This unusual album takes on the compositions of the iconic jazz pianist Bill Evans from a uniquely different angle. It also brings together some of Britain’s finest ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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Jasper van’t Hof was born in Enschede, Holland on June 30, 1947. The child of a jazz trumpeter and a classically trained singer and pianist, his great interest ...
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
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Recorded ‘live’ at Munich’s legendary Domicile jazz club a few years before Czech composer/keyboardist Jan Hammer leaped to fame with the Mahavishnu ...
Genre: Jazz
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The amazing Austrian piano player Friedrich Gulda recorded for MPS Records some of the most important records. Beneath there are records like “It’s all one”, “Donau so blue”, “Message from G.” among pure classic recordings.
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Friedrich Gulda, Claude Debussy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Avantgarde Jazz
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Rainbow is more than a sequel to John Handy’s and Ali Akbar Khan’s first MPS album (see Karuna Supreme for info on Handy & Khan): this 1980 recording unites India’s two musical cultures, Khan’s North Indian classical music, and
Composer: Ali Akbar Khan, John Handy, Dr. L. Subramaniam
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Avantgarde Jazz
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“My aim for my new record was to find really unusual combinations,” explains Rolf Kühn, in cheerful mood after his last day in the studio. SPOTLIGHTS is the title of his brand-new album to be released on the MPS label on September 30,
Composer: Rolf Kühn, Hamilton de Holanda, David Raksin, Randy Newman, Joseph Kosma
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
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MPS chose “Have You Met This Jones” as the title for this album because of the wordplay on “Have You Met Miss Jones”, the hit standard that has been recorded by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Robbie Williams. This Jones is Hank Jones, the
Composer: Richard Rodgers, Hart, Thad Jones, Jerry Dodgion, Duke Ellington, Hank Jones, Burke, Van Heusen, Parker, Thompson, Jacquet
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Free Jazz
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One of the great fusion saxophonists, Bob Malach made the move from his hometown of Philadelphia to NYC in 1976. He soon found work with the likes of Stanley Clarke and Alphonse Mouzon (he’s featured on Mouzon’s MPS release
Composer: Bob Malach, John Scofield, Eef Albers, John Lee Hooker, Jasper van't Hof
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
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The Dave Pike „Album „from 1971 is one of the albums vibist extraordinaire Dave Pike recorded while on a stint in Germany in the late 60s/early 70s on the excellent jazz label MPS. At this time Dave Pike was working with a group of Germans,
Composer: Peter Baumeister, Volker Kriegel, Dave Pike, Johann Anton Rettenbacher
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
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Born in Cleveland Ohio in 1943, Jiggs Whigham began playing professionally at 17; by the age of 20 he occupied the first trombone chair with Stan Kenton, moved onto Maynard Ferguson’s band, and then to Cologne Germany in 1965
Composer: Jiggs Whigham, George Gruntz, Johann Anton Rettenbacher, Tony Inzalaco, Harry Akst, Marc Henry Moulin
Genre: Jazz
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The incomparable jazz entertainer, Paul Kuhn, here presents some of his favourite melodies, performed in his own special way. As well as his regular accompanists, Paul G. Ulrich on bass and Willy Ketzer on drums, the album features two very
Composer: Nino Oliviero, Charlie Parker, Thad Jones, Paul Kuhn, Walter Hirsch, Richard Rogers
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
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Live at the Donaueschingen Music Festival
German vibraphonist-pianist/composer Karl Berger’s collaborations with Don Cherry and Carla Bley catapulted him into the front echelon of the 1960’s jazz Avant-garde. Lauded for his work as educator and a proselytizer of the integration
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Free Jazz
