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Quartet+

SUNNYSIDE

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$16.49

Sep 17, 2021

Quartet+ is music composed and arranged by women, made possible by a NYC Women's Fund grant. Largely conceived during the Covid-19 pandemic, it celebrates the dynamic creativity of the city I call home, a place that I still find magical, where wonderful things can happen that probably aren't possible anywhere else - like this project! In addition to my compositions, I am delighted to present new arrangements of works by landmark women in jazz: Mary Lou Williams, Geri Allen, Marian McPartland, Carla Bley, and Toshiko Akiyoshi, true pioneers and giants all. I also loved writing for strings and recording in this "double quartet" format, getting the chance to draw from my years of studying classical violin. Looking back over the past year or so, if I remember anything, it will be the bittersweet reminder of the impermanence of all things. I imagine this is why musicians make records - in live performance once the last note is played, the moment is over and everyone moves on... at least until the next concert where we do it all over again. May there be many more such concerts, and let us keep coming together to share music whenever we can - hopefully in person again, very soon! -Helen Sung (NYC, 2021)

Quartet+

$16.49
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SUNNYSIDE

Sep 17, 2021

SYS1624.2

FODDER ON MY WINGS

VERVE

Available as Vinyl

$33.49

Apr 03, 2020

Vinyl LP pressing. Fodder on My Wings is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. It is part of her later works, and can be regarded alongside Baltimore (1978) as one of her better achievements of that period. Recorded soon after Nina moved to Paris, this 1982 LP was one of her personal favorites. She wrote the music and lyrics to all but one of these 13 songs and also arranged and conducted all the tracks. A small French label originally put this out and it's only been sporadically available ever since.

FODDER ON MY WINGS

$33.49
Vinyl

VERVE

Apr 03, 2020

VRVB003115701.1

MONEY JUNGLE

BLUE NOTE RECORDS

Available as Vinyl

$42.99

Apr 24, 2020

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Blue Note Tone Poet Series release. In 1962 Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach recorded Money Jungle, one of the most celebrated jazz trio albums of all time. Generational and stylistic differences between the three created fearless music. The album features some of Ellington's indelible compositions including "Caravan," "Solitude," and a stunning version of "Le Fleurs Africaines (African Flower)."

MONEY JUNGLE

$42.99
Vinyl

BLUE NOTE RECORDS

Apr 24, 2020

BLUNB003146101.1

Schubert: Chamber Music

Brilliant Classics

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$29.99

Jan 16, 2026

Franz Schubert's chamber music occupies a vital place in the Western classical canon, demonstrating both his lyrical genius and emotional depth. Though he is widely known for his lieder and symphonies, his chamber works represent some of the most profound and innovative compositions of the early Romantic era. The String Quintet in C major, D. 956, written just weeks before Schubert's death in 1828, stands as one of the towering achievements in chamber music. Scored for two cellos instead of the more common two violas, the work is known for it's rich, warm textures and emotional contrasts. The slow movement, in particular, is a masterclass in stillness and poignancy, often cited as one of the most sublime moments in all of chamber music. Schubert's string quartets trace his compositional development and deepening expressiveness. The Death and the Maiden quartet (D. 810) is especially significant, combining dramatic intensity with variations on his earlier song of the same name. The juxtaposition of lyrical beauty with stark fatalism reflects Schubert's own grappling with mortality and human vulnerability. His piano trios blend lyricism and formal sophistication. The trios are notable for their expansive melodies, rich harmonic language, and a sense of narrative continuity that hints at the symphonic. The violin sonatas (often referred to as "sonatinas") are earlier works, more modest in scope but filled with charm and grace. While not as emotionally profound as his later chamber works, they already display Schubert's melodic gift and innate sense of dialogue between instruments. The Trout Quintet (D. 667) is perhaps Schubert's most popular chamber work. It's unusual instrumentation featuring piano, violin, viola, cello, and double bass and the famous set of variations on his song "Die Forelle" make it instantly appealing. Yet beyond it's surface charm, the work demonstrates Schubert's brilliance in crafting color and contrast, blending joy and depth seamlessly. Altogether, Schubert's chamber music reveals a composer capable of exploring the most intimate corners of the human soul. These works remain essential listening, offering profound insight into the expressive potential of small ensembles. Excellent performances by the Diogenes Quartet, the Amsterdam Piano Trio and the Berlin Philharmonic Octet.

