Track Listings: 1 These Foolish Things 2 Humoresque 3 Stormy Weather 4 Riffin’ and Jivin’ 5 I Can’t Explain 6 Blues for Panassi 7 En [More]
“The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra is, of course, the highly acclaimed successor to the original Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, founded in 1966. This long overdue and loving [More]
Mayor of Punkville is a double live album by American jazz bassist William Parker and his Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra. Track listing: All compositions [More]
Far East Suite is a 1967 concept album by  Duke Ellington, inspired by his group’s tour of Asia. Ellington and longtime collaborator Billy Strayhorn wrote [More]
Al-Jadida is an album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil, fusing traditional Arab music with jazz, which was recorded in 1990 and [More]
“Intuition” is the title of a free improvisation by the Lennie Tristano quintet. It was recorded on May 16, 1949, and is credited as being [More]
Damisi is an album recorded by American saxophonist Harold Land in 1972 for the Mainstream label. In Swahili damisi means “cheerful”. Track listing: All compositions [More]
A timeless jazz gem from 1956, this album by the Hal McKusick Octet seamlessly blends cool jazz with chamber music. The ensemble features alto saxophone, [More]
“By the time of this 1996 CD, Kenny Davern already had a full career of accomplishments, and for years, he had had his own sound [More]
Point of Departure is a studio album by American jazz pianist and composer Andrew Hill, recorded in 1964 and released in 1965 on the Blue [More]