From the avant-garde folk/jazz of Poland’s Chłopcy Kontra Basia to Serbia’s ‘King of Apocalyptical Cabaret’ Boris Kovač, the music of Eastern Europe is as diverse as the geography it represents. This Rough Guide showcases today’s artists who preserve valuable traditions whilst enabling the music to evolve in new and unexpected ways.

Welcome to the Future Jazz Cafe! Lemongrassmusic present Volume 10 of their outstanding compilation series. 21 modern Electronic Jazz tunes from all over the world, sometimes with a slightly extraordinary feel. This compilation sets the right mood for a good time in a bar, cafe or a stylish restaurant. Enjoy yourselves, get a drink and feel the Jazz vibes!

German band Even Horses was formed by Martin Garden (vocals), Marc Imann (guitars), Thomas Janzon (bass, chapman stick), Stefan Nawrocki (keyboards) and Olav Quick (drums), whose past tenures in the bands Last Turion and Gray Malkin respectively didn't give them room to explore musical excursions of a somewhat more refined character. They self-released their sole production to date in 2008.

Sinister Downfall' is a German Funeral Doom Band of the sole founder and only band member Eugen Kohl, who himself is mainly active in the field of black metal (his projects include Donarhall, Nihilisticon and others) and heavy doom metal (Death Carrier). Eugen is responsible for the entire songwriting and for all instruments. He is also doing the mixing and mastering of all his work. The second album "A Dark Shining Light" will be released on May 25, 2020!

Heaven Shall Burn… When We Are Gathered is the fourth studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed at The Abyss in January 1996 and released on July 1 that year by Osmose Productions. Heaven Shall Burn… When We Are Gathered is the first Marduk album to feature Legion, formerly of Ophthalamia, on vocals and Peter Tägtgren as mixer. This album marked a shift in style for what Marduk are popularly known for; hyper-blast blast beats and furious drum work, sheer brutality over melody (compared to previous releases), and raw vocals. The music for "Glorification of the Black God" is an adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain". It has also inspired the name of German melodic death metal/metalcore band Heaven Shall Burn.

Squarely R&B albums dominated by upbeat, clean, and energetic material seemed like a forgotten art until late 2013 and early 2014 releases from the Foreign Exchange (Love in Flying Colors) and Pharrell Williams (GIRL). Ledisi continued the upswing with The Truth, her fifth Verve album. As with those preceding albums, The Truth is certainly informed by the past but sounds contemporary; even more vibrant than her own Turn Me Loose but not as rooted in early- to mid-'70s funk and soul.

Lost & Found is the third studio album by American R&B and jazz singer-songwriter Ledisi, released August 28, 2007 on Verve Records. It is her major-label debut after releasing two independent albums with her producing partner and keyboardist Sundra Manning on their label LeSun Records. In comparison to Ledisi's previous works Soulsinger (1999), an album of original R&B and neo soul-oriented songs, and Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue (2002), a set of jazz standards and originals, Lost & Found features a slicker production and calmer vocals. The album charted at number 78 on the US Billboard 200 and at number 10 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Dietrich Buxtehude - Complete Works for Organ, Volume 2 - Bine Bryndorf (2004) {Dacapo 8.226008}
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Classical / Baroque / Organ

Dietrich Buxtehude's organ works are today in the standard repertoire for organists all over the world, but this is the first time an organist has engaged so intimately with Buxtehude by using the very instrument on which the works were composed. Dacapo Records' new Buxtehude series will consist of a total of six CDs, and besides the St. Mary's Church in Elsinore they will be recorded in the other two churches where the composer was employed, the S:ta Maria Church in Helsingborg and the Marienkirche in Lübeck.

This 4-CD box set contains 100 classic recordings, many available for the first time in originally recorded stereo. All tracks are digitally remastered.

Bobby Hutcherson - Un Poco Loco (1980) {Koch Jazz KOC CD 7868 rel 1999}
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Jazz / Modern Post Bebop / Fusion / Vibes

By 1980, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson had evolved from a member of the avant-garde into a top exponent of the modern mainstream. This excellent album (mostly originals and obscurities but highlighted by an inventive version of Bud Powell's classic title cut) features Hutcherson with a top notch all-star group also including guitarist John Abercrombie, keyboardist George Cables, electric bassist Chuck Domanico and drummer Peter Erskine. Pity that this fine set has been long out-of-print.

The only three-time Rock `n' Roll Hall Of Fame inductee (The Yardbirds, Cream & as a solo artist), Eric Clapton is one of the very few artists whose enormous popularity is equaled by the respect given him by critics and peers alike. And rightly so, as demonstrated by these two new collections. The single ICON focuses on Clapton's career from the landmark Derek & The Dominos recordings through the remarkable hits that established "Slowhand" as the important solo artist he continues to be. The double CD ICON expands upon that vision to include key tracks from Cream and Blind Faith, while digging further into his massively successful career from Derek & The Dominos onward.

Various Artists - Mark Lamarr's Roc-King Up A Storm (1999) {Westside Records WESA801 rec 1954-1964}
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Rock and Roll / Rhythm and Blues / Jump / Jive

Original King/Federal recordings, 1954-64! Fantastic swingin' and groovin' compilation! Mark Lamarr currently hosts a weekly hour of rock 'n' roll over the British national airwaves and his style of delivery as caused a fair degree of controversy. Personally his off-hand presentation does not bother myself as I listen in for the music and boy does he play some goodies. This collection culled from the vaults of the King/Federal group of labels is a reasonable facsimile of the varying styles of rock 'n' roll and R&B that one can tune in and hear.

Cannonball Adderley gave up his own band in 1957 when he had the opportunity to become a sideman in Miles Davis' epic ensemble with John Coltrane, eventually resulting in some of the greatest jazz recordings of all time (including Milestones and Kind of Blue). Davis returned the favor in March of 1958, appearing as a sideman on Adderley's all-star quintet date for Blue Note, and the resulting session is indeed Somethin' Else. Both horn players are at their peak of lyrical invention, crafting gorgeous, flowing blues lines on the title tune and "One for Daddy-O," as the rhythm team (Hank Jones, Sam Jones, Art Blakey) creates a taut, focused groove (