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Schubert: Chamber Music

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Brilliant Classics

Jan 16, 2026

BRI97668

ALIVE

BLUE NOTE RECORDS

Available as Vinyl

$32.99

Nov 15, 2019

Vinyl LP pressing. After a prolific 5-year run from 1961-1965 when he made more than 20 great hard bop and soul jazz albums for Blue Note, guitarist Grant Green took a four-year hiatus from recording. When he returned to Blue Note in 1969, Green's style had moved into funkier territory as was perfectly captured on his first-ever live album Alive! Which captured a hard-driving set of jazz-funk at the Cliche Lounge in Newark, New Jersey in 1970.

ALIVE

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Vinyl

BLUE NOTE RECORDS

Nov 15, 2019

BLUN0807385.1

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Haenssler Classic

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$32.99

Jun 19, 2026

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach's compositional work can be characterised overall as a permanent conflict between high artistic standards and the need to make concessions to playability, audience taste, and contemporary understanding of music. However, as the eldest son of the famous Thomaskantor, he was willing only to a limited extent to subordinate his musical ideals to external constraints, as numerous contemporary anecdotes and documents attest. He preferred to accept being considered an outsider and deliberately moved his art beyond the boundary that Gotthold Ephraim Lessing described as the threshold at which the common people could "distinguish the true from the false." This uncompromising attitude not only shaped his contemporary failures but also explains the enduring fascination that his work exerts today.

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

$32.99
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Haenssler Classic

Jun 19, 2026

HC25059

1974

MOOSICUS

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$22.49

Aug 20, 2021

1st Time Ever available! Oregon, formed in 1970, comprised Ralph Towner (classical and 12-string guitars), Paul McCandless (oboe and English horn), Glen Moore (double bass) and Collin Walcott (sitar and tabla). The band's music has always been almost totally acoustic. 'Acoustic instruments sound more expressive to me,' Towner explained to Jazzwise magazine (UK) in September 1997. He further explained his guitar style: 'With classical guitar [you're] using all the fingers of your right hand to pluck which means you can be sounding anything from two to five notes in exact unison, rather than a strum.' As well as their core instruments, Towner has played trumpet, synths and piano with the band, McCandless bass clarinet and flute, Moore flute and violin and Walcott clarinet and dulcimer. To name but some. "At one time we were carrying eighty instruments on the road!" McCandless has said. The combining of instruments from disparate musical traditions and the musicians' range of influences meant that 'jazz' was always an inadequate label for the band. 'Live In Bremen 1974' documents Oregon at their mesmerizing best. The interplay between the four players is stunning and on each piece mood and texture are ever-changing, yet always following an aesthetic logic that seems irrefutable. 'Live In Bremen 1974', however, is a reminder of a band that made music that had never been heard before, that had never been imagined before. One track is titled 'Brujo', Spanish for 'sorcerer.' Truly, Towner, McCandless, Moore and Walcott were musical sorcerers whose playing retains it's power to enchant not only the band's original fans but even, surely, anyone lucky enough to be hearing the band for the very first time.

1974

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MOOSICUS

Aug 20, 2021

MOOU218.2

MEET YOU AT THE JAZZ CORNER OF THE WORLD 2

BLUE NOTE RECORDS

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$32.99

Nov 15, 2019

Vinyl LP pressing. The legendary NYC jazz club Birdland was sacred ground for drummer Art Blakey who recorded 3 live albums for Blue Note at the venue between 1954-1960: A Night at Birdland, At the Jazz Corner of the World, and Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World. This last date featured one of the greatest lineups of Blakey's powerhouse outfit The Jazz Messengers with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Bobby Timmons on piano, and Jymie Merritt on bass.

MEET YOU AT THE JAZZ CORNER OF THE WORLD 2

$32.99
Vinyl

BLUE NOTE RECORDS

Nov 15, 2019

BLUN0807387.1

She composes - 53 piano pieces by women composers

Prospero Classical

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$29.99

Jun 12, 2026

With this double CD She Composed - Music by Women Composers, an artistically compelling and culturally significant project comes to life - one that combines musical quality, pedagogical vision, and editorial care in an exemplary way. The album presents piano works by women composers from several centuries and diverse cultural backgrounds, thoughtfully arranged in ascending levels of difficulty: from short, characterful miniatures to large-scale works of considerable technical and expressive demands. At the heart of the project lies it's carefully designed pedagogical concept. The selected works accompany pianists from early stages of learning to an advanced, concert-ready level. The result is a musical pathway that makes both technical development and growing expressive depth audible.

