Rimona Francis fits into no single category. With her Bulgarian background, Israeli singer Rimona Francis feels at home with the complexities of East European and mid-Eastern rhythms and melodies as well as jazz and modern
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,
Composer: Diverse
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
A trio of contrasts pursue a common cause: with the vibrancy of pioneering spirits, KhalifeScumacherTristano release their first album. Worlds encounter one-another. Now living in Paris, Bachar Khalifé’s familial roots are in Lebanon.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
Swinging Tschaikowsky (Remastered)
The early work of Austrian pianist Eugene Cicero must have been incredibly successful for the MPS/Saba label – as they cut more than a few albums that had him in this format, playing jazzy changes based on classical material by a ...
Composer: Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893)
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
This 1965 production was at the time a sensation. It was one of the first records of SABA (later MPS) and they presented - unlike the Play Bach records of Jacques Loussier - jazz improvisations moderate and not just themes and variations ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
“Stéphane Grappelli is a colleague whom I revere and would love to be able to emulate. His playing is filled with technical perfection and spontaneous expressions of emotion that every violinist would envy.” So enthused one of the ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
A very unusual session for MPS – one that features mostly solo work by the four players named as 'leader' – Albert Mangelsdorff, Gunter Hampel, Joachim Kuhn, and Pierre Favre – each of whom get a few tracks to themselves, ...
Composer: Joachim Kühn, Albert Mangelsdorff, Gunter Hampel, Pierre Favre
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Avantgarde Jazz
Jazz and flamenco first crossed paths not in Spain, but in the USA when Miles Davis and arranger/composer Gil Evans recorded “Sketches of Spain” in November 1959 and March 1960. It became one of the most successful jazz albums ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Latin Jazz
It's After the End of the World (Live At the Donauschingen and Berlin Festivals)
“I play space music. When one day humans on far away planets hear the sounds of cosmic beings, the music will seem familiar, for while they were on Earth they had heard Sun Ra.”
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: 1970
Wham (Live At Jazzhouse Hamburg)
Dizzy Gillespie called him “the greatest trumpet player on earth”; he was a major influence on the young Miles Davis (they’re both from St. Louis), and with over 900 recording sessions to his credit, Trumpeter-Flugelhornist Clark Terry ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Jazz Blues
Come On and Shine (Remastered)
„Come On And Shine“ ranks among Patrick Williams’ very best; a hidden gem, brimming over with interesting originals (except the covers of “Bob Newhart Theme,” the TV show Williams was scoring at the time, and MPS owner Hans ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Funk
Bossa Nova and jazz-styled improvisation are an especially good combination.” So said Venezuelan Juan Romero, who had a good understanding of South American folk music. He had also studied classical guitar at the music conservatory ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Latin Jazz
