Called “The hippest cat ever to Swing an accordion”, Art Van Damme was born in the small town of Norway, Michigan in 1920. The 40’s and 50’s saw the classically trained Van Damme revolutionize the way the accordion was played,
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
Called “The hippest cat ever to Swing an accordion”, Art Van Damme was born in the small town of Norway, Michigan in 1920. The 40’s and 50’s saw the classically trained Van Damme revolutionize the way the accordion was played,
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
Relax With My Horns (Remastered)
Kollers Trio-Aufnahme "Relax With My Horns" ist von 1966, diesmal mit J.A. Rettenbacher am Bass und Rafi Luederitz an den Drums. Die Kompositionen stammen von Koller und Rettenbacher (später Mitglied des ebenfalls für MPS
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Called “The hippest cat ever to Swing an accordion”, Art Van Damme was born in the small town of Norway, Michigan in 1920. The 40’s and 50’s saw the classically trained Van Damme revolutionize the way the accordion was played,
Genre: Jazz
Mit Art Van Damme in San Francisco (Remastered)
Called “The hippest cat ever to Swing an accordion”, Art Van Damme was born in the small town of Norway, Michigan in 1920. The 40’s and 50’s saw the classically trained Van Damme revolutionize the way the accordion was played,
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
The Aura Will Prevail (Remastered)
MPS head Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer discovered 20 year old George Duke by chance during a concert in San Francisco in 1966. A long partnership developed out of this unexpected meeting, topped off by a series of albums that Duke recorded
Genre: Jazz
This music helped define one era and augur in the next. Buddy Tate was one of the “Texas Tenors”, players from the Lone Star State who share the trademark big, warm tenor sax sound drenched in the blues.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
Four String Tschaba (Remastered)
East-European virtuosity and soul merges with the spirit of modern jazz. The amazing Hungarian violist-violinist Csaba Deseo was a member of the Budapest National Philharmonic (1967-99) and played with the likes of Menuhin and
Genre: Jazz
Gifted with astounding technique, Frenchman Jean-Luc Ponty single-handedly brought the violin into the modern jazz era. Critic Joachim Berendt wrote, “Since Ponty, the jazz violin has been a different instrument.” Open Strings presents Ponty
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Ein deutscher Jazzmusiker vom Weltformat – das war und bleibt eine Rarität. Rolf Kühn zählt zu dieser Königsklasse des Jazz. Seine neue und lange erwartete Studioproduktion Stereo ist ein Kunstwerk und ein Meilenstein: Ein großartiger
Komponist: Rolf Kühn
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
“I wouldn’t be me without Clare Fischer. (He) was a major influence on my harmonic concept. I was in awe of him.” The praise for keyboardist, composer, arranger Fischer stems from no less than jazz great Herbie Hancock. Fischer’s (1928-
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Latin Jazz
Between or Beyond – The Mike Nock Underground – a classic recorded in 1970 at the legendary MPS Studio Villingen in Germany’s Black Forest with the FOURTH WAY rhythm section (Eddie Marshall drums, Ron McClure electric bass, Mike Nock
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Als diese Aufnahmen für MPS im Schwarzwald eingespielt wurden, war der Begriff „Weltmusik“ noch nicht so strapaziert wie in den letzten Jahren. Die in Tel Aviv geborene Bulgarin Rimona Francis, die in New York lebt, singt und spielt hier mit
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
The Gentle Art of Art (Remastered)
Perhaps the most perfectly realized MPS session by jazz accordionist Art Van Damme! Van Damme's lovely melodic sound is set up nicely with a small combo that includes Fred Rundquist on guitar, Heribert Thusek on vibes,
Komponist: Diverse
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
