On January 17, 1959, jazz immortal Erroll Garner took the stage of Boston’s Symphony Hall for a historic performance to a sold-out crowd. Recorded 11 months prior to the Dreamstreet sessions, which heralded Garner’s return after a lengthy battle for control over his catalog, Symphony Hall Concert is a previously unreleased compilation capturing the unparalleled genius of Garner’s live performances at the beginning of one of the most defining years of his life.

Previously unreleased 9-song compilation recorded live at Boston’s Symphony Hall in 1959. Concert originally presented by famed promoter George Wein. Exclusive cover based on poster from Erroll Garner archive. Available as single CD, 180-gram vinyl LP and digitally.

** all music newly transferred via the Plangent Processes from the original analog master tapes

This tribute to the late vibraphone master Lionel Hampton features vibraphonist Terry Gibbs with Joey DeFrancesco, Barbara Morrison, Pete Christlieb, Jeff Hamilton and others who perform songs made famous by Hampton, and they perform them in his style. The CD package includes an extensive historical insert by Chip Deffas, a respected New York Post writer/critic.

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. In his original 1976 liner notes, concert impresario George Wein concluded fittingly, "To put it simply, Erroll Garner is a great musical genius." On this final album released during Garner's life, he shows yet again his complete mastery of his instrument and his unmatched ability to interpret songs and make them his own. This newly restored album includes a previously unreleased Garner original, worthy of the two composers to which this album is dedicated. - The Octave Remastered Series is a historic year-long, 12-album project featuring newly restored and expanded editions of classic Erroll Garner releases from the 1960s and 1970s. Each album contains a newly discovered, unreleased bonus track. The newly minted bonus tracks in the series are all Garner originals, eight of the 12 being previously unreleased compositions. Utilizing the Plangent Process playback system for analog tape, these new transfers were remastered and, when needed, remixed by the Grammy winning Garner team.

Jimmy Greene's new release, Beautiful Life on Mack Avenue Records, is a celebration of the life of his 6-year-old daughter, Ana Marquez-Greene, whose life was tragically taken, along with 19 other children and 6 educators, on December 14, 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Celebrating his 10th anniversary with Mack Avenue Records, internationally acclaimed composer/trumpeter Sean Jones views his 7th album, i'm-pro-vise (never before seen), as "a reintroduction of who I am."

On Kenny Garrett's fourth Mack Avenue release the Detroit-born saxophonist dives headlong into a set of original songs that exploit dance rhythms in subtle, unexpected ways. There is a lively, organic ensemble sound here that lends itself to group interplay even during solos. Everybody sounds alert and focused with all ears on Garrett. Ultimately, with Do Your Dance! Garrett has crafted an album that will get your blood flowing to your brain and your feet. - All Music Guide

On Ron Blake's Mack Avenue debut, he steps out to showcase the exceptional tenor and soprano sax talents that have served to make him one of the most in-demand sidemen working in jazz today. Produced by Christian McBride, this CD features an eclectic assortment of tunes written by such celebrated musicians as Michel Legrand, Stanley Turrentine, Grover Washington, Jr., and J.J. Johnson. Blake has enlisted a strong supporting cast of players to support the CD's lyrical yet powerful improvisations and interpretations, including McBride and Joey DeFrancesco.

2016 Grammy® Winner for Best Improvised Jazz Solo on Cherokee. This record is the fruit of McBride's long association with the Vanguard, where his first appearance as a leader for the historic club was in 1995. In 2007, the bassist and charismatic club owner Lorraine Gordon started an annual one-week residency, which featured McBride's quintet, Inside Straight. "Lorraine enjoyed my trio and my quintet, Inside Straight. We had such large crowds, so after a few years with such supportive audiences, we added an extra week. Instead of doing the same band for two weeks, I just started bringing in a different band. This has been an ongoing relationship that I look forward to maintaining as long as I can."

Christian McBride is a loquacious raconteur in addition to his finger-busting bass skills, though make no mistake about it the only talk on this release is the musical kind two instruments make. Christian can converse with the best of them, as his Sirius/XM show will attest though these conversations sit him down in the studio with a diverse array of guests for unexpected and often amazing results. The resulting duets lay bare skill and emotion in the visceral tradition of real jazz improvisation. Angelique Kidjo, George Duke, Sting, Eddie Palmieri, Chick Corea and Roy Hargrove - along with the late masters Hank Jones and Dr. Billy Taylor - are among the guests.

Macroscope, the fifth album and Mack Avenue debut by his adventurous trio The Nels Cline Singers, provides a measure of the long-running group's staggering range. Captivating and continually surprising, the album finds the instrumental trio with the slyly deceptive name veering in one off-kilter direction only to suddenly be overwhelmed by another drastic stylistic shift, often within the space of a single tune. Serrated psychedelia becomes consumed by soulful Brasiliana, blissed-out electronica overwhelmed by garage-rock skronk. Then there's the wholly unexpected "Red Before Orange," where a howling Hendrix-inspired solo suddenly erupts in the middle of a slick lounge-jazz number, Cline unleashing the inner George Benson that few of us expected he even had.

SEEDS FROM THE UNDERGROUND is music about people, past and present, who planted seeds in my life - directly and indirectly... - Kenny Garrett.

This 2-CD set is a fantastic collection of his greatest recordings and includes his top hits "Moonlight Serenade," "In the Mood," and "Chattanooga Choo Choo."

