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For this 1981 album, their 2nd for MPS, pianist Christoph Spendel and vibraphonist Wolfgang Schlüter assembled a finely-tuned quartet of top-flight musicians. Spendel has worked in groups that have included Didier Lockwood, Lonnie
Genre: Jazz
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Diabelli-Variationen (Remaster)
Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations are, without a doubt, an integral part of great piano literature. Here, pianist Friedrich Gulda interprets the works. When Gulda recorded these works in the 1960s, he joined forces with producer Hans
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Genre: Classical
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New album by this excellent mandolin player who plays 15 of the most known songs by Chico Buarque, which also has the participation of Chico Buarque himself, Catalan singer Silvia Perez Cruz in ÒO Meu AmorÓ and ÒAtras da PortaÓ, Italian
Composer: Chico Buarque, Hamilton de Holanda, Tom Jobim, Francis Hime
Genre: Latin
Subgenre: Latin Jazz
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The Hub of Hubbard (Remastered)
„Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, whose Atlantic recordings had straddled the boundary between hard bop and the avant-garde, sticks to bebop on this excellent recording. Performing in a quintet with tenor-saxophonist Eddie Daniels (no clarinet
Composer: Vincent Youmans, Cole Porter, Freddie Hubbard, Jule Styne
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
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Friday the 13th is a date many of us view with a certain amount of foreboding. For those who love vinyl albums, it’s their lucky day: on Friday, May 13th Edel:Kultur unties another bundle of re-releases from the catalogue of the iconic
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Latin Jazz
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Montreux Alexander - The Monty Alexander Trio Live at the Montreux Festival
„Pianist Monty Alexander did some of his finest recordings for the MPS label. This live trio set with bassist John Clayton and drummer Jeff Hamilton (reissued) features Alexander playing his usual repertoire of the period with blues,
Composer: Richard Evans, Monty Alexander, Lionel Bart, George Harrison, George Gershwin
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
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A relative of the legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt, violinist Zipflo Reinhardt assimilates the deep gypsy jazz tradition. Counting his main influences as Stéphane Grappelli and Jean-Luc Ponty he was also inspired by the music of John
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Jazz Blues
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Jamaican guitarist Ernest Ranglin’s work with reggae legends Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff and long association with internationally acclaimed Jamaican jazz pianist Monty Alexander (check out Monty’s classic reggae-saturated MPS
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Latin Jazz
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Gilles Peterson - Magic Peterson Sunshine
Gilles Peterson Presents another killer compilation, strickly MPS. Gilles Peterson has a special love affair with MPS. To be exact, it goes back more than three decades to the London of the 1980's when Gilles stood at the beginning of an
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
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Octember Variations (Remastered)
This first album of Volker Kriegel’s Mild Maniac Orchestra, one of Europe’s most influential and successful fusion groups. Keyboardist Thomas Bettermann would go on to record 8 albums with Kiegel, and bassist Hans Peter Ströer and Dutch
Composer: Volker Kriegel, Hans Peter Ströer, Thomas Bettermann
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
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Romanian Eugen Cicero performed his first piano concert with a symphony orchestra at the age of six. His first SABA/MPS album, Rokoko Jazz sold over a million copies. Known for his rhapsodic style, Cicero was acknowledged as an “all-around
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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Martial Solal pairs up with three acknowledged jazz masters. From his early work with pianist Lennie Tristano and participation in Miles Davis’ legendary ‘Birth of the Cool’ recordings, on through to work with the likes of Charlie
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
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On this MPS release Solal teams up with jazz giants German bassist Niels-Henning Pederson and Swiss drummer Daniel Humair in what music journalist Karl Lippegaus described as “a European dream trio”. Solal originals grace the first three
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
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Known best for co-leading the legendary Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland big band, Belgian pianist Boland also gained recognition as a major composer-arranger. His work with MPS represented an important slice of his recording career – the
Composer: Francy Boland, Karl Drevo, Jack Sels, Sahib Shihab, Jimmy Woode, Scott Bradford
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Free Jazz
