Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool". Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals: Chet Baker Sings (1954) and It Could Happen to You (1958). Jazz historian Dave Gelly described the promise of Baker's early career as "James Dean, Sinatra, and Bix, rolled into one". His well-publicized drug habit also drove his notoriety and fame.

Caravaggio is an Art Prog band with a Mediterranean flavour. A classic rock lineup – electric guitar, bass, and drums – meets traditional Mediterranean instruments such as accordion, bouzouki, mandolin, percussion, jigsaw.

Rise Up is the fourth album by the twice Grammy-nominated, New Orleans-based Afro-Indigenous funk collective Cha Wa. The title refers to the progression of the band from acclaimed regional performers to an accomplished band coming into its own to make its most mature and accessible album yet.

"Astrophil & Stella" is the fruit of a life's devotion to the spirit and craft of 17th-century music. Harpsichordist, conductor, and composer Patrick Ayrton has delved into the intricate fabric of this era's compositions, unearthing its hidden mechanisms and timeworn secrets. The result is a song cycle of his own, for soprano and instrumental ensemble. Historically, the art of composing was not merely a skill but the very lifeblood of every musician, and to compose was to speak the language of the present. Thus, Patrick does not aim to simply revive the past, but to rekindle a tradition, one that hovers between memory and reinvention. In his hands, ancient forms breathe anew, woven with reverence, yet subtly imbued with his own artistic voice.

This studio album by the Brazilian superstar singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and bon vivant Ed Motta is produced by Kemau Kenyatta (Gregory Porter). His epic production features an all-star cast of West Coast musicians, including Patrice Rushen and Greg Phillinganes (keyboards), Hubert Laws (flute), Marvin 'Smitty' Smith (drums), Tony Dumas (bass) and Charles Owens (saxophone). 'Perpetual Gateways' mines the territory between Spiritual Jazz with a deep sense of soul and prog-rocking fusion and tells deeply poetic stories of life and love and the liberties we take with them. At the front and centre of it all is Ed Motta's unique voice and songwriting, leading us on a journey from groove gems through lost-love-ballads and on to energetic and effervescent jazz tunes.

Brazilian superstar Ed Motta returns with a new album in the form of ‘Criterion Of The Senses’, two years after his acclaimed ‘Perpetual Gateways’ release and the late 70s ‘Yacht soul’ vibe is in full effect here. Motta masters that balance between AOR and innovation with a nod to the likes of Steely Dan and co. especially on the bobbing groover ‘Lost Connection To Prague’. The Donny Hathaway feel of ‘Sweetest Berry’ gives the set a funky touch while the fusion fuelled ‘Novice Never Notice’ takes its cue from the Beckett/Fagan school of Jazz. ‘Your Satisfaction is Mine’ is a firey, boogie heavy dancer, ‘The Required Dress code’ again borrows from that luxurious, turn-of-the-80s L.A sound while the jazz guitar and brushed percussion of ‘The Tiki’s Broken There’ create a live beachside lounge atmosphere. Motta is a master of the cool, elegant, smooth groove with an edge.

The Brazilian Singer Ed Mottais one of the greats in Jazz / Funk, not only in the South American Music-Scene, but world-wide. He has been one of the leading artists at the forefront in Brazil with a huge following in his Home-Country and around the world. With his new album "Behind The Tea Chronicles" he embarks on a new musical journey, crossing genres from Jazz to Funk, over to Soul. Having worked with many renowned musicians over the course of his career (Greg Phillinganes, Chucho Valdez, Roy Ayers and many more) he established his own style of creating music with a message.

Arthur Tatum Jr. was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever. From early in his career, fellow musicians acclaimed Tatum's technical ability as extraordinary. Tatum also extended jazz piano's vocabulary and boundaries far beyond his initial stride influences, and established new ground through innovative use of reharmonization, voicing, and bitonality.

Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Miled Davis, Art Farmer and more!

Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Herb Ellis, Sarah Vaughan, Nat King Cole and more!

“I like the way Oscar sings standards, and when I am of a mind to hear them in a pop groove, I wish he'd sing more often. You certainly can't fault his time or intonation, nor at any occasion, his intelligence.” Nat Hentoff (1957)

Aldina Duarte creates a new poetic and thematic language for her fado, with a disc written by Capicua – ‘Metade-Metade. Romance is no longer the central theme, giving way to a wider world of affections, other loves: music, poetry, books, nature, the passing of the baton, emotional inheritance, community sharing, what makes us people. An intense eulogy to life, to the music of words, to silence where melody and rhythm build unique sonorities that only fado has, through the instruments and arrangements that serve the voice of the artist’s unique poetry and interpretation.

Cloud 7 is the second studio album by Tony Bennett, released in 1955. The album featured material from the Great American Songbook and presented Bennett in a way different from his hit parade material of the early nineteen-fifties using a combo of jazz musicians. The album was arranged by the featured guitarist, Chuck Wayne, and trumpeter Charles Panely and was recorded between August and December 1954.

William James "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group for almost 50 years, creating innovations like the use of two "split" tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band, using arrangers to broaden their sound, his minimalist piano style, and others.

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life.