The impeccably balanced Duets includes four spontaneous arrangements of well-known classics. 'Nature Boy,' 'Blue in Green,' 'Summertime' and 'A Child Is Born'; plus interpretations of modern pop songs (Adele's 'Someone Like You' and Ellie Goulding's 'Lights')

2016 Grammy Winner for "Best Jazz Vocal Album." "This music is very personal, very close to home," Cecile McLorin Salvant responds when asked about the songs on For One To Love. "I'm not playing anyone else here but myself. I can look at many of these songs and see that this is an event that really happened, or a feeling I've lived through myself," McLorin Salvant explains. "That's what makes it so difficult to share. It's almost like a diary entry." McLorin Salvant is superbly supported in her vision by a world-class group of musicians who share her values and play a key role in shaping each performance into an artistic statement. There are no studio tricks or subterfuge here. When asked her about the secret to her success, McLorin Salvant nonchalantly ascribes much of it to luck. But, then, after a quiet pause, she adds: "People will always be moved by something that's genuine." They certainly will and you will encounter just that on every track of this bold, heartfelt album. That same attention to detail also emerges in a similarly meticulously created, handmade package; a package that Cecile has literally envisioned, drawn or handwritten everything in it. For One To Love is truly the creation of a singular and unique creative. We present to you with Cecile, the second record in her young and amazing career.

SHAYARI, Ron Blake's third release on Mack Avenue, highlights performances by Jack DeJohnette, Christian McBride, Michael Cain, Regina Carter and Gilmar Gomes. Blake is an in-demand session a group player, a forward thinking band leader and educator recently named to the faculty of Julliard and a seasoned live performer whose stage presence captivates.

More than any other artist in traditional jazz today, saxophonist/composer/arranger Kenny Garrett and his band are known to entice audiences to want to get up and groove.

Sarah Vaughan was one of the illustrious coterie of female vocalists who spanned the genres of jazz, big band music and sophisticated pop during the post-war era to provide some of the finest music of their times, not only interpreting the Great American Songbook and putting their own individual stamp on it, but continuing to perform top class new material through the musical upheavals of subsequent decades. Described by renowned music critic Scott Yanow as the "possessor of one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century" she performed and recorded consistently through to her demise in 1990. This great value 69-track 3-CD collection follows directly on in her career from our earlier release "The Early Years 1944-48" Sarah Vaughan (Acrobat ADDCD3251), and comprises the A and B sides of her releases on Columbia during her time with the label from 1948 through to 1953. It naturally includes all her eleven Billboard Top 30 entries in these years including the Top 10 hit "I Love The Guy", and features performances with Miles Davis, Bennie Green, Jimmy Jones and Budd Johnson, and the orchestras of Joe Lippman, Hugo Winterhalter, Norman Leyden, Percy Faith, Paul Weston and George Treadwell. In addition, the collection includes bonus tracks comprising 'live' recordings from this era with Jimmy Jones, Stan Getz and Dizzy Gillespie, plus her 1950 MGM singles with Billy Eckstine. It's a comprehensive overview of this important period in her career and a thoroughly enjoyable showcase for her peerless talent as she effortlessly spans the world of jazz and commercial pop.

MaxJazz is pleased to present trumpeter Jeremy Pelt in NOVEMBER, his fourth recording for the label as part of it's horn series. Pelt wrote and arranged all of the compositions on this acoustic, straight-ahead release. NOVEMBER features Pelt's working quintet including tenor saxophonist J.D. Allen, pianist Danny Grissett, bassist Dwayne Burno and drummer Gerald Cleaver (special guest percussionist Jeff Haynes). Pelt was named Rising Star on Trumpet for the 5th year in a row by DownBeat. This recording follows his critically acclaimed 2007 release SHOCK VALUE - LIVE AT SMOKE, which featured all original compositions by the versatile trumpeter with his electric band WiRED.

SONIC TONIC marks the next step along the multi-textured musical terrain explored by Ron Blake on 2003s critically acclaimed release, LEST WE FORGET. On SONIC TONIC Ton Blake continues to craft an innovative fusion of funk, Latin and Caribbean rhthms with a traditional jazz sound.

Russell Malone is one of the most commanding and versatile guitarist performing today. He can move from Blues to Gospel to pop to R&B and Jazz without hesitation, a rare facility that has prompted some of the highest profile artists in the world to call up him: Diana Krall, Aretha Franklin, Christina Aguilera, B.B. King, David Sanborn, Harry Connick, Jr. to name a few. On his Maxijazz release, LIVE AT JAZZ STANDARD (VOLUME TWO), Malone captivates from the opener and displays why he is one of the most in-demand guitarists today.

The hot new trumpeter has musical personality that fits his instrument: intrepid, convincing, resolute. The modern hard bop that crackles... has the kind of vehemence and clarity that make people turn their heads. - Village Voice

Classical Music

On GUIDED TOUR, jazz's most innovative and accomplished vibraphonist proves that the New Gary Burton Quartet which he premiered last summer on his Mack Avenue debut, COMMON GROUND was no one-trick pony. Featuring the prodigal guitar genius Julian Lage as well as two veterans, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Antonio Sanchez, GUIDED TOUR provides a road map to one of the most dynamic bands on the scene today.

Japanese CD pressing. 2014.

With OUT HERE, premier bassist Christian McBride introduces his latest working group: A trio, perhaps the most essential and meaningful postulation of jazz history. Pianist Christian Sands and drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr.. both younger, emerging artists have been performing with McBrides smallest group for about three years, honing their trio conception to a fine point of expressive depth and nuance with select performances around the world.