When jazz bass virtuoso Paul Chambers recorded Bass On Top, his third and final album as a leader for Blue Note, he was only 22 years old but already well established as one of the top bassists in jazz. This brilliantly seductive album features stalwarts Hank Jones on piano, Kenny Burrell on guitar, and Art Taylor on drums. Highlights include the chamber-jazz interpretation of Jerome Kern’s “Yesterdays” and a lightly swinging version of “Dear Old Stockholm,” a tune often associated with Miles Davis who was Chambers’ employer at the time.

Autobahn is the fourth studio album by German electronic band Kraftwerk, released in November 1974. It was the band's first album to fully embrace the repetitive electronic sound they would become known for (although organic instruments still remained part of their sonic palette) and was inspired by the titular German motorway system. The radio edit of the title track became a surprise international hit, reaching number 11 in the UK, number 12 in both Canada and the Netherlands, number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and number 30 in the Australian chart. In 2015, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Austrian Syndicate…the phrase immediately brings to mind the best-known and most influential of all Austrians in jazz, Joe Zawinul. And yet David Helbock’s project is much more than just a homage to his compatriot. It is a return to the roots of fusion jazz and how things developed from then on. It is also a new direction stylistically for Helbock, who has harnessed a panoply of inspiration with a refreshing openness to new sounds from far and wide. As Helbock himself puts it: "This is close to my heart." Helbock has been able to enlist the best rhythm section in Austria for the Syndicate: Raphael Preuschl on bass and bass ukulele, drummer Herbert Pirker and percussionist Claudio Spieler. The quintet also has an American in it, one for whom becoming Austrian was a matter of choice: pianist Peter Madsen. This Austrian supergroup is also a place where Helbock’s stellar international guests shine brightly: Maria João, Fred Wesley, Dhafer Youssef, Alex Acuña and Lakecia Benjamin.

Nina Simone’s story from the late sixties to the nineties can be told through her legendary performances in Montreux. Taking to the Montreux stage for the first time on 16 June 1968 for the festival’s second edition, Simone built a lasting relationship with Montreux Jazz Festival and its Creator and Director Claude Nobs and this unique trust and electricity can be clearly felt on the recordings.

GRAMMY-nominated trumpeter, composer, and producer Theo Croker has announced the Deluxe Edition of his visionary album Dream Manifest, arriving October 24th via Dom Recs. Expanding on the bold genre-fluid foundation of the original, the Dream Manifest (Deluxe) introduces an electrifying new chapter with fresh material and boundary-pushing collaborations featuring IDK, Dear Silas & Blue Lab Beats, and Natureboy Flako. Released this past June, Dream Manifest earned widespread acclaim from LA Times, NPR, DownBeat, TIDAL, Wall Street Journal, and more, with critics praising Croker’s fearless innovation, compositional depth, and spiritual focus. The album includes standout collaborations with Estelle, Kassa Overall, MAAD, Gary Bartz, Malaya, and others—highlighting Croker’s role as a bridge-builder and sonic architect of modern jazz’s evolution.

It’s been seven strange years since The Veils’ last studio album Total Depravity, and Finn Andrews has a new double LP to show for it. …And Out Of The Void Came Love is the result of this tumultuous period of injury, isolation and new life…

Fate in a Pleasant Mood was recorded in Chicago in 1960, but not released until 1965. It was the last album featuring Sunny's band from Chicago. After a decade and a half in the Windy City, tired of local indifference by fans and the press, Sun Ra decided to take his music elsewhere—briefly to Montreal, then New York, where he settled for seven years.

Swiss-Polish-Japanese singer, composer, and pianist Yumi Ito has long been celebrated for her ability to blur boundaries between genres and cultures. Now, with the release of Lonely Island, she strips everything back to its essence. For the first time in her career, Ito performs completely solo—just voice and piano—offering a deeply personal album that is both a retreat and a revelation.

Marco Marazzoli was a composer, harpist and singer and as such moved in the highest circles of the clergy, which can certainly be explained not only by his own priestly status, but above all by the unusual quality of his creations. Born in Parma around 1602 and died in Rome in 1662, he was successful both in the large forms and in the field of chamber music cantatas. Towards the end of his life, he created a series of experimental vocal works for six voices and a small instrumental ensemble, which even satisfied the demands of the Vicar of Christ on earth: after all, the composer and his poets celebrated the Pope in these miniature dramas as a man of peace, through whose mediation the Franco-Spanish War had come to an end in 1659. This recognition can still be heard today.

Very happy to say that next up in the quiet details series is the wonderful producer and live performer of everything from the deepest ambience to true dance-floor electro, Emile Facey, otherwise known as Plant43.

This compilation of songs is not meant as a historic reflection of popular music of the “Arab world.” It is a very personal selection of songs we grew to like at Habibi Funk. It is music that historically never existed as a unified musical genre. We think it’s important to make this distinction and to have the listener understand that the majority of the music on this compilation does not come from the highly famous names of the musical spectrum of North Africa and the Middle East.

Late Night Poems is a combination of the formula of an acoustic jazz quartet, drawing on the best traditions of the genre, with lyrics characterized by poetic sensitivity, presented in the formula spoken word - jazz & poetry. For this reason, the album is dominated by the noble sound of the piano, double bass, trumpet and drums, which are served by some of the top musicians on the Polish jazz scene.

Boogie Belgique's latest EP, 'Postlude to Machine,' strikes a unique balance between the mellow vibes of chill-out and lo-fi and the invigorating energy of danceable tracks. Featuring an eclectic mix of remixes from amazing artists like Poldoore, Moderator, and Proleter, along with two original compositions that encapsulate the band's knack for blending past and present sounds, this EP is an invitation to explore a diverse musical landscape where each remix adds a new dimension to Boogie Belgique's renowned style.

Puccini’s purely instrumental compositions, whether for orchestra or in the field of chamber music, were almost all written while he was still a student at the Milan Conservatory from 1880 to 1883. These works reflect the musical spirit of the time that shaped the young composer: the melodic influences of his teacher Amilcare Ponchielli and also the impressions left on him by the music of Richard Wagner. At the same time, however, these pieces already point ahead to Puccini the opera composer. It seems only logical, therefore, that many of the themes echoed in them subsequently reappeared in his stage works and became much more famous there than in their original form.

Zane Alexander S.B. leads the Holy Ghost Ensemble, a 13-piece band of distinguished San Diego musicians, through a structured improvisation that blends jazz, classical, and new textures in an idiom of his own.