native american music

Eagle Song – Pow Wows of the Native American Indians

“Pow wow” is said to derive from the Algonquian words ‘pau wau’ which means ‘he dreams,’ and denotes an originally religious significance. Today, pow wows do not retain much religious meaning. Over time, tribes joined together in these festivities and with the emergence of a new found Native American pride the old ceremonies were revitalized. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2803

Native American Flute

$14.99

The Native American flute is also commonly known as the “love flute,” or the “courting flute.” Its ethereal, otherworldly sound makes the instrument a distinctive and memorable part of American music tradition. “Spiritual music with flutes and drums… you find yourself in the dark woods above which hawks and eagles circle... In short, music from a dream.” – Country Gazette (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2660 $18.99

Powwow Songs – Music of the Plains Indians

These live recordings from the Kihekah Steh Powwow, Skiatook, and Oklahoma tribles capture the atmosphere of this inter-tribal gathering with drumming, singing and dancing. Tracks include “Slow War Dance Songs,” “Contest Song for Straight Dancers,” “Grass Dance Theme Song,” “War Dance Song,” and more. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2440 $12.99

Night Chants – Native American Flute

This release is filled with pure, haunting American Indian flute music (solo or with occasional percussion) that touches the soul. Played on a variety of Dakota, Hopi, Navajo, and other Native American flutes, these songs expressing joy, sorrow, love and belief, and show the legacy of ancient traditions of sacred and secular music that have been passed down through generations of families and communities. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2777 $18.99

Navajo: Code Talkers of World War

During World War II, a group of Native American Marines devised an unbreakable code that helped the United States maintain the upper hand in many battles and, eventually, led to the surrender of Japan in 1945. This DVD documentary provides insights into the lives of these war heroes in regards to their service on behalf of the United States and the Navajo Nation. (Dreamscape)

1DVD# MOB024433 $14.99

Eagle Dance – Ceremonial Music of the American

Authentic recordings of music of the Navajo, Cherokee, Ohkay Owingeh, Seneca, Arapaho and other tribes. Tracks include “Butterfly Dance,” “Oklahoma Two-Step,” “Women’s Brush Dance,” “Eagle Dance,” “Rabbit Dance,” “Stomp Dance,” “Ribbon Dance,” and more. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2299 $14.99

Spirit Prayer – The Best of Native American Flute

This new release features Native American flutes, solo and in various combinations with nature sounds (thunderstorm, rain, wolves, eagles, etc.) as well as in harmony with other instruments, performed by Jessita Reyes and Alice Gomez. Jessita Reyes has been known to fans of contemporary Native American flute music since her early 1990s debut release. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2706 $18.99

American Indian Pow Wow

ARC Music presents a unique set of authentic recordings of the music of the Navajo from the Four Corners area of the United States. These songs are accompanied on ceremonial drums, water drums, and rattles and resonate with the power of live field recordings. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2390 $14.99

Wind Riders – Native American Flute

The name of this new release, Wind Riders, is taken from Native American folk lore, where the best flute players were called ‘Wind Riders’ for their skill to control the air rushing through their instruments. The Native American flute is used here in a variety of groupings, and the songs on this album portray melodic stories, based on Native American lore. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2639 $18.99

Pow Wow – Round Dances & Sacred Ceremonies

This release features authentic recordings from powwows in the United States and Canada. These ceremonial dances and secular music selections come from various tribes of native American Indians. Featured artists on this release include Northern Wind from Ontario Canada, and Eyabay from Red Lake, Minnesota, who are regarded as kings of the pow wow trail. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2672 $18.99

Live at the Berlin Philharmonie 1969 / Sarah Vaughan [2 CDs]

Never before entirely released concert recorded on 9 November 1969 at the Berlin Philharmonie. The entire performance, with Sarah Vaughan pouring out her heart, seems at once perfectly timeless in terms of it’s formal classicism yet thoroughly in the fleeting moment. Tracks include “Fly Me To the Moon,” “Time After Time,” “Misty,” “Alfie,” and more. (TLR)

