Jazz Icons: John Coltrane provides an epic 95-minute overview of a true giant of 20th-century music. Three separate shows reveal Coltrane’s ascending creative arc from hard bop innovator as a member of the Miles Davis Quartet in 1960 to consummate bandleader in 1961 to unrivalled jazz visionary in 1965. This DVD not only features Trane’s classic quartet with …
The legendary pianist and innovator explores the words and music of another musical pioneer JONI MITCHELL on his first new studio recording for Verve since 1998’s GRAMMYr Award winner Gershwin’s World. Inspired in equal parts by Mitchell’s poetic lyrics and unique melodies/harmonies, the musicians play with a restraint and elegance (on both the instrumental and vocal tracks) that …
If you set out to create a single anthology that charted all the twists and tributaries of that uniquely American river we call jazz, you couldn’t do better than this companion set to the PBS series-94 tracks on 5 CDs licensed from virtually every important label in the history of the music. Includes The Pearls Jelly Roll Morton; …
Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane & Hartman
2009 release from the Jazz vocalist. Recorded live at Lincoln Center, the premier vocalist of his generation salutes and re-interprets one of the greatest Jazz albums of all time: John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman. This is the album Elling fans have been waiting for! This live performance is a stunning spectrum of music, Both vocal and instrumental. Kurt …
Holy Grail of Space-Age Jazz. Peak of Post-Orbital Delirium.Master keyboardist Dick Hyman collaborated with chanteuse Mary Mayo (Produced by Creed Taylor) to produce this astounding artefact of New-Frontier Pop. Recorded in early 1963 at the very height of Kennedy/Camelot euphoria, its propulsive otherworldly swing was crafted from a sublime melange of Hammond organ, Ondes Martenot, prepared guitar, oscillators …
It was on Frisell’s critically-lauded Quartet album of 1995 – with its cover art by Thomas Hart Benton – that his compositional style took its most palpable turn toward a personalized brand of Americana. Foregoing a rhythm section and adding horns, he fashioned an ensemble sound that ultimately owed more to the chamber music tradition than the jazz …
Atlantic is one of the most revered jazz labels, and Rhino is proud to honor their 50th anniversary with a series of deluxe reissues of five historic and essential jazz albums. Each reissue contains the original record as released in state-of-the-art digital remastering from the original tapes, bonus tracks, and new liner notes in packaging that reproduces the …
The Great Lakes Suites introduces us to composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith’s latest small ensemble: the Great Lakes Quartet. A true super group in creative music, it includes two legends in their own right, saxophonist/flutist Henry Threadgill and drummer Jack DeJohnette, with both of whom Smith first played in Chicago in the late 1960s during the early …
Following upon the success of GONE, JUST LIKE A TRAIN, Bill Frisell reunites with his much-admired partners from this last outing – plus others – for another session of inspired music-making. Joined by renowned drummer Jim Keltner and Lyle Lovett bassist Viktor Krauss, the core band is further expanded to a quintet with the addition of Greg Leisz …
Long considered one of the finest singers in the jazz world, Cassandra Wilson’s new album is a tour de force of emotion, technique, interpretation and style as she brings her considerable powers to this collection of classic songs. Once again she has gathered a band of shining talent, featuring the brilliant Jason Moran on Piano with guitarist …