BACH / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / SATIE
Jacques Loussier Trio Play Bach and more… BLU-RAY Jacques Loussier (piano), Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac (bass) & André Arpino (drums) [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2014 ] In 1959, Loussier hit upon the idea that was to make his international reputation, by combining his interest in jazz with his love of J.S. Bach. Thereby he created his very own view of Bach, blending the most beautiful tunes of the Baroque master... |
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... |
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... |
Black Watch Pipes & Drums
The Dark Island [ CD ] |
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... |
Charles Lloyd (tenor and alto saxophones) with Billy Higgins (drums, percussion, guitar)
Which Way is East [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 8/Jun/2004 ] Tenor great, Charles Lloyd has this 2CD offering - a duet album with the late Billy Higgins on drums and percussion. |
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... |
The Drums
The Drums [ Shock Records / CD - released 5/Jul/2010 ] Including the single "Forever and Ever Amen", plus their breakthrough indie hit "Let's Go Surfing" and torch-burning, heartbreaker "Down By The Water" from their 'Summertime!' EP. |
The Drums
E N C Y C L O P E D I A [ Inertia / CD - released 26/Sep/2014 ] "Encyclopedia is full of magic and surprise while maintaining a serious, more weighty tone throughout," founding member Jonny Pierce says of the follow-up to 2011's Portamento. "We were feeling very angry, confused, and alone when we made this... |
The Drums
Portamento [ CD - released 29/Sep/2011 ] |
The Drums
S/T [ CD ] |
The Drums
Summertime [ Pop Frenzy / CD - released 9/Nov/2009 ] The Drums are NYC-based indie pop duo Jonathan & Jacob. "Effortlessly mixes two disparate styles - Joy Division's brooding, post-punk vibe and a strong dose of Dick Dale - into a jumpy, three-minute jam that's catchier than the H1N1. |
Jack DeJohnette (Drums, Piano, Organ) with John Abercrombie (guitars)
Pictures [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] |
Jakob Bro (guitar) with Palle Mikkelborg (trumpet, flugelhorn), Jon Christensen (drums), Thomas Morgan (double bass)
Returnings [ ECM / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] "Danish guitarist Jakob Bro creates magical music, impossible to categorize", wrote Downbeat recently. On 'Returnings' the magic is intensified as Bro and musical soul-mate Thomas Morgan reconnect with two living legends of European jazz, trumpeter... |
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Raphaël Imbert (saxophone), Pierre-François Blanchard (piano), Sonny Troupé (drums)
Invisible Stream [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Aug/2022 ] Invisible Stream: the "unseen currents" are those that connect people and musical works by transcending styles or customary aesthetic and cultural boundaries. A feast of poetic expression organized by four key representatives of both the classical... |
TRADITIONAL
Pax Romana: Peaceful music from the age of Rome Jon Banks (hammered dulcimer, Lyre, Harp, Gittwen, Psalterium, pipe & drums) [ A Feast of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] The Romans loved music and used it both in peace and at war. This unique programme recreates the sounds that might have been heard in a Roman villa in fifth-or-sixth-century Europe, using a wide variety of instruments which were known at the time. A... |