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.
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).
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.
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.
When it comes to technique, speed, power, and the ability to put together incredible drum solos, Buddy Rich lived up to the billing of 'the world's greatest drummer.' His was a career that spanned seven decades, beginning when Rich was 18 months old and continuing until his death in 1987. Immensely gifted, Rich could play with remarkable speed and dexterity despite the fact that he never received a formal lesson and refused to practice outside of his performances. This album is a collection of the very best live solos Buddy performed on the road in the mid to late 70s, recorded with Rich's permission by Buddy Rich Band alumnus Alan Gauvin. With over 70 minutes of pure energy captured at the prime of Buddy's career, this rare, exclusive and all original collection is a windfall for avid Buddy Rich fans and drummers alike.
Buddy Rich - "The Lost Tapes" In April 1985 - two years before his untimely passing - Buddy Rich and his band recorded a concert at One Pass Productions' King Street Studio in San Francisco using state-of-the-art equipment designed to capture the band in a typically live setting with natural acoustic balances and three-dimensional imaging.
Satchidananda means knowledge, existence, bliss. Listen with your "inner ear" to Alice along with Pharoah Sanders, Charlie Haden, Rashid Ali, Cecil McBee and others. Part of Impulse's "best sounding jazz reissue series ever," this CD features audiophile quality remastering and high quality tri-fold digipak with original album art and liner notes with additional rare photos.
Frank Sinatra recorded this Bossa Nova album with the master, Carlos Jobim. Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim sees Sinatra performing originals by Jobim, plus three American standards. In celebration of this classic album's 50th anniversary, the tracks have been remastered and now appears on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl.
The fourth album from Beatlejazz is consistent with the group's three prior releases in concept and vision, presenting inventive jazz arrangements of the most beloved music of the 20th Century. Brian Melvin and Dave Kikoski create a beautiful new standard for the music of the Beatles.
Matthew Shipp is the American Piano Jazz Mature Secret as printed in Norway's biggest newspaper, Aftenposten. Continuing..."In the shadow of Cecil Taylor and Keith Jarrett, he has played out his individuality through three decades. He can be described as a cross between the two giants, but he exceeds both, with it's ownership of the blues and the free expression's inherent possibilities." Powerful thoughts from afar but strikingly rich in their poignant affirmation of Shipp's talent. Mr. Shipp is no stranger to recording and no stranger to receiving accolades from the press. But with the release of "The Conduct of Jazz", one will hear with remarkable clarity that these words are not just prophetic but are exceedingly apt for a player whose time has come.
Vinyl LP pressing. The third release from Night Dreamer's essential Direct-to-Disc sessions sees an incredible meeting between legendary US saxophonist Gary Bartz and leading UK spiritual jazz ensemble, Maisha, featuring two Bartz classics and three brand new joint songs written by both Bartz & Maisha in close collaboration. Having cut his teeth playing with the likes of Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Art Blakey and finally in 1970, Miles Davis at the peak of his electric period, Gary Bartz became a leading figure of the early-to-mid 70s spiritual jazz movement, releasing a string of ground-breaking albums on legendary NYC jazz label Prestige Records with his NTU Troop, featuring classics such as "Celestial Blues", "Uhuru Dance" and "I've Known Rivers", before collaborating on Blue Note Records with the Mizell Brothers on the anthemic jazz funk of "Music Is My Sanctuary". An oeuvre much loved by soul jazzers and hip hop fans alike.
Frank Sinatra - "Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim" Frank Sinatra recorded this Bossa Nova album with the master, Carlos Jobim. Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim sees Sinatra performing originals by Jobim. In celebration of this classic album's 50th anniversary, bonus tracks have been added and the album has been remastered. Bonus tracks include a medley taken from the TV special A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim. Also included is an alternate take of "The Girl From Ipanema," captured during the same recording sessions. Bonus Tracks
Larry Coryell is well known to the fusion-jazz crowd as one of the pioneers of that genre. On this album Larry joins forces with drummer Alphonse Mouzon. They had worked together previously in Larry's fusion band The Eleventh House. This album was origin
Vinyl LP repressing. Initially released in 1952 as a 10" LP, this best-selling album was expanded to 12 tracks and released as a vinyl LP in 1954. Unforgettable is a collection of some of Nat King Cole's earliest recordings, including a track from The Nat King Cole Trio. The title has long since been out of print in the vinyl format. Nat King Cole first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. He was widely noted for his soft baritone voice, performing in big band and jazz genres, and was a major force in popular music for three decades. Cole was one of the first African Americans to host a national television variety show, The Nat King Cole Show. His recordings remained popular worldwide after his death from lung cancer in February 1965.
Donald Byrd was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter & vocalist. He was a sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation. Love Byrd is a 1981 album by Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C., and was originally released on the Elektra labe
Esperanza Spalding's new album SONGWRIGHTS APOTHECARY LAB explores how songwriters may incorporate knowledge in consultation with practitioners of music therapy, neuroscience, and more to create music that can have a specific effect on the listener. These 12 new songs were created and recorded with different musicians in her traveling lab over the past several months and follow her GRAMMY Award-winning album from 2019, 12 Little Spells. 2 LP includes 1 bonus track "Formwela 12".
1974 live-recordings of US - Jazz and World Fusion artists Oregon documenting the band at their mesmerizing best.
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 its 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.
Originally released on Arabesque Records in 1992, Afrasia Productions has now reissued this timeless work. Carmen Lundy - vocals, Onaje Allan Gumbs - piano, Kenny Davis - bass and electric bass, Buddy Williams - drums, Kevin Eubanks - guitar, Chico Freeman - tenor sax, Mayra Casales - percussion. Tracks: Invitation, 2. Don't You Worry Your Head About It, 3. You'll Always Have a Part of Me, 4. Samba de Laplaya, 5. As One, 6. a Time for Love, 7. Big Girls, 8. Moment to Moment.
Hiromi's latest album, Silver Lining Suite pairs her virtuosic and emotive piano with a string quartet assembled by violinist Tatsuo Nishie, concertmaster of the New Japan Philharmonic. Devised for a series of live-streamed concerts at the Blue Note Tokyo during the Covid pandemic, the results blur the lines between classical music and jazz, crafting a vibrant hybrid possessed of the fervent, rock-inspired energy and cinematic beauty that Hiromi has always instilled in her music.
Part of the Backlot series from A&M featuring newly-designed artwork, digital remastering, unreleased tracks and extensive liner notes. Tracks include "Feels So Good," "Give It All You Got," "Cannonball Run Theme," "Doin' Everything with You" and much more.
