Jazz

Touch or impress - that is the question here. And it's the only question that is based on Things We Like To Hear, the fifth album of Nils Wograms trio Nostalgia. Trombonist Nils Wogram, drummer Dejan Tersiæ and organist Arno Krijger make it easy fo

Débuts’ is France-via-Brussels duo, Nikitch & Kuna Maze’s aka Nicolas Morant & Edouard Gilbert first full length album. Building on their collaborative EP “Mush”, ‘Débuts’ continues to explore the melting point between jazz and club culture, interspersed with the signature sounds of broken beat, Chicago footwork, UK garage, Detroit house, and underpinned by their road-tested new live format. ‘Débuts’ see’s the band push their musical and creative development even further, a result of touring extensively around Europe with a live drummer, from high-brow jazz festivals to sweaty basement clubs. “We would be lying if we said our gig experience didn’t influence us on this record” Edouard explains. “We discovered new aspects to songs such as “Bruk” and managed to push forward the energy side of the music from the rawness of the live shows. This energy empowered to produce and compose new material in the same vein”.

Neon Ion, award-winning vocalist Natalie Sandtorv's new project, blazes its trail from the heart of the ever-dynamic Norwegian music scene. Natalie Sandtorv has already established herself as quite the stand-out artiste, and now presents to the world a neon-shimmering group with soulful beats and hyper-elastic genre-bending skills. After living in Berlin and Copenhagen for the past 4 years, touring Europe with other projects, and working as a songwriter in L.A., she has now moved back to Norway and releases "Heart Echoes", a brand new album filled with fresh perspectives on familiar grooves, and new and unique blends of sonic colours, produced by Erlend Mokkelbost (Eberson, Mari Boine, Mosambique, etc). They have spent the past year recording and producing the album in Italy and Norway. The music is a type of pop that is new to Norway, with Sandtorv's agile and luscious vocals riding a wave of retro-RnB expression, where Thundercat meets Little Dragon, and it radiates quality and creative abundance. Natalie really chose from the top shelf when she assmbled the band: Keyboard-player Martin Vinje (Sigrid), Henrik Lødøen on drums, and bassist Kristian Jacobsen (both known from Rohey and Mosambique). She has gained fantastic reviews for her live performances in the past and has been named by several international media outlets as "one to watch", including NME, The Line Of Best Fit, and Gaffa.

"The exciting cross-pollination of music, especially discernable around the sphere of contemporary instrumental and vocal jazz, has become a strong, progressive feature of today’s fresh, creative outputs. Keyboardist and composer Rebecca Nash is becoming

Saxophonist and composer Quinsin Nachoff’s career to date has delivered a boundary-crossing body of work that’s consistently unpredictable, fearlessly innovative, breathtakingly accomplished, and full of creative passion, constantly increasing its scope to encompass ever greater horizons. His new album Pivotal Arc presents his most ambitious project yet: bringing together virtuoso violin soloist Nathalie Bonin with a jazz-inflected unit comprising two established giants of the NY scene, bassist Mark Helias and drummer Satoshi Takeishi, and the stunning young vibraphone player Michael Davidson, and adding a wind and string ensemble conducted by JC Sanford for a concerto that boldly mixes written and improvised sections. A contemporary string quartet performed by the renowned Molinari String Quartet and the extended title piece round out the album. The result is three diverse long-form works that flow naturally together, demonstrating Nachoff’s equally heartfelt facility with the free-flowing language of jazz improvisation, the depth and rigour of classical composition and the direct melodicism of folk forms. The three-part violin concerto is built around Nachoff’s long-standing creative partnership with Nathalie Bonin and showcases her extraordinary range and versatility. “Nathalie’s drive is very intense, her musical interests are really diverse, and she dives into whatever challenge and works at it until she masters it!” The first movement is an imaginary deconstructed and reconstructed Tango that sets the tone, intensity and sound palette for the entire work. After the improvised violin solo, the orchestra ferociously returns with nearly a concerto for orchestra section that gradually winds down to a dream-like cadenza, setting up the second movement. “I love Astor Piazolla and I’d heard Nathalie improvise brilliantly in that setting - Stravinsky also looms large and Weill and Ligeti were very inspiring as well, but the tango was the main focus, twisted and deconstructed in different ways” The second movement is a haunting ballad that sweeps through several tonal landscapes “Where Berg meets Ellington!” A gorgeous improvised violin solo leads into both a written and improvised cadenza that connects to the final movement. It is Balkan-infused and showcases the violinist's virtuosic range and rhythmic strength. The String Quartet represents some of Nachoff’s most intricate writing to date, allowing him to explore his deep attachment to the tradition and his engagement with contemporary iterations. “I like to keep up with what’s happening now in quartet writing and this gave me the opportunity to explore some of those ideas – pitch axis, using quarter tones, etc., but still keeping a jazz influence because that’s a large part of my background” Each of the four movements is a miniature concerto for each member of the quartet. The first movement features Violin II, the probing second movement showcases the Viola, the vacillating third movement is for the Cello and the intense final movement is for Violin I. “It felt like it was improvised, it had this really alive, vibrant feeling to it that is a testament to the Molinari’s exceptional work as an ensemble” The final, titular piece, ‘Pivotal Arc’ is Nachoff’s extended reflection on the critical position we currently find ourselves regarding climate change. It features opening and closing solos from bassist Mark Helias, inspired contributions throughout from Michael Davidson, a call and response solo section between the orchestra and drummer Satoshi Takeishi and an improvisation section moving through a variety of moods for Nachoff’s tenor saxophone. “Mark is so accomplished and so individual, always able to add an element of surprise in any setting! Satoshi is similarly unique: he adds so much energy and always sees the big picture. Michael was phenomenal on both the improvisations and the written sections and JC Sanford was essential to realize the project and get the blend right" With a sonic palette that ranges across the spectrum from Strayhorn and Mancini to Bartok and Berg, this is a stunningly original set of pieces that will cement Nachoff's reputation as a major cross-genre musical force.

