Jazz - CD

A very compelling collaboration of two internationally acclaimed Cuban jazz pianists and composers, Hilario Duran and David Virelles. This collection of piano duets features the virtuosic playing of two musicians in peak form.The Toronto-based Duran is a towering figure in Cuban music. Over a...

This DVD features Paquito D'Rivera, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, and a who's who of Cuban and Canadian jazz stars.

A Time To Remember is a continuation of the special synergy that inhabited Elina Duni's acclaimed Lost Ships and finds her regrouping with that album's quartet of guitarist Rob Luft, Matthieu Michel on flugelhorn and Fred Thomas on percussion and piano. The notion of...

Chris Donnelly is a young jazz pianist, composer, and improviser known for his musicality, versatility and ability to captivate an audience."There's some real brilliance there? a healthy balance of lyricism, introspection, fire, swing, surprise, and virtuosity. There is a real sense of vision, a...

Metamorphosis is based on the 1939 work of that name by world-renowned Dutch graphic artist, MC Escher. Just as Escher's monumental graphic delights it's viewers with it's imaginative shape-shifting, Donnelly's composition takes the listener on a fascinating journey through a musical landscape that changes...

This Montreux concert from 1994 brings together 3 of the great talents of jazz fusion. Stars in their own right, Al Di Meola (guitars), Stanley Clarke (bass), and Jean-Luc Ponty (violin) reach new levels of virtuosity as a trio. The concert features highlights from...

Dexters

Noted for a distinctive voice, a tender way with a ballad and a fierce sense of swing, singer-pianist Blossom Dearie invested even the most familiar standards with her delightful, one-of-a-kind wit and charm. The selections included here are from the iconic series of albums...

In the 11th edition of the Concord Music Groups remastered CDs originally issued by Prestige Records in the 50s and 60s, three more classics that engineer Rudy Van Gelder recorded and recently digitally upgraded. All three were recorded in the 50s and feature the...

The same superb sessions that produced Relaxin', Workin' and Cookin' are heard on this 1956 LP. The interplay among Miles, Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones is just amazing on Diane; Well, You Needn't; Surrey with the Fringe on Top; Salt...

This is the remastered version of Miles Davis' album RELAXIN WITH THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET, that features such songs as "If I Were a Bell," "You're My Everything," and "I Could Write a Book.

The phenomenal strength of Dave Holland's bass pushes Steve Coleman and Jack DeJohnette into their most powerful work to date," opined the Sydney Morning Herald. "The subtlety of Coleman's inflections, the poise and complexity of his lines, are at the service of a very...

Chinese Butterfly is a reunion of two musical titans, a creative partnership that dates back to the early days of Return To Forever with Chick Corea when Steve Gadd was one of the first drummers.

For the past half-century, on a jazz landscape that has seen it's share of twists and turns, Chick Corea has always kept the faith not just for himself, but for his peers and for the subsequent generations of musicians (and fans) whom he has...

Chick Corea's first unaccompanied album initiated the solo piano idiom at ECM, and proved to be extremely influential. Alongside music created in the moment, some powerful melodies are explored here, not least that of "Sometime Ago" soon to be a theme song for the...

A guitarist's guitarist, Bill Connors has always had the admiration of his peers, drawing praise for his left-hand vibrato, his sense of space, his liquid phrasing, the way he lingers on a note - all qualities evident on this 1977 recording. Jazz Journal: "The...

After 30 million albums sold worldwide, 13 No. 1 jazz albums in the United States, and a music, film, television and Broadway career spanning three decades, Harry Connick, Jr. returns with a sensational new record, True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter. Comprised exclusively...

Digitally remastered edition of the Jazz legend's groundbreaking 1965 album. A Love Supreme is generally considered to be among Coltrane's greatest works, as it melded the hard bop sensibilities of his early career with the free jazz style he adopted later. A Love Supreme...

Exclusive import-only compilation from the popular Jazz/Pop vocalist. This comprehensive CD is a cross section of recordings that span her entire career and includes hit material as well as rarities including, 'Hum Drum Blues'(featuring Javon Jackson and Mulgrew Miller), 'Shiver Me Timbers', 'The Question...

On Cautious Clay's deeply personal Blue Note debut KARPEH, the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer takes an artistic leap forward with an ambitious yet introspective album about growth, conceptions of intimacy and lineage that reveals a new side of his artistry by delving deeper...

Saxophone master James Carter make his Blue Note debut with James Carter Organ Trio: Live From Newport Jazz—his first new release since 2011. A soulfully robust dispatch from America’s most storied jazz festival, it’s also a follow-up of sorts to his acclaimed 2000 album...

A first-ever official release of Donald Byrd's Live: Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux on what would have been the legendary trumpeter's 90th birthday: December 9, 2022. In July 1973, Blue Note Records headed to Switzerland to showcase several of the label's stars at...

Crystal Silence

At 91 years old, Dave recorded peerless takes on best-known children's songs, beloved standards, and originals as a gift to his grandchildren and as his last studio recording. His playing, ingenuity and integrity, all hallmarks of great Brubeck recordings, are abundantly apparent on this...

Strands

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Saxophonist Branford Marsalis, one of the foremost jazz artists of our time and a pacesetting creative force in music for more than four decades, makes his Blue Note debut with Belonging, a full album reinterpretation of Keith Jarrett's 1974 ECM album of the same...

Eight years after Blue Maqams, Anouar Brahem returns with a poignant project, titled after a line of verse by poet Mahmoud Darwish, which asks "Where should the birds fly, after the last sky?" Graceful chamber pieces for oud, cello, piano and bass subtly address...

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Boros, Zsofia

Andando el Tiempo features new music of wide emotional compass by NEA Jazz Master Carla Bley, and underlines her originality and resourcefulness as a jazz composer. This trio with Sheppard and Swallow has been an ideal vehicle for Carla's writing for more than 20...

Refract

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Johnathan Blake - "Passage" / Johnathan Blake's new album Passage is a stirring follow-up to acclaimed 2021 label debut Homeward Bound. The drummer and composer reconvened his band Pentad featuring alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, vibraphonist Joel Ross, pianist David Virelles, and bassist Dezron Douglas....

Bill Evans Trio - On A Friday Evening - Craft Recordings - Newly discovered live performance by the Bill Evans Trio, featuring Eddie Gomez - bass and Eliot Zigmund - drums. The previously unreleased concert took place on June 20, 1975, at Oil Can...

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, purveyors of American big band, jumpin jazz and blues have a special holiday gift for naughty and nice fans alike. The multiplatinum selling, Grammy nominated band is back with a holiday album entitled It Feels Like Christmas Time, an all...

Tony Bennett

The exquisite piano passages of Bill Evans brought out the absolute best in Bennett when they met in the studio for the first time in '75. Here's the complete classic plus five unissued alternate takes!; they do But Beautiful; Young and Foolish; My Foolish...

Jaymz Bee and his Royal Jelly Orchestra mark their 10th anniversary by getting Seriously Happy. The thirteen songs on this album are playful interpretations of jazz standards along with a brand new composition, "Who Wouldn't Care For You", written and sung by Alex Pangman...

Baritone Madness was formed by Pat Belliveau, Keith O'Rourke, and Gareth Bane to bring the magic of the baritone saxophone to audiences across North America. Baritone Madness is a highly unique configuration; a quintet comprised of three baritone saxophonists as leads, supported by a...

Limited two CD set includes a booklet with photos, liner notes, essays and interviews. Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions in Holland features 2 recordings of Chet Baker at the VARA Studio 2 in Hilversum, the Netherlands for the KRO Radio program Nine...