Jazz

The legendary Thelonious Monk's appearance at the legendary Newport festival in 1963 when the so-called "High Priest of Bop" brought one of his greatest quartets featuring master Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, Butch Warren on bass, and Frankie Dunlop on...

The legendary Thelonious Monk Quartet's appearance at the world-famous Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in May 1961. The high priest of bop, one of the most important, if enigmatic figures in modern jazz together with three of his main disciples, tenor sax...

'The legendary tenor saxophonist Akira Miyazawa (1927-2000), the legendary tenor saxophonist born in the Japanese jazz world, makes his extremely valuable live album into analog for the first time. Lively and creative performances are unfolding. Recorded...

The latest LP installment from the legendary Albarika Store archive, presented by Acid Jazz Records is a compilation of Afro-Funk from the supreme T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo. It includes the underground classic "It's A Vanity", among tracks from...

The king of honking saxophone and jump blues brings down the house with this superb collection of brand new recordings and old favorites! This career retrospective showcases McNeely's brightest moments including such legendary and influential cuts as...

The John Carter and Bobby Bradford Quartet/Quintet were critical to the progressive jazz movement around Los Angeles in the late 60s alongside the likes of Horace Tapscott. Both hailed from the Watts area and trumpeter, Bradford played with a...

The Jazz Orchestra of the Concert-gebouw, the JOC, is used to working with famous soloists originating from different directions in the industry. These soloists bring their own repertoire, that is arranged, prepped and performed in no time. In 2010, on a...

The jazz legend's first 12" LP, originally released in 1955, has been newly reissued on 120-gram vinyl to commemorate the 65th anniversary of Prestige Records and the 90th birthday of legendary recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder. Hear Miles, pianist Red...

The jazz giant Thelonious Monk is here featured in this live recording in New York. Monk is in his best form during this "Village Gate" gig, along with famed session men accompanying him here and forming this solid quartet - namely, Charlie Rouse on...

The jazz fusion group Wasafiri, and it's resulting 2022 debut album Klearlight, began with the memory of a feeling. Eastwood Music Group co-founders Luke Sardello and Skin Wade wanted to release a project that evoked the feelings they had when they first...

The influence of painter Wassily Kandinsky inspired Ikonen to write some of his most monumental pieces. To be able to play the Arabic modi he had in mind, he invented the "Maqiano", a small device expanding the interval range of the piano. And so, what...

The impossibly cool 1973 album What's Going On from Late, Great Japanese Funk & Jazz Don Takehiro Honda which swings through jazz orchestral renditions of American R&B and Funk Classics like Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On,' Otis Redding's 'Sitting On...