“I was always attracted to different types of melodies, harmonies and grooves. Combining those influences is a matter of getting in touch with the spirit and emotions in the music, and trying to convey those same emotions with honesty. I don’t care…

Theo Croker was born and raised in central Florida but at the age of eleven he heard his grandfather Doc Cheatham (a great jazz trumpeter) playing in New York. Doc died the following year but Theo continued to listen to his recordings. “i would just…

Greg Osby alto saxophonist, producer, composer and educator has made an indelible mark on contemporary jazz as a leader of his own ensembles and as a guest artist with many other acclaimed jazz groups, notably Jack DeJohnnette’s “special edition”…

Bilal came up in Germantown, a northwest neighbourhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A deep interest in jazz was fostered by his father, who took him to the city’s clubs, singing eventually became more than an interest. He attended New York’s new…

Al Jarreau’s unique vocal style and his innovative musical expressions made him one of the most exciting and critically-acclaimed performers of our time with seven Grammy® Awards, countless international music awards and popular accolades worldwide…

Two of the leading Japanese musicians in the field of jazz and free music appear in this live recording. Pianist Yosuke Yamashita plays Thelonius Monk, and Hozan Yamamoto, virtuoso of the flute and the shakuhachi, performs traditional Japanese music…

In this compilation of live concert appearances Gulda performs solo pieces by Mozart and conducts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, with Agnes Baltsa singing a Mozart concert aria. He plays jazz with organist Barbara Dennerlein and with The Paradise…

The famous singer/song-writer and pianist Konstantin Wecker and the leading German jazz pianist Wolfgang Dauner perform a concert of their own works. This live recording comes from the Philharmonie in Munich

Austrian piano virtuoso, Friedrich Gulda gives a comprehensive account of his unique art in an uninterrupted ninety-minute solo performance, which was recorded live at the Munich Philharmonie. His programme of eighteen pieces included works by Bach…

Jacques Loussier's trumpet concerto is played by Bernard Soustrot (trumpet) and the Munich Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Jean-Pierre Wallez.