French producer, drummer, songwriter, and arranger Marc Cerrone is one of disco's most influential figures, and easily the most significant European disco artist besides Giorgio Moroder.

If Count Basie had hired James Brown to replace Joe Williams as his featured male vocalist, what would the results have sounded like? Brown offers some suggestions on Soul on Top, which finds the Godfather of Soul making an intriguing detour into jazz-minded big-band territory.

The eight five-star reviews on Amazon for "Road to Travel" (as of today) notwithstanding, I would say "Inside…" is a much better album… definitely Bert's best (and I believe I have all Bert Sommer's albums).

In an era when Brown went on to make three studio doubles, Get on the Good Foot was the first. This 1972 album finds Brown having great chemistry with both his newer J.B.'s and the New York session players. The title track is particularly stunning. "Get on the Good Foot" was so off-the-cuff and nonpareil, he couldn't have replicated the formula even if he wanted to. "I Got a Bag of My Own," on the other hand, sounds forced and synthetic. Although Brown was known for his new product, this album has him recycling some of his King singles. Doing so-so remakes of "Cold Sweat" and "Ain't It a Groove" could be taken as an attempt to ease some of his old catalog into his new label. Not surprisingly, Get on the Good Foot does have its share of throwaway cuts. "Recitation by Hank Ballard" is a spoken-word effort with Ballard extolling his buddy's virtues, as well as giving unsolicited advice about the perils of show biz. "Dirty Harri," a lukewarm instrumental, goes nowhere fast for all of its six-plus minutes. Although Get on the Good Foot only managed to yield two hits, the album is one of his more varied and fun efforts.

For a kid who liked jazz, Chicago was a great town to grow up in.

The opera Faniska, which premiered at the Kärntnertor Theatre in Vienna in 1806, is said to have been enthusiastically received by both Haydn and Beethoven.

One of Britain’s most creative and distinctive pianists, Julian Jacobson is acclaimed for the vitality, colour and insight he brings to his enormous repertoire ranging across all styles and periods.

Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer.

Très actif sur les scènes symphoniques et lyriques européennes, Benjamin Levy aentamé sa cinquième saison de directeur musical de l’Orchestre de Cannes – Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur, qui a prolongé son contrat jusqu’en 2025.

When the composer Gustav Mahler came to Beethoven, he shuddered with awe, but as a conductor he regarded his scores above all as a challenge: material that had to be adapted to the orchestras and halls of the present.

The Moody Blues British rock group from Birmingham, England, formed in 1964 and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

Ruins and Remains, a suite for piano, string quartet and percussion, was composed by the Dutch pianist Wolfert Breferode in 2018, to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.

We are delighted to announce the November 2nd release of a 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of The Moody Blues’ classic third album, In Search of the Lost Chord. With 3 CDs and 2 DVDs plus a 76-page book, it really is a fascinating deep delve into one of the most influential albums of its era.

No Dice is the third studio album by British rock band Badfinger, issued by Apple Records and released on 9 November 1970. Their second album under the Badfinger name, but their first official album under that name, and first to include guitarist Joey Molland, No Dice significantly expanded the British group's popularity, especially abroad. The album included both the hit single "No Matter What" and the song "Without You", which would become a big hit for Harry Nilsson, and later a hit for Mariah Carey.

Wish You Were Here is the seventh studio album by the English band Badfinger, which was released in November 1974.