Jazz

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...

Brandee Younger is a performer, composer and educator. She leads her own ensemble and has worked with such musicians as Pharaoh Sanders, Lauryn Hill, John Legend, and Common. Somewhere Different was recorded in New York City and at the legendary Van Gelder Studios. The...

BRANDON SUAREZ IS ONE OF THE UP AND COMING TENOR SAXOPHONISTS IN NYC TODAY. HIS DEBUT ALBUM FEATURES TYLER HENDERSON, CALEB TOBOCMAN AND JACOB SMITH.Brandon Suarez is one of the up and coming tenor saxophonists in NYC today. Originally from Cuba and having grown...

For The Love Of It All is more than trumpeter and composer Brandon Woody's recording debut; it is a manifesto, a ritual, a hymn to the enduring power of love. Joined by his band Upendo - Troy Long (piano, organ, Rhodes, keyboards), Quincy Phillips...

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...

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Bruce Liu, winner of the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition and famous for his distinctive mix of "feline agility and lightness of touch" (New York Times), breaks new ground with the supposedly well known. Following his enormous success with WAVES, a tribute to French...

Limited red colored vinyl LP pressing. Drawing inspiration from the shadowy cabarets and smoky jazz halls of late-1920s Weimar Berlin, Bitter-Sweet sees Bryan Ferry and His Orchestra reimagining his solo and Roxy Music catalogue with a sophisticated jazz sensibility. The album features elegant horn...

The Bryan Ferry Orchestra - "Bitter-Sweet" Drawing inspiration from the shadowy cabarets and smoky jazz halls of late‑1920s Weimar Berlin, Bitter-Sweet sees Bryan Ferry and His Orchestra reimagining his solo and Roxy Music catalogue with a sophisticated jazz sensibility. The album features elegant horn...

Limited green vinyl LP pressing. Step into a world where classic art-pop meets the roaring 1920s. The Jazz Age reimagines Bryan Ferry's Roxy?Music and solo catalog as elegant jazz instrumentals, presented by the Bryan Ferry Orchestra. From "Virginia Plain" and "Do the Strand" to...

The Bryan Ferry Orchestra -"The Jazz Age" / Step into a world where classic art‑pop meets the roaring 1920s. The Jazz Age reimagines Bryan Ferry's Roxy Music and solo catalog as elegant jazz instrumentals, presented by the Bryan Ferry Orchestra. From "Virginia Plain" and...

The amazing bebop piano genius Bud Powell made his most enduring recordings as a leader for Blue Note. Powell's 1949 and 1951 sessions were compiled in 1955 on The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1. Featuring the pianist with the likes of Sonny Rollins, Fats...

30th Anniversary edition of 1500 individually numbered copies on purple coloured 180-gram audiophile vinyl. American blues guitarist Buddy Guy released his eighth studio album Feels Like Rain in 1993. It was produced by John Porter. The album features Guy's take on songs written by...

The Buddy Rich estate releases Birdland, a collection of never before released and exclusive tracks recorded by band member and engineer Alan Gauvin at the peak of Buddy's career in the mid 70s with his band Killer Force. Featured in the film Whiplash, this...

In April 1985 - two years before his untimely passing - Buddy Rich and his band recorded a concert at One Pass Productions' King Street Studio in San Francisco using state-of-the-art equipment designed to capture the band in a typically live setting with natural...

Double orange colored vinyl LP pressing. When Buddy Rich and his Killer Force Band were at their peak, Buddy began to feature a trio segment, often twice a night. Buddy would exclusively use brushes rather than sticks, even in his drum solos. Young prodigy...

Buddy Rich - "Trios" - When Buddy Rich and his Killer Force Band were at their peak, Buddy began to feature a trio segment, often twice a night. Buddy would exclusively use brushes rather than sticks, even in his drum solos. Young prodigy pianist...

Vinyl LP pressing. Cab Calloway was a trailblazing entertainer, an early king of cool, and an American icon. In a career spanning six decades, he was a talented bandleader, known for hiring the very best talent, before going on to become a revered solo...

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Amazonas finds legendary vibraphonist Cal Tjader deep in his `70s Brazilian jazz fusion bag, operating at the sonic intersection between Rio and California, backed by a pairing of Airto Moreira on production, and George Duke on arrangements, and guest performances by Hermeto Pascoal, David...

The first official release of previously-unissued live Cal Tjader music in nearly 20 years. A collection of previously unissued live recordings of the iconic vibraphonist Cal Tjader from 6 different performances at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle from 1963-1967 capturing. This 2-CD set...

With the tenor saxophone of John Coltrane joining Cannonball Adderley's alto on two tracks, this exciting 1959 session boasts the same band featured on Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, sans Miles and Bill Evans, as they through a lively set of blues and ballads....

Cannonball's Sharpshooters, originally released in 1958, documents alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley leading a quintet featuring cornetist Nat Adderley, pianist Junior Mance, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Jimmy Cobb. Recorded on March 4 and 6, 1958, at Bell Sound in New York City, the...

In San Francisco (Vinyl)

After joining forces in Miles Davis's sextet and on two previous Adderley albums, Cannonball and Bill Evans once again made beautiful music together on this 1961 LP. Three bonus cuts including an unissued Toy take join Waltz for Debby; Who Cares?; Know What I...

Know What I Mean? (Original Jazz Classics Series / Vinyl)

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...

Mabel John, Carla's Stax label-mate, chose the tracks for this stellar single-disc look at the finest moments of the Queen of Memphis Soul! Here are her hits Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes); I Like What You're Doing (to Me); a Love of My...

Released at the height of his cosmic creative powers, Cosmos Nucleus finds Panamanian saxophonist Carlos Garnett expanding his bold vision of jazz as liberation, healing, and outer-space expression. A potent mixture of modal vamps, psychedelic textures, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, and transcendental vocals, the album bridges...