Jazz

The most exciting experience for an artist after the original creation is to inspire other artists. In his imaginative interpretation of the novel "Einstein's Dreams," jazz artist Nando Michelin has translated images and ideas into sounds, creating a...

The most common reaction after hearing Lee Morgan's Tom Cat is "why on earth didn't Blue Note release this at the time!". The great trumpeter, only 26 at the time of this recording, and his all-star cast with Jackie McLean, Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller and...

The Mood is an amalgamation of jazz, soul & hip hop swathed with luscious soundscapes and exciting improvisations. The album was conceived with the goal of picking up the listener and taking them on a journey, transporting them to an entirely new place...

The Monster Returns is the latest recording from the Boston-based theatrical jazz group, Quartet of Happiness. Known for it's unusual combination of performance art, irreverent humor, story telling and educational elements, this innovative ensemble...

The Modern Jazz Quartet's classic original album Pyramid (Atlantic LP1325) in it's entirety. Along with the title tune - a beautiful composition by Ray Brown - it presents the definitive version of John Lewis' gem "Django". As a bonus, we have added the...

The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays No Sun in Venice (originally titled The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays One Never Knows: Original Film Score for "No Sun in Venice") is a soundtrack album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances...

The Missourians were the house band at the Cotton Club for two and a half years starting in 1924 and eventually Cab Calloway took over the band and many of the group backed Cab well into the 1940's. The 24 tracks compiled here were recorded between...

The mighty Charles Owens is back, this time with a double album highlighting two formats. Three And Thirteen finds Owens back at Jellowstone Studio in Richmond with Devonne Harris on drums, and Andrew Randazzo playing electric bass. The trust, telepathy,...

The Mighty Burner, who passed away recently, rips it up on this album, which was his last recording with his "regular" band, feat. sax smoker Eric Alexander, Michael Karn & James Rotondi - together they create a real "little big band" sound on originals...

The Michael Bisio Quartet is a new kindred-spirit assembly featuring the veteran bassist alongside Mat Maneri (viola), Karl Berger (vibraphone) and Whit Dickey (drums). Their melodiously alluring debut album, MBefore, features the four virtuoso...

The Metropolitan Jazz Octet and singer extraordinaire Dee Alexander joined forces and talent for "Too Hot For Words", a celebration of Billie Holiday and her songbook also featuring Chicago's own Jim Gailloreto on tenor saxophone.

The Messidor's Finest series kicks off, appropriately enough, with one of the kings of Afro-Cuban jazz, and one of the cornerstones to Messidor's catalog of great Latin music - Mario Bauza. This CD collects selected tracks from the late-great master's...