jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...
record company and
label
A label (as distinct from signage) is a piece of paper, plastic film, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a container or product, on which is written or printed information or symbols about the product or item. Information printed ...
based in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and ...
which was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971.
The label's first release was by
Mal Waldron
Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Wa ...
, and early releases included European and Japanese
avant-garde
The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretica ...
artists such as
Alexander von Schlippenbach
Alexander von Schlippenbach (born 7 April 1938) is a German jazz pianist and composer. He came to prominence in the 1960s playing free jazz in a trio with saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lovens, and as a member of the Globe Unity Orchest ...
Albert Mangelsdorff
Albert Mangelsdorff (September 5, 1928 – July 25, 2005) was a German jazz trombonist. Working mainly in free jazz, he was an innovator in multiphonics.
Early life
Mangelsdorff was born in Frankfurt on September 5, 1928, as the son of the boo ...
and Yosuke Yamashita, along with newer American jazz musicians like
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz.
Biography Early life
Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...
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Cecil Taylor
Cecil Percival Taylor (March 25, 1929April 5, 2018) was an American pianist and poet.
Taylor was classically trained and was one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an energetic, physical approach, resulting in complex ...
Eric Dolphy
Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist and flautist. On a few occasions, he also played the clarinet and piccolo. Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to ga ...
Tommy Flanagan
Thomas Lee Flanagan (March 16, 1930 – November 16, 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. ...
,
McCoy Tyner
Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet (from 1960 to 1965) and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Master and five-time Gram ...
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Chet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) 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 ...
,
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives ...
,
Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era.
Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such widely celebrate ...
, and
Kenny Barron
Kenny Barron (born June 9, 1943) is an American jazz pianist, who has appeared on hundreds of recordings as leader and sideman and is considered one of the most influential mainstream jazz pianists since the bebop era.
Biography
Born in Philade ...
. The label also branched out to release early world music productions from
Abdullah Ibrahim
Abdullah Ibrahim (born Adolph Johannes Brand on 9 October 1934 and formerly known as Dollar Brand) is a South African pianist and composer. His music reflects many of the musical influences of his childhood in the multicultural port areas of Cap ...
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Rabih Abou-Khalil
Rabih Abou-Khalil ( ar, ربيع أبو خليل, born August 17, 1957) is an oud player and composer born in Lebanon, who combines elements of Arabic music with jazz, classical music, and other styles. He grew up in Beirut and moved to Munich, G ...
, Mahmoud Turkmani, Gypsy bands, Indonesia's Monica Akihary, and Turkish saz virtuoso
Taner Akyol
Taner Akyol (born 1977) is a Turkish saz or bağlama player and classical composer.
Biography
Akyol was born in Bursa. He studied in Germany at the Brandenburgischen Colloquium für Neue Musik and the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". In 2003 ...
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Discography
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African Dawn
''African Dawn'' is a solo piano album by Abdullah Ibrahim.
Recording and music
Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim recorded the album in June 1982. It contains tributes to fellow musicians John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, and Billy Strayhorn.
Release and ...
Out Like a Light
''Out Like a Light'' is a live album by jazz guitarist John Scofield, recorded in 1981 and released in 1983 on Enja Records. It is the last of three albums to feature his trio with bass guitarist Steve Swallow and drummer Adam Nussbaum.
The alb ...
Soul Song
“Soul Song” is a song written by George Richey, Billy Sherrill and Norro Wilson and first recorded by Tanya Tucker as a track for her 1972 debut album Delta Dawn.
Background
The song also represented a first for co-writer Norro Wilson: a No. ...
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Thelonica
''Thelonica'' is an album by pianist Tommy Flanagan featuring compositions by Thelonious Monk recorded in 1982 for the Enja label.
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "Flanagan does not sound at all like Monk but he recaptu ...
Wings
A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils. A wing's aerodynamic efficiency is expre ...
