Jazz

Acclaimed saxophonist composer/bandleader Phil Dwyer terms Changing Seasons "my most ambitious project yet, without a doubt." That's saying something, given his resume and adventurous spirit. Changing Seasons is a compelling violin concerto, featuring internationally renowned violin virtuoso Mark Fewer that bridges the jazz and...

Vinyl LP repressing. From the opening bars of the title track of this beautiful album, Oscar Peterson lays down the kind of piano playing for which he had been famous for well over a decade; the deftness of touch, the almost sleight of hand,...

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in tip-on jacket. Released as part of the Acoustic Sounds Series celebrating 70 years of Contemporary Records, saxophonist Art Pepper's classic big band album, + Eleven, features modern jazz classics by Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and...

Joe Pass

Not just guitarists, but jazz lovers everywhere marveled at the feats of musicianship and musicality pulled off by Pass on the LP that made him famous ('73). These unaccompanied solos still stun and deeply satisfy: Night and Day; Stella by Starlight; Cherokee; How High...

Notes with Attachments is an instrumental collaboration between bassist Pino Palladino and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist/producer Blake Mills. Recorded in stages over two and a half years and initially conceived as a solo project for Palladino, the album brings together a shared cohort of musicians from jazz,...

Nothing less than one of the great jazz piano trio albums of all time. First released in 1964, We Get Requests features all-time-classic versions of "The Girl From Ipanema", "Quiet Nights" and "The Days Of Wine And Roses".Seeking to offer definitive audiophile grade versions...

Very Tall, released in 1961, features the first partnership between Oscar Peterson and vibraphonist Milt Jackson. The quartet set (which also includes bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen) swings as hard as one might expect. Highlights include "On Green Dolphin Street," ``John Brown's...

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in deluxe gatefold jacket. Celebrating it's 60th anniversary, this release presents the complete original album Night Train, one of the many masterpieces recorded by the classic Oscar Peterson Trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen. Featuring a number of...

The Oscar Peterson Trio: Bursting Out With The All-Star Big Band LP - vinyl album/LP (12" size), released 2011 in the United States by Verve Records (V-8476), Barcode: 0600753306161 -- reissue, gatefold sleeve -- Genre: Jazz

The Cusp' is Roberto Occhipinti's second CD as a leader, featuring performances by Hilario Duran, Dafnis Prieto, Phil Dwyer, Hugh Marsh, John Johnson and members of the Boss Brass. ARTIST BIO: Imagination, versatility and technical excellence are all adjectives that describe Canadian bassist, Roberto...

Building upon the success of his 2005 Juno Nominated disc "Yemaya" and the critically acclaimed releases "The Cusp" and "Trinacria", Roberto Occhipinti?s new release A BEND IN THE RIVER features the talents of pianist David Virelles, Alto Saxophonist Luis Deniz and critically acclaimed drummer/composer...

Michael Occhipinti

Propelled by the prolonged period of reflection and practice during the pandemic, Keith O'Rourke began exploring the freedoms and boundaries of a smaller, chordless trio. 'Imperfect Perfectionist' is a collection of compositions and arrangements that shine in this new ensemble. Always the perfectionist, Keith...

Yannick N?zet-S?guin/The Philadelphia Orchestra -"Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle Of The Dead" Verve Label Group; Deutsche Grammophon; Classical - The culmination of Yannick N?zet-S?guin's Rachmaninoff orchestral cycle with his "Fabulous Philadelphians". Reviewing the previous issue with Symphony No.1 and the Symphonic Dances,...

The saxist/composer/arranger offers up six unique takes on the blues for this 1961 classic, alongside one of the great pick-up bands in jazz history: Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers and Roy Haynes.

Joined by her core band of Matthew Stevens (guitar), Justin Tyson and Eric Doob (drums), Leo Genovese (piano), Corey D. King (vocals, synths), Spalding and Nascimento together reimagined five of his beloved songs, along with four Spalding originals, and covers from The Beatles, Michael...

Solace of the Mind is a profoundly lyrical solo album from pianist, organist, vocalist, and newly minted NEA Jazz Master Amina Claudine Myers. This extraordinary recording, a follow-up to her critically acclaimed duo with Wadada Leo Smith (Central Park's Mosaic of Reservoir, Lake, Paths...

Recorded in 1959, Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges is heralded as one of the best of Mulligan's recorded pairings with fellow instrumentalists. On this date, the two saxophonists are joined by a solid rhythm section of Claude Williamson (piano), Buddy Clark (bass) and Mel...

Gerry Mulligan/Ben Webster - Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster: Recorded in two sessions during November and December 1959, this historic summit meeting between the baritone and tenor sax masters produced some classic Mulligan compositions ("The Cat Walk," "Tell Me When") and also unique takes...

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in a tip-on jacket. Black Rhythm Revolution! Is the first solo album from jazz-funk legend Idris Muhammad, a New Orleans-bred percussion wizard. Here we catch him accompanied by virtuosos Kenny Barron, Ron Carter, Melvin Sparks, who came together for...

Vinyl LP pressing. Part of Norman Granz's JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC series, PARIS, 1972 features a live performance in the City of Lights by one of the biggest name in Blues: The great Muddy Waters. Backed by an all-star band (Pinetop Perkins on piano,...

The Xanadu Master Edition Series - all newly remastered recordings from the out-of-print jazz label of the 70s and 80s. There will be 25 albums in total over next 18 months. From the Attic of My Mind is the definitive Sam Most album, according...

The Sidewinder (Blue Note 85 Classic Vinyl)

Lee Morgan's Infinity, which was recorded in 1965 but not released until 1981, finds the great trumpeter leading a robust quintet featuring saxophonist Jackie McLean, pianist Larry Willis, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Billy Higgins to the far reaches of the hard bop tradition...

Listening to Lee Morgan's molten solo on "A Night In Tunisia," the opening track of The Cooker, it's hard to fathom that he was only 19 years old at the time. Recorded shortly after his dazzling performance on John Coltrane's masterpiece `Blue Train' in...

The Complete Live At The Lighthouse presents, for the first time, all 12 sets of the legendary trumpeter Lee Morgan and his quintet during their historic engagement at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, CA, from July 10-12, 1970. This 12 LP box set encompasses...

Wes Montgomery - "The Complete Full House Recordings" Released to celebrate influential jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery's centennial, The Complete Full House Recordings brings together all the recordings from the Full House sessions with two previously unreleased performances. Featuring Johnny Griffin, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers...

The 24-bit remastered Thelonious Monk PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON includes the classics "It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)", "Mood Indigo", "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" and many more.

After the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968, racial tensions across the country rose. Palo Alto, a largely white college town in Cali, wasn't immune. Danny Scher, a junior at the high school, had a dream to have Thelonious Monk perform...

1957 release by Thelonious Monk featuring Sonny Rollins, Ernie Henry, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach, Clark Terry and Paul Chambers.

Hank Mobley, famously called the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", had a round sound and an incredible rhythmic lightness. This remarkable 1957 session features a stunning cast of bop giants, including Art Farmer, Pepper Adams, Sonny Clark and more. "East of Brooklyn", a...

Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley had been recording for Blue Note for a decade when he made his excellent 1965 album A Caddy for Daddy featuring a first-class sextet with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, McCoy Tyner on piano, Bob Cranshaw on...