A sample of today's finest jazz artists, providing an overview of the variety, internationality and fascination of today's world of jazz.

"To Be With You", the first chartbreaker, launched the success for this young and powerful rock band. Live recording from the Warfield Theatre, San Francicso.

Bireli Lagrene plays with Babik Reinhardt in a tribute to Django Reinhardt.

The Japanese pianist Aki Takase is a veritable typhoon of power and clarity. Her playing shows what can happen when the European rules of melody, harmony and rhythm come face to face with a distinctly Asian way of thinking!

Junko Onishi is one of the most exciting new discoveries of 'Blue Note'. Her imaginative interpretations of music from Duke Ellington to Sonny Rollins, together with her own compositions, have shown her to be a virtuoso pianist and composer of…

When renowned jazz pianists of the old and new school meet at a "Solo Piano Summit," audiences are treated to many an interesting musical surprise. The "Solo Piano Summit" brings together a handful of top pianists with different musical backgrounds…

Michel Legrand ranks amongst the greats of film composing through a distinguished career that spans half-a-century and over 200 films. His attributes range from singer, jazz- pianist, songwriter to conductor, actor, screenwriter and film director -…

In this recording from the Munich Philharmonie the prolific pianist Chick Corea returns to his roots, performing jazz standards and originals in the stripped down trio setting of piano, bass and drums. Elektric Band members Dave Weckl and John…

Two of Germany's most renowned jazz musicians, Albert Mangelsdorff (trombone) and Wolfgang Dauner (piano), join forces with Christoph Lauer (saxophone), Dieter Ilg (double bass) and Wolfgang Haffner (drums) in a concert recorded live from the…

This recording captures a spontaneous piano duo in the Munich Philharmonie, which clearly illustrates the common background of these two pianists in the Vienna of the 1940s and '50s.