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SIMON NABATOV·NILS WOGRAM - Starting a Story (2002)
Russian pianist Simon Nabatov is a fascinating performer, a hurricane of a free player at times, but one who knows orthodox jazz history inside out and is also a spikily innovative explorer of...
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MARILYN CRISPELL·MARK DRESSER·GERRY HEMINGWAY - Play Braxton (2012)
In 2012, John Zorn's Tzadik label hosted something like a School of Anthony Braxton reunion, as pianist Marilyn Crispell, bassist Mark Dresser, and drummer Gerry Hemingway revisited some of the...
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BOB STEWART - Connections, Mind the Gap (2014)
There isn’t a better tuba player in jazz than Bob Stewart, as he has proven time and again, from early work with the Gil Evans Orchestra, Dizzy and Mingus and others, and the pivotal role he played in...
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GERD DUDEK - 'Smatter (2002)
Gerd Dudek has been active on the European jazz scene since the early '60s, but his discography as a leader is paper thin. Evan Parker, who plays with him in the Globe Unity Orchestra and runs the...
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DON PULLEN·GEORGE ADAMS QUARTET - Breakthrough (1986)
Yes, this is a career breakthrough in a sense, for the Don Pullen/George Adams Quartet finally got a chance to record for a major American label after several Europe-only opuses. They seemed genuinely...
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URI CAINE - Solitaire (2001)
Solitaire, the first solo piano album by Uri Caine, is a tour de force. Recorded "with no processing" at Schloss Elmau in Germany, the disc was released in tandem with Bedrock and Rio (about as...
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DIEGO BARBER - Calima (2009)
Young acoustic guitarist Diego Barber reflects his experiences living in Spain, Greece, and Germany with a classically oriented set of contemporary jazz rooted in -- but not beholden to -- flamenco...
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DIEGO BARBER - The Choice (2011)
The precociously talented Diego Barber is known for the grandeur and majesty of his playing. The fabulous report of the guitarist's tone, his impressive dynamics and exquisiteness of expression are...
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ENRICO PIERANUNZI·SCOTT COLLEY·ANTONIO SANCHEZ - Permutation (2012)
Enrico Pieranunzi is among the top echelon of European jazz pianists. For this session he plays his originals with veteran bassist Scott Colley and the rising young drummer Antonio Sanchez. "Strangest...
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BILL CHARLAP - Along With Me (1993)
This CD has the recording debut as a leader of pianist Bill Charlap. Already a member of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Charlap would soon join the Phil Woods Quartet/Quintet. A master at swinging...
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BILL CHARLAP - All Through The Night (1998)
This trio outing by pianist Bill Charlap (with bassist Peter Washington and drummer KennyWashington) is a superior modern mainstream set. Charlap's boppish yet melodic style (which is championed by...
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BILL CHARLAP·PETER BERNSTEIN·PETER WASHINGTON - I'm Old Fashioned (2010)
No one can deny that Bill Charlap was one of the greatest jazz pianists of his generation. His encyclopedic knowledge of the American Songbook is second to none, and his fascinating phrasing,...
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TRIOSONIC - Anything Your Little Heart Says (2014)
Tracks01. Spazio (Michele Rabbia)02. Three Kings (Giovanni Maier)03. Agrodolce (Giovanni Maier)04. Sequence (Michele Rabbia)05. Choiropsales (Giovanni Maier)06. Anything Your Little Heart Says...
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RALPH ALESSI - Baida (2013)
On the back of a particularly fertile spell of activity including a recent duo recording with Fred Hersch, the San Franciscan, New York-based trumpeter-composer Ralph Alessi’s stature has grown higher...
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DAVE DOUGLAS QUINTET - Time Travel (2013)
Time Travel is the follow-up to 2012's Be Still, the critically acclaimed debut of trumpeter Dave Douglas' new Quintet. Since co-founding Greenleaf Records with label manager Michael Friedman in 2005,...
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TIGRAN AMASYAN - A Fable (2011)
The young, Armenian-born pianist Tigran Hamasyan possesses an almost intimidating virtuosity, a style that owes as much to Art Tatum's two-handed volubility and the sweeping refinement of Impressionist...
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MILCHO LEVIEV - Bulgarian Piano Blues (1990)
A brilliant pianist who gained some fame when he was with Don Ellis' orchestra in the 1970s, Milcho Leviev has played in the Los Angeles area ever since. This rare solo piano CD features Leviev mostly...
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MILCHO LEVIEV - Gourbet Mohabet (1990)
When Milcho Leviev left Bulgaria, it was 1970. A new generation has grown up since. Can you possibly imagine how much has flowed under his fingers since then, how many concerts, records, arrangements...
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RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA & BUNKY GREEN - Apex (2010)
Saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa is best known as pianist Vijay Iyer's regular partner, but he's paired here with an alto sax inspiration from his student years: the little-known (and now 75-year-old)...
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DEXTER GORDON QUARTET - Bouncin' with Dex (1975)
Dexter Gordon thrived on the attention of European jazz fans while living there during the 1960s and early '70s, while he also had a wealth of opportunities to record for labels on the continent. This...
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