Conexión Latina Conexión Latina is a salsa music and Afro-Cuban jazz orchestra based in Germany, which was founded in 1980 by trombonist Rudi Fuesers.Lise A. Waxer -The City of Musical Memory: Salsa, Record Grooves and Popular Culture in Cali, Colombia... 0819570 ...
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Long as You're Living
''Long as You're Living'' is a live album by American jazz drummer Max Roach, featuring tracks recorded in West Germany in 1960 and released on the Enja label.Pannonica''
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Hannibal
Hannibal (; xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, ''Ḥannibaʿl''; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Pu ...
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More Sightings
''More Sightings'' is an album by saxophonist George Adams (musician), George Adams and trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe, Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson which was recorded in Switzerland in 1984 and released on the Enja Records, Enja label.The Upper Manhattan Jazz Society
''The Upper Manhattan Jazz Society'' is an album by saxophonist Charlie Rouse and trumpeter Benny Bailey which was recorded in 1981 and released on the Enja label in 1985.Scratch''
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Hōzan Yamamoto
Hōzan Yamamoto (山本 邦山, ''Yamamoto Hōzan''; October 6, 1937 - February 10, 2014 in Ōtsu, Shiga prefecture) was a Japanese shakuhachi player, composer and lecturer.
Yamamoto started playing the Japanese bamboo flute shakuhachi at the ag ...
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Strollin'
''Strollin is a live album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, recorded 1985 at the 7th Jazz Festival of Münster, West Germany and released in 1986 by Enja Records.
Movies
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Vintage Dolphy
''Vintage Dolphy'' is a live album by multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy. Side A was recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York City on April 18, 1963, and features Dolphy in a quartet format with trumpeter Edward Armour, bassist Richard Davis (bassist), ...
Lee Konitz
Leon Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American composer and alto saxophonist.
He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's association with the cool j ...
Arthur Blythe
Arthur Murray Blythe (May 7, 1940 – March 27, 2017) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer. He was described by critic Chris Kelsey as displaying "one of the most easily recognizable alto sax sounds in jazz, big and round, with a f ...
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Angelica
''Angelica'' is a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far north as Iceland, Lapland, and Greenland. They gr ...
Live at Fat Tuesdays
''Live at Fat Tuesdays'' is a live album by pianist Kenny Barron that was recorded in 1988 and released on the German Enja label.Fitzgerald, MKenny Barron Discography accessed January 20, 2017.
Reception
In his review on Allmusic, Ron Wynn ...
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Mindif
Mindif is a town and commune in Cameroon.
It is known for the Mindif Peaks located nearby. The 1988 film '' Chocolat'' was filmed in the area. See also
*Communes of Cameroon
The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of adminis ...
Movies Too
''Movies Too'' is an album by the flugelhornist Franco Ambrosetti which was recorded in 1988 and released on the Enja label.Blues Bred in the Bone
''Blues Bred in the Bone'' is an album by trombonist Ray Anderson which was recorded in 1988 and released on the Enja label.First Prize''
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Music for Symphony and Jazz Band
''Music for Symphony and Jazz Band'' is an album by the trumpeter/flugelhornist and composer Franco Ambrosetti which was recorded in 1990 and released on the Enja label the following year.
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Remembering John
''Remembering John'' is a 1991 album by McCoy Tyner released on the Enja label. It was recorded in February 1991 and features performances by Tyner with bassist Avery Sharpe and drummer Aaron Scott paying tribute to John Coltrane. The AllMusic r ...
Quickstep
The quickstep is a light-hearted dance of the standard ballroom dances. The movement of the dance is fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with syncopations. The upbeat melodies that quickstep is danced to make it suitable for both formal a ...
To the Max!
''To the Max!'' is a double album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in 1990 and 1991 and released on the Enja Records, Enja label.Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (, 27 May 1946 – 19 April 2005), also known by his abbreviated nickname NHØP, was a Danish jazz double bassist.
Biography
Pedersen was born in Osted, near Roskilde, on the Danish island of Zealand, the son of ...