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She composes - 53 piano pieces by women composers

$29.99
CD

Prospero Classical

Jun 12, 2026

PROSP0129

EASTERN EUROPEAN ROOTS

LIGHTYEAR (LTY)

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$12.99

Jun 25, 2002

EASTERN EUROPEAN ROOTS

EASTERN EUROPEAN ROOTS

$12.99
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LIGHTYEAR (LTY)

Jun 25, 2002

LTY54488.2

Couleurs de France

Brilliant Classics

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$14.99

Jun 05, 2026

This recording by Ciconia Consort, Couleurs de France, offers a rare and evocative journey through four lesser-known works for string orchestra by three prominent 20th-century French composers: André Jolivet, Jacques Castérède, and Daniel-Lesur. Jacques Castérède's connection to his French predecessors is evident in his use of modal, chromatic, and diatonic scales. A student of Olivier Messiaen, Castérède nonetheless forged a highly personal harmonic style within an extended tonal idiom, characterized by melodic clarity and accessibility. His compositions seem to harmoniously blend the various French styles of the 20th century. In his work, we hear the sonic fingerprints of Arthur Honegger, Daniel-Lesur, and his teacher Messiaen - all woven into a coherent, lyrical whole. Throughout his life, André Jolivet aimed to "restore to music it's original, ancient meaning, when it served as a magical, incantatory expression of the religious beliefs of human communities."* His later compositions continued this exploration, seeking music's original function as an emotional, ritualistic, and celebratory form of expression. His Symphonie pour cordes, commissioned by French radio and television, was composed in 1961 and premiered on January 9, 1962. The symphony demands exceptional technical skill from all performers. It is written in a freely atonal idiom and is characterized by intense dissonance. Daniel Jean Yves Lesur (1908-2002) was a French composer, organist, and teacher, closely linked to the group La Jeune France, alongside Olivier Messiaen and André Jolivet. His music often reflects a balance between tradition and modernity, combining rich harmonic language with a sense of spiritual depth. Lesur's output includes choral works, chamber music, and orchestral compositions, yet he remains less widely known than some of his contemporaries. Among his instrumental works is the Sérénade pour cordes (1949), a luminous piece that highlights his lyrical style and refined craftsmanship. Written for string orchestra, it embraces classical clarity while exploring colorful modal harmonies, characteristic of Lesur's personal voice. This recording is the fifth CD on Brilliant Classics by the Ciconia Consort (The Hague String Orchestra), a Dutch string orchestra conducted by Dick van Gasteren, an internationally active conductor who was Bernard Haitink's assistant during the Mahler Festival Amsterdam in 1995.

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Couleurs de France

$14.99
CD

Brilliant Classics

Jun 05, 2026

BRI97408

ANOTHER SIDE OF JOHN COLTRANE

CRAFT RECORDINGS

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$43.99

Aug 20, 2021

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Includes two bonus tracks. Collection of classic performances from John Coltrane as a sideman, featuring fellow jazz legends Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Tadd Dameron, and Art Taylor. This insightful new compilation features liner notes from award-winning music historian Doug Ramsey - recipient of the Jazz Journalists Association's Lifetime Achievement Award.

ANOTHER SIDE OF JOHN COLTRANE

$43.99
Vinyl

CRAFT RECORDINGS

Aug 20, 2021

CRF93.1

David Hackbridge Johnson: Orchestral Music, Vol. 4

Toccata

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$20.99

Jun 05, 2026

David Hackbridge Johnson, born near London in 1963, is an all-round musician - not only a prolific composer but also a conductor, violinist, singer, pianist, jazz drummer and poet. Both works in this album, recorded under the baton of the composer, have extra-musical stimuli. The Piano Concerto evokes the Kafkaesque fantasy world and tragic fate of the Polish-Jewish writer and artist Bruno Schulz, a victim of Nazi oppression - and it also marks the early death of another uniquely gifted individual, since it was written for Jonathan Powell, whose last recording it became. The Symphony, taking it's lead from earlier composers like Bax, Britten and Vaughan Williams, is a response to the English landscape, as seen through the paintings of a number of artists whose work Hackbridge Johnson esteems - it's colours and moods changing as kaleidoscopically as nature itself.

