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Maailman väkirikkaimman saaren, Jaavan kansanmusiikkiperintöä vaalii indonesialainen Sambasunda Quintet. Yhtyeen mystinen sointi perustuu kacapi-kielisoittimeen, veneenmuotoiseen sitraan. Albumilla sundalaisiin musiikkiperinteisiin yhdistyvät myös energisemmät, urbaanit sävyt. 

Pariisin jazz- ja katumusiikkipiireissä varttunut Florence Joelle kokosi ympärilleen yhtyeen Gallon Drunk - ja The Flaming Stars -jäsenistä. Kiss of Fire -ryhmän musiikki huokuu tarantinomaista viileyttä ja vanhan rock'n'rollin patinaa. 

Jazz-oboisti Kyle Bruckmannin vuonna 2002 Chicagossa perustama ja johtama WRACK-yhtye leijailee alati muuttuvien musiikkitraditioiden tienristeyksessä. "Cracked Refraction" -albumilla euroopanamerikkalainen klassinen modernismi lyö kättä afroamerikkalaisen improvisaatioperinteen... 

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- "I Am ..Sasha" on Grammyja urallaan kahmineen laulajattaren kolmas studioalbumi, joka on samalla seuraaja hittilevyksi muodostuneelle "B'Day" -albumille. 

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- Atlantalaisen r'n'b / neo soul -hahmon vasta toinen virallinen albumijulkaisu antoi odottaa itseään kymmenen vuotta.
Aiemmin yhteistyöstään mm. The Rootsin kanssa tunnettu mies on kuitenkin ollut aktiivisena vuodesta toiseen... 

In the early seventies, Hank Swarn and Shirley Nanette collaborated to form Never Coming Back. Swarn had been on the road for five years, lending his guitar-backing talent to Earl Grant and his band. While on tour, he wrote some tunes that were ultimately released on... 

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Kansainvälisesti huikeaa suosiota nauttiva, tunnistettavalla raspiäänellään sielukasta
rytmimusiikkia tulkitseva, Macy Gray julkaisee uuden studioalbuminsa "The Way". Macy Gray on vuonna 2000 "On How... 

The Budos Band return with Burnt Offering; a wild, booze-fueled ride of hazy riffs, take-no-prisoners horn lines and relentless percussion that summons the occult – an evolved sound for this mighty 10-piece band sparked by their love of Black Sabbath and Pentagram. Burnt... 

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This Is Clarence Carter -sarjan toinen muodostuu julkaisusta Too Weak To Fight ja sen B-puolesta, pop-covereista ja muista vähän harvinaisemmista herkuista. 

Kun lähes seitsemänkymppinen soulsielu tulkitsee Black Sabbathin Changes-biisin ei voi kuin pysähtyä ja hiukan silitellä kananlihalle mennyttä ihoa. Jopa Rolling Stone -lehti vaipui hurmokseen!
Jälleen yksi onnistunut Daptone-julkaisu! 

Julkaisupäivä: 18.3.2016 Levy-yhtiö: Dap Tone
EAN: 0823134003927 In April of 2010, Robert, Bobby, Alberta, Delouse, and Patricia gathered at the home of their parents, Raymond and Joella Walker to make a recording with... 

Boulevards tulee ja tuo mukanaan funkyt bileet! "Groove" on myös Jamil Rashadina tunnetun Boulevardsin debyyttialbumi. Boulevards on imenyt itseensä vaikutteita mm. Princeltä, Rick Jamesilta ja Earth Wind & Firelta. 

R&B:n yksi tunnetuimmista ja ajattomista äänistä on varmasti Anthony Hamilton, joka julkaisee viidennen studioalbuminsa What I’m Feeling.
Albumillaan Anthony työskenteli Mark Batsonin kanssa, jonka... 

The great Chicago soul sound of the early 1970s has seldom been better personified on wax than the recordings of the Independents. Protégés of soul giant Jerry Butler and one of the leading groups of their era, between 1972 and 1975... 

Turning his attention to dance for his latest album, Fearless Movement out this May on Young, Kamasi Washington resumes his ongoing study of music as a means of connection. His 2015 album The Epic, as well as 2018’s Heaven and Earth were received by critics and... 

On After Bach II, Brad Mehldau performs four nocturnes and one fugue from J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, as well as the Allemande from Partita for Keyboard No. 4 in D Major, interspersed with seven compositions or improvisations by Mehldau inspired by the complementary works... 

On Après Fauré, Brad Mehldau performs four nocturnes, from a thirty-seven-year span of Gabriel Fauré’s career, as well as a reduction of an excerpt from the Adagio movement of his Piano Quartet in G Minor, along with four of Mehldau’s compositions that Fauré inspired presented... 

On their Impulse debut album, Washington DC’s experimental jazz punk trio the Messthetics (drummer Brendan Canty and Joe Lally of iconic punk band Fugazi, with guitarist Anthony Pirog) join forces with acclaimed jazz tenor... 

The outsized sounds emerging from the Excelsior Mill organ captured here constitute a unique chapter in the Sun Ra story, a dizzying phantasmagoria that offers a whole new view on what Ra could do. It might thrill you; it might unnerve you; it might strum your heartstrings; it... 

