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Blue Mitchell was a member of Horace Silver's quintet before he began recording his own albums as leader for Blue Note through the 1960s. His 1966 album, Bring It Home to Me, is a bluesy and soulful hard bop date featuring the trumpeter with...

Down With It! (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (Vinyl)

Trumpeter Blue Mitchell's soulful, swinging style embodied the Blue Note ethos. His 1964 debut for the label, The Thing To Do, showcased his sound across a diverse set of tunes from hard bop to ballads to Calypso with an exceptional quintet featuring Junior Cook...

Meeting of Minds" focuses on the integration of voices with the big band. The combination of the dynamic writing styles of Bob Mintzer and Darmon Meader, from New York Voices, produces a very dense yet very fresh sonic palette. There are subtle harmonic and...

Together with jazz legend and Grammy award winner Bob James, Till Br?nner - Germany's most successful jazz musician - has recorded his longawaited new studio album. One a musician from the birthplace of jazz and the other immersed in European tradition, the two met...

1965's Dialogue was the debut by vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, who had already proven himself a versatile sideman on albums from Idle Moments to Out To Lunch. Dialogue showcased his more adventurous leanings with a sextet featuring Freddie Hubbard, Sam Rivers, Andrew Hill, Richard Davis...

When considering the jazz vibraphone giants of the 20th century, seven stand out: Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo, Milt Jackson, Terry Gibbs, Cal Tjader, Gary Burton, and Bobby Hutcherson. Bobby Hutcherson (1941-2016), originally inspired by Milt Jackson, emerged from Los Angeles in the late 1950s....

HAPPENINGS(BLUE NOTE CL/LP

A high-water mark of Bobby Hutcherson's 1970s Blue Note output, Montara, is a feel-good album that found the vibraphonist conjuring up an intoxicating hybrid of Latin jazz and fusion grooves from the percolating rhythms of "La Malanga," "Yuyo," and "Oye Como Va" to the...

The musical partnership between vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and tenor saxophonist Harold Land fully blossomed on the 1970 album San Francisco, which found the musicians moving into fusion territory with relentlessly grooving tunes like "Goin' Down South" and "Ummh" counterbalanced by exploratory pieces like the...

Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson's 1966 album Stick-Up! found him in the company of a new band line-up with Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Lewis, and Billy Higgins. The quintet covers a vast expanse of post-bop territory on five Hutcherson originals, plus Ornette Coleman's "Una Muy...

The Kicker was vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson's first session (1963) via Blue Note but wasn't released until 1999. Instead, Dialogue was released as his debut album 2 years later. Now available on vinyl for the first time! A sequel to Grant Green's masterpiece Idle Moments,...

Total Eclipse (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (Vinyl)

An exciting new Latin Jazz reworking of West Side Story by Multi-Grammy nominated Bobby Sanabria MULTIVERSE Big Band!b P iHi, Bobby Sanabria here! Two years ago I came up with the idea of re-arranging the music from Leonard Bernstein's masterpiece West Side Story and...

Bobby Watson - Back Home In Kansas City. Smoke Sessions Records distribuzione Egea Music

Sphere

Sphere (Vinyl)

Four-time GRAMMY nominee, multiplatinum-selling saxophonist Boney James' new album, Detour, marks his 18th release as a leader. Following the success of his 2020 album, Solid (#1 Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart, #10 Billboard Top Albums Chart), Boney's new record showcases 10 original tracks including "Coastin'"...

Four-time GRAMMY nominee, multiplatinum-selling saxophonist Boney James' new album, Detour, marks his 18th release as a leader. Following the success of his 2020 album, Solid (#1 Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart, #10 Billboard Top Albums Chart), Boney's new record showcases 10 original tracks including "Coastin'"...

Limited glow in the dark vinyl LP pressing. Record-breaking Brit and Grammy Award-nominated, Billboard Award-winning global sensations, Glass Animals, announce the special anniversary collection of their critically acclaimed third album, Dreamland. Dreamland is the album that brought us the global hit, "Heat Waves," leading...

SOLID

Bostic, Earl

Grammy-winner, Boz Scaggs, known for his silky voice and genre-blending style, takes a refined turn with a jazz-influenced record that showcases his deep appreciation for classic grooves and sophisticated arrangements. Blending smoky vocals with laid-back rhythms, the album nods to the cool jazz clubs...

Grammy-winner, Boz Scaggs, known for his silky voice and genre-blending style, takes a refined turn with a jazz-influenced record that showcases his deep appreciation for classic grooves and sophisticated arrangements. Blending smoky vocals with laid-back rhythms, the album nods to the cool jazz clubs...

Brad Mehldau

The album comprises nine thematically related songs by Mehldau and features performances by him on piano, synthesizers, percussion, and Fender Rhodes, as well as vocals. Guest musicians include Ambrose Akinmusire, Sara Caswell, Kurt Elling, Joel Frahm, Mark Guiliana, Gabriel Kahane, and Becca Stevens, among...

Nonesuch Records releases pianist and composer Brad Mehldau’s Ride into the Sun—a songbook recordof music by the late singer, songwriter, and guitarist Elliott Smith. Featured musicians include singer/guitarist Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear); singer/mandolinist Chris Thile (Punch Brothers, NickelCreek); bassists Felix Moseholm (Brad Mehldau Trio)...

Nonesuch Records releases pianist and composer Brad Mehldau’s Ride into the Sun—a songbook recordof music by the late singer, songwriter, and guitarist Elliott Smith. Featured musicians include singer/guitarist Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear); singer/mandolinist Chris Thile (Punch Brothers, NickelCreek); bassists Felix Moseholm (Brad Mehldau Trio)...

MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST BRAD TURNER RETURNS WITH A NEW ALBUM JOINED BY BASSIST DARREN RADTKE, DRUMMER BERNIE ARAI & PERCUSSIONIST/CONGUERO JACK DUNCAN.Brad Turner is that rare, multi talented artist that conveys truth and beauty in a myriad of ways. Whether the channel is the trumpet, the...

Brand New Life

The gadabout - a carefree pleasure-seeker who is always in motion, seeking out fun no matter the circumstances. In the end, more than just the title track was impacted by that fortuitous word of the day. "The album reflects the journey - the search...