French pianist Martial Solal ranks at the top of the European jazz pantheon. An internationally acclaimed musician who has worked with the music’s “who’s who”, he has played and recorded at such hallowed jazz settings as the Newport Jazz Festival and New York’s Village Vanguard. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
Two European jazz giants, members of the international pantheon of greats, pair off to create a moveable musical feast. French pianist Martial Solal’s 1963 appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival, and the subsequent years of work with Lee Konitz, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Soul Eyes (Jazz Live at Domicile Munich - Remastered)
One of the series of highly successful live albums MPS produced at Munich’s famous Domicile jazz club, Soul Eyes unites four of Europe’s best known expatriate American jazz musicians. Quincey Jones marveled that trumpeter Benny Bailey “has so personal a sound and so ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava has been a force in the post-bop and avantegarde jazz world since the mid-1960’s when he played with soprano sax icon Steve Lacy. Throughout the 70’s and 80’s he worked with the likes of Gil Evans, Charlie Haden, Archie Shepp, and Cecil Taylor. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
The Balkan in My Soul (Remastered)
A big band album centered around American trumpeter Benny Bailey is understandable; Bailey was one of the great stylists on the instrument. But why music with the Balkans as theme? Benny had connections to the area through tours and work with the many top-flight jazz musicians with Balkan roots. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
Eye of the Beholder (Remastered)
In the decade between the mid 1970’s and 80’s, American pianist/composer Stu Goldberg was a major force on the world jazz scene, working with the likes of John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra, Wayne Shorter, and Freddie Hubbard before moving ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
Throughout the 70’s and into the 80’s, pianist/composer Stu Goldberg was a major force on the international jazz scene, performing alongside such legendary fusionists as the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Al DiMeola, and Freddie Hubbard. This solo piano outing was the second of four albums ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
Solos, Duos, Trio (Remastered)
A one-of-a-kind recording featuring three music giants. From the 70’s into the mid-80’s, pianist/composer Stu Goldberg was a major force on the international jazz scene, performing alongside such legendary fusionists as the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Al DiMeola, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
Viennese clarinetist/alto saxophonist Franz Georg ‘Fatty George’ Pressler ranks as one of the major figures in Europe’s traditional jazz renaissance. Influenced by Benny Goodman’s swing style and Lee Konitz’ modernism, George brought a touch of the contemporary ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
The Band - Live at the Schauspielhaus (Remastered)
Formed in 1972 by the four most influential Swiss jazz musicians of the period, saxophonist Flavio Ambrozetti, son trumpeter Franco, drummer Daniel Hummair, and band arranger/director, pianist George Gruntz, this 19-member orchestra was a unique mix ....
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
The Chicago Jazz Giants Live! (Remastered)
Chicago jazz supreme played by the generation of musicians who grew up breathing in the fresh music that ‘Satchmo’, ‘Fatha’, ‘Bix’ and his gang had blown out of the Windy City. With the word ‘Wild’ thrown in front of his name, ya gotta figure trumpeter Bill Davison’s music will be hot. ....
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Ragtime
In the decade between the mid 1970’s and 80’s, American pianist/composer Stu Goldberg was a major force on the world jazz scene; pianist with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra, he also worked with the likes of Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Zürich Jazz Festival 1971 (Remastered - Live)
Summer comes and the festival season starts. Therefore we present one festival live recordings from the beginning of the 70's. The Zürich Jazz Festival 1971. MPS recorded the highlights of that 1970 festival with such success that they came back for the 1971 edition. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
Heidelberger Jazz Tage '73 (Live)
Summer comes and the festival season starts. Therefore we present a great festival live recordings from the beginning of the 70's. The Heidelberger Jazz Tage '73. This amazing constellation of groups ranges from traditional to modern through fusion and experimental. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Free Jazz
The Historic Donaueschingen Jazz Concert 1957 (Remastered - Live)
Mit The Eddi Sauter Big-Band, Adré Hodeir et son Jatt Group de Paris und The Modern Jazz Quartett. Stadthalle Donaueschingen, 20. Oktober 1957. Donaueschingen, die Stadt, welche in Deutschland und auch weltweit als Synonym ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
Casa de Bituca (The Music of Milton Nascimento)
Ein Jahr nachdem er sich auf „Samba de Chico“ mit dem Werk der brasilianischen Legende Chico Buarque auseinandergesetzt hat, meldet sich Latin Grammy und Echo-Jazz-Preisträger Hamilton de Holanda mit einem neuen Album zurück, das wiederum einem Großmeister der Musica Popular ...
Genre: Latin
Subgenre: Latin Jazz