Melissa Aldana’s 2nd Blue Note album Echoes Of The Inner Prophet is a musical voyage to explore the depth of the spiritual journey. Co-produced by Aldana and Lage Lund, the album features the tenor saxophonist with Lund on guitar, Fabian Almazan on piano, Pablo... 

After putting down the saxophone, the instrument he has become synonymous with, Shabaka returns with his first full length album under his own name. Expanding off the meditative 2022 EP Afrikan Culture, his new album Perceive its beauty, Acknowledge its... 

Returning to France after three decades in New York, Jacky Terrasson curates a dual-nationality treasure hunt, blending Chopin with jazz, featuring guest artists like Kareen Guiock-Thuram, Camille Bertault and Grégoire Maret. With a newfound zest for life, each track narrates an... 

Sofia Jernberg and Alexander Hawkins are among the most multifaceted and expressive musical personalities with a surprising radius of action. Swedish singer Sofia Jernberg explores the boundaries of vocal technique in a variety of creative contexts, ranging from... 

The group were finishing off a huge US tour that had roared down the east coast then across the Midwest and by the time they hit LA, as Brian recalls... 

The group were finishing off a huge US tour that had roared down the east coast then across the Midwest and by the time they hit LA, as Brian recalls... 

Five CD set comprising the full series of the five Billy Cobham Drum 'n' Voice titles in a deluxe box set. Billy Cobham is a living legend of the drums, revered for his... 

Remembrance, a new double album out May 10, serves as a moving final document of the profound creative and personal rapport that banjoist Béla Fleck and pianist Chick Corea first showcased at album length with 2007’s Latin Grammy-winning The Enchantment. It’s also... 

“A jazz artist to watch” (NPR) and “a virtuoso in the truest sense of the word” (JazzTimes), Morgan Guerin spent nearly a year crafting his multi-dimensional Tales Of The Facade, layering instruments and... 

Explore a rich tapestry of jazz heritage in Ivo Perelman's latest album. This collaborative endeavor features the seasoned artistry of historic figures Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille, whose decades-spanning careers infuse... 

Since 2014, drummer/bandleader Robert Sput Searight and percussionist Nate Werth have led an incredible collective of musicians brought together as a groove-based funk, hip-hop, and jazz group which has amassed a global audience. With "Mustard n’Onions" -- the follow-up to... 

How do you follow up a successful album like “Americana”? Released in April 2020, it not only received a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, it... 

In its ten-year history, the Jazzrausch Bigband has established itself as an institution that makes the impossible possible: jazz meets techno meets big band? No... 

A series of dark, warm string chords opens the curtain on a vista of spaciousness and great sonic depth. Soon after, an intense rhythm develops, classically light and tightly grooving at the same... 

After being inspired by his Latin American tour, the great Nat King Cole recorded three collections of songs in Spanish between 1958 and 1962, all of which were best-sellers at the time of their release. Half a century after they were taped, these albums continue... 

Silent, Listening is a major addition to ECM’s distinguished line of solo piano recordings, featuring one of the outstanding improvising pianists and jazz masters of our time: Fred Hersch. The album features seven original creations and a handful of well-chosen standards, including... 

Modern jazz giant Dave Douglas releases his first new album in almost 2 years with a new project titled GIFTS. This debut album is Dave playing with Ian Chang and Rafiq Bhatia (members of Son Lux and the Oscar nominated for the score of Everything Everywhere All At Once), as well as... 

This is the most ambitious project of Tim Garland's stellar career, with a celebration of Lighthouse Trio's 20th Anniversary (Gwilym Simcock and Asaf Sirkis), along with a stunning display of Tim's prowess as a composer and arranger with the Britten Sinfonia, featuring violinist... 

Elevating, uplifting and beautifully arranged. Jasmine Myra's sophomore album Rising builds on the success of her breakthrough album Horizons to deliver a major statement from one of UK Jazz's rising stars. Produced by Matthew Halsall and mixed by Greg Freeman (Hania Rani, Matthew Halsall, Portico... 

9-piece powerhouse Nubiyan Twist embark on a fresh musical odyssey with their vibrant fourth album 'Find Your Flame’. Over 12-track the band seamlessly weaves together global grooves, soul and jazz; expertly intertwined with electronic elements, horn-led melodies and spontaneous... 

Steph Richards has already made quite a name for herself in the worlds of avant garde music and creative jazz. She has recorded for Relative Pitch and Northern Spy, worked with Laurie Anderson, Anthony Braxton and... 

SticklerPhonics explores a world of brass ‘n’ skin on debut album Technicolor Ghost Parade featuring drummer Scott Amendola, trombonist Danny Lubin-Laden and tenor saxophonist Raffi Garabedian. The trio revels “in a situation where there’s no bass and... 

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Deluxe limited-edition 2CD set - deluxe digipak - extensive booklet, remastered audio transferred from the original tape reels.

Cannonball... 

Never-before-released Cannonball Adderley 1972 concert from Paris - deluxe limited-edition CD digipak presentation with extensive booklet, remastered... 

