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.

Turn back time and dreams to the black and white cinema universe where divas like Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn and many more with their delicate voices and expressive faces let us keep on dreaming while listening to their…

"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.

Elvin Jones is the archetypical modern jazz musician playing on instinct, not intellect. This is the kind of music he has played to perfection since his days with John Coltrane. There are some heavy-duty sidemen in his present "Jazz Machine": Sonny…

Splendid rendition of Ravel’s famous opera staged specially for HDTV and performed by the Atelier de l’Opera de Lyon. This new version of the opera was written for four instruments (two pianos, cello and flute), thus emphasizing the fearful emotions…

The Danish Radio Big Band has joined forced with Curtis Stigers to celebrate the iconic legendary Frank Sinatra concerts that took place at The Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. The concert presents the most beloved evergreens from the American songbook of…

Alexander von Schlippenbach is one of the top jazz avant-garde pianists and composers in Europe. The film accompanies the musician to rehearsals and concerts. It shows him working together with his wife, the pianist Aki Takase, with whom he leads the…

Friar Alessandro is a modest monk living in the hilltop monastery of Assisi and an award winning recording artist. He is a charming and spiritual young man with a gentle tenor voice whose musical message of hope, peace and brotherly love is…

In a live recording from the Amerikahaus, Munich, Gulda reveals the versatility of his keyboard playing. On the clavichord he plays three preludes and fugues from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier; on the piano, his own re-working of Schubert's Der…

These two great jazz players - vibraphonist Gary Burton and pianist Makoto Ozone - both noted for their virtuoso technique and innovative style, came together to give a concert of improvised music.They delighted the audience with their fluid, poetic…