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The arresting 1965 session Dialogue was the debut album to be released by vibraphonist Bobby... 

The under-recognized tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan blew in from Chicago in 1957 and recorded a trio of excellent Blue Note sessions... 

In April of 1998, fresh off their Grammy win for Best Latin Jazz Performance for their debut effort, Habana, Roy Hargrove's Crisol... 

Tormé is an up-tempo gem that Mel Tormé swings to perfection. Nicknamed 'The Velvet Fog', Tormé was a noted singer, composer, arranger, drummer... 

Ben Webster was, without a doubt, one of the most important and influential tenor saxophonists in jazz. Ben Webster Meets... 

Released to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of these recordings, “Miles ’54: The... 

Recorded in 1970 in the legendary MPS studio, Another Day features the lesser-known trio constellation of Oscar Peterson himself on... 

Introducing another timeless jazz masterpiece: Hello Herbie (1970) by The Oscar Peterson Trio with Herb Ellis, the legendary guitarist who... 

Donald Byrd was off to the races after joining the Blue Note roster in 1958 and had fully hit his hard bop stride by 1961 when he laid down... 

One of the greatest line-ups of drummer Art Blakey’s hard bop finishing school The Jazz Messengers coalesced in... 

Jazz Is Dead announces another offering of top-shelf recordings taking listeners on a journey through... 

Jazz Is Dead announces another offering of top-shelf recordings taking listeners on a journey through the... 

Dance, No One's Watching is an ode to the sacred, yet joyous act of dancing, an album that musically guides you... 

Dance, No One's Watching is an ode to the sacred, yet joyous act of dancing, an album that musically guides... 

Dance, No One's Watching is an ode to the sacred, yet joyous act of dancing, an album that musically guides you... 

On October 11, acclaimed saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins will release his expansive third studio album Blues Blood, a... 

Charlie Parker had a complicated relationship with his hometown of Kansas City, MO... 

Recorded in 1965 and showcasing a number of songs he'd never recorded before, Baker's Holiday... 

Somewhat of an oddity in Chet Baker's catalogue, Blood, Chet & Tears is a record of Chet's efforts to adapt... 

Recorded at San Francisco's Columbia Studios and released in 1972, trumpeter Luis Gasca's For Those Who Chant... 

Drawn from two sessions recorded in December 1969 and December 1970, and not first released until 1995, Kofi found Donald Byrd in the early stages... 

Memphis-born trumpeter Booker Little was a bright light of the jazz world who died tragically young at age 23. A prodigiously talented... 

Born from of a relentless global tour schedule, Samara Joy took her touring band, made up of other rising young jazz musicians, into the legendary... 

Remastered from the original ¼ inch tapes by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios, Afro-Harping is filled front-to-back with sumptuous and... 

In discussing Elements of Light, his fifth album as a leader, the vibraphonist-composer Simon Moullier often returns to a specific term: unfolding. “This... 

Six years have passed since Peter Gall's sensational debut album "Paradox Dreambox" saw the light of day. What began as a experiment became... 

Collaborating once again with Black Acid Soul producer Chris Seefried, the pair produce a second album that not only embodies the... 

‘returning, dream’ is the second album from Paradise Cinema – the ‘Fourth World’ inspired project led by multi-instrumentalist Jack... 

Australian minimalist-jazz trio The Necks' 20th studio album, Bleed, explores a sublime language of stillness. With a single, 42-minute composition, The... 

Pianist and composer Aaron Parks returns to Blue Note Records—where he released his influential 2008 album Invisible Cinema—with Little... 

The Man With The Horn is the 1981 album by Miles Davis, which he recorded after persuasion by... 

Star People is a 1983 album by the famous jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis. It is the first to feature electric... 

German jazz pianist Jutta Hipp is one of the most intriguing yet little-known figures in Blue Note... 

The Three Sounds were one of the most prolific groups on the... 

Recorded in 1956 for the EmArcy label, Vaughan joins with Hal Mooney and his orchestra to dive head-first into a collection of iconic ballads and... 

All For You is a tribute to the Nat King Cole Trio by... 

Responding vehemently to the turbulent spirit of a troubled time, the Tel Aviv trumpeter leads his band through a five-part suite... 

Idiosyncratic, large-scale and in its fundamental disposition one of a kind, Florian Weber’s "Imaginary Cycle", conceived for the... 

Almost three decades on from their last release, Acid Jazz forefathers Galliano are back with news of their new LP Halfway Somewhere which... 

Call for Winter II: Resonance is the new album from Daniel Herskedal and the second album, as... 

Empty Empty is Cinema Paradiso's 3rd album. Cinema Paradiso functions as a trio without a leader, consisting of Kurt Van Herck (Brussels Jazz... 

The only recording by Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers for the Impulse! Records label was... 

On his second and last album for Impulse! Records, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard went all out: with a... 

A visit to Brazil sparked Horace Silver's interest in his Portuguese roots and led to the magnificent "Song For My Father", his... 

For Dexter Gordon, "Go" was his best album, and few would disagree with him. With his perfect rhythm section consisting of Sonny Clark, Butch... 

Recorded in New York in 1958, and released the same year, In Orbit is trumpeter Clark Terry’s sixth album as leader. Featuring... 

In October 1955, Chet Baker and his Quartet are to give a series of concerts, notably in France. Many... 

In October 1955, Chet Baker and his Quartet are to give a series of concerts, notably in France. Many... 