"One day during the summer of 1972, Jack Sheldon had an idea, “Just think Chetie, if we do an album together” Chet liked the idea, but was still hesitant. To make him comfortable, the Jacks did what they did best – get great musicians together. They... 

SPECIAL CD EDITION - THE BERLIN CONCERT + 3 BONUS TRACKS - 8-PAGE BOOKLET WITH UPDATED LINER NOTES.

Presented here is the... 

Hunting for rhythm, as if our lives depended on it, as if, without rhythm, we'd starve to death. Can body and soul live without rhythm? Seizing its different forms, dissecting it, ingesting it, digesting it, could very well be... 

Deluxe limited-edition 2CD set - extensive booklet - all tracks previously unissued, remastered audio transferred from the original tape reels. A... 

Presented here in its entirety, The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse AS-5) was the masterpiece that earned Oliver Nelson widespread recognition as one of the finest arrangers and composers in jazz. Everything shines here: the wonderful compositions and... 

SUN RA AT THE SHOWCASE: LIVE IN CHICAGO contains previously unissued live recordings of the legendary intergalactic composer/pianist Sun Ra captured live at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase in Chicago, IL. between 1976 and 1977. This is an official release on... 

Elemental Music, in collaboration with producer Zev Feldman, launches a never before released Mal Waldron and Steve Lacy live concert recorded... 

We Jazz Records julkaisee toukokuussa ruotsalaistrumpetisti Goran Kajfešin Tropiques-yhtyeen uuden odotetun levyn. Kajfešin ohella ydinkvartetissa musisoivat pianisti-kosketinsoittaja Alexander Zethson, mm. Ghosted- ja Fire!-yhtyeistä tuttu basisti Johan Berthling, sekä erityisesti... 

Growing from Angles 6 in 2007, to Angles 9 in 2012, and culminating in a 12-piece ensemble in 2022, the Swedish, groove-based free-jazz ensemble is... 

Equal Spirits brings together a genre-defying mix of South African spiritual jazz, ambient improvised introspection, bursts of old-school hip-hop and electronica, soaring melodies, synths, samples and gospel-infused grooves, woven together with sung and spoken languages from... 

John Klemmer is an enigma to many. He seems to be a "different artist" to "different people" depending on which musical direction & time period of Klemmer's music they are attached to, are aware of & prefer. An active composer and an innovator on the electrified saxophone (using... 

Legendary alto saxophonist Charles McPherson makes his Smoke Sessions debut with an inspired new album, REVERENCE, dedicated to Barry Harris, captured in front of a live... 

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Cellist, composer and MacArthur Fellow Tomeka Reid explores
new improvisational math with 3+3, the third release by her all-star quartet and her most adventurous... 

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Their previous album Arrival of The New Elders presented a more varied and reflective trio, still as groovy as ever, but more structured and less jam oriented, earning them a 9/10 review in Uncut and a spot in their albums of the year list, noting their telepathic communion and... 

Rooted in the jazz tradition, this is music that's eclectic, groove based and fundamentally melodic. Including elements of hard bop, Latin jazz, gospel and even folk, there are nods to Dexter Gordon, Stanley Turrentine, John Coltrane, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Bill... 

Wonderful music by the group itself, Cole Porter and The Andrews Sisters. Little children dance and adults grin from ear to ear. They sing and play fantastic! Bonus Info: When the album was recorded they were pregnant with four babies. So actually it was a septet. 

The Casimir Connection’s new album ‘Reflection’ is due to be released on April 19th by Caliban Sounds, in association with One Little Independent Records. Composer and saxophonist Diane... 

Hyllade och älskade Amanda Ginsburg är aktuell med sitt tredje album »Tur att JAG kan skratta«

Amanda bjuder återigen in lyssnaren till... 

For more than three decades saxophonist Kenny Garrett has been on the forefront of the most adventurous and creative collaborations in jazz, having performed with generations of innovators such as Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard and more. The living legend charts... 

Stating a bebop melody on a chromatic harmonica has only been achieved by a small handful of jazz harmonica players, most notably Toots Thielemans and Hendrik Meurkens. On this new album 'The Jazz Meurkengers' Meurkens has enlisted pianist Steve Ash, bassist Chris... 

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Josh Johnson’s Unusual Object is a world of sound. His fantastically processed saxophone & subtle samples & grooves give this work a sort of cyberpunk ambient jazz feel that crosses into realms akin to classic Warp Records and Jon Hassell. These qualities serve to bring... 

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A STYLISH SELECTION OF JAZZ-FUNK FROM JAPANESE LABEL ELECTRIC BIRD, SELECTED BY DJ NOTOYA AND FEATURING YASUAKI SHIMIZU, SHUNZO OHNO, BOBBY LYLE, TOSHIYUKI HONDA AND RONNIE FOSTER.Following the success of the 'Tokyo Glow' compilation, Wewantsounds... 

Guitarist Bill Frisell’s new double LP Orchestras documents two inspired concert-hall engagements arranged by Michael Gibbs for Frisell’s long-standing trio with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Rudy Royston: one featuring the nearly 60-piece Brussels Philharmonic, conducted...