The Modern Art of Jazz (Remastered Edition)
The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims (also released as One to Blow On) is an album by American jazz saxophonist Zoot Sims recorded in 1956 and released on the Dawn label. "These early 1956 sessions feature Zoot Sims in top form playing a pair of standards and originals by members of the quintet. Bob Brookmeyer is the perfect foil for the tenor saxophonist, as they seamless interweave intricate lines throughout the ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Cool
The Concert Jazz Band (Remastered Edition)
"Presented here is the complete original Gerry Mulligan The Concert Jazz Band (Verve V6-8388), which marks the first album released by this extraordinary Mulligan big band formation. It featured such important figures as Zoot Sims, Bob Brookmeyer, Conte Candoli, Gene Quill, Mel Lewis, and of course Mulligan himself. As a bonus, another ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
A Celebration for the Duke (Live)
Duke Ellington was a bandleader and musical director, pianist, in-house composer and arranger for his own big band, he left behind around 2000 works, composed film scores, for revue theatre and show stages, but also for the classical concert hall. He combined jazz with elements of the Western European musical avant-garde of the time as well as the ...
Composer: Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
As Jess Sylvester finished his Hardly Art debut as Marinero in the fall of 2020, he realized it was time for a change. Sylvester grew up in Marin County, on the doorstep of San Francisco. It was a nurturing community for a high-school punk with a pompadour and, later, for a sober songwriter with a proclivity for moody psychedelia. ...
Genre: Latin
Subgenre: Latin Jazz
Saint Motel & the Symphony in the Sky
Saint Motel has announced their fourth studio album, 'Saint Motel & the Symphony in the Sky' which will be arriving in February 2025. And to accompany their first full length album in years. Joyfully blurring genres, Saint Motel showcase an opulent sound complimentary to their ambitious scope. Streamed and viewed over half-a -billion times, the platinumselling Los Angeles quartet magnify this vision with immersive live ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Biting, genuine, thoughtful, playful, joyful, and sincere, Nashville’s New Translations embrace contradictions and exist to confound a band that captures the dizzy surreality of being alive in confusing times. After a series of singles and EPs like 2023's "The Business", New Translations singer Oliver Pierce, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Vocalist and musician Kellin Quinn of Sleeping with Sirens surprised fans with the announcement of his new solo project, Haunted Mouths. His debut album A Collection of Greetings will be released on February 14 via Rise Records. The first single and opening track “Further Til We Disappear” is available to stream now. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
A Ghost Is Born (20th Anniversary Expanded Edition)
20th Anniversary deluxe reissues of Wilco's 2004 classic album, "A Ghost Is Born". The super deluxe edition includea the original album along with alternate versions, outtakes, and demos. This comprehensive set also features a complete live recording from a 2004 concert at Boston's Wang Center, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Nessa Barrett’s sophomore album, AFTERCARE, explores all of the complex emotions surrounding love, sex and the aftermath. AFTERCARE DELUXE includes 6 new songs on the album including “LOVE LOOKS PRETTY ON YOU” and “AMERICAN BEAUTY”. The album showcases the wide range of emotions that one experiences through physical and romantic relationships. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Live in Japan 1974 (50th Anniversary Remastered)
After touring across the United States and Europe for much of 1974, in support of their newly released album Deliver The Word, WAR decided to take their laidback West Coast sound to Japan---bookending their epic tour run with dates across Shizuoka, Tokyo, Osaka and Kobe. ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Funk
A sonorous song album featuring Fatma Said & Friends: Ich brenne für Lieder, bekennt die Egyptian soprano Fatma Said. Following her albums El Nour and Kaleidoscope, which both break musical genres and cultural boundaries, the 2021 Opus Classic winner now turns to the German art song: songs by Schubert, Schumann, ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Miss Rhythm (Mono Remastered Edition)
Originally released in 1959, Miss Rhythm was the second album issued by Ruth Brown. Like its predecessor it was a collection of singles and flip sides Ruth had previously recorded, in this case between 1954 and 1959. Despite this it is possible to detect a growing maturity to her recordings and the development of an artist along the way. ...
Genre: Vocal
Subgenre:
One of the giants of the jazz piano, Bud Powell changed the way that virtually all post-swing pianists play their instruments. He did away with the left-hand striding that had been considered essential earlier and used his left hand to state chords on an irregular basis. His right often played speedy single-note lines, essentially transforming Charlie Parker's vocabulary to ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
Grace Street is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Big Wreck, released on February 3, 2017. The album's lead single "One Good Piece Of Me" was released on November 4, 2016, following several teasers on the band's official Instagram page. The single proved more successful than the previous album's lead single "Ghosts", charting ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
For six months, the quintet (alongside Ian still guitarists Brian Doherty and Paulo Neta, bassist Dave McMillan and drummer Chuck Keeping) worked on it in the Revolution and Vespa Studios in Toronto. Two other competitors must not be forgotten: In addition to mentor Nick Raskulinecz (including Foo Fighters, Rush, Stone Sour, Black Star Riders), producer Eric Ratz (including Bily Talent, Cancer Bats), who ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
'Albatross' marks the reunion after an 11 year hiatus from alt-rockers Big Wreck. On this highly anticipated third full-length album, Big Wreck founders Ian Thornley and Brian Doherty are back to doing things the way they did in the very beginning: writing and recording without any outside influence, and regardless of the tastes of the day. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 ‘Pastoral’: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, nicknamed ‘Pastoral’, is about the power and beauty of nature. We are fortunate that Beethoven gave titles to the movements of his Sixth Symphony. For instance, we know that the third movement is about the people on the land and their folklore (therefore it should ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Prison Oval Rock - 40th Anniversary Edition (Remastered)
One night back in the early 1980s, Isaiah Laing of Supreme Promotions, the promoters of Sting, kept a dance at Spanish Town Prison Oval, a stone’s throw from the Spanish Town Adult Correctional Centre. It featured the now legendary Jamaican producer Henry ‘Junjo’ Lawes’ sound system, Volcano Sound. In order to be recognised as one of the top sounds on the island, Junjo and his crew had to walk with some serious music, exclusive dubplates, ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
Trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire is charting a new, expansive course through the musical cosmos. Building upon the innovative spirit of his 2018 masterpiece Origami Harvest, Akinmusire now unveils Honey From A Winter Stone. This audacious work fuses the ethereal textures of a string quartet with the inventive prowess of rapper/producer Kokayi, and the inventive ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Avantgarde Jazz
Renascence’ is a true return to form and the crown jewel of their legendary discography. It picks up where their 1974 album ‘Promised Heights’ left off - a spiritual and sonic successor that gives a fresh, modern twist to their legendary sound, which remains fundamental to the early hip-hop and funk scenes in the US and UK. ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Hip Hop Soul
