Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

This unique DVD/7 CD collection contains memorable performances by 29 blues artists including Sonny Boy Williamson, Champion Jack Dupree, Louisiana Red, Robert Lockwood Jr.., James Caroll Booker III, Henry Gray, Boogie Bill Webb and others.

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Basie had just leapt to stardom when the 1937 broadcast here aired. Two more from 1938 and 1940 join Moten Swing; King Porter Stomp, and the rest featuring Lester Young and Jimmy Rushing. A set of swinging 1939-43 broadcasts from Benny Carter (heard here on alto sax, trumpet and clarinet) features Fish Fry; Back Bay Boogie; Opening Night; Melancholy Lullaby, and more!

Classical Music

Classical Music

Ron Brown writes: "Perhaps Sonny Terry's blindness has isolated him from the world to such an extent that he's been able to shrug off a cloak of sophistication more than would normally be expected of a man who's been in demand by blues audiences the world over for more than thirty years. His vocal delivery is as rough, uncompromising and exhilarating as ever it was, embodying the raw essence of the country blues. He's inclined to pitch his voice a little on the sharp side, but he's retained over the years a passionate involvement in his music which he communicates to his audiences, who usually judge that musical niceties aren't of much consequence in the work of an artist who puts so much feeling into his performances." Originally recorded in 1972, this release is a brilliant overview of a pivotal figure in blues harmonica.

Classical Music

In the warm midsummer of 2015, a tour of Denmark brought Signe Juhl and Nikolaj Bentzon Trio to Jazzhus Montmartre in the heart of Copenhagen. The music and the atmosphere from the two nights they played has now been made to last forever with the new record, A Midsummer Night's Jazz, which is released in April, 2016 on Denmark's great jazz label, Storyville Records. There's something unique about listening to live music: And jazz - that living, playful and impulsive music - should be experienced at close range. A Midsummer Night's Jazz captures this special and intense live feel. With the Nikolaj Bentzon Trio the energy is guaranteed to reach new heights. Espen Laub von Lillienskojold delivers both nerve and elegance to the quick swing classics and soulful ballads. Nikolaj Bentzon has a unique ability to bring new life to well-known standards with groovy and swinging riffs among other creative impulses. The interplay between him and his musical partner Signe Juhl is unrivalled. In the last few years, their close companionship has resulted in several releases. 31-year old Juhl is a full grown vocalist with an extraordinary depth and vocal span for our northern latitudes. Her excess in melodic skill often brings her to new and interesting places in songs, you used to think you already knew. She possesses, in other words, a true jazz instinct. It's swinging!