180Gr./Remastered/Bob James/1500 Cps Translucent Yellow

The seven-song Unique Thelonious Monk (1956) platter was the pianist's second during his remarkable five-year tenure on Riverside. His debut for the label was the aptly titled Plays Duke Ellington (1955) and once again, on this disc, Monk's song sele

Like Phoenix - with "Zu Asche, Zu Staub" (To Ashes, To Dust) - the MOKA EFTI ORCHESTRA 2018 and 2019 has risen to undreamt-of heights. Born out of the gut of the internationally successful TV series Babylon Berlin, the 14-member ensemble around the composers Nikko Weidemann and Mario Kamien as well as arranger/ MD Sebastian Borkowski plays to sold-out houses throughout Germany. With "First Edition" the Moka Efti Orchestra will release its debut album on 14.02.2020. In advance on 2.11.2019 the first single "Süsse Lügen" with the wonderful Moritz Krämer at the microphone!

The Electric Miles Davis Septet, recorded live for radio broadcast in Vienna, 1973. SIDE 1: 1.Turnaroundphrase 2. Tune In 5 SIDE 2: 1. Ife SIDE 3: 1. Right Off 2. Funk SIDE 4: 1. Calypso Frelimo

The 2020 anniversary collection from DOL: 20 artistic jazz masterpieces pressed on 180 gram blue vinyl for an affordable price! Each title comes with a left-sided ubi styled sticker placed on the outside of the shrinkwrap.

The 2020 anniversary collection from DOL: 20 artistic jazz masterpieces pressed on 180 gram blue vinyl for an affordable price! Each title comes with a left-sided ubi styled sticker placed on the outside of the shrinkwrap.

Sergio Mendes ‎- The Beat Of Brazil - originally released 1967. [Arrangements] - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Bass - Sebastião Neto, Drums - Edison Machado, Engineer [Recording Engineer] - Celio Martins*, Sylvio Rabello, Piano - Sergio Mendes, Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] - Hector Bisignani, vTenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax], Soloist - Aurino Ferreira, Trombone [Slide Trombone] - Edson Maciel, Valve Trombone - Raulzinho

Remixed and remastered with bonus material and released on vinyl for the first time. Deluxe 2LP editions with artwork re-imagined by Ian Anderson of The Designers Republic. If I could watch any jazz band in the UK, any, I would choose Matthew Hals

Matthew Halsall's Oneness is a triple vinyl set of archive recordings featuring three sessions of deep meditative spiritual-jazz in a deluxe edition, designed by Ian Anderson of The Designers Republic.The recordings on Oneness date from Jan, March a

Remixed and remastered with bonus material and released on vinyl for the first time. Deluxe 2LP editions with artwork re-imagined by Ian Anderson of The Designers Republic. If I could watch any jazz band in the UK, any, I would choose Matthew Hals

The sequel to the successful Jazz On The Corner compilation (released 2018), once again compiled by actor Martin Freeman and DJ/Acid Jazz co-founder Eddie Piller. An album full of jazz jewels, a little off the beaten track. Includes lesser known tracks by Nina Simone and Nicola Conte, classics by Roberta Flack, Roy Ayers and The MJQ, and many more.

An excellent mixture of Bossa Nova, Baião and Samba, with foreign influences like Jazz, Rock, Pop, Soul and Funk - Recorded with his brother Paulo Sérgio - With top hits like Wanda Vidal.