Latin-Soul-Rock by the Fania All-Stars is a half-live, half-studio album. In addition to featuring a few of the actual Yankee Stadium recordings, such as the now-infamous Larry Harlow/Heny Alvarez–penned “Congo Bongo,” the record demonstrated how well the Fania All-Stars could play with others in the studio, namely Billy Cobham, Jan Hammer, and Jorge Santana; and at the same time, flex their Latin rock and funk muscles on tunes like the Marty Sheller–arranged “There You Go” and “Viva Tirado,” recently made a hit by El Chicano; and then there was the Bobby Valentín–arranged “Smoke,” which wouldn’t have been out of place spinning on one of Kool Herc’s turntables a few miles down the road from the “House that Ruth Built.” It was fusion, it was funk, it was salsa.

With "One Must Have Chaos Inside To Give Birth To A Dancing Star", the internationally acclaimed exceptional jazz formation around Daniel Erdmann, Hasse Poulsen and Edward Perraud presents a poetic manifesto between improvisation and refined harmonies after a five-year break in 2002!

'Fauréver' or the double intention of Enrico Pieranunzi, in recording this 'jazz' tribute to Gabriel Fauré, to honor the eternal beauty of the works of this great composer while emphasizing the need, in these new modern times, to continue to dream. Over the years Enrico Pieranunzi has developed a relationship of silent complicity with Fauré's music. Every time he played his barcarolles or nocturnals or when he listened to his chamber music he was left breathless. This is why Bonsaï Music, after producing the two previous albums of the trio he formed with André Ceccarelli and Diego Imbert, immediately agreed to record 'Fauréver'. In this new project, Enrico Pieranunzi wanted to honor the upcoming 100th anniversary of the disappearance of Gabriel Fauré.

"When I was in my 20s, I lived in an old apartment/hotel in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago. It was a relic from better times (the 1920s), cheap and mostly occupied by retired Jesuit priests and nuns from nearby Loyola University. The gym had old 10-speed Schwinn bicycles on concrete blocks for cheap pelotons, an old swimming pool where operas were performed, and the steam room was a clubhouse for the local Russian mafia.

Experience the brilliance of "Measured Response" as Josh Lawrence's trumpet prowess takes center stage, weaving a narrative that's both captivating and sophisticated. Joined by the extraordinary talents of pianist Art Hirahara, saxophonist Diego Rivera, bassist Luques Curtis, and drummer Rudy Royston, Lawrence presents a series of performances with dynamic range and emotional depth to create a captivating listening experience, offering a glimpse into the heart and soul of his personal approach to jazz.

LEGACY & (next) LEGACY are the brand new musical projects by PAOLO FRESU. 59 new songs for celebrating three anniversaries: his 40-year-old QUINTET his 20-year-old DEVIL 4ET and his 22-year-old DUO with URI CAINE 3 CD Box Set & 3 LP Box Set limited, coloured and hand numbered. Both signed by Paolo Fresu.

5-time GRAMMY-winners Snarky Puppy are set to re-release their popular album Sylva. The re-release will include the 6 original tracks along with 2 alternate takes of "The Curtain" and "The Clearing." 12" vinyl with new artwork will be available at the time of digital release.

'The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner' is the latest installment in a critically-acclaimed series that started in 1996 with The Latin Side of John Coltrane. It's the work of a musically gifted, bilingual artist, a master trombonist who grew up admiring jazz's greatest practitioners but, at the same time, cutting his Latin Jazz teeth with legends such as Mario Bauza, Tito Puente, Paquito D'Rivera and others.

A merging of allegedly opposing forces/sensibilities. A balancing act of sorts.

Oha – what do we have here? A whole sixty(!) Tracks in a release… and how do you pronounce this name: CHUCHCHEPATI ORCHESTRA? In order: "Chuchchepati" (pronounced: Chuchchepati) means horizon in Nepali and is a district of Kathmandu.

Imperfect Bread are one of the most exciting new projects emerging from the Amsterdam jazz scene. They were prize winners at the Keep An Eye International Jazz Awards 2023 and leading Dutch saxophonist Ben van Gelder thinks of the band as ‘Eclectic, colorful and surprising’. Led by British drummer / composer Rod Oughton, the band fuses the British songwriter tradition with Dutch free jazz to create a brand new sound.

Pianist and composer Kenny Barron, a towering figure in the jazz world with 13 Grammy nominations and induction into the American Jazz Hall of Fame, has been at the helm of sophisticated post-bop for many decades, never shying away from reinventing jazz standards, reshaping his own originals, or composing anew. He does all that in his latest album, Beyond This Place, for which he enlisted a multigenerational group featuring rising star saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, veteran vibraphonist Steve Nelson, and his regular rhythm team of bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake.

Commemorating the 45th Anniversary of Mixer's Lab! Fifth in the Kenichi Tsunoda Big Band "BIG BAND SOUND" series produced by Mixer's Lab! 10 songs selected from Jazz and Latin masterpieces of the past! The famous performances by the Kenichi Tsunoda Big Band were recorded, mixed and produced by recording engineer Eiji Uchinuma (Chairman of Mixer's Lab and Honorary Chairman of the Music Studio Association of Japan), and recorded in high sound quality using the most advanced recording technology!

KOLIZIO (Esperanto, collision) was born in 2017 from the simple desire of six Finnish brass players to make music together. By colliding with their special expertise, these virtuosos of classical and jazz music strive to find a fresh and genre-free perspective on chamber music composed for brass instruments. KOLIZIO’s repertoire mainly consists of original compositions by the band’s founding member, tubist Petri Keskitalo, as well as inventive arrangements of classic tunes representing different genres. Just before the recording of this album in the spring 2023, Keskitalo passed away unexpectedly. After that, the Portuguese tuba virtuoso Sergio Carolino joined the ensemble as its newest member.

The outsized sounds emerging from the Excelsior Mill organ captured here constitute a unique chapter in the Sun Ra story, a dizzying phantasmagoria that offers a whole new view on what Ra could do. It might thrill you; it might unnerve you; it might strum your heartstrings; it might spook the living daylights out of you. Most likely you’ll experience all of the above before the jolting musical jeremiad is done. Pressed on violet vinyl! The CD contains the full uncut show!