Jazz

Bill Evans's return to full activity in 1962 came almost a year after his celebrated trio recordings at the Village Vanguard. Just ten days after that classic "live" session, bassist Scott LaFaro had died in a highway accident. Evans, deeply shaken,...

Bill Evans - leader of one of most influential trios in jazz history, invaluable contributor to the model explorations on Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue". Miles said it best: "Bill had this quiet fire that I loved on piano. The way he approached it, the...

Bill Bruford is the original drummer in YES and was a long term member of King Crimson. This 12" vinyl re-issue has been mastered from the original 1979 mix, taken from the original 1979 analogue tapes, and comes housed in a replica sleeve. The remixing...

Big Bop Nouveau is a band formed in the late 1980s by the late jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. Originally composed of four trumpets, two trombones and four saxophones plus a rhythm section (plus Maynard), it was later reduced to what has become known as...

BGP's contribution to Ace's 45th Anniversary are these two perfect examples of modal jazz in their super-rare 7-inch versions, both fine examples of the genius of saxophone great Yusef Lateef. First up is his incredible arrangement of Alex North's 'Love...

'Bethlehem Records earned it's place in jazz history with the release of debut albums from artists like Carmen McRae, Chris Connor, Herbie Mann, and Johnny Hartman. Bethlehem's most famous release is the 1958 debut album by Nina Simone, Little Girl Blue...

Best-known for his searing, assertive guitar solos and dynamic showmanship, the great Freddy King was a forceful presence and formidable figure in two of the most prominent blues epicenters: Texas and Chicago. An innovative instrumentalist and underrated...

Besides selling 40 million albums and winning 9 Grammys in less than 10 years, over the years Norah Jones has collaborated with dozens and dozens of artists from across the spectrum of music. This album collects Norah's favorite collaborations from...

Besides being one of the best tenor saxophonists of his time, Henry (Hank) Mobley (1930-1986) is widely recognized as one of the great composers of the hard-bop era. Soul Station, which features him as the only horn in a quartet format with an all-star...

Berlin-based Swedish saxophonist Otis Sandsj÷ returns with the eagerly-awaited sequel to "Y-OTIS". On "Y-OTIS 2", Sandsj÷ and his close associate, bassist/producer Petter Eldh (of Koma Saxo), deepen their vision of genre-bending, forward-looking "liquid...

Bendik Giske (NO/DE) is an artist and saxophonist whose expressive use of physicality, vulnerability and endurance have already won him much critical acclaim. You can hear all of this in his debut album Surrender, released at the start of 2019 on...

Before jets and a proliferation of festivals made European appearances by American jazz musicians commonplace, it was not unusual for a trans-Atlantic tour to be preceded by six months of publicity. But such was not the case in November 1950, when...