"Rubisa Patrol" by Art Lande is a distinctive ECM release that blends contemporary jazz with folk influences and chamber-like sensitivity. Featuring a quartet with Mark Isham on trumpet, flugelhorn, and soprano saxophone, Bill Douglass on bass and various flutes, and Glenn Cronkhite on drums and percussion, the album explores a wide range of textures and moods. Lande’s piano work is both lyrical and exploratory, guiding compositions that shift between structured themes and open improvisation. Pieces like "Celestial Guests / Many Chinas" and "Bulgarian Folk Tune" highlight the group’s global influences, while "A Monk In His Simple Room" offers a reflective and intimate conclusion. The album captures ECM’s signature spacious sound and artistic depth."

"Once Is Not Enough" by the Frank Wess Nonet is a refined and swinging modern jazz recording that highlights the legendary saxophonist and flutist’s enduring artistry. Leading a stellar nonet featuring accomplished musicians such as Terell Stafford, Steve Turre, and Ted Nash, Wess delivers a program of original compositions alongside timeless standards. The arrangements are rich and sophisticated, blending the elegance of swing with the harmonic depth of post bop. Tracks like "Once Is Not Enough" and "You Made A Good Move" showcase tight ensemble interplay, while interpretations of "Lush Life" and "Fly Me To The Moon" reveal a lyrical sensitivity and expressive nuance. The album stands as a testament to Wess’s ability to balance tradition and innovation with effortless style."

"Time Capsule" is a remarkable album by legendary drummer Elvin Jones, released in 1977 on Vanguard Records. The record captures the essence of post-bop jazz with a masterful blend of rhythmic sophistication, melodic exploration, and harmonic depth. Each track highlights Jones's signature drumming style, driving complex time signatures while maintaining fluid interplay with the ensemble. From the energetic opener "Frost Bite" to the meditative "Moon Dance" and the expansive title track "Time Capsule," the album demonstrates a compelling balance of improvisation and composition. Featuring an extraordinary lineup of musicians, the record is a showcase of technical skill, creative expression, and collaborative artistry, making "Time Capsule" a timeless work in modern jazz history.

Patrick Gallois belongs to the generation of French musicians leading highly successful international careers as both soloist and conductor. From the age of 17 he studied the flute with Jean-Pierre Rampal at the Paris Conservatoire and at the age of 21 was appointed principal flute in the Orchestre national de France under Lorin Maazel, playing under many famous conductors, including Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Pierre Boulez, Karl Böhm, Eugen Jochum, and Sergiu Celibidache. He held this post until 1984, when he decided to focus on his solo career, which has subsequently taken him throughout the world.

This is an excellent “traditional” version of the Opus 10 Concertos. I Musici returned three times to that cycle, all for Philips. The first was in 1958 with Gastone Tassinari (who had already recorded the complete flute concertos for Vox in 1956 with an ensemble called “I Musici Virtuosi di Milano”, not the same as “I Musici”… ).

This is an excellent “traditional” version of the Opus 10 Concertos. I Musici returned three times to that cycle, all for Philips. The first was in 1958 with Gastone Tassinari (who had already recorded the complete flute concertos for Vox in 1956 with an ensemble called “I Musici Virtuosi di Milano”, not the same as “I Musici”… ).

A bright new talent in the classical world, the flautist Lisa Friend presents a new disc of romantic works, accompanied by piano, cello and violin. Lisa’s compositions and performances have drawn great praise from both professional musicians and concert-goers alike. Also featured on disc, performing with Lisa, is her father Rodney Friend, one of the most respected and celebrated English-born violinists of the last 45 years. Lisa Friend started playing the flute aged five. At 16 she studied in New York with flautist Renee Siebert of the New York Philharmonic. She was then awarded a flute Scholarship to study with Julius Baker in Connecticut.

Telemann's 12 Fantasias for solo flute are problematical works. They exist in a single Italian manuscript, designated as being for the violin, and with the name of Telemann penciled in after the fact. A flute or recorder seems more likely than a violin for the seventh-to-low-tonic cadences and other turns of phrase that frequently occur in the music, and Telemann does indeed seem a likely composer. The 12 pieces look like sonatas at first glance, with sequences of mostly three or four short movements in with Italian tempo designations (including the intriguing "spirituoso"), but they turn out to be fantasias as advertised; some of the movements are extremely short, and several of the longer ones are broken up into tiny chunks.