In October 1955, Chet Baker and his Quartet are to give a series of concerts, notably... 

Jackie McLean’s 1962 album Let Freedom Ring reflected the change in the air of the early ‘60s: both the musical freedoms being... 

Recorded in the wee hours of Good Friday 1960, this charming and impromptu Pacific Jazz session captured the easygoing alchemy... 

Following the runaway success of The Sidewinder in 1964, Alfred Lion continued to record trumpeter Lee Morgan frequently in the hopes of... 

1964 was a momentous year in the musical life of Wayne Shorter. At the start of the year the saxophonist was still a member of Art Blakey & The... 

"Music On Vinyl proudly presents the first installment of the acclaimed Miles Davis Bootleg... 

Music On Vinyl proudly presents the second installment of the acclaimed Miles Davis Bootleg series... 

These are four historic performances from the Fillmore East and West in 1970, at a time when Miles Davis... 

Miles Davis' 20-year association as an artist at impresario George Wein's renowned Newport Jazz Festival... 

Standing in the shadow of the unprecedented mainstream success of Getz's bossa period that came before, the Creed Taylor produced Sweet Rain... 

"Mississippi Goddam" staked out Nina Simone's support of the Civil Rights movement when... 

Recorded in 1966 and one of the true gems in the Rollins catalog, East Broadway Run Down sees Rollins venturing into moody and... 

Celebration, Volume 1 is the first in a series of archival releases that the legendary saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter curated... 

After 27 years and nearly 20 albums, it still bears repeating that Bill Charlap is one of the great jazz piano players, and that... 

Monk’s Blues is an album by Thelonious Monk, accompanied by a big band arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson. Produced by Teo Macero, the... 

The late-1960s and early-1970s were a wildly creative period for Bobby Hutcherson with the vibraphonist freely exploring a wide range of... 

Lee Morgan’s 1968 album Taru—which wouldn’t be first released until 1980 as part of the LT Series—found the trumpeter at a crossroads exploring... 

180-gram vinyl Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab from the original analog master tape Pressed at Quality Record... 

Recorded for Impulse in 1967, a session originally intended to be a trio date morphed into an 11 ½-minute duet on "Summertime" between... 

Released in 1971 on Impulse and recorded with two different ensembles, Thembi marked a departure from the slowly developing, side-long, mantra-like... 

Jordan Hamilton's "Project Freedom" revolves around the non-traditional ways Jordan applies the Cello to play chords, layer... 

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"This perfectly harmonising duo focuses on strong contrasts and thrives on empathy and intense exchanges." – Deutschlandfunk Having previously... 

Vocalist and violinist Alice Zawadzki, pianist Fred Thomas (who also plays the vielle and drums here) and bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado present... 

“Ornithology: The Best of Bird” is a new collection bringing together 11 cuts from legendary... 

'The Jazz Experiments of Charles Mingus' is a compilation of some of the jazz bassist and composer's material for Period Records, initially... 

After 17 albums and a prestigious GRAMMY® Awards nomination, Ibrahim Maalouf returns... 

Chicago's Black Diamond debuts on We Jazz Records with their new album Furniture Of the Mind Rearranging on 5th... 

Luminessence series Released on vinyl for the first time!
A ravishingly beautiful album, recorded in 2000, by... 

Luminessence series Originally released in 2001 by the great American jazz trio that delivered the poll-topping "Nothing Ever Was, Anyway" in... 

Luminessence series... 

More than any other album in the canon of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, 1958's Moanin' — featuring the... 

1964 was one of the most momentous years in the musical life of Wayne Shorter. Early in the year the saxophonist was still... 

The Magnificent Thad Jones is widely regarded as the greatest small group recording of the trumpeter and composer’s career. Following... 

Tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan blew in from Chicago in 1957 and put the NYC jazz scene on notice with a trio of excellent Blue Note sessions... 

"Is that what you wanted, Alfred?" we hear in Miles Davis' unmistakable rasp at the end of "One for Daddy-O," making... 

Lee Morgan's magnum opus The Sidewinder—recorded in 1963 and release in 1964—was both a comeback and a coronation. The prodigious trumpeter... 

This classic 1960 album by Mulligan, the Cool Jazz innovator, and Webster, the legendary... 

Al Di Meola's "Twentyfour," is a testament to creativity. Conceived during the tumultuous times of the pandemic, what started as a simple acoustic... 

We Jazz Records julkaisee kesäkuussa todellisen avantgarden tähtisikermän uutuuslevyn, kun Nels Cline, Chris Corsano, Darin... 

We Jazz Records julkaisee kesäkuussa todellisen avantgarden tähtisikermän uutuuslevyn, kun Nels Cline, Chris Corsano, Darin... 

The seventh album by spiritual jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, Thembi was released in 1971. Recorded with two different ensembles, the... 

Otomo Yoshihide - electric guitar, Masahiko Satoh – piano, Roger Turner - drumset, percussion. These three men distil different... 

Meshell Ndegeocello has announced her second Blue Note album No More Water: The Gospel Of... 

Meshell Ndegeocello has announced her second Blue Note album No More Water: The... 

Acoustic Sounds Series reissues from Verve/Universal Music Enterprises! Monthly releases highlighting the world's most historic and... 

John Wright’s 1960 debut album “South Side Soul” was originally released on... 

Rekindling the familiarly flowing interplay with fellow travellers Thomas Morgan and João Lobo – the trio’s musical partnership goes...