Jazz

Verve acoustic sounds series1. Little Lulu 2. A Sleeping Bee 3. Always 4. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town 5. I'll See You Again 6. For Heaven's Sake 7. Dancing in the Dark 8. Everything Happens to Me

Vertaal Ajit Gill & Theo Howarth sharing a love of groove & improvisation, forming musical ideas traversing spiritual nu-jazz, Dilla-esque hip-hop, broken beat & neo-soul. NOW EXPANDED TO A 2 LP SET Last years' digital only release Nominated for Jazz...

Velvet colored vinyl. For most of us, life is a series of human interactions; some good, some bad, some happy, some sad. But what would life be without those peripheral characters who plant themselves into our worlds through the sheer force of their...

Uusi Aika is a fresh new ensemble from Finland. Their self-titled debut album will be released by We Jazz Records. The band's music could be described as introspective and meditative, but that's only a part of the story. The instrumentation is acoustic...

Using just piano and a Weissenborn guitar, Helge Lien and Knut Hem sculpt a timeless sound that conjures up images of endless planes, feelings of freedom and nostalgia. They make use of the harmonic vocabulary of jazz, and the feeling of Country and...

Using jazz experimentation, education, and the unequivocal brilliance of his hip-hop creativity as a primary instrument, áMadlibáleads this record of paramount importance in the modern jazz and hip-hop worlds alike. Favoring swatches of lounge-heavy...

Us is a compilation of rare material from Sun Ra and his Arkestra, drawing from tapes recorded between 1963 and 1970, taken from both live and studio performances. The space-age jazz shaman conjures up a variety of styles and moods along the way. The...

Universounds, HMV Record Shop and 180g team up for an exceptional release in their highly acclaimed WaJazz series, to be out on Jiro Inagaki's 90th birthday, October 3rd, 2023, celebrating the life and music of one of the most iconic Japanese jazz...

UNIFONY is the name of the project that was started by the Dutch musicians Minco Eggersman and Theodoor Borger. For this project they invite various guest musicians to find the pure essence of music with them. Together, they wander off the beaten track...

Undercurrents can be unpredictable and violent on occasion. This was certainly the case for Martti Vesala's new Soundpost album: "I really intended for the music to sound more Nordic, to give it a sense of calm, longing and space," he recalls. "I'm...

Unconscious Collective' is the first album by PS5 - the new ensemble led by Pietro Santangelo of Nu Guinea, Slivovitz, and Fitness Forever. It's a musical experiment where layered memories and hidden feelings resonate as if they arise directly from the...

Ultra-rare jazz-funk/fusion album by Japanese drummer, Akira Ishikawa. Featuring percussion-heavy versions of 'Let's Start', 'Bongo Rock' and 'Pick Up The Pieces'. 'Back To Rhythm' was the final recording in Ishikawa's African-influenced period. He cut...