Vincent Herring
Vincent Dwayne Herring (born November 19, 1964) is an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, composer, and educator. Known for his fiery and soulful playing in the bands of Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard, and Nat Adderley in the earlier stages of h ...
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The Old Country
''The Old Country'' is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Gerald McCarthy, Kathleen Vaughan and Haidee Wright.
Cast
* Gerald McCarthy – James Fountain
* Kathleen Vaughan – Mary Lorimer
* Haidee Wr ...
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Dave Holland
David “Dave” Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has lived in the United States for over 40 years.
His extensive discography r ...
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Ed Blackwell
Edward Joseph Blackwell (October 10, 1929 – October 7, 1992) was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for his extensive, influential work with Ornette Coleman.
Biography
Blackwell's early career began in New Orleans ...
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Vitold Rek
Vitold Rek (* October 18, 1955 in Rzeszów, Poland as Witold E. Szczurek) is a double bassist, composer and music educator. He studied classical double bass at the Academy of Music in Kraków when Krzysztof Penderecki was rector there. His playing ...
, , ''Satisfaction''
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Glenn Ferris
Glenn Arthur Ferris (born June 27, 1950) is an American jazz trombonist who has also worked in other fields. Outside of jazz he has played for Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, and Duran Duran.
He studied classical music from 1958 to 196 ...
Sun Ra
Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific out ...
When I Was at Aso-Mountain
''When I Was at Aso-Mountain'' is an album by jazz drummer Elvin Jones introducing Japanese pianist Takehisa Tanaka recorded in 1990 and released on the Enja label in 1993.
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Tarab
''Tarab'' is an album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil, fusing traditional Arab music with jazz, which was recorded in 1992 and released on the Enja label the following year.
Long to Be Loose
''Long to Be Loose'' is an album by jazz guitarist Wayne Krantz. It was the first album with Lincoln Goines on bass guitar and Zach Danziger at drums.
Track listing
#"These Instrumental Pieces Were" – 2:01
#"Not Consciously Written About" – ...
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Carolyn Breuer
Carolyn Breuer (born 4 July 1969) is a German jazz saxophonist (alto and soprano).
She is the daughter of jazz musician Hermann Breuer. Breuer founded her own label, NotNowMom! Records, in 2000.
Discography
* ''A Family Affair'' with Hermann Br ...
Porter
Porter may refer to:
Companies
* Porter Airlines, Canadian regional airline based in Toronto
* Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets
* Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer
* H.K. Porter, Inc., ...
Sal Nistico
Sal, SAL, or S.A.L. may refer to:
Personal name
* Sal (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname
Places
* Sal, Cape Verde, an island and municipality
* Sal, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province
* Ca ...
Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones
''Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones'' is an album by pianist Tommy Flanagan featuring compositions by Thad Jones recorded in 1993 for the Enja Records, Enja label.Stepping Out''
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Masahiko Togashi
was a Japanese jazz percussionist and composer.
Togashi grew up in a musical household; his father was a double-bassist in a swing jazz ensemble, and Togashi learned violin and drums, playing the latter in his father's band. He worked with Sadao ...
and
Masabumi Kikuchi
was a Japanese jazz pianist and composer known for his unique playing style. He worked with many diverse musicians, including Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Gary Peacock and Paul Motian, and collaborated with Gil Evans a ...
Hue and Cry
In common law, a hue and cry is a process by which bystanders are summoned to assist in the apprehension of a criminal who has been witnessed in the act of committing a crime.
History
By the Statute of Winchester of 1285, 13 Edw. I statute 2. c ...
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It Don't Mean a Thing
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills. It is now accepted as a jazz standard, and jazz historian Gunther Schuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophe ...
Roswell Rudd
Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr. (November 17, 1935 – December 21, 2017) was an American jazz trombonist and composer.
Although skilled in a variety of genres of jazz (including Dixieland, which he performed while in college), and other genres of musi ...
Mark Nauseef
Mark Nauseef (born June 11, 1953), in Cortland, New York, is a drummer and percussionist who has enjoyed a varied career, ranging from rock music during the 1970s with his time as a member of the Ian Gillan Band and, temporarily with Thin Li ...
