“With a great deal of intelligence … flutist Nadia Labrie revisits a monument … with solid accomplices: pianist Jonathan Turgeon, drummer Bernard Riche and double bassist Dominic Girard, this “return to the past” is a real joy and, may I say it, a treat”. ─ about vol. 1, Sorties Jazz Nights.

Luke Spiller shines on his debut solo album, Love Will Probably Kill Me Before Cigarettes and Wine - a cinematic sonic expedition that mirrors a James Bond score and documents all the love, heartbreak, and beauty Spiller first experienced when he moved to Los Angeles.

This album is the first release by a Japanese artist from XXIM Records (Sony Masterworks) based in Berlin, Germany, and consists of 16 tracks recorded at the LEITER STUDIO in the historic recording studio located in the suburbs of former East Berlin.

Elliott explores the emotions of fatherhood in real time by composing this new collection of solo piano pieces from the time of anticipation in the spring of '23 to the birth and beyond.

This boxed set presents the greatest cello concertos by the greatest cellist in history, Jacqueline du Pré, in recent HD remasterings made from the original tapes and specially adapted for SACD.

Record Store Day 2025. Blue Bossa In The Bronx: Live From The Blue Morocco is a never-before-released recording of jazz trumpet icon Kenny Dorham, captured live at the Blue Morocco jazz club in The Bronx, NY in 1967 – featuring Sonny Red, Cedar Walton, Paul Chambers and Denis Charles. Transferred from the original tape reels that were recorded by engineer Bernard Drayton, the limited-edition 2 LP set was mastered for by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Le Vinylist. The elaborate booklet includes liner notes by jazz author and scholar Bob Blumenthal, plus interviews with artists who knew or were inspired by Kenny Dorham, such as Eddie Henderson, Jeremy Pelt, Steven Bernstein, Reggie Workman, Dan Morgenstern and others.

Cyrille Aimée is neither the reincarnation of Edith Piaf, nor Juliette Greco, but rather a young French singer with a luminous but diminutive voice, who nevertheless is making a big impression on the New York City music scene.

Showcasing Strata-East co-founder Charles Tolliver’s ambitious arrangements and his ability to straddle the line between hard bop and avant-garde, 1975’s Impact features the trumpeter leading a vibrant large ensemble while highlighting soloists James Spaulding, George Coleman, and Harold Vick, anchored by label co-founder Stanley Cowell on piano.

Recorded in July 1988, Strata-East co-founder and trumpeter Charles Tolliver’s Live in Berlin at the Quasimodo captures an explosive quartet delivering a high-energy performance in Germany.

The remarkable Music, Inc. Big Band remains the apotheosis of trumpeter Charles Tolliver’s singular creative vision.

Founded by bassist, composer, and arranger Bill Lee as a collaboration of seven bassists—including Lisle Atkinson, Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Michael Fleming, Milt Hinton, and Sam Jones—The New York Bass Violin Choir album features Sonny Brown (percussion), George Coleman (saxophone), and Harold Mabern (piano) “performing excerpts from ‘Baby Sweets,’ a narrative folk-jazz opera written by Bill Lee and Sonny Brown.

The album’s music leans heavily into the golden era of 1970s fusion jazz and is composed almost entirely by Vartiainen.

"Released in the wake of the historic 1994 election in South Africa, this album is a politically charged piece of white SA rock, from the harsh image of the topless albino against a background of black bodies on the cover through the threads of 'Nkosi Si'kelele' weaved into the opening track to the timely reminder in the closing track that there is a long way to go.

The gothic doom metal landscape is about to be forever changed as OPIA present their incredible debut album, “I Welcome Thee, Eternal Sleep”.

Ask any fan of 70s/80s Hard Rock to name what they consider to be iconic releases of the era and you can be sure the likes of Rainbow ‘Rising’, Black Sabbath ‘Heaven And Hell’ and Dio ‘Holy Diver’ will all feature highly on that list.