Jazz

The Long Middle from Sam Blakeslee & Wistful Thinking features an introspective journey of pastoral melodies and compositions in a chamber-jazz setting, akin to the small bands of Kenny Wheeler and Bob Brookmeyer. The music draws emotions from globally...

The long awaited re-release of the first Karizma CD originally released in 1983. Featuring: David Garfield, David Paich, Steve Lukather, Tim Pierce, Tom Scott, Jeff Porcaro, Carlos Vega, Neil Larsen and many more.The group "Karizma" is no stranger to...

The long awaited re-release of the first half of the concert of Lonnie Donegan at the Fairfield Hall on 5th June 1981 - and features an all-star line up.1. Lonnie Introduction 2. Ace in the Hole 3. Isle of Capri 4. Going Home 5. Shine 6. Jenny's Ball 7...

The long awaited first recording by John Zorn's newest and most exciting ensemble, the New Masada Quartet. Performing eight classic compositions from the Masada songbooks, NMQ is a tight unit of like-minded virtuosi and one of the best groups Zorn has...

The long awaited 2nd album from the UK masters of down-tempo comes as this 2 CD set. The Funky Lowlives pull out all the stops to make what can only be described as a complete album, and one which gets even better with every listen. Opening with the...

The Lonely Bull, released in 1962, is the debut album from Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, and was also the first album ever released by A&M Records - which was co-founded by Alpert and Jerry Moss. - Most of the tracks on the album were geared toward...

The Lonehill Jazz Collection was established for the sole purpose of recovering lost jazz treasures previously unavailable on any other edition worldwide. 19 tracks from John Coltrane, Manny Albam, Booker Little, Chet Baker, Steve Lacy, Dexter Gordon,...

The list of musicians trumpet player Bunny Berigan and trombonist Jack Teagarden played with in the 1930s includes a vast array of jazz performers, from Tommy Dorsey to Louis Armstrong. Both musicians were equally at home with large and small ensembles,...

The liners here do a nice job of correcting the misinformation that trails this great '30s big-band singer; the CD features Chick with Bunny Berigan, Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman and more! He sings It Had to Be You; My Melancholy Baby; Frankie and...

The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra records a tribute to the big band sounds of the past with THEY CAME TO SWING. The homage is successful due to the variety in the styles of it's musicians, who perform at the band stand as if it is their duty to push...

The Lilli Lewis Project professes itself a pan-genre, pan-generational cult of radical decency, and their debut album seeks to inspire connection in a divided time. As one listener puts it "Lilli Lewis is one of the best for pure emotional impact and...

The life of jazz is in it's playing-in unrehearsed sessions in front of audiences or microphones, ears corporeal or mechanical that gauge the passing of time not by hands on a watch but by the birth and development of new musical ideas. Footnotes to...