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David Hackbridge Johnson: Orchestral Music, Vol. 4

$20.99
CD

Toccata

Jun 05, 2026

TOCC0803

Beneath Lighted Coffers; Concerto for Steel Pans & Orchestra

Reference Recordings

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$24.99

Jun 05, 2026

18.99

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Beneath Lighted Coffers; Concerto for Steel Pans & Orchestra

$24.99
SACD

Reference Recordings

Jun 05, 2026

FR-764SACD

WHAT I LIKE

SHANACHIE

Available as CD

$17.99

Sep 07, 2018

WHAT I LIKE

WHAT I LIKE

$17.99
CD

SHANACHIE

Sep 07, 2018

SHA5463.2

PEACE PIECES - MUSIC OF BILL EVANS

LIGHTYEAR (LTY)

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$12.99

Oct 07, 1997

Bill Evans' creative imagination and deep capacity for lyricism altered the vocabulary of contemporary jazz. In Peace Pieces, flute master Herbie Mann approaches Evans' masterpieces of composition for the piano without a piano player, resulting in a unique tribute that does not suffer in comparison with the original. Bassist Eddie Gomez brought to the table 11 years as a vital element in the Bill Evans Trio, and other musicians featured include Randy Brecker, Louis Nash, Bruce Dunlap and others.

PEACE PIECES - MUSIC OF BILL EVANS

$12.99
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LIGHTYEAR (LTY)

Oct 07, 1997

LTY54193.2

CALIFORNIA DREAMING

VERVE

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$33.49

Feb 22, 2019

Vinyl LP pressing. California Dreaming is an album by jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery that was originally released in 1966. A career highlight for the guitarist, recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio during September 1966, this Creed Taylorproduced album was an artistic and commercial smash, reaching #1 on the US Billboard Jazz chart. A career highlight for the guitarist, recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio during September 1966, this Creed Taylorproduced album was an artistic and commercial smash, reaching #1 on the US Billboard Jazz chart.

CALIFORNIA DREAMING

$33.49
Vinyl

VERVE

Feb 22, 2019

VRV7708987.1

LOST TAPES

LIGHTYEAR (LTY)

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$17.49

Feb 02, 2018

Buddy Rich The Lost Tapes is an historic preservation and restoration project. The producers recovered the masters from a fire in 1990 and went about restoring the original surround soundtrack of this 1985 show, the last concert Buddy Rich filmed and recorded before he passed away in 1987. This release follows the Emmy Award winning Channel One Suite (both concerts were recorded the same night).

LOST TAPES

$17.49
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LIGHTYEAR (LTY)

Feb 02, 2018

LTY645028.2

LOVE SCENES

GRP RECORDS

Available as CD

$17.99

Aug 26, 1997

Diana's 1996 Grammy nominated All for You album topped the jazz radio and Billboard Jazz charts, remains in the Top 10 70 weeks after release and sold 200,000+ units worldwide. All that she has accomplished thus far is surpassed by the beauty, sensuality and humor she presents on her new album. In her own special style, Diana interprets love songs from across the musical spectrum with a new and compelling maturity. Multi-format album servicing to jazz (another #1 on Gavin is expected) and adult contemporary radio.

LOVE SCENES

$17.99
CD

GRP RECORDS

Aug 26, 1997

GRP233.2

65TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: LIVE AT BLUE NOTE NYC

LIGHTYEAR (LTY)

Available as CD

$12.99

Feb 11, 1997

I turned 65 on April 16, 1995, and I thought it would be a lot of fun to invite musicians from my past and present to join me for a week of musical celebration... we managed to get together over 50 players for what was probably the most memorable week of my career." - Herbie Mann. This historic recording features guests Randy Brecker (trumpet), Ron Carter (acoustic bass), Paquito D'Rivera (alto sax), Tito Puente (timbales), Bobby Watson (alto sax) and many others. Highlights: "Give And Take, " "Au Privave" and "Jungle Fantasy.

65TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: LIVE AT BLUE NOTE NYC

$12.99
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LIGHTYEAR (LTY)

Feb 11, 1997

LTY54185.2

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