DAVE STRIKER QUARTET - Blue Degree (1993)
Tracks1. Blue Degrees (Stryker)2. Scorpian Dance (Stryker)3. Alfie (Bacharach)4. Out Of Bounds (Stryker)5. Spirit In The Wind (Stryker)6. Talkin' About J.C. (Larry Young)7. Stella By Starlight...
View ArticleHELGE SUNDE NORSKE STORE ORKESTER - Denada (2006)
Tracks01. IO (Helge Sunde) Nils Jansen - soprano saxophone (solo)02. R.I.P. (Helge Sunde)03. Requiescat In Pace (R.I.P.) (Helge Sunde) Nils Jansen - flute, alto flute Petter Wettre -...
View ArticleKLIMA KALIMA - Chasing Yellow (2007)
Klima Kalima (Kalle Kalima, guitar – Oliver Potratz, bass – Oliver Steidle, drums) is an energetic jazz trio with an expressive and original sound. The music is, however, rooted in the tradition of...
View ArticleCEDAR WALTON·JAVON JACKSON·CHRISTIAN McBRIDE·JIMMY COBB - New York Time (2006)
Having spent most of his time since the late '90s re-appropriating pop, funk, rock, and fusion elements into his progressive jazz albums, bassist Christian McBride makes a joyously off the cuff return...
View ArticleKENNY WERNER - No Beginning No End (2010)
Throughout history, great tragedy has often been the source for great art. This is certainly true of Kenny Werner's No Beginning No End, a work that began as a commission for the MIT Wind Ensemble,...
View ArticleDOUBLE IMAGE - Dawn (1979)
Double Image was the intermittent project of Davids Friedman and Samuels, whose vibes and marimbas found likeminded company in session musicians Harvie Swartz and Michael DiPasqua on Dawn, the second...
View ArticleDON PULLEN & THE AFRICAN BRAZILIAN CONNECTION - Live...Again·Live at Montreux...
One of Don Pullen's most spiritual albums of the later years – a live set that has him working with a group that really lives up to the culture-crossing reference of their name – as slight elements of...
View ArticleEMILE PARISIEN QUARTET - Original Pimpant (2009)
Emile Parisien comes from Lot, in the South-West, not very far from Marciac where one of the most important jazz festivals in France is held. Over time, the festival has generated related activities,...
View ArticleEMILE PARISIEN QUARTET - Chien Guêupe (2012)
When looking back on musical history, it’s easy to pluck out the figures that herald big stylistic changes and shatter traditions. While one might freely cite innovators like Duke Ellington, Miles...
View ArticleRABIH ABOU-KHALIL - Arabian Waltz (1996)
Arabian Waltz is the pinnacle of Rabih Abou-Khalil's achievement as a composer and arranger. It is a sublime fusion of jazz, Middle Eastern traditional music, and Western classical. In addition to...
View ArticleRABIH ABOU-KHALIL - Hungry People (2012)
The new work by Lebanese lutenist Rabih Abou-Khalil inaugurates a new stage after leaving Enja Records, a record label in which he has published practically all of his notable albums from the last two...
View ArticleINGRID JENSEN - At Sea (2005)
While many other trumpeters of her generation have basked in the limelight, Canadian Ingrid Jensen has built an impressive body of work as a leader. At Sea is destined to become one of the major...
View ArticleSAMULI MIKKONEN·ANDERS JORMIN·AUDUN KLEIVE - KOM Live (2000)
Recorded live in Helsinki’s KOM Theater during a 1998 Nordic tour, KOM-Live offers a meditative study of emotional density and group interaction filtered through an abstract refraction of the piano...
View ArticleERIC WATSON - Jaded Angels (2006)
The first listen to these “jaded angels” leaves an acute impression of melancholy. We start to dream while looking into the distance, imagining the fog of London or perhaps that of Berlin. Are these...
View ArticleERIC WATSON - Memories of Paris (2010)
Tracks1. Clearings2. Rue Des Martyrs3. Smoking Dog And The Sinner Cat4. New York Moxie5. Rue De Beaujolais6. Rue Des Trois Frères7. Drop Of Gold8. Cité Des Fleurs9. ClarièresERIC WATSON pianoAll...
View ArticleSTEVE KUHN TRIO - Temptation (2001)
Steve Kuhn mixes standards and forgotten gems in these 2001 studio sessions with bassist Buster Williams and drummer Billy Drummond. Beginning with a tantalizing take of "Temptation" that has a slight...
View ArticlePAOLINO DALLA PORTA·KENNY WHEELER·STEFANO BATTAGLIA·BILL ELGART - Tales (1993)
This quartet session features the compositions of bassist Paolino Dalla Porta and pianist Stefano Battaglia, along with Kenny Wheeler's trumpet and flugelhorn solos and drummer Bill Elgart's rhythmic...
View ArticleENRICO PIERANUNZI·MARC JOHNSON·JOEY BARON - Deep Down (1987)
Tracks1 - Don’t Forget The Poet (Enrico Pieranunzi)2 - Ev’rything I Love [Cole Porter] 3 - We’ll Be Together Again [Laine/Fischer] 4 - Someday my Prince Will Come [Morey/Churchill] 5 - Dee Song...
View ArticleENRICO PIERANUNZI TRIO - Plays the Music of Wayne Shorter·Infant Eyes (2000)
Tracks01. Wildflower02. Fall03. Capricorn04. E.S.P.05. Teru06. Deluge07. Nefertiti08. Pinocchio09. Sleeping Dancer, Sleep On10. This Is For Albert11. Infant EyesENRICO PIERANUNZI pianoHEIN VAN DE...
View ArticleADAM MAKOWICZ - Live At The Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol 24 (1992)
Tracks01. Tatum On My Mind (Adam Makowicz)02. Get Out Of Town5:1903. Easy To Love6:5104. I Get A Kick Out Of You5:4305. You Do Something To Me4:2006. I Concentrate On You7:2907. You'd Be So Nice To...
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