Instrumental CDs

In 2006 the notorious 'Hopepa' (aka Joe Lindsay trombonist extraordinaire) - eased his outlandish antics for a brief moment and formed his own group: The Yoots! He enlisted his younger brother Sam Lindsay along with collegues Ian Gordon and Toby Laing. Then he summoned Mike Fabulous, the Yeabley ...

Personnel include: George Benson (vocals, electric guitar); Chyna, Nakiea (vocals); Joshua P. Thompson (acoustic guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, bass instrument, programming); Rex Rideout (keyboards, programming); Herman Jackson, Bobby Douglas (keyboards); Richard Bona (bass instrument, background v...

Vibraphone and keyboard player, master arranger and bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his own original music form, Ethio jazz. Through the acclaimed Ethiopiques album series and through featuring on the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch film ...

High-definition premium 180gm vinyl pressing of this classic Jazz album. Two giants of modern jazz collaborate on this session of all-Monk tunes. Recorded in 1958, Blakey's always-impressive Jazz Messengers are joined by the Mad Professor himself (this record affords a glimpse of Monk as a distin...

BeBop pioneer Charlie Parker is represented here by the finest music from his peak between 1945 and 1951, when he played the leading role in the creation of modern jazz.

These fantastic 1956 recordings saw Miles Davis excel with his incomparable all-star first quintet comprising himself on trumpet, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones.

The pioneers of the jazz guitar are all captured here on this amazing 40 track, 2-disc set.

40 great jazz tracks from the immortal Lester Young.

2 disc set of 24 jazz gems from Dave Brubeck.

Virtually an icon in the world of jazz, singer Mark Murphy began recording in 1956. At a point in his life when many artists would either retire or try to rehash past glories, Murphy continued to challenge himself and explore new styles. On 2007's LOVE, Murphy interprets the songs of such diverse ta...

Among the most controversial recordings in the history of jazz, BITCHES BREW was Miles Davis' shot across the bow of jazz insularity, a bold statement about jazz's ability to draw upon elements of popular culture, without mitigating its spirit of spontaneous invention. Much as Ornette Coleman's THE ...

A Slightly Used Woman is the first full album by Georgette Jones, released by Heart Of Texas Records. The “Princess Of Country Music” is the daughter of famed country artists George Jones & Tammy Wynette. Traditional country music performed by the only person with both parents in the...

30yrs after the break-up of Keith Jarrett’s great ‘American Quartet’, the pianist, & bassist Charlie Haden, have reunited for an album of standards, played with deep feeling & released on the famed ECM label. Jarrett’s first studio album for 12yrs, Jasmine is an intim...

Between 1997 and 2007, Koop built their global reputation as the kings of swing, rebooting the coolest jazz sounds of yesterday using modern studio and sampling technology. Featuring the cream of their first three albums, “Coup de Grâce” is an expertly mixed cocktail of past, p...

The robust sound of Armik's guitar and his taste for the spicy influences of Andalucia have long made him one of the shining lights in the Nouveau Flamenco sub-genre. SERENATA looks to continue to bolster the guitarist's reputation, offering eleven savory nuggets of gypsy guitar goodness that featur...

Personnel: Dave Brubeck (leader, piano); Tony Bennett, Louis Armstrong, Carmen McRae, Jimmy Rushing; (vocals); Paul Desmond, Bobby Militello (alto saxophone); Jerry Bergonzi (tenor saxophone); Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone); Bill Smith (clarinet); Norman Bates, Eugene Wright, Ron Crotty, Bob Ba...

Nina Simone unleashes her sultry vocals on 20 tracks on this compilation album, which includes classic songs such as "My Baby Just Cares For Me" and "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out."

Though he lacked the improvisational fire of John Coltrane or the restless curiosity of Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins played with a rich, round tone that complemented his melodic inclinations, making him the most accessible of the postbop musicians. Saxophone Colossus is the most successful of the ...

The complete outstanding album Nothing But the Blues (Verve MGV8252), reuniting the guitarist Herb Ellis with Stan Getz and Roy Eldridge. As a bonus, the LP Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (Verve MGVS6045), on which Giuffre plays tenor and baritone sax, and is also the arranger on the whole album.

Four of the most exciting young UK jazz musicians currently playing have joined forces in paying homage to their forebears & the innovators of improvised music with A Flower Is A Lonesome Thing, a 6-track recording of classic songs made famous by noted jazz musicians such as Thelonius Monk, Jimm...

The third deluxe RA reissue on the UMS, released in conjunction with EL SATURN Records is here: A superb reissue of a delicious, seldom heard Saturn Records document from the 70s, replete with two alternate takes of a previously unissued classic AND an Untitled piece from the original sessions&hel...

