2023. The Awakening were one of the greatest bands in early '70s jazz blending spiritual and soul. They combined veterans of Chicago's R&B sessions and jazz players affiliated with the Association for the Advanc..

2022. Before Mahjun (of which Souffle Continu reissued, in 2016, the two albums released on Saravah), there was... Maajun. Five musicians (Jean-Pierre Arnoux, Cyril and Jean-Louis Lefebvre, Alain Roux and Roger Sc..

2022. Before Mahjun (of which Souffle Continu reissued, in 2016, the two albums released on Saravah), there was... Maajun. Five musicians (Jean-Pierre Arnoux, Cyril and Jean-Louis Lefebvre, Alain Roux and Roger Sc..

1984. In the early 1970s pianist and composer Adegoke Steve Colson and vocalist Iqua Colson were both members of The Association for Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), the radical home of jazz music in Chicag..

1984. In the early 1970s pianist and composer Adegoke Steve Colson and vocalist Iqua Colson were both members of The Association for Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), the radical home of jazz music in Chicag..

2020. The Awakening were the only "group" recorded by Black Jazz, for which they made two albums; those two releases happen to be among the most collectible in the label's entire catalog, which, given th..

2016. Cast a line delivers a fine haul of songs Cast a line is the new CD from Wellington, New Zealand singer-songwriter Laura Collins. It shows off her warm, powerful vocals and original songs backed by a line-u..

2012. ‘Life’s undertow’ (Rufus Records, 2012) is the second solo piano release from Melbourne musician Tim Stevens, following ‘Freehand’, also on the Rufus label, released in 2002. The album consists entirely of im..

2012. It has been said that watching Valerie Smith perform is 'like being an eye-witness to a thermonuclear explosion!' Her boundless energy and explosive delivery ensures that audiences are treated to unique and me..

2017. Nominated for three BC Interior Music awards and winning one - Radio Indy’s gold artist award winner Lindsay May has had a busy year. A Kelowna BC native, now living in Vancouver BC, Lindsay May released her ..

2017. Having fearlessly merged rock rhythms with jazz during a close association with Miles Davis, in 1969 the great Tony Williams founded Lifetime, featuring John McLaughlin at his innovative best and the mighty or..

2014. - Everything Must Change,I Let You Walk Away,I'm Easy,I Had To See You One More Time,I've Never Been To Me,Don't Let Me Down,Something So Right,Soon As I Touched Him,Only Your Love Song Lasts,Gonna Give Lovin..

2004. Solo piano effort of world-renowned Swedish keyboardist Jens Johansson. Swedish press called it 'exciting and projective' and 'rich in association and saturated with atmosphere'.

2007. Notes on the composer Marcel Khalifé was born in 1950 in Amchit, Mount-Lebanon. He studied the oud (the Arabic lute) at the Beirut National conservatory where he later taught between 1970 & 1975, and, ever si..

1971. Iranian born American guitarist and composer Ahmad Mansour attended Berklee College of music in the early eighties, also studying with John Abercrombie, Mick Goodrick and Ritchie Beirach before moving to New Y..

2013. Billy Price, east coast blue-eyed soul man, has been entertaining audiences for the past four decades. In his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pa., he is an institution. Price's popularity isn't hard to explain. As Geo..

2005. After many twist and turns in her life, Janey has finished producing a collection of 13 sensual songs for this, her 4th solo CD, entitled Perfume. Her CD features 13 intoxicating songs and the unbeliev..

2001. This new recording by internationally acclaimed improvisational music artists pianist Joel Futterman, drummer Alvin Fielder, and reed player Ike Levin represents the first time these three veteran musicans hav..

2011. Recorded live in Chicago's Millennium Park in summer 2008, Stories and Negotiations is the latest installment in drummer/composer Mike Reed's People, Places and Things project. Commissioned by The Jazz Institu..

1975. 'Pincus and The Pig: A Klezmer Tale' Based on Serge Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf' Story written and narrated by Maurice Sendak Music arranged and performed by Shirim Klezmer Orchestra Winner of 2005 Parent..

2014. Janice Misurell-Mitchell 'Vanishing Points' - music for solo, duo and quartet. Composer, flutist and vocal artist Janice Misurell-Mitchell takes a multi-faceted approach to composition. Drawing on traditiona..

1986. Sampo Lassila NARINKKA is a dynamic and innovative trio whose music could be described as ‘Suomi-klezmer’ (‘Suomi’ being the Finnish word for Finland). The trio’s music is a new brand of Finnish and European ..

2012. 'Ferenc Nemeth is a nimble Hungarian drummer with a feel for African rhythm, as he has proved through a marquee association with the guitarist Lionel Loueke. On “Triumph” (Dreamers Collective), an album due ou..

2016. “If You Were God” Tony Monaco (2001) came about from hearing so many people complain about everything from the weather to what was happening in their life, as well as Tony Monaco’s own questions. Recorded in ..

2008. Notes on the composer Marcel Khalifé was born in 1950 in Amchit, Mount-Lebanon. He studied the oud (the Arabic lute) at the Beirut National conservatory where he later taught between 1970 & 1975, and, ever si..

1990. 'Don Cherry, more than any other artist in the jazz of his era, pioneered the music's internationalist nature that has now come to be commonly accepted as an integral part of its character. The individuality o..

1986. On their debut CD, Y2Klezmer, The Alexandria Kleztet creates an exciting and innovative new klezmer sound. By combining a diverse set of musical influences, such as worldbeat, classical, jazz, and rock and ro..

1986. 'Delusions of Klezmer' is the second release from the Washington/Baltimore based klezmer band, The Alexandria Kleztet. They call the type of music they play, 'alternative klezmer,' since, while it is rooted i..

2002.  Shadowplay music with a dash of jazz, folk, blues and an alternate mix.  Created from the sounds of guitar, bass, drums, piano, mandolin, harp, flute,cello, percussion, keyboards and synt..

2008. 'This album has been out, but has not had proper distribution until now. With guest turns from Chuck Prophet, Pete Sears and Jim Campilongo she weaves her magic on some truly engaging songs. Fans of 'Wrecking ..

1990. The late, great composer/pianist/producer/MENSA member Tandyn Almer first emerged in pop culture consciouness as the writer of the 1966 smash single by The Association, "Along Comes Mary." Its seemin..

1990. The late, great composer/pianist/producer/MENSA member Tandyn Almer first emerged in pop culture consciouness as the writer of the 1966 smash single by The Association, "Along Comes Mary." Its seemin..

2010. - Jack Bruce was one of the greatest bass player in the entire history of rock ?n' roll.  He became a legend because of his association with Cream, still one of the most extraordinary bands ever to grace..

2013. 48 at the time that he recorded his Harold Arlen tribute album in 1978, Tommy Flanagan had a successfully emerged from relative obscurity. Although an important graduate of the Detroit jazz scene of the 1950s ..