Jazz

The life of a professional musician typically requires stretching beyond a single genre to insure a healthy career. Pianist David Cook is a jazz pianist and composer of the highest order. He also wears another hat as a musical director in the realms of...

The legendary pianist continues his Evolution trilogy - this time performing as part of a quartet also featuring artists including Marc Johnson, George Matz, Howard Alden and Howard Collins.1. The Festivals 2. One! of Parker's Moods 3. December, Remember...

The legendary Eddie Guitar Slim Jones was a passionate R&B singer and an absolutely brilliant guitar player whose 1950s sides still crackle with a ragged intensity over fifty years after they were recorded. Nearly all rhythm & blues artists hailing from...

The legendary Cab Calloway had a career that stretched from the 1920s to the Hollywood blockbuster "The Blues Brothers". His orchestras brought to the world some of Jazz's greatest stars of the future. Our ongoing series that looks at actual chart...

The legendary Baker's Keyboard Lounge witnessed a legendary performance from hometown sax great James Carter in June 2001. Now, to the joy of jazz fans everywhere, that epic event finally arrives on album with the magnificent LIVE AT BAKER'S KEYBOARD...

The Lee Konitz Nonet never really prospered, but they recorded several excellent albums. With such top players as fl???gelhornist John Eckert, trombonist Jimmy Knepper, and baritonist Ronnie Cuber in the group, and colorful arrangements provided by Sy...

The leading exponent of the trombone in traditional and big band jazz, Teagarden was also one of the first great white blues singers. He led many small bands throughout the thirties for recording sessions. At the same time he played with various big...

The leader of the marvelous Swiss avant-prog/jazz/something-or-other quartet Sonar, guitarist and composer Stephan Thelen also has a thriving solo career that goes back for years. His latest solo album' Fractal Guitar 2' continues the work begun by it's...

The leader brought together a host of amazing musicians to realize his original compositions and an arrangement of a composition by Barber. Coello enlisted the Art Government, a percussion group made up of his former students and his peers, along with...

The Laziest Remix, collaboration between Elizabeth McQueen and former Austenite David Lazaroff and his St. Louis soul-freakout-folk band, Brothers Lazaroff, pushes McQueen far beyond her American roots comfort zone. This collection takes five songs...

The Latin Taste is a rare bossa nova which energizes the overall feeling of the music, while taking it to another dimension. The grooves and vibes are just enough to keep the listener motivated at the work place, while also adding the feeling that one...

The latest volume in the Big Broadcast series is a collection of 26 expertly remastered jazz, dance band and vocal recordings, including many that are making their first appearance on CD, with some issued here for the first time on any medium! Enjoy...