When Billy Childs was 11 years old, his older sister introduced him to the work of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter Laura Nyro. Her blend of Broadway inspired melodies, jazz improvisation and socially conscious lyrics have stayed with him. Now Billy has returned to his early source of inspiration, conceiving and orchestrating the new album, "Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro", which features an incredible range of musicians who join him in interpreting her narratives.

Jazz piano icon Chick Corea presents "Trilogy" released under Stretch Records/Concord Jazz - A live, triple-CD document of his virtuosic trio with bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade. The album ranges from reinventions of classic Corea compositions and previously unrecorded originals to an array of jazz standards and even freshly re-imagined Scriabin.

On the cover of this album you can see a picture of New York taken in Hoboken, New Jersey where we recorded these tracks. To me it represents the beauty of a familiar place seen from a different perspective. I come from a small town in Austria called Judenburg. If my family when I moved to the next bigger city, Graz, it felt like the navel of the world. Graz is considered provincial for the Viennese.

"I am a Man", Ron Miles' recording with Bill Frisell and Brian Blade, expands the trio to a quintet with the addition of pianist Jason Moran and bassist Thomas Morgan. The sublime interplay that distinguished the Circuit Rider trio recordings "Quiver" (2012) and "Circuit Rider" (2014), reaches new levels of inspired musical communication. Ron Miles' lyrical and complex compositions provide the perfect framework for five masters who blur the boundaries of conventional soloing and accompanying in a constant ebb and flow marked by brilliant harmonizing and strokes of individual genius.

Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band is releasing their first studio recording since the 2017’s Body And Shadow. KINGS HIGHWAY, the bands seventh record, unites drummer Brian Blade with pianist Jon Cowherd, bassist Christopher Thomas, saxophonists Myron Walden and Melvin Butler and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. Kings Highway features two cuts that have been the centerpiece of many of the bands live performances (the title track Kings Highway and Migration). The Fellowship create a sound of its own genre, encompassing jazz, gospel and folk music that continues to uplift and inspire listeners worldwide.

Celebrating Miles Davis & John Colrane, "Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall" was recorded on October 25, 2001. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group in 2003, the year of its release.

Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel makes his ECM leader debut with "Driftwood", a trio album of subtlety and depth featuring renowned US jazz players Larry Grenadier and Brian Blade.

Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band has returned to Blue Note Records for the release of "Landmarks", the stunning fourth album from the remarkable collective which is led by acclaimed drummer and composer Brian Blade.