2CD# TLR 2004037 $19.99

Stormy Weather: All The Hits And More

1921–47 / Ethel Waters [3 CDs]

Ethel Waters was a singer and actress from Pennsylvania, whose music ranged across jazz, stage musicals, movies and pure pop in a career that spanned more than three decades. During the 1920s and ‘30s she recorded what were among the original versions of some of the most memorable standards of the era. (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB913229 $19.99

Legendary New Testament Band

1952–55 / Count Basie [3 CDs]

Count Basie was one of the most celebrated and influential personalities in jazz, as pianist, organist, bandleader, composer and innovator, both during his stellar career which spanned half a century across the middle decades of the 20th century, and in the years since then. This release presents three discs of recordings from 1952–1955. (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB913120 $19.99

Live at the BeJazz Club, Bern / Peter Schärli

“Traditional” is what Peter Schärli calls the music on this CD. But what does “traditional” mean? It’s about keeping something going that’s in danger of fading into oblivion and disappearing. A little distance makes it easier to see how ridiculous our non-stop focus on optimization –which also means non-stop neglect – really is. (TCB)

1CD# TCB 37202 $16.99

Late Night Sax / Various Artists

Two-disc collection of sax greats perfect for the late hours of the evening! Artists include Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Cannonball Adderley, Stanley Turrentine, Art Pepper, Lou Donaldson, Don Byas, Wayne Shorter, and more. (Not Now Music)

1CD# MOB494666 $9.99 $6.99

Turn Out the Stars / Pinheiro, Ineke, Cavalli

Inspired by the music of the extraordinary pianist Bill Evans, the Pinheiro - Ineke - Cavalli Trio explores in this new album musical landscapes constructed from delicate arrangements and intricate musical interaction. The album features compositions by Bill Evans, as well as works by Michel Legrand and Leonard Bernstein, all in arrangements by the trio. (Challenge)

1CD# CR 73523 $16.99

Be-Bop! / Pasquale Grasso

Guitar virtuoso Pasquale Grasso presents Be-Bop!, a brilliant new tribute to be-bop pioneers Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. The album kicks off in exhilarating fashion with Dizzy’s quintessential composition, “A Night in Tunisia,” originally composed in 1942 when he was a member of Benny Carter’s band and which marked the beginning of Gillespie’s unique blending of Afro-Cuban rhythms with American jazz. (Sony)

1CD# 19658721632 $11.99

Gypsy Jazz Style / Pietro Lazazzara

“This album represents an innovative and renewed production path started in 2020 with my first album My Art of Gypsy Jazz. The unmistakable touch and sound of the Manouche guitar and the sound, creative and emotional impacts that Django Reinhardt had on me, have inevitably influenced my vision and my path, in summary: Gypsy Jazz style”.

Pietro Lazazzara (Stradivarius)

1CD# STR57925S $16.99

Quietitude

/ Eliane Elias

Hot off her 2022 GRAMMY win for Best Latin Jazz Album, Mirror Mirror with Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés, superstar pianist, singer, composer and arranger Eliane Elias returns to her Brazilian bossa nova roots with Quietude. This recording features songs by such legendary composers as Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Dorival Caymmi. (Candid)

1CD# MOB305124 $15.99

Coming Yesterday / Martial Solal

Coming Yesterday is the recording of what turned out to be Martial Solal’s last concert; he decided to stop playing piano after that show. Martial Solal writes: “When I walked onto the stage on January 23, 2019, I did not yet know that I would decide not to play piano anymore after this concert, more than seventy years after my debut.” (Challenge)

1CD# CR 73516 $16.99

Pick Me Up Off the Floor / Norah Jones

Norah Jones’ seventh solo studio album Pick Me Up Off The Floor features collaborators from Brian Blade to Jeff Tweedy, and grew out of her acclaimed singles series of the past two years as the songs she hadn’t yet released unexpectedly congealed into an album of tremendous depth and beauty connected by the sly groove of her piano trios. (Decca)