Rudi Mahall
Rudi Mahall (born December 23, 1966) is a contemporary jazz bass clarinetist.
While studying classical clarinet, Mahall shifted towards contemporary music, improvisation and jazz.
He is, or was a member of following bands:
Avantgardeband ''Die ...
Eddie Gómez
Edgar Gómez (born October 4, 1944) is a Puerto Rican jazz double bassist, known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio from 1966 to 1977.
Biography
Gómez moved with his family from Puerto Rico at a young age to New York, where he was raised. ...
and
Dannie Richmond
Charles Daniel Richmond (December 15, 1931 – March 16, 1988) was an American jazz drummer who is best known for his work with Charles Mingus. He also worked with Joe Cocker, Elton John and Mark-Almond.
Biography
Richmond was born Charles ...
Left Alone Revisited
Left may refer to:
Music
* Left (Hope of the States album), ''Left'' (Hope of the States album), 2006
* Left (Monkey House album), ''Left'' (Monkey House album), 2016
* "Left", a song by Nickelback from the album ''Curb (album), Curb'', 1996
Di ...
Fo Deuk Revue
''Fo Deuk Revue'' is an album by David Murray released on the Canadian Justin Time label. Recorded in 1996 and released in 1997, the album features performances by Murray with Darryl Burgee, Ousseynou Diop, Assane Diop, Craig Harris, Robert Irv ...
Ocre
Ocre is a ''comune'' (municipality) and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy.
Description and history
Its approximate 1,000 inhabitants reside in several small villages scattered across the mid-to–low L’Aq ...
Wendell Harrison
Wendell Harrison (born October 1, 1942) is an American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist.
Early life and career
Wendell Harrison was born in Detroit, Michigan. In Detroit, Harrison began formal jazz studies with pianist Barry Harris. H ...
Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is an American jazz drummer who was a member of the jazz fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead.
Early life and education
Erskine was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. He began playing the drum ...
Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow (born October 4, 1940) is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley. He was one of the first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric bass guitar. ...
and
Paul Motian
Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties.
He first came to prominence in the ...
Yara Yara may refer to:
People
* YARA (girl group), a Filipino girl group
* Yara (given name)
* Yara (surname), a Japanese surname
* Yara (singer) (born 1983), Lebanese pop singer
* Yara (footballer) (born 1964), Brazilian footballer
Locations
* Y ...
Speaking in Tongues
Speaking in tongues, also known as glossolalia, is a practice in which people utter words or speech-like sounds, often thought by believers to be languages unknown to the speaker. One definition used by linguists is the fluid vocalizing of sp ...
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Book of Tells
''Book of Tells'' (subtitled ''Five Pieces for String Quartet'') is an album by violinist Mark Feldman which was released on the Enja label in 2001.
Kristjan Järvi
Kristjan Järvi (, alternate (U.S.) spelling: Kristian Järvi) (born 13 June 1972, Tallinn) is an Estonian American conductor, composer and producer born in Estonia, younger son of the conductor Neeme Järvi and brother of conductor Paavo Järv ...
The Cactus of Knowledge
''The Cactus of Knowledge'' is an album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil which was recorded in Germany in 2000 and released on the Enja label the following year.
Reception
The Allmusic review by David R. Adler stated " ...
Italian Instabile Orchestra
The Italian Instabile Orchestra (IIO) is an eighteen piece experimental big band that performs orchestral jazz and avant-garde jazz. Its members include Alberto Mandarini, Bruno Tommaso, Carlo Actis Dato, Daniele Cavallanti, Eugenio Colombo, Gi ...
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Octet Plays Trane
''Octet Plays Trane'' is an album by the David Murray Octet, released in 2000 on Justin Time. The musicians include Murray, Rasul Siddik, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Ravi Best, D. D. Jackson, Mark Johnson and Jaribu Shahid. The ...
