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!

This particular performance shows world-class piano player Joanne Brackeen with a quite unusual line up, consisting of Pat Metheny's drummer Danny Gottlieb, Lonnie Plaxico of Steve Coleman's Five Elements Band and Donald Harrison, a unique sax player…

"Roots Revisited" is what Maceo Parker, one-time saxist in James Brown's Band, calls his earthy soul and funk combo.

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…

Ron Carter, Bobby Hutcherson and Joe Chambers are legends of 'Blue Note' Records. They have established themselves as forward-thinking and inventive band leaders, composers and studio musicians, astonishing audiences around the world with their…

Georgie Fame is "Yeah, Yeah!" and " The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde", but with his unmistakable voice and his special hammond organ sound, he is also a past master of R&B. Now Georgie Fame is making a triumphal comeback with "The Blue Flames".

"The most exciting woman in the world". A black American voice with an international flair and one of the reigning queens and goddesses of blues and jazz.

In this performance, Pharoah Sanders, one of the innovators of the saxophone, explores the possibilities of the instrument. This programme includes moments of sounds exploding with rhythmic intensity, plus pieces full of silent excitement.

Live from Paris 1977

In 1987's Open Air Festival "Jazz in Antibes", the Irakere All Stars play "El Duque" - a hommage to Duke Ellington - and "Samba for drums".