Rare live performances from 1950-1958 featuring Bean a.k.a. Coleman Hawkins with such sidemen as Pee Wee Russell, Charlie Shavers, J.C. Higginbotham and others. Includes some of his best-known tunes, too- Body and Soul; the Man I Love, and a seven and a half minute rendition of Avalon !

KEEP SEARCHIN

POWER TRIO: LIVE IN CHICAGO

WORKIN

ENDS & MEANS

David Newman's latest offering, CITYSCAPE, finds him leading a four-horn unit, reminiscent of the Ray Charles little big band sound. David delivers perhaps his most ambitious project yet and provides an auspicious start for the 2006 jazz year.

LIVIN ON LOVE

WHAT'S NEW

MYSTIKAL

HARRISON ON HARRISON

WORK DONE

You both enjoy doing things together. Vacations in the Wine Country. Quiet dinners in newly-discovered little restaurants. Watching "Seinfeld" reruns. Why not listen to music together? Pop this CD into the player and enjoy a glass of wine or make sweet, sweet love to this collection easy pleasers featuring Houston Person, Ernie Andrews, "Papa" John & Joey DeFrancesco, Cindy Blackman, James Spaulding, George Freeman, Larry Coryell, Etta Jones, Wesla Whitfield & others.

BROTHERS UNDER THE SUN

Weslia continues her traversal through the Great American Songbook with this tribute to composer McHugh, who never achieved the fame of Gershwin or Porter, but nonetheless created some true classics that were widely known, inc. "Don't Blame Me," "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" & "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me"

OUTPOST OF DREAMS

The history of jazz vocals extends back perhaps even farther than jazz instrumentals and in that long history you find a lot of pretty impressive names. None are more illustrious than that of singer Chris Connor. A must have collection of classics.

LATIN TINGE

Pianist Hicks pays tribute to jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams, once again assimilating the essence of another jazz musician & merging it with his own creativity to come up with a sound that is totally his own, yet reminiscent of the other player

Young jazz lion, trumpeter, Russell Gunn reutns with this Blue on the D.L., a great blues-based, classic jazz album containing a fierceness of attack! It's refreshing to find jazz of such aggressive tension and darkenss amid today's "smooth" and "tehcno" trends.

Hammond B-3 organist is back in the ring for a second round, bringing ten tunes to the middle of the mat, and cooking through them with white heat from first note to last, backed by Paul Bollenback & Byron Landham

Here's a compilation featuring tracks inspired by that lonesome feeling we've all felt a few times in our lives... The blues; includes songs from Johnnie Bassett, Irene Reid, J.J. Malone, Fillmore Slim, Etta Jones, Big Al Dupree, Charles Earland, Robert "Bilbo" Walker, Willie Willis, Arthur Williams & Tommy Bankhead

On it's second release, Kalle Kalima & K-18 continue to present composer and guitarist Kalle Kalima's aural impressions of the world of movies. Whereas their first album (Some Kubricks of Blood, TUM CD 022) included Kalima's compositions inspired by Stanley Kubrick's films, Out to Lynch presents his reflections on some of director David Lynch's key movies, such as Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, The Elephant Man, Twin Peaks and Wild at Heart. With this recording, Berlin-based Kalle Kalima, who is best known for his work with three different trios (Klima Kalima, Johnny La Marama and Momentum Impakto), his solo project Kalle Kalima Pentasonic and his collaborations with the likes of Marc Ducret, Linda Sharrock, Sirone, Tomasz Stanko, Simon Stockhausen and Jimi Tenor, has created another unique album that is rich in sonic colors and constantly alternating moods.Featured with K-18 are again saxophonist Mikko Innanen, bassist Teppo Hauta-aho and accordionist Veli Kujala, each an acknowledged master of his chosen instrument. The quartet's uncompromising approach to improvisation combines elements from free jazz, modern classical music and even avant-garde rock that prove particularly well suited for these reflections on the world of David Lynch.

Throughout the history of jazz, there has been a number of players who chose to remain in one locale to practice their art. Teddy Edwards is one of them. Though he chose to immerse himself in L.A.'s lucrative TV & radio scene, he also toured through the '60s &'70s with the likes of Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Hines, Milt Jackson & others. With his roots still firmly planted in L.A., he brings his wealth of experience to tunes titled with women's names on this CD. These are not all slow, smoochy ballads - included are chop-busters, such as Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee" & the straight-ahead swing of Duke Pearson's "Jeannine".

BLUE LAND

On this, his 4th effort for the HighNote label, Randy Johnston provide ample evidence of his never ceasing evolution as a musician. He is passionate in his quest for new avenues of expression. On IS IT YOU?, the band swings and grooves, soars and sings through seven standards and three new R. Johnston originals.