PURE PLEASURE

Besides helping to invent rock 'n roll with his hit "Shake, Rattle and Roll," Big Joe Turner was one of the most soulful blues shouters of all time. His best albums married the boogie-woogie piano...

(2-LP set) After 10 years and 6 albums on the indie label, Candid, Stacey Kent finally releases her major label debut on Blue Note Records. A multi-award winner (2001 British Jazz Award, 2002 BBC...

John Stubblefield was one of the most versatile musicians in jazz, an invaluable artist who expanded on the music's potential from within the tradition. Stubblefield's tenor and soprano saxophones...

Cab Calloway - From 1932 to the late 1940s, the period covered by this set, Cab had an orchestra that was about as swinging a band of solid senders as you'd find on the big-band circuit. Now this LP,...

In this heart-pounding, edge-of-your-seat thriller, veteran 911 operator Jordan (Academy Award. Winner Halle Berry, MONSTERS BALL, 2001) takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl (Academy Award...

Across the galaxy, Kree soldier Vers (Brie Larson)-troubled by gaps in her memory, and abilities she didn't fully comprehend-began a pursuit of enemy Skrulls that left all crashed and stranded in...

Charles Mingus has a fascinating way of offering music that is grounded in tradition while remaining startlingly original. The freshness of a piece like Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus, has...

(2-LP set) Jim Hall's Concierto was arguably the greatest LP in the history of CTI and possibly a masterpiece. With two legendary players in the frontline, trumpeter Chet Baker and Paul Desmond, Hall...

After two visionary LPs for his own tiny Nodlew label, Weldon Irvine signed to RCA for Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine), exploring the deeply spiritual and political terrain of his previous efforts on...

Criss-Cross, Thelonious Monk's second album for Columbia, features some of the finest work that Monk ever did in the studio with his '60s trio and quartet. Monk and Charlie Rouse (tenor), John Ore...