind pianist's second album, Cairn, looks set to establish his global presence as a formidable composer, pianist and bandleader with it's freshness of sound and originality. - Rooted in the Scottish tradition and inspired by Scottish...

The Schlippenbach Trio has worked together as a unit for around forty-five (!) years. Their magic chemistry is founded on intuitive listening and interaction - the ability to respond in an instant - and on the match between their characters, each adding...

The scene is... 311 West 57 Street, New York, Mediasounds Studio A... The date... Friday, August 25th, 1972. Duke Ellington was having an engagement with a smaller group at The Rainbow Grill, as he had several times before, finishing the gig on the...

The saying goes that everyone's got a story to tell. But chances are good that few, if any, have the kind of story Dave Bass has. Without resorting to detail, Bass's rebirth as a jazz musician after decades away from the art is nothing short of...

The saxophonist Lubos Soukup who has been living in Copengahen for over 10 years now, has founded Machina Mundi with his friends from Rhythmic Music Conservatory. The Canadian double bassist Craig Earle, Swedish drummer Daniel Johansson and keyboardist...

The saxophone quartet is a tricky ensemble that is at the same time a lot of fun but very demanding technically. The saxophone quartet celebrates the instrument offering a lot of commonality, since they are all playing the same instrument, which embodies...

The saxophone in all it's varieties has been, without a doubt, the dominant solo instrument in jazz, and this 4-CD, 74-track box collects essential sax sides all the way from the early, classic jazz years up to the Cool School of the late '40 s and early...

The Santiago Big Band & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra - Santiago Brooklyn Santiago. O'Farrill, the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra pair up with Cuban pianist Marcos Fernndez and Cuba's Santiago Big Band in a historic collaboaration. Santiago, Cuba, is a place...