The ensemble makes its point both with the fantasic playing of the wind instruments as well as the virtuosic precision of Dave Holland's bass.

This programme brings together Gulda's Chopin recital, Pour ma douce, and a performance by Gulda and Limpe Fuchs, entitled Consonanza Personale (see below), in which they play a selection of their own compositions and improvisations.

Joe Zawinul's jazz group Weather Update gave this concert at the Munich Philharmonie. Alongside Zawinul on synthesisers are Victor Bailey on bass, Bobbie Thomas Junior and Peter Erskine on percussion, and Steve Khan on guitar.

Barbara Thompson has long been acknowledged as the first lady of the sax. Together with her band "Paraphernalia" and Jon Hiseman, she ranks among the world's top Jazz-rock ensembles.

Violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Viktoria Postnikova have performed together on numerous occasions throughout the course of their careers. In this 1987 recording from Leningrad, they showcase sonatas for piano and violin by Brahms, Bartók and Beethoven…

Following this concert, the leading Russian jazz pianist Leonid Chizhik was heralded as a real iscovery for the West. His programme includes his own compositions and jazz standards, as well as extensive improvisation

Chick Corea performing on various electronic instruments at the Phiharmonie München during Klaviersommer 1987 together with Frank Gambale (e-g), Eric Marienthal (sax), John Palitucci (b) and Dave Weckl (dr

In this exceptional recording, the Berliner Solisten perform Franz Schuberts Octet in F Major Op. 166. Not only the playing and interpretation of the musicians exude here, but also the powerful visual implementation.

Maria João and Aki Takase are a musical explosion all by themselves. Combine them with bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted- Pedersen and you've got a jazz trio that blows the walls off.

In this concert, recorded live from the Munich Philharmonie, Loussier plays piano, with Vincent Charbonnier on bass and André Arpino on percussion.