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Songs: The Music of Allen Toussaint / New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
New Orleans is a musical melting pot that has been cooking up music royalty for nearly over a century. The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, now in its seventeenth year, is dedicated to preserving the tradition of New Orleans music and culture while exploring the works of artists that might be considered slightly outside the realm of jazz. Songs: The Music of Allen Toussaint is the fourth studio recording by the Orchestra. (Storyville)
1CD# SVL1018481 $15.99
Chasin’ the Bird – A Tribute to Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker was one of the most innovative and influential musicians of all time, a genius in the true sense of the term. When Parker was asked to describe his style he said, “It’s just music. It’s trying to play clean and looking for the pretty notes.” Still today, musicians all around the world are trying to catch up with the Bird. Charlie Parker died in 1955 at the young age of 34. (Prophone)
1CD# PCD260 $16.99
Shoehorn Shuffle / Cool Sweetness Sextet
Cool Sweetness could be a nice cold and tasty cocktail… or maybe an irresistible ice cream… But actually, it is the name of Danish trombonist Anders Jacobsen’s jazz sextet. The music on their new album “Shoehorn Shuffle” is primarily composed and arranged by Jacobsen and the album features a strong line-up of some of the strongest players on the Danish jazz scene. (Storyville)
1CD# SVL1014349 $15.99
Songs From My Father / Gerry Gibbs [2 CDs]
Songs From My Father is the muchanticipated newest release from renowned musical polymath Gerry Gibbs. Drummer-percussionistbandleader-arranger Gibbs presents a smashing double-disc masterwork featuring four iterations of his acclaimed Thrasher Dream Trio. Under his astute direction, Gibbs and his band of jazz titans pay homage to the musical legacy of Gerry’s 96-year-old father, Terry Gibbs. (Whaling City)
2CD# WCS131 $24.99
Live at the Village Vanguard / Christian McBride
In June of 2007, Christian McBride returned to the Village Vanguard after a nine-year break, with Inside Straight, a group consisting of Steve Wilson, Eric Reed, Carl Allen, and Warren Wolf. Although many iterations of his groups have played there, Inside Straight was birthed inside the Village Vanguard. This particular set was recorded in December of 2014. (Mack Avenue)
1CD# MAC1192 $17.99 A Time for Love / Oscar Peterson [2 CDs]
A Time for Love – Live in Helsinki, 1987 is a momentous album – but it is far more than that. The final gig of a long international tour that began with four concerts in Brazil, this date was the 14th of a European tour that took the Oscar Peterson quartet all over mainland Europe and Scandinavia. (Mack Avenue)
2CD# MAC1151 $19.99
My Art of Gypsy Jazz / Pietro Lazazzara, guitar
Pietro Pazazzara writes: “The work of My Art of Gypsy Jazz consists of 14 compositions. 11 pieces are original that have never been published, while three pieces were created by Gypsy music composers. The title of this album fully expresses my vision of traditional Gypsy jazz and its possibly projection into the future.” (Stradivarius)
1CD# STR57920 $16.99
The Best of New Orleans Jazz
New Orleans Jazz has a long and rich history. The overarching term ‘New Orleans Jazz’ actually covers several genres- from Dixieland, to Zydeco, to Blues. Highlighted artists in those styles are here brought together in a single album which celebrates those early years. Artists include Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Sever, Kid Ory & His Band, Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers, and many more. (Gift of Music)
1CD# CCLCDG1296 $17.99
Collection 1952–1953 / Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker [2 CDs]
This 46-track 2-CD set comprises most of the recordings Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker made together during their time as part of Gerry Mulligan’s quartet, initially comprising informal ‘live’ recordings in Los Angeles. It offers fascinating insights into the the way Mulligan and Baker developed an intuitive rapport, and an absorbing collection of landmark modern jazz performances. (Acrobat)
2CD# ACBT3339.2 $16.99
Duke Ellington in Coventry, 1966 / Duke Ellington, piano
This Duke Ellington recording was made on Monday, February 21st 1966, along with The Cliff Adams Singers and the baritone singer George Webb, giving the performance a special quality, which the band acknowledged by playing on the top of their game. The concert also includes one of the first performances of a piece which would become an important part of many concerts during the following years, “La Plus Belle Africaine.” (Storyville)
