SHARP NINE

Dmitry Baevsky, favorite alto-playing son of St. Petersburg, Russia and current denizen of the jazz capital of the world, returns for his sophomore effort on Sharp Nine with big things on his plate,...

Dmitry Baevsky is a wonderfully talented young alto saxophonist from St. Petersburg, Russia who has been making his name on the New York City scene since 1996. In the tradition of the great altoists...

Pianist/vocalist presents a program of wonderfully inventive & varied arrangements - it contains plenty of unbridled, foot-tapping swing w. lush horn arrangements for a full orchestra effect, feat...

Vocalist's album brings more of what her fans have come to expect: unique arrangements of jazz & songbook standards brought vividly to life by a voice that is a rare combination of cool elegance &...

This is the fourth Sharp Nine release by nationally acclaimed (Sunday New York Times, NPR Morning Edition) singer/pianist Dena DeRose. It finds her working her arranging magic on Great American...

Alto saxophonist's debut album presents him in a quintet setting, performing straight-ahead jazz originals & standards, feat. Steve Davis, Bruce Barth, Nat Reeves & Carl Allen.1. From the Inside Out...

Gilad Edelman is a relative rarity in today's jazz world - a youngster (age 23 at the time of this recording) who plays completely straight-ahead in the tradition of Cannonball, Stitt and Jackie...

Male jazz vocalist sings well-known jazz tunes, inc. Blues & ballads in the tradition of Eddie Jefferson - it's hard swinging & very accessible, in a trio setting w. trumpet.1. Senor Blues 2. Girl...

Beautifully realized piano trio in the Bud Powell, Barry Harris tradition - it's an outstanding Rudy Van Gelder recording of a very swinging, blues inflected date.1. Gnid 2. No Problem 3. Reflections...

Here's a winning combination - take the music of Tadd Dameron, the definitive composer of the bebop era, and have it played by a superb piano trio led by pianist Tardo Hammer, one of the foremost...

The "underground king of New York bebop piano" makes his return. Here, Hammer continues to spin out elegant, swinging lines on such bop classics as Bud Powell's "John's Abbey" & Sonny Clark's...

The Underground King of New York Bebop Piano, Tardo Hammer, is back with his third trio date for Sharp Nine. Joining him are bass stalwart Dennis Irwin and old-school drummer Jimmy Wormworth...