The first thing the listener will notice when listening to ‘Age of Monsters’ are the layers of music involved.

Osibisa's vibrant sound is a thrilling fusion of African rhythm and rock, this record showcases the band during their Bronze Years.

Gifts–recorded with the Weavers quartet–serves as a deeply personal musical memoir.

'Altera Vita' is the first studio album by World renowned multi-award winning artists Tony Kofi (tenor saxophone) and Alina Bzhezhinska (harp) as a duo. The album is saxophone and harp in perfect harmony with Tony and Alina also providing the bulk of the percussion to accompany their recordings. Tony Kofi is widely recognized as one of the leading Jazz saxophonists in the UK and his duties include regularly lending his skills to legendary group Cymande for their live performances. Alina has been heralded as the "New Sound of Europe'' and the duo’s innovative and refreshing approach to recording is apparent on this album. The namesake and inspiration for this album; ‘Altera Vita’ (2023) was named in Downbeat’s jazz albums of 2023, which is very rare for a single release!

“Know What I Mean?” was originally released in 1960 as a collaboration between jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley and legendary pianist Bill Evans, along with the rhythm section of the Modern Jazz Quartet, Percy Heath (bass) and Connie Kay (drums). This new edition is released as part of the Original Jazz Classics Series and features remastered audio from the original master tapes. Available on 192/24 hi res digital.

Smile With Your Heart: The Best of Bill Evans on Resonance brings together standout tracks from the company’s four sets of hitherto unheard material by the lyrical keyboard master: Live at Art D’Lugoff’s Top of the Gate (2012); Some Other Time: The Lost Session from the Black Forest (2016); Another Time: The Hilversum Concert (2017); and Evans in England (2019). Evans in England was issued for the first time as limited edition two-LP set on Record Store Day 2019, and 3 tracks from the album appear on Smile With Your Heart.

Standing In The Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan will comprises nine renditions of Dylan’s songs and it’s due for release on 21 May – a few days before the icon’s 80th birthday.

In October 1973 Bob Marley and the Wailers gave an intimate performance at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. Whilst they performed and recorded twelve classic songs, from the sidelines producer Denny Cordell captured the event on camera.

Def, Dumb & Blonde is the third solo studio album by American singer Deborah Harry. Released in October 1989 on Sire Records in the US and Chrysalis Records in the UK, the album saw Harry revert from "Debbie" to "Deborah" as her professional name.

The Grammy winner Mike Henderson's Last Nite at the Bluebird – Live is a record of Henderson's storied Monday-night residency at Nashville's intimate Bluebird Café. It presents multitrack recordings captured during his 30+ year run, and distills Henderson's slide-guitar fire and roadhouse humor—he quips that "some nights, lightning strikes twice. This was one of 'em."

“For the best part of 35 years, her distinctive saxophone and flute style – warm, open, immensely accomplished but never flashy – has been a constant presence. Jazz fashions and ideologies have come and gone but Barbara has just blithely carried on being Barbara, always herself, always contemporary.”

Murry Hammond (old 97s)’s 2025 release Trail Songs of the Deep is his greatest achievement, the perfect distillation of his grand vision, and conclusive evidence of his centrality to the last half-century of American music.

Praised for their “virtuosity, visceral expression, and rare unity of intention” (Boston Globe), the Viano Quartet is one of the most sought-after ensembles today and recipients of the prestigious 2025 Avery Fisher Career Grant. Since soaring to international acclaim as the first-prize winner at the 13th Banff International String Quartet Competition, they have traveled to nearly every major city across the globe, captivating audiences in New York, London, Berlin, Hong Kong, Vancouver, Paris, Beijing, Toronto, Lucerne, and Los Angeles. They are currently in-residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers Program from 2024-2027.

Works by Béla Bartók, Sulchan Zinzadze, Fazıl Say and others, as well as traditional music. The mandolin is the instrument of the year 2023 and its most prominent representative is currently the Israeli musician Avi Avital. With works by Béla Bartók, Sulchan Zinzadze, Fazıl Say and others as well as traditional music, he will take us to the Black Sea region as part of the “Between Worlds” project he initiated and show just how virtuoso the mandolin can be. Other performers include the Between World Ensemble, which Avital founded in 2014, and the male choir of the Rustavi Ensemble, which was founded in 1968 and is dedicated to traditional Georgian folk music and dances.

Rick Germanson, a Milwaukee native, has been quickly emerging as one of the most in-demand pianists on the New York scene. He has toured as member of the Cannonball Adderley Legacy band led by drummer Louis Hayes as well as Pat Martino, Tom Harrell, Slide Hampton and Frank Morgan. On this live album from Smalls Live, Germanson is joined by jazz legend Dr. Eddie Henderson, bassist Paul Gill and all-star drummer Lewis Nash for a brisk and hard swinging, straight-ahead set that displays his ample talents.