“I sat very near to or next to the greats at the Village Vanguard on many occasions,” says the eminent drummer-composer-bandleader Bill Stewart, by way of contextualizing his - and the Criss Cross label’s – first-ever live-at-the-Vanguard recording. During his early years in New York, before he ever played the hallowed basement, Stewart, now 58, frequently ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Rivers have always played an important role in Tobias Meinhart's life. While the saxophonist, who grew up in a small town near Regensburg, had to cross the Danube every day during his school days, today it's the East River in New York. Meinhart has lived there, in the world capital of jazz, for over 15 years. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
The album ‘Suite Espontánea’ was released in May 2019 and explores the Jazz language through 9 original compositions, 2 of them as free improvisations, exploring and investigating form and improvisation, through different formats and musical situations, with a quintet formed by Alejandro Sánchez on tenor sax, Jasper ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Nu Jazz
More Amor - A Tribute To Wes Montgomery
From “Road Song” to “More, More, Amor” to “Boss City,” the Windy City’s oldest continuously operating jazz orchestra — featuring the phenomenal guitarist Bobby Broom — tips its hat to one of the most unique and pivotal voices jazz guitar has ever known. The 10-track collection is proof that the CJO deserves its reputation as “The best big band in the country,” as proclaimed by the late, great trumpeter and educator, Clark Terry. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
Olmarin Unioni is a Tampere-based jazz quartet. Founded in 1998, they have played together for over fifteen years and recorded two albums, Olmarin Unioni in 2004 and Peaceful Minds 2005. As their musical inspiration, the band mentions the great jazz masters of the 50's and 60's, like Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon and Wayne Shorter. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Free Jazz
Alfie (Original Music From The Score (2025 Remaster)
Alfie was released in 1966 as the soundtrack to the British film of the same name. This six-cut date was arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson, featuring a mix of musicians supporting Rollins including Kenny Burrell (guitar), J.J. Johnson (trombone) and Phil Woods (alto sax), among others. Rollins attempts to capture the textures of life through his incisive and ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
Niemandsland - Jazzthing Next Generation, Vol. 106
Niemandsland (trans: “No man's land") is not just the title of this album. Matthias Meyer also named his band as such: Matthias Meyer's Niemandsland. The term clearly has a deeper meaning for the drummer, composer, and bandleader from Berlin. It has become a key word for his musical self-discovery. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Tippin’ is the realization of a dream I've nurtured for quite some time. It’s been over 20 years since I last recorded as a leader, not counting the two records I made with my dear friend and bassist, Rodney Whitaker, Get Ready and Work To Do. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
The post-New Thing lineage is a sacred thing. In the fields sown by Ayler and Coltrane and Sanders and Shepp, the music free and flowing without ego but with purpose. It's a judgment call of course, but the proponents are arguably few. Without attaching too many words to it, it's a style of playing that s something spiritual, something other, a ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Avantgarde Jazz
Bassist/composer/arranger John Patitucci's intensive sessionography is so vast and amplified by just a smattering of the names he has brought to his triple A+ game to— Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter, Norah Jones, Monty Alexander, Warren Zevon, Lynne Arriale, Connie Han—it is rather easy to forget what a ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Undercover (Live at the Village Vanguard)
“The lights go down, the audience gets quiet, and the stage lights come up. You walk on stage and feel the incredibly focused energy of the room. It’s like going into a dreamworld.” Legendary guitarist and composer Kurt Rosenwinkel put together visionary jazz musicians Aaron Parks ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings (Mono Remastered 2024)
Newly remastered! Released to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of these sessions and the 75th Anniversary of Prestige Records. The collection is a new, 20-track compilation, collecting genre-defining recordings from the music icon’s 1954 output, including music from classic albums Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Cool
Back on the Scene (Remastered Stereo Edition)
A very tasty set that features several good tracks. The arrangements are inventive, and Green‘s trombone sound is nicely showcased with excellent support from this group. Set can appeal to mainstream devotees. Top tracks are I Love You, which is done in Latin tempo and a slow reading of You’re Mine You. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
Monk's Music (Mono Remastered 2024)
"Monk’s Music" is a landmark in jazz — easily one of Thelonious Monk’s greatest albums ever, and a magical crossroads of talents that brings together a variety of jazz traditions! The work is performed by an ambitious Monk septet that includes both Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane on tenor sax — and if you’ve ever doubted the ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
At The Renaissance (Live At The Renaissance / 1960 / Remastered 2024)
Recorded live at The Renaissance in Hollywood on Oct 14, 1960, this reissue of Ben Webster's At the Renaissance is a "consistently wonderful" album notes AllMusic, that finds the saxophonist "in superior and creative form." The New Yorker, for its part, has anointed Webster one of the "founding emperors of the jazz tenor saxophone." ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Cool
The Creator Has a Masterplan B (A Tribute to Pharoah Sanders)
This band led by German saxophpnist Johannes Enders is inspired by Pharao Sanders' emotional intensity and never derivative. In nine original compositions the musicians build a bridge back to Sanders, formulating their very own interpretation, expanding on it, and making it swing. Johannes Enders has ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Sonny Rollins and The Contemporary Leaders (Remastered Edition)
"Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders" (Contemporary Records S-7564) marked the last of the classic Sonny Rollins albums prior to his unexpected three-year musical hiatus, which would end in 1962 with the recording of The Bridge. The album features the great tenor saxophonist with pianist Hampton Hawes, guitarist Barney Kessel, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
Why New York? "To record an album in New York with his heroes was also a lifelong dream for me. It felt so good the first time that I wanted to repeat it." Bernhard Wiesinger had been to New York several times before, but he never lived there for a long time. "The energy is simply different, even as far as such a production is concerned," he can only confirm. That's exactly what he excellently captured with "Enlightened". A brilliant decision. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
With several Origin releases featuring mainstream heavyweights, young up-and-comers, and chordless trio explorations with his Trio East and Triocity groups, drummer Rich Thompson has covered vast musical ground. Here, Thompson teams with his bandmate from trumpeter Byron Stripling's band, pianist/organist Bobby Floyd, guitarist Corey Christiansen ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Beginning in the 60’s, the small chamber group ensemble became increasingly important in the advancement of jazz, enabling horn players including Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, and Ornette Coleman to seek uncharted sonic territories and achieve new levels of freedom without the support of chordal instruments. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
