Jazz

The Christina DAHL Quartet presents this new release, Quintesse. All of the works on this album were composed by Christina DAHL. Christina DAHL is one of the most respected Danish saxophone players. She is a band leader and composes music for small and...

The Chicago Cellar Boys have been electrifying audiences in Chicago and beyond since 2017 with raw, invigorating "hot" jazz of the 1920s - think King Oliver, Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Teschemacher, Clarence Williams, Bennie Moten, and Jimmie Noone. The GOOD...

The charismatic saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis is the musician of the moment in the broad field of contemporary jazz. With Code of Being, James Brandon Lewis now presents his second album. The debut CD Molecular, which Lewis recorded with...

The centerpiece of pianist Pete Malinverni's new album is a theme and a set of 13 variations - all improvised and resulting in a very personal musical statement without artifice. The musical program is also highlighted with Malinverni's readings of the...

The centenary of the birth of Charles Mingus, in April 2022, has served to reinforce his importance in twentieth-century music. The indomitable spirit of the legendary bassist truly came to life in an unforgettable concert at Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic...

The Cedar Walton of 1977-78 was the Cedar Walton of Beyond Mobius, the Pentagon, Firm Roots and Animation. His sympathies at the time ranged from Fusion groups to larger ensembles and leading his own quartet featuring the players on this live recording...

The CD release of " Towards the Unknown" celebrates Grammy award winner and 2009 NEA jazz master Yusef Lateef's 90th Birthday year. It is the fourth CD co-composed with his 20-year collaborator, 2009 Chamber Music America New Works grant recipient Adam...

The CD looks at the early Acid Jazz scene through the label's early singles, classic old cuts that filled dance floors, and essential album tracks. This is the original sound of Acid Jazz as defined by Gilles Peterson and Edward Piller. It's aim is to...

The CD is a mix of standards and originals with bebop, Latin, ballads and blues grooves by Mark Elf.1. Dream Steppin' 2. Too Marvelous for Words 3. Loved Again 4. Griff's Riff 5. Oye Dna 6. Ballad 2000 7. Rhymin' for Simon 8. Blues to the Left 9. America...

The Casa Loma Orchestra had been a unit for 12 years, and been notching hits for eight, when these radio transcriptions were recorded. The hits Tumbling Tumbleweeds; a Lover's Lullaby, and If I had My Way join Day In, Day Out; Memories of You; Melancholy...

The careers of trumpeter Clifford Brown and vocalist Sarah Vaughan reached a pivot point in 1954, the former peaking before tragically passing away in a car accident, the latter a continually rising star whose ascent never fizzled.1. Lover Man - Sarah...

The Canadians who had the good fortune to be at the Forum on February 8, 1954 caught the Duke Ellington Orchestra in a wonderfully relaxed and even playful mood. Though the concert was recorded, it languished in a private collection and was never...