All About Jazz has hailed the often improvisatory ensemble’s “true eclecticism, drawing [their] influences from many sources”; they called their 2016 self-titled album “a rare and beautiful gem.”

Die Pandemiejahre haben viel mit uns gemacht. Wir haben aufgegeben, angefangen, alles auf den Kopf gestellt und manchmal einfach ausgehalten.

On September 8th, 2023, Ridgeway Records releases Seven Shades of Violet (Rebiralost), the stunning debut jazz album from San Francisco based pianist, keyboardist, and composer, Michael Echaniz, in the wake of a successful fight against stage four lymphoma cancer.

Deeper kann man nicht bekommen, wenn man stillsteht. Das ist Absicht, sagt Nic Gohl von dem Quartett aus Chicago. »Fühlt es sich gut an, wenn du diesen Song hörst?

COMPELLING PORTRAITS from lauded trombonist Kenneth Thompkins celebrates the music of contemporary Black composers.

It’s no secret that brass instruments can infuse any musical setting with a hair-raising surge of untamed energy and fervor. On BRASS TACKS VOL 2 from Navona Records, the brass family finds itself the spotlight, showcasing unique tones and unhindered expressiveness that’ve been carefully extracted by a variety of seasoned composers and performers.

That you can never listen 12 of his albums and they all sound the same, is his claim and so it’s not surprising that Buju Banton’s new upcoming long player Born For Greatness appears quite different from what we’re used to from the superstar.

David Rea was an East Coast singer/songwriter signed to Felix Pappalardi's label, Windfall Records. Rea had also briefly been in the English folk/rock band Fairport Convention.

The Herman Krebbers Edition offers the most comprehensive collection ever issued of the recorded art of Herman Krebbers (1923–2018) featuring the great Dutch violinist as concerto soloist, chamber musician and concert master and issued to mark the centenary of his birth.

Franz Konwitschny (* August 14, 1901 in Fulnek, North Moravia; † July 28, 1962 in Belgrade) was a German conductor.

The female perspective on the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth is the starting point of SPECTRAL's extremely attractive compilation of numerous vocal and instrumental gems from the Italian early baroque, which are reflected in the touching and moving interpretation by Simone Schwark (soprano) and Jürgen Banholzer ( Harpsichord and organ) begin to sparkle again.

Bohuslav Martinu was a violinist himself, yet the piano colour in many of his symphonic scores is his actual signature. The two instruments are assigned solo roles in the Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra (1953), commissioned by Benno and Sylvia Rabinof, who duly premiered it in May 1954.

Christopher Wood began his musical career as a chorister at St. George's Chapel, Windsor. He studied music at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, where Boris Ord was one of his teachers, and then at the RCM, under Herbert Howells, Gordon Jacobs and Arthur Benjamin. In the summer vacations he studied conducting at the Salzburg Mozarteum with Clemens Krauss, Bruno Walter and Herbert von Karajan. His principal piano teacher was Adelina de Lara, a pupil of Clara Schumann and Brahms. He studied the harpsichord with Rudolphe Dolmetsch and Dorothy Swainson.

Nimrod Borenstein's music has become ever more prominent and popular in recent years and his piano works exemplify his communicative and vitalising spirit. The two sets of Études, inspired by Chopin, some of which are based on a culture, country or myth, employ Borenstein’s personal use of polyrhythms which allow melodies to float and glide in new, virtuosic and colourful ways. Reminiscences of Childhood is a suite exploring the innocence, playfulness and drama of early childhood. Acclaimed British-Vietnamese pianist Tra Nguyen describes Borenstein’s music as ‘inspirational and rewarding’.

This latest work by the Roman bassist and composer, entirely made up of his own original songs, represents the realization and fulfillment of the artist's long work of introspection and research (from his previous album as leader "Second Phase" to today) in which he perfected and refined his instrumental, compositional and arranging approach, experimenting with different timbral sounds through the use of particular instrumental combinations, together with musicians with whom he shared the most important and fundamental stages from the beginning of his musical career.