1CD# MOB748844 $16.99

Nightconcert / Erroll Garner

Octave Music, in partnership with Mack Avenue Records, presents Nightconcert, a newly-restored live performance from the Erroll Garner archives, recorded at the height of his 1964 sold-out European tour. Nightconcert is a midnight jazz performance held at The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, one of the premiere concert halls in the world. (Mack Avenue)

1CD# MAC1142 $17.99 $14.39

Sunny Side of the Street / Herb Alpert

Herb Alpert, the prolific Tijuana Brass titan, returns with Sunny Side Of The Street. This new set of 11 songs contains gentle ballads like “Childhood” and “Time After Time”, upbeat romps like “Pata Pata” and “Tickle Time” and covers of classic songs like “I’ll Remember You” and Louis Armstrong’s “On The Sunny Side Of The Street”. (Herb Alpert Presents)

1CD# MOB022369 $13.99

Come What May / Jane Monheit

“Vocalist Jane Monheit is a technically adept performer with a style steeped in the resonant, swinging jazz tradition of idols like Ella Fitzgerald and Judy Garland. It’s a sound that she has applied over the years to a mix of Broadway and jazz standards, as well as bossa nova and Latin songs. She brings all of this past experience to bear on her urbane album Come What May.” – AllMusic (Sony)

1CD# 64315744948 $13.99

I Know I Dream / Stacey Kent

Stacey Kent stands strong among the artists that don’t have much left to prove, yet she surprises us once more with her album, I Know I Dream. Recorded inside the famous Angel Studios in London with an orchestra, this is her first orchestral album in a career that spans two decades and more than fifteen albums. (Okeh)

1CD# 88985462882 $13.99

Late Night Jazz / Various Artists

Our second jazz collection is deliberately easy listening; relaxing and enjoyable, with strong melodies and a gentle swing. Sinatra, Holliday, Ella, Nat and many more stars in possibly the ultimate fantasy night club program! Relax into the small wee hours with numbers like Sweet Lorraine, or enjoy April in Paris, and dream a little dream with Armstrong. (Gift of Music)

1CD# GCDG1195 $16.99

Live in Holland 1979 / Clark Terry

Clark Terry is one of the greatest and most important trumpeters in jazz history. Now, Storyville Records presents a live recording with his fantastic orchestra, Clark Terry’s Big Bad Band – Live in Holland 1979 The whole band is in great form, and besides Clark Terry himself, this recording showcases many of the very best musicians from the heyday of big bands. (Storyville)

1CD# SVL1018529 $15.99

Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival / Duke Ellington

In 1969, the Berlin Jazz Fest took an audacious stand: it was Duke Ellington’s 70th birthday and not only did they welcome him at the head of his big band for the first time, but part of the program focused on his heritage. (TLR)

1CD# TLR 2204041 $16.99

Let’s Face the Music / Reinhardt Winkler

Reinhardt Winkler writes: “I’ve known most of the songs of my new album for a long time. As a child, I got my first jazz records and all the songs were on it. Over the years I’ve always stayed tuned to these particular songs and some of them have become my absolute favorites. So I decided to record these songs with musicians I appreciate so much.” (Challenge)

1CD# CR 73526 $16.99

Live in Hollywood 1995 / Horace Tabscott Quintet

Horace Tapscott Quintet – “Legacies for Our Grandchildren – Live in Hollywood, 1995” – Horace Tapscott (piano), Michael Session (soprano, alto, tenor saxophones), Thurman Green (trombone), Roberto Miranda (double bass), Fritz Wise (drums). Tracks include “Motherless Child,” “Close to Freedom,” “Little Africa,” and more. (Jazzwise)

1CD# DKTE16.2 $16.99