Henry Mancini (/mænˈsiːni/ man-SEE-nee; born Enrico Nicola Mancini; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist.

Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, Lee created a sophisticated persona, writing music for films, acting, and recording conceptual record albums combining poetry and music.Lee recorded over 1,100 masters and composed over 270 songs.

Margrethe Blossom Dearie was an American jazz singer and pianist. She had a recognizably light and girlish voice. Dearie performed regular engagements in London and New York City over many years and collaborated with many musicians, including Johnny Mercer, Miles Davis, Jack Segal, Johnny Mandel, Duncan Lamont, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, and Jay Berliner.

Aretha Louise Franklin (/əˈriːθə/ ə-REE-thə; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Honored as the "Queen of Soul", she was twice named by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest singer of all time.

RØRY has one hell of a history, a winding complexity of addiction, grief, and even an entirely different music career. Now six years sober with a life she never saw coming, debut album RESTORATION wrangles with all the demons she managed to conquer to get here.

This album encompasses four piano concertos by four Italian composers, two of which are first recordings.

It started in London with a shy fan offering Americana outsider Jim White a gift—an obscure 19th Century novel called Precious Bane. Over the years they kept up a correspondence, with White becoming increasingly intrigued by this shy, impoverished woman who led a fairly desperate hand to mouth existence in the south of England.

THIS DESTINATION is Gary Kemp's most personal to date and sees the songwriter channel his own thoughts and feelings about the past, present and future through the guise of uncanny storytelling and character work. The album is simultaneously semi-autobiographical and an exercise in empathetic scene-setting.

The Seventh Symphony gave Bruckner a breakthrough to international recognition: the Leipzig premiere on December 30, 1884 was followed by the acclaimed Munich performance of March 10, 1885, which initiated the worldwide triumphal march of the work. The Adagio, the second movement, is dedicated to the memory of Richard Wagner, whose death Bruckner learned about during the composition.

Cellist Sergio Patria and pianist Elena Ballario present Braids, an album of French music for cello and piano that represents the interwoven strands of their professional and personal partnership, as well as the intricate threads between the composers and works they have chosen, from the Romanticism of Chopin to Boëllmann’s impressionistic sonata and Debussy’s forward-looking work, written right at the end of his life.

One evening in the early 1980s, Isaiah Laing of Supreme Promotions, the promoters of Sting, hosted a dance at the Spanish Town Prison Oval, a stone's throw from the Spanish Town Adult Correctional Centre.

Eddie Chacon’s 2023 album, ‘Sundown’, established him as a “low-key R&B legend,” 30 years after his rocket-to-the-stars success as half of the duo Charles and Eddie. Now, Chacon is back with ‘Lay Low’, an album of hazy, seductive songs produced by Nick Hakim. Eddie Chacon’s soulful music has been praised by The Guardian, Uncut, MOJO, Record Collector, Aquarium Drunkard and many more.

Absolute K.O. bout of free jazz poetry by a spry, 85 year old Joe McPhee, adapting his renowned improvised practice to words - juxtaposed with Mats Gustafson’s sparing brass and electric gestures. It’s an utterly timeless and transfixing salvo, another shiny notch for Smalltown Supersound’s brilliant Le Jazz Non Series. As a common ligature to the OG free jazz scene of ‘60s NYC, with formative binds to its European offshoots and the experimental avant garde, Joe McPhee is a true force of nature who has represented jazz at its freest over a remarkable lifetime. In duo with Swedish free jazz and noise standard bearer Mats Gustafson, he upends expectations with an astonishingly vivid and upfront example of his enduring contribution to freely improvised music. In 11 parts he variously reflects on everything from the neon sleaze and scuzz of NYC to contemporary US politicians and laugh out loud imitations of his previous sparring partners such as Peter Brötzmann, with a head-slapping immediacy that leaves you reeling, spellbound.

Hugo Fattoruso's album "Oriental," released in 1991, is a remarkable fusion of jazz, Latin, and world music elements. The album features tracks such as "O Sambinha," "La del Cheche," and "Estrela Distante," showcasing Fattoruso's versatility and innovative approach to composition. His masterful blend of traditional Latin rhythms with contemporary jazz harmonies creates a unique and captivating listening experience. The album has been highly praised by listeners, holding an average rating of 4.88 out of 5 based on user reviews.

Bud Powell, one of the giants of jazz piano, changed the way virtually all post-swing pianists play their instrument. He dispensed with the striding of the left hand, which was previously considered essential, and used the left hand to play chords at irregular intervals. His right hand often played fast single-note lines, essentially transferring Charlie Parker's vocabulary to the piano (although he developed in parallel with "Bird").