1CD# SVL1018448 $15.99
Shifting Sands / Avishai Cohen Trio
Israeli composer, singer and bass player Avishai Cohen returns to jazz with a dazzling new trio. This new album Shifting Sands, re-engages with this very special alchemy that Cohen’s music provides: fresh and expansive melodic lines, diverse and sophisticated rhythms and a musical elegance that only he can achieve. This release features 10 new tracks, including one different title on each format. (Naïve)
1CD# M7594 $16.99
Crisálida / Danilo Perez
Pianist, composer and educator Danilo Pérez hopes to usher in a new era of enlightenment with his epic new album, Crisálida, which in English translates to “chrysalis.” Incorporating multiple artistic disciplines with this release, Pérez explains. “We need to work together to build our new crisálida, which, to me, is the emotional, mental and physical state of protection in our early development.” (Mack Avenue)
1CD# MAC1178 $17.99
Blueprint – Piano Music for Jazz Trio / Nikolai Kasputin
After his first successful release with the piano and double concerto of Russian composer Nikolai Kapustin, Frank Dupree presents the original jazzy solo piano pieces of the still unknown master, enlarged with additional bass and drums. The genres of jazz and classical music finally melt in a fascinating pure Jazz-Trio formation. (Capriccio)
1CD# C5439 $16.99
The Best of Miles Davis & John Coltrane
Castor and Pollux, Damon and Pythias, “Magic” and Kareem, Miles and Coltrane. One of the most powerful pairings in all of music. Miles and ‘Trane are paired here on nine standout tracks from the much-praised box set Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955–1961. Tracks include “Bye Bye Blackbird,” “Milestones,” “Straight, No Chaser,” “Blue in Green,” and more. (Sony)
1CD# CK61090 $7.99
O’Day: The Early Years 1941–1945 [3 CDs]
The world of jazz in the post-war era was blessed with some very special female vocalists who have left a legacy of legendary and timeless recordings. One name whom many jazz fans will cite among their favorites is that of Anita O’Day, an artist who stayed true to her jazz roots and resisted the temptation to move towards the middle ground of popular music. (Acrobat)
3CD# ADDCD3098 $16.99 Late Night Jazz
Sensuous saxophones, muted trumpets, fingers caressing piano keys, brushes on drums . . . this music was made for late night listening and romance. 40 moodsetting classics are performed by some of the biggest names in jazz: Miles Davis Quintet (“Round Midnight”), Sonny Rollins (“There Is No Greater Love”), Erroll Garner Trio (“Misty”), Barney Kessel (“Laura”), and much more. (Gift of Music)
1CD# GCDG1195 $16.99
Big Bands Live – Benny Goodman Orchestra featuring Anita O’Day
A singer with an exciting presence and a voice to immerse yourself in. A band that lit up with high wattage a repertoire including both standards and popular songs. The result a mixture that whisked the concert hall in Freiburg (Germany) for one evening in October 1959 into a wonderful world of successful jazz entertainment and sent the audience out into the night with an earworm. (SWR)
1CD# JAH-404 $18.99
A Song of Hope / Eric Wyatt
As the follow-up to his 2019 release The Golden Rule: For Sonny, Eric Wyatt’s A Song for Hope is vastly different in both tone and intent. Where the former was a tour de force, a tribute to Sonny Rollins and a straight-ahead blast of straightahead bop, Wyatt’s new record is more adventurous, colorful, unpredictable, and wide-ranging. Both are beautiful, for some of the same – but also different – reasons. The energy is undeniable. (Whaling City)
1CD# WCS132 $16.99
In His Own Sweet Time / Tommy Flanagan
This is a very special recording, which slumbered in the archives for over 26 years and now sees the light of day for the first time. Tommy Flanagan is captured at the Birdland Jazz Club in Neuburg on the Danube, Germany, with repertoire consisting of a mix of standards including two Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn compositions.
1CD# ENJ-9687 $18.99
Pasquale Plays Duke / Pasquale Grasso
This release finds Pasquale Grasso reimagining five Duke Ellington classics on solo guitar, alongside several additional tracks recorded with longtime collaborators bassist Ari Roland and drummer Keith Balla. The album features some of Ellington’s mostcherished masterpieces including “Sophisticated Lady,” “Prelude to a Kiss,” “It Don’t Mean a Thing,” and “Cotton Tail,” with guests vocalists Sheila Jordan and Samara Joy making appearances. (Sony)