Terry Riley
Terrence Mitchell "Terry" Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his music became notable for it ...
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Morton's Foot
''Morton's Foot'' is an album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil which was recorded in Germany in 2003 and released on the Enja label.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated "The band on ''Morton's Foot'' is ...
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Italian Instabile Orchestra
The Italian Instabile Orchestra (IIO) is an eighteen piece experimental big band that performs orchestral jazz and avant-garde jazz. Its members include Alberto Mandarini, Bruno Tommaso, Carlo Actis Dato, Daniele Cavallanti, Eugenio Colombo, Gi ...
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Markus Stockhausen
Markus Stockhausen (born May 2, 1957) is a German trumpeter and composer. His recordings and performances have typically alternated between jazz and chamber or opera music, the latter often in collaboration with his father, composer Karlheinz Sto ...
, Ferenc Snétberger,
Arild Andersen
Arild Andersen (born 27 October 1945) is a Norwegian jazz musician bassist, known as the most famous Norwegian bass player in the international jazz scene.
Career
Andersen was born at Strømmen, Norway. He started his musical career as jazz g ...
Theodosii Spassov
Theodosii Spassov (born 4 March 1961) is a Bulgarian jazz musician who plays kaval.
Theodosii Spassov began his early training on the kaval at the Kotel Music School and The Academy of Music and Dance in Plovdiv/Bulgaria. The kaval, an eight-ho ...
Edu Lobo
Eduardo de Góes "Edu" Lobo (born August 29, 1943) is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and composer.
In the 1960s he was part of the bossa nova movement.
His compositions include ''Upa Neguinho'' (with Gianfrancesco Guarnieri), ''Pra Dizer Ad ...
Howard Levy
Howard Levy (born July 31, 1951) is an American multi-instrumentalist. A keyboardist and virtuoso harmonica player, Levy "has been realistically presented as one of the most important and radical harmonica innovators of the twentieth century. ...
and Jean-Louis Matinier , , ''Silver & Black''
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, 9537 , , Quartet , , ''Here We Gong''
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, 9538 , , Trio Ivoire with Chicwoniso , , ''Across the Oceans''
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, 9540 , , Trio and
Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot (;
born May 21, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer.
His work has touched on many styles, including no wave, free jazz, rock, and Cuban music. Ribot is also known for collaborating with other musicians, most notably Tom Wait ...
, , ''Ultime Cosmos''
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, 9542 , , New Quartet , , ''Live at the Village Vanguard''
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, 9545 , , Minsarah , , ''Blurring the Lines''
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, 9546 , , and
Jef Neve
Jef Neve (born 8 March 1977) is a Belgian jazz and classical music pianist and composer.
Life and career
Neve was born in Turnhout, Belgium.Hope, Alan (22 July 2014"Face of Flanders: Jef Neve" Flanders Today. By the age of 14 he was composing mu ...
Biréli Lagrène
Biréli Lagrène (born 4 September 1966) is a French jazz guitarist who came to prominence in the 1980s for his Django Reinhardt–influenced style. He often performs in swing, jazz fusion, and post-bop styles.
Biography
Lagrène was born in ...
Trouble in Jerusalem
''Trouble in Jerusalem'' is an album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil, conceived as a soundtrack to the 1922 German silent film ''Nathan the Wise'', which was recorded in Germany in 2009 and released on the Enja label the ...
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, 9565 , , , , ''Live in Marciac''
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, 9566 , , Ring Ensemble , , ''Ring Ensemble''
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, 9567 , , , , ''Jake Remembered''
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, 9568 , , Trio , , '' Silencer''
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, 9569 , , Doumka Clarinet Ensemble , , ''Afar''
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, 9570 , , Subtone , , ''Morningside''
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, 9571 , , Absolute Ensemble and Kristjan Järvi , , '' Arabian Nights: Live at Town Hall NYC''
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, 9573 , , Trio , , ''Inside''
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, 9574 , , , Thomas Morgan and
Tyshawn Sorey
Tyshawn Sorey (born July 8, 1980) is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and professor of contemporary music.