A new Christmas album from multiple grammy winner Yo-Yo Ma & friends. Guest artists include James Taylor, Alison Krauss, Renée Fleming, Chris Botti, Diana Krall, Dave Brubeck, Joshua Redman & more. For his new album, the multiple Grammy-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma invited many of h...

Wynton Marsalis is a world renowned artist and ambassador of jazz. By turns soothing, urgent, playful, and angry, 'From the Plantation to the Penitentiary' distills Marsalis’ recent observations on the modern American way of life as he’s travelled the nation as a performer, teacher, and ...

Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet); Kenny Hagood (vocals); Lee Konitz (alto saxophone); Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone); Junior Collins, Sandy Siegelstein, Gunther Schuller (French horn); J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding (trombone); John Barber (tuba); John Lewis, Al Haig (piano); Al McKibbon, Joe Shulma...

Personnel includes: Miles Davis (trumpet); Bill Evans (soprano saxophone); Charlie Parker (alto & tenor saxophones); Lee Konitz, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (alto saxophone); John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Heath, Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone); Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone)...

Personnel: Harry Connick Jr. (piano); Branford Marsalis (saxophone).Recording information: Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC (03/2005).New Orleans-based jazz musician and crooner Harry Connick, Jr. has suffered a fair degree of criticism from jazz aficionados for his commercially oriented vocal outi...

‘Perfect Way: The Miles Davis Anthology’ is a brilliant overview of Miles Davis’ output for Warner Bros. including previously unreleased material from the Rubber Band sessions and Nice’s Jazz Festival in 1986, as well as some of his best studio and live perform...

This wonderful 1958 session features the tenor sax legend leading pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Arthur Taylor on a well-chosen five-song set of jazz and pop standards. The album opens with a lively version of Count Basie's "Good Bait" that allows Coltrane, Chambers...

Multi-platinum selling, Grammy-winning recording artist Kenny G releases his 13th studio album entitled Heart and Soul on Concord Records. Kenny and renowned studio master Walter Afanasieff (Christina Aguilera Michael Bolton Mariah Carey, Céline Dion, Whitney Houston) produced and arranged...

Take three globally renowned jazz legends (pianist Oscar Peterson, acoustic bassist Ray Brown, and vibist Milt Jackson), convene them (with a drummer) at the renowned Blue Note jazz club in New York City (in 1998), set them loose on a program of standards, and then listen to the magic, and hear the ...

Two complete early albums by Abbey Lincoln, Abbey Is Blue and It’s Magic. Featuring important jazzmen likeKenny Dorham, Art Farmer, Curtis Fuller, Benny Golson, StanleyTurrentine, Les Spann, Wynton Kelly, Cedar Walton, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, and Lincoln’s future husband, the ...

Los Angeles, California. Herbie Hancock’s “The Imagine Project”, the new CD from multiple Grammy-winning artist and musical pioneer Herbie Hancock, is an unprecedented international recording and video project featuring collaborations between music legend Herbie Hancock and over a...

Additional personnel: Barbara Munoz, Camila.Released two years after I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, this 2008 album once again finds Kenny G in a romantic state of mind. Going for a light Latin vibe, the smooth-jazz saxophonist delves into salsa (see "Sax-O-Loco" and "Salsa Kenny") and tango (titled, of ...

Personnel: Wayne Shorter (soprano); Dave Holland (bass guitar); Vinnie Colaiuta (drums). Additional personnel: Corinne Bailey Rae, Joni Mitchell, Norah Jones, Tina Turner, Leonard Cohen, Luciana Souza. Any doubts about the incongruity of jazz icon Herbie Hancock covering singer-songwriter extr...

Personnel include: Antonio Carlos Jobim (vocals, guitar, piano); Edu Lobo, Elis Regina (vocals); Eumir Deodato, Helio Delmiro, Paulo Jobim, Luiz Claudio (guitar); Harry Lookofsky (violin, tenor violin); Frederick Buldrini, Lewis Eley, Julius Held, Leo Kruczek, Louis Stone, Joseph Malignaggi, Max Pol...

The great American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz joined forces with the Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, and vocalist Antonio Carlos Jobim, one of the fathers of the bossa nova, in the early 1960s. The results were remarkable: Both men's reputations received an immediate boost, and the world rec...

This double disc set is the most relaxing, most serene, most de-stressing album -- recline, put your feet up, close your eyes and r-e-l-a-x... 'The Best Moods Album in the World... Ever' features the best tracks from the Moods series, together with more recent tracks such as Michael Nyman’s theme...