Hoff Ensemble consists of some of Norway's finest jazz and session musicians, fronted by trumpeter Mathias Eick, of ECM renown, who plays a leading role in several of the compositions. The ensemble's basic quartet features legendary veteran bassist Arild Andersen and arranger Jan Gunnar Hoff on piano. Hoff has performed with his own group since 1993, collaborating with such artists as Mike Stern, Pat Metheny, Maria Joao and Alex Acuna. This time in this great Norwegian band he mixes flavours in a "cross-over" setting… The music is created by film composers Geir Bøhren and Bent Åserud and among the vocalists are some of Norway's top names in popular music: Helene Bøksle, Åsne Valland Nordli, Sondre Bratland, Unni Wilhelmsen, Tomine Harket, Bjørn Johan Muri, Cecilia Vennersten and Bjørn Eidsvåg.

Baby, It's Cold Outside is Holly Cole's holiday album and features renditions of classic tunes such as "Christmas Time Is Here", "Santa Baby", and "Sleigh Ride".

"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" is the eighth album by Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish. The album's themes primarily inspired by the work of naturalist Charles Darwin. This is the band's first featuring singer Floor Jansen and the first with Uilleann pipes player, Troy Donockley as a full-time member. It was also the first without drummer Jukka Nevalainen, who took a break from the band due to severe insomnia. Drumming was by Kai Hahto of Wintersun and Swallow the Sun. The album includes only five Nightwish members, despite its being their first album release as a sextet.

With gritty, grizzled vocals, brazen songwriting talent and one hell of a live show, Luke Combs stormed onto country music landscape as a force to be reckoned with. Combs' debut smash radio single "Hurricane" is quickly becoming a staple anthem for country fans. After attending Appalachian State, Combs, a true road warrior, built his avid fan base, delivering over 200 rowdy, hold-nothing-back shows per year. "This One's for You" is his first full-lenght album.

Stefano Bollani, uno dei più grandi talenti del jazz contemporaneo e divulgatore televisivo (è in onda la quarta edizione del suo programma su RAI 3 “Via dei Matti n. 0” con Valentina Cenni), ha recentemente pubblicato gli spartiti dei suoi 18 Preludi per pianoforte (Edizioni Hal Leonard). In questo nuovo album, disponibile in formato digitale dal 20 dicembre, possiamo ascoltarli interpretati dall’autore stesso in una performance che dà vita al suo straordinario eclettismo compositivo caratterizzato da un linguaggio brillante e articolato. La sua, però, è anche un’indicazione, un suggerimento: il Bollani interprete non vuole imbrigliare il pianista (o l’ascoltatore) con la sua esecuzione, desidera stimolare un approccio creativo per dare spazio a una visione personale. “Sono 18 piccoli mondi differenti fra loro. Ognuno di loro è un racconto appassionato.

Cantate Domino, recorded by legendary sound engineer Bertil Alving in 1976, is widely regarded as one of the greatest audiophile masterpieces ever recorded. Opening with Enrico Bossi's "Cantate Domino" for choir, organ, trumpets and trombones, the choral album includes a number of Swedish folk songs as well as pieces by Handel, Otto Olsson, and others. The famous reference record is now made even better with this audiophile SACD release.

Collaboration album of two Japanese Jazz musicians - trumpeter Terumasa Hino and pianist Masabumi Kikuchi. The album received the Silver Award of the Japan Jazz Disc Awards.

Originally released in early 1963, Monk's Dream was the first Thelonious Monk album for Columbia. At the time this was recorded (fist sessions on Halloween, 1962), he had become one of the preeminent figures in contemporary jazz. His move to Columbia put him in the company of a couple of the era's other major talents and commercial successes, Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck, and his quartet was stabilized for a couple years with tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse (with him since 1958), bassist John Ore, and drummer Frankie Dunlop.r-celebrated in its day, Monk's Dream is rich with the confidence of a band at its peak.