Sorey has received accolades for performances, recordings, and compositions ranging from improvised solo percussion to opera, ...
Angelica
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Donny McCaslin
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Early ...
Tim Hagans
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, , ''Dedication''
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, 9619 , , Group , , ''The Tides of Life''
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, 9620 , , Various Artists , , ''Message to Attila: The Music of Attila Zoller''
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, 9625 , , 's Club Boogaloo , , ''Monsoon Dance''
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, 9626 , , , , ''Cross / Ways''
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, 9627 , , Trio featuring
Michael Hornstein
Michael Hornstein (born 1962) is a Munich-based saxophonist, composer and music producer.
Biography
Hornstein was born of a German father and an Italian mother in 1962. He started playing the piano at the age of 10 and later saxophone at the ag ...
Pasquale Stafano
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Biography
Stafano was born in Stornarella and studied at the Music Conservatory in Foggia where he took two degrees in clas ...
, , '' Nocturno''
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, 9642 , , , , ''The World Peace Trion''
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, 9643 , , Quartett , , ''Obenland''
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, 9644 , , Trio + Steve Potts , , ''Song''
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, 9645 , , , , ''Balkan Union''
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, 9650 , , Grand Angle , , ''Terre de Sienne''
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, 9654 , , Various Artists , , ''The Exciting Jazz of the Early Seventies''
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, 9655 , , , , ''Cheers''
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, 9679 , , and
Pasquale Stafano
Pasquale Stafano (born 2 December 1972) is an Italian jazz pianist, composer and arranger who performs internationally.
Biography
Stafano was born in Stornarella and studied at the Music Conservatory in Foggia where he took two degrees in clas ...
, , ''Mediterranean Tales''
*9902 2 Mal Waldron / Steve Lacy: ''One-Upmanship / Moods''
*9904 2 Bob Degen: ''Sequoia Song'' / ''Chartreuse''
*9906 2 Clark Terry / Red Mitchell: ''To Duke & Basie'' / ''When I'm Singing''
*9908 2 Hal Galper: ''Now Hear This'' / ''Ivory Forest''
*9910 2 Abdullah Ibrahim: '' Banyana – Children of Africa'' / ''Desert Flowers''
*9912 2 Benny Bailey: Islands / Upper Manhattan Jazz Society
*9914 2 Franco Ambrosetti: ''Heart Bop'' / ''Close Encounter''
*9916 2 David Friedman: ''Future Passed / Of the Wind's Eye''
*9918 2 John Stubblefield: ''Bushman Song / Countin' on the Blues''
*9920 2 Attila Zoller: ''Cream Bells'' / ''Memories of Pannonica''
*9922 2 Kenny Barron: ''What If?'' / ''Live at Fat Tuesdays''
*9924 2 Ray Anderson/Slickaphonics: ''Wow Bag'' / ''Modern Life''
*9926 2 Conexion Latina: ''Calorcito'' / ''Un Poco Loco''
*9928 2 Jerry Gonzalez & Forth Apache Band ''The River Is Deep'' / ''Obatala''
*9930 2 Leni Stern: ''Secrets'' / ''Closer to the Light''
*9932 2 Ed Blackwell: ''What It Is'' / ''What It Be Like''
Other series
*blu-1000 2 Robert Pete Williams: ''Sugarfarm''
*blu-1001 2 Thomas Shaw: ''Do Lord Remember Me''
*blu-1002 2 Little Brother Montgomery: ''Bajez Copper Station''
*blu-1003 2 Bukka White: ''Baton Rouge Mosby Street''
*blu-1004 2 Eddie Taylor: ''Stormy Monday''
*blu-1005 2 Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir: ''Highway to Heaven''
*blu-1006 2 Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir: ''Jubilation Ii''
*blu-1007 2 Christian Willisohn: ''Boogie Woogie & Blues''
*blu-1008 2 Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir ''Glory Train''
*blu-1009 2 Stephen Barry Blues Band: ''Blues Under a Full Moon''
*blu-1010 2 Louisiana Red & Carey Bell ''Live At 55''
*blu-1011 2 Lillian Bouté & Christian Willisohn: ''Lipstick Traces''
*blu-1012 2 Bryan Lee ''Jump Street Five''
*blu-1013 2 Nick Woodland: ''Big Heart''
*blu-1014 2 Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir ''A Cappella''
*blu-1015 2 Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir ''Anniversary in Gospel''
*blu-1016 2 Yvonne Jackson W. Maceo Parker: ''I'm Trouble''
*blu-1017 2 Lillian Boutté: ''The Gospel Book''
*blu-1018 2 Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir: ''Joy to the World''
*blu-1019 2 Christian Willisohn: ''Blues News''
*blu-1020 2 Lillian Boutté: ''The Jazz Book''
*blu-1021 2 Bryan Lee: ''Memphis Bound''
*blu-1022 2 Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir Looking Back (Jubilation Vi)
*blu-1024 2 Al Jones Blues Band: ''Watch This!''
*blu-1025 2 Christian Willisohn Trio: ''Blues on the World''
*blu-1026 2 Christian Willisohn New Band: ''Heart Broken Man''
*blu-1027 2 Nick Woodland Quartet Live ''Fireworks''
*blu-1028 2 Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir Hamba Ekhaya
*blu-1029 2 Bryan Lee ''Live at the Old Absinthe House Bar – Friday Night''
*blu-1031 2 Big Allanbik Batuque Y Blues
*blu-1032 2 Bryan Lee ''Live at the Old Absinthe House Bar – Saturday Night''
*blu-1033 2 Marty Hall: ''Who's Been Talkin'?''
*blu-1035 2 Bryan Lee: ''Crawfish Lady''
*blu-1036 2 Nick Woodland: ''The Current That Flows''
*blu-1037 2 Nick Woodland Cult Factory Vol. 1 (Authentic Heads)
*m M P-1 70886 2 Rabih Abou-Khalil: ''Between Dusk and Dawn''
*m M P-1 70889 2 Rabih Abou-Khalil: ''Bukra''
*m M P-1 70890 2 Rabih Abou-Khalil: ''Roots and Sprouts''
*r27-9153 2 Harvie Swartz: ''In a Different Light''
*r27-9154 2
Bebop & Beyond Bebop & Beyond is a jazz tribute bebop ensemble led by saxophonist Mel Martin.
''Bebop and Beyond'' features Martin, George Cables, Warren Gale, John Handy, Eddie Marshall, Frank Tusa.
''Plays Dizzy Gillespie'' features Martin, Vince Lateano, G ...
W. Joe Henderson Plays Thelonious Monk
*r27-9163 2 Tim Eyermann & East Coast Off. ''Outside Inside''
*r27-9167 2 David Becker: ''In Motion''
*r27-9169 2 Uncle Festive ''The Paper & The Dog''
*r27-9170 2 Dizzy Gillespie / Bebop & Beyond Plays Dizzy Gillespie
*r27-9171 2 Mark Egan: ''Beyond Words''
*r27-9180 2 Scott Henderson /tribal Tech Illicit*tip-888801 2 Blue Box Captured Dance Floor
*tip-888802 2 Kevin Bruce Harris: ''And They Walked Among People''
*tip-888803 2 Vladimir Estragon / ''Three Quarks For Muster Mark''
*tip-888804 2 Intergalactic Maiden Ballet ''Square Dance''
*tip-888805 2 Mike Westbrook: ''Off Abbey Road''
*tip-888806 2 Michael Gregory: ''The Way We Used to Do''
*tip-888807 2 Kevin Bruce Harris: ''Folk Songs / Folk Tales''
*tip-888808 2 Greetje Bijma: ''Tales of a Voice''
*tip-888809 2 Wolfgang Schmid / Kick, B. Cobham ''No Filters''
*tip-888810 2 Abdullah Lbrahim (Dollar Brand): ''Mantra Mode''
*tip-888811 2 Mike Clark / Paul Jackson: ''The Funk Stops Here''
*tip-888812 2 Abdullah Lbrahim (Dollar Brand): '' Water from an Ancient Well''
*tip-888813 2 Blue Box ''Time We Sign''
*tip-888814 2 Mitch Watkins: ''Strings With Wings''
*tip-888815 2 Abdullah Lbrahim (Dollar Brand): ''No Fear No Die''
*tip-888816 2 Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand): ''Knysna Blue''
*tip-888817 2 Intergalactic Maidenballet ''Gulf''
*tip-888818 2 Blue Box "10"
*tip-888819 2 Okay Temiz: ''Magnet Dance''
*tip-888820 2 Abdullah Ibrahim: '' Yarona''
*tip-888821 2 Subruto Roy Chowdhury Bageshree
*tip-888822 2 Raiz De Pedra With Egberto Gismonti Diario De Bordo
*tip-888823 2 Ferenc Snétberger ''The Budapest Concert''
*tip-888824 2 Paradox ''Paradox''
*tip-888825 2 Harald Haerter & Dewey Redman ''Mostly Live''
*tip-888826 2 Abdullah Ibrahim: ''Cape Town Flowers''
*tip-888827 2 Rikhy Ray: ''Mangalam''
*tip-888831 2 Greenfish: ''Perfume Light, Singing Blue''
*tip-888832 2 Abdullah Ibrahim: ''African Suite''
*tip-888833 2 Paradox ''The Rist Second''
*tip-888834 2 Ferenc Snétberger: ''Obsession''
*tip-888835 2 Mahmoud Turkmani Nuqta
*tip-888836 2 Abdullah Ibrahim: ''Cape Town Revisited''
*tip-888838 2 Lew Soloff: ''Rainbow Mountain''
*tip-888839-2 Götz Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble
*tip-888340-2 Abdullah Ibrahim: ''Ekapa Lodumo''
*tip-888841-2 Gilad Athmon & Oriental House Ensemble: ''Nostalgico''
*tip-888843-2 The World Quintet
*tip-888845-2 Abdullah Ibrahim: ''African Magic''
*tip-888846-2 Nunu!: ''Con Alma''
*tip-888848-2 Gilad Atzmon Musik
*tip-888849-2 Gilad Atzmon & Orient House Ensemble: ''Refuge''
*tip-888850-2 Gilad Atzmon: ''In Loving Memory of America'' Rising Sun Collection
*rsc-0001 2 John Lee Hooker
*rsc-0002 2 Big Mama Thornton
*rsc-0003 2 Taj Mahal
*rsc-0004 2 Nina Simone
*rsc-0005 2 Archie Shepp
*rsc-0006 2 Louisiana Red
*rsc-0007 2
Esther Phillips
Esther Phillips (born Esther Mae Jones; December 23, 1935 – August 7, 1984) was an American singer, best known for her R&B vocals.Santelli, Robert (2001). ''The Big Book of Blues: A Biographical Encyclopedia''. Penguin Books. p. 376. . She ...
*rsc-0008 2
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker (June 27, 1927 November 27, 1999) was an American Chicago blues and electric blues pianist and organist. He worked with many blues musicians, including Ike Turner, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Lowell Fulson, Choker Campbell ...
*rsc-0009 2 Lightnin' Hopkins
*rsc-0010 2 Chet Baker
*rsc-0011 2 Louisiana Red A.o.yellowbird
*yeb-7707 2 Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog ''
Party Intellectuals
''Party Intellectuals'' is the debut album by jazz fusion trio Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog. It was produced by Joel Hamilton and released June 24, 2008 on Pi Recordings.
Reception
Response was generally positive, with Metacritic assigning the al ...
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*yeb-7710 2 Susi Hyldgaard: ''It's Love We Need''
*yeb-7711 2 Roy Nathanson: ''Sotto Voce'' /''Subway Moon''