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!

Together with Chris Carrington (g) and Arto Tuncoboyciyan (perc, voc) Al di Meola gave a wonderful concert at Münchner Philharmonie during the Münchner Klaviersommer 1993. Al di Meola blends perfectly the various styles of music like pop, jazz…

Recorded live, when she appeared at the Philharmonie in Munich, this programme introduces an extraordinarily talented young musician from Azerbaijan. She plays and sings a selection of her own compositions and jazz standards, as well as improvising…

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.

This uptempo, funky performance proves that BB King, one of the Masters of the Blues Guitar has still got it. The band features some of today's best Blues musicians playing all of BB King's classic songs.

Four leading European jazz musicians play together in this concert which was recorded live from Munich Klaviersommer – Gerd Dudek (saxophone), Ali Haurand (double bass), Rob van den Broeck (keyboard) and Jirí Stivín (flute and saxophone). They…

“Jazz is more than just a style of music”, says Amro Salah. “It’s about freedom.” Salah, a jazz pianist, is an enthusiastic promoter of the genre. Every year he organises the Cairo Jazz Festival, but doesn’t view himself as a festival director: He is…

This performance brings together two famous musicians' approaches to traditional jazz, folk and classical music.

During one concert tour around the world, this quartet set the standard of what Jazz can sound like: traditional, racy, funkadelic, grand.

Pianist Chick Corea and flutist Steve Kujala play solo and duet in a 1984 concert at the Kongresshalle Munich.