Jazz & Blues vinyl LP

Chet Baker's (1929-1988) complementary talents as both a trumpeter and singer are well known today, and Will MacFarland's original liner notes for the 10-inch LP Chet Baker Sings, in which he...

Camille Bertault and David Helbock are two breathtakingly talented European jazz musicians who are currently in their thirties. Their journey through improvised music is always adventurous, playful...

Cannonball Adderley's Cannonball's Sharpshooters, released on March 7, 2025. This version of Cannonball's Sharpshooters is available as a 1xLP.

Ron Carter's Where?, released on January 1, 2015, includes the following tracks: "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise," "Yes Indeed," and others. This version of the Where? album...

Part of the Jean-Pierre Leloir collection, Giant Steps, an 18-gram vinyl record, was John Coltrane's debut on the Atlantic label. At the time, he was still a member of Miles Davis' band, which...

Dalindèo takes the listener on a journey where jazz, surf influences, and the atmosphere of northern nature combine into a unique whole. Tracks on the album Tropicalia Nordica, such as Cruising (Up)...

Stan Getz and Gary McFarland's orchestra Big Band Bossa Nova, released on October 31, 2013. This version of Big Band Bossa Nova is available as a 1xLP record. The release comes with a download...

“I constantly think about how to lead the band with the drums in such a way that the instrument plays a central role, but that it’s more about shaping the music than showing off my virtuosity,”...

November 11, 2006, was a very emotional evening. After nearly 20 years together and thousands of concerts around the world, the Finnish trio Töykeät, led by pianist Iiro Rantala, performed live for...

The jazz saxophonist had achieved legendary status at a time when pop music dominated the record industry. However, it was important for the music press and its readers to emphasize Coltrane's...

Mystical, dramatic, and captivating, Luminessence comes from the peak of Keith Jarrett and Jan Garbarek's creative collaboration, recorded in 1974, immediately after their lively album Belonging....

Keith Jarrett, piano January 24, 1975 (Parts I, IIa, IIb, IIc) Recorded in January 1975

New Vienna is the fourth concert recording from Keith Jarrett's last solo tour of Europe. It follows concerts in Munich in 2016, Budapest, and Bordeaux. Why New Vienna? As Jarrett's friends...

Forty years ago, my international career really took off when I got a call from musical genius Thad Jones, who asked me to join his new big band project, Ball of Fire, in Milan, Italy. Guess what, I...

"For me, music is not about calculation; when I play, I follow my intuition. The creative impulse always comes from within me. My piano and I are at the center of my musical world." For Joel...

Singer Caecilie Norby is one of Scandinavia's most successful jazz artists, and she has always been a traveler between different musical worlds – jazz, soul, pop, rock, and classical. Featuring...

Very few musicians are as well versed in both classical music and jazz as Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala. Accompanied by the acclaimed Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, he now continues his classical...

Iiro Rantala plays the piano with "emotional magnetism and musical intelligence"; he has "virtuosic improvisational skills capable of a vast idiomatic and emotional range."...

Vocal acrobat Andreas Schaerer performs in a duo with Finnish guitarist Kalle Kalima and bassist Tim Lefebvre on the song "Evolution," a subtle singer-songwriter somewhere between Tom Waits...