Jazz

The Oliver Lake Big Band places itself in a position to be one of the most important musical ensembles now and for years to come. The band displays a musical fact that there are no divisions in music when there is respect shown for the past, present and...

The Oliver Lake Big Band is not your grandparents or great grandparents big band.  Lake's a big thinker with a taste for large ensembles that can show off his meaty compositions and his sure sense of coloring. -The New Yorker  Few musicians in the...

The Olavi Trio consists of bassist Teppo Olavi Hauta-aho, trombonist Jari Olavi Hongisto and drummer Niilo Olavi Louhivuori, who share not only the same middle name but also a mutual love for free improvisation. Collectively, they represent Finnish...

The OJOYO sound (Safrojazz) is a fusion of Capetown born Morris Goldberg's South African music heritage, with the American music he learned to love from listening to records. Morris has performed with many American artists, notably Paul Simon, Harry...

The odd assortment of performances to be found on this LP has all been reissued on CD by Candid. Charles Mingus on "R&R" successfully teamed together trumpeter Roy Eldridge with altoist Eric Dolphy and trombonist Jimmy Knepper, Cal Massey takes a rare...

The Octave Reissue Series represents the heart of Erroll Garner's recorded catalog. Spanning 12 albums and last 18 years of Garner's career, this collection of music is among the most important in the history of jazz. It represents an artist in his...

The now legendary 1984 wild & wooley Graham Stewart Reunion concert in London, feat. Alan Cooper, Jim Bray, Dave Evans, Wally Fawkes, Diz Disley1. Careless Love 2. Prok Chops 3. Down Among the Sheltering Palms 4. Buddy Bolden's Blues 5. Canal Street...

The now 72-year old pianist Thomas Clausen is not a new character in the story of Danish jazz, He's been a key contributor and participant in it's developnent since his arrival on the scene in the early 1970s as a fresh faced 20-something. In the decades...

The Northwoods Improvisers return with a new album. Fanfares is the latest effort with a quintet/sextet lineup that includes the veteran rhythm section of Mike Johnston and Nick Ashton and reunites them with a fierce front line of saxophonists Dominic...

The Northwoods Improvisers return with a new album comprising their first release in 10 years. The music is all acoustic and skillfully recorded with a version of Faruq Z. Bey's "19 Moons" as well as a version of Mike Johnston's "Tasbih", a piece...

The North Sea Jazz Festival 2002 Gino Vannelli - It seems GINO VANNELLI was born for the bright lights - handed a name that any dreamer wouldn't mind having. His world is a sweeping soundscape of dynamic rhythms and romantic sensibilities - an amazing...

The nine man band presents the second volume of 18 tracks recorded in 1994, including Dan Barrett, Phil Bodner, James Chirillo, Vince Giordano, Arnie Kinsella, Randy Reinhart, Scott Robinson & Murray Wall. (Previously deleted:10/1/06. Original release...