In Between

Yelena K and The Love Trio

This 3-CD set features the complete Billie Holiday / Lester Young collaboration in edited recordings. Includes a 32 page booklet with both French and English notes.

Bemun

WORKIN'

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KOHASHI-OVERWATER-VERPLOEGEN trio is a collective jazz group that creates a unique sound, standing on an equal footing with each other. Kohashi from Japan, Overwater and Verploegen from the Netherlands, beyond ethnicity and nationality, they seek and discover their own sound sharing the passion for music. Japanese pianist Atzko Kohashi had something special in mind when she invited Dutch bass player Tony Overwater to join her for a musical encounter. She longed to create a unique unit of bass harmony and melody with each voice being equal and contributing selflessly to the music. Her vision is connected to Japanese Zen aesthetics that generate simplicity and spontaneity. With trumpet player Angelo Verploegen they found their match- a soloist who can blend in, shine and support the music all at the same time. On a cold winter day, they met in an empty church in Amsterdam and started playing. For hours. Instantly the delicate sound of these three instruments blended into gentle and generous music that warmed their hearts. A few months later, they recorded the debut album Virgo in the only way possible for such a collaboration: in a beautiful radio studio from the 1930s, with a great sounding Steinway, only a few microphones but of the utmost quality and recorded directly to a two-track analogue tape recorder before a live audience.

Axel Schlosser is one of the best, most versatile trumpet players in Germany. Over the past 20 years, he has played in numerous big bands (Sunday Night Orchestra, Rainer Temple Big Band, Al Porcino Big Band, Bobby Burgess Big Band Explosion) and with various musicians, from Charly Antolini to Albert Mangelsdorff. In addition, he is a member of the quintet L 14, 16, which has won numerous awards in Europe.

Thomas R�ckert is a quiet rebel who knows exactly what he wants, especially on his new CD Parvaneh (the Persian word for "butterfly"). On this stunning new album, R�ckert updates his artful fantasy world, which he began to construct on his previous album Meera. Along with his partners Reza Askari (bass) and Fabian Arends (drums), he develops an unusual form of dynamics in 11 pieces.

I thought it was inevitable that Teniz and Kassap meet because I found in these two artists the same incredible desire to harmonize in all it's colors, jazz and ethnic music. Once they met they had to start recording, and since Istanbul is the city of all inspirations what better place could they have found to do so? Back from Istanbul they bring you a few photos and especially the wonderful music created by Okay, Sylvain, Lennart, Alain, Yves et Nedim... Patrick Tandin

"...Too wonderstruck at being together not to remain chaste lovers, content to entwine nothing but their music. Lovers unconcerned by cracks in a porcelaine sky, performing miracles as others perform songs." Alain GERBER

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On the eve of his centenary, the pianist/composer Cy Walter is commemorated with the 2 CD retrospective collection 'Sublimities' that honors his remarkable career and talents. Volume 1 focuses on rare recordings, radio appearances and solo performances remastered from original '78s of this dean of cocktail piano players. Considered one of the premier interpreters of the Great American Songbook, Walter considered himself a "stylist of show tunes" and the first volume presents a rare ringside seat to the many classic performances of Walters' early career. Bringing deserved attention to Walters' near 40 year career, the collection includes a 24 page booklet with essays by contemporary pianists and music historians including Michael Feinstein, Peter Mintun, Maggie Perrin, Richard Behrens, and more.

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Oh, By The Way

TS Bremen

Strange Ways