Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Yonathan Avishai (piano), Barak Mori (double bass), Ziv Ravitz (drums)
Naked Truth (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 25/Feb/2021 ] There is a searching, yearning quality to Naked Truth, and a raw beauty and vulnerability in Avishai Cohen's trumpet sound on his most improvisational ECM recording to date. Very much music-of-the-moment, found and shaped in the course of a... |
Avishai Cohen (trumpet) Yonathan Avishai (piano), Barak Mori (double bass), Ziv Ravitz (drums)
Avishai Cohen - Naked Truth [ ECM / CD - released 25/Feb/2021 ] There is a searching, yearning quality to Naked Truth, and a raw beauty and vulnerability in Avishai Cohen's trumpet sound on his most improvisational ECM recording to date. Very much music-of-the-moment, found and shaped in the course of a... |
CLAUDE BOLLING
Claude Bolling's California Suite Claude Bolling (piano), Hubert Laws (flute), Chuck Damonico (bass), Shelly Manne (drums) [ CBS / CD - released 26/Jul/2016 ] Internationally acclaimed composer, conductor and pianist, Claude Bolling recorded a string of "suites" each featuring a central theme and a different compliment of musicians. This piece was written for the soundtrack of the film of the same name. |
Claude Bolling & Yo-Yo Ma (cello) with Marc Michel (bass) & Jean-Luc Dayan (drums)
Claude Bolling's Suite For Cello & Jazz Piano Trio [ CBS / CD - released 2/Feb/1984 ] This suite was recorded by Bolling, along with Yo-Yo Ma, one of the world's greatest cello players. Best suited for college-level and above players, Suite for Cello & Jazz Piano Trio has long been a best-selling recording that appeals to a variety of... |
Crombie Murdoch (piano), with Bob Ewing (bass) Frank Gibson Jr (drums)
Crombie Murdoch [ Ode Records / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] From a Southland farm to the Auckland Town Hall stage with Nat King Cole, Dave Brubeck and others, pianist Crombie Murdoch - aka "the quiet man of jazz" - made his mark in music without fuss or bother. His 1950s ditty about the Hokianga Harbour... |
Jack DeJohnette (Drums, Piano, Organ) with John Abercrombie (guitars)
Pictures [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] |
Jacques Loussier, with Pierre Michelot (bass) and Christian Garros (drums, percussion)
Play Bach No.1 [ Decca / CD - released 5/Jun/2000 ] original recording from 1959 |
Stephane Grappelli (violin & piano), Marc Fosset (acoustic guitar), Allan Ganley (drums), Martyn Taylor (electric guitar), Patrice Caratini (bass)
Stephane Grappelli: Just One Of Those Things [ EMI / CD - released 18/Apr/1988 ] Praising a recent Stephane Grappelli album, American jazz critic Leonard Feather noted that Grappelli in his mid-70s "plays with more cheerful self-confidence than he did at 57 or 27." |
The Drums
Brutalism (LP) [ Epitaph / LP - released 5/Apr/2019 ] |
Black Watch Pipes & Drums
The Dark Island [ CD ] |
The Drums
Portamento (Vinyl) [ French Kiss / LP - released 13/Sep/2011 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. |
The Drums
S/T [ CD ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Songplay Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) with Craig Terry (keyboard), Chuck Israels (dble-bass), Jimmy Madison (drums), Lautaro Greco (bandoneon), Charlie Porter (trum) [ Erato Classics / Warner Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] "The real twist here is that DiDonato retains the 'formality' of her operatic sound and delivery while attempting to apply a jazzer's instincts." Gramophone |
Larry Goldings (Hammond Organ), Peter Bernstein (Guitar), Bill Stewart (Drums)
Ramshackle Serenade [ Pirouet / CD - released 6/May/2014 ] Few artistic partnerships are as delightfully durable as the trio of organist Larry Goldings, guitarist Peter Bernstein, and drummer Bill Stewart. After all these years, this trio still manages to make magic whenever it hits the studio. |
Aaron Parks (piano), Ben Street (double bass), Billy Hart (drums)
Find the Way [ ECM / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] For the second ECM album by Aaron Parks - following the solo release Aborescence, which JazzTimes praised as "expansive, impressionistic… like a vision quest" - the prize-winning pianist has convened a trio featuring bassist Ben Street and drummer... |
John Abercrombie (guitar) with Dan Wall (Hammond B3) & Adam Nussbaum (drums)
Tactics [ ECM / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] Recorded July 1996 |
Anat Fort (piano) with Gary Wang (double-bass) & Roland Schneider (drums)
A Long Story [ ECM / CD - released 29/Jan/2007 ] "Anat Fort has a charming way of dispensing pastoralism and an insightful way of lining that pastoralism with depth", wrote Jim Macnie, in the Village Voice, adding that "her trio has the kind of poise that lets her move from terra firma to the... |
Stefano Bollani (piano) with Jesper Bodilsen (double-bass) & Morten Lund (drums)
Stone in the Water [ ECM Records / CD - released 5/Oct/2009 ] "A lovely document by an exemplary trio." Michael J. West, Jazz Times |
JORIS ROELOFS
Roelofs: Rope Dance Bram van Sambeek, bassoon; Joris Roelofs, bass clarinet and clarinet; Bram de Looze, piano; Clemens van der Feen, double bass; Martijn Vink, drums [ BIS / CD - released 7/May/2021 ] The award-winning Dutch composer and bass clarinet player Joris Roelofs is also currently working on a PhD dissertation on Friedrich Nietzsche, improvisation and the notion of freedom. On the album Rope Dance he is able to combine all of this, in a... |
Center City Brass Quintet Feza Zweifel, drums
Streetsong [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2004 ] Renowned for its high energy and finely polished style, the Center City Brass Quintet comprises well-known soloists and leading players in America's top orchestras who convene regularly and who perform a diverse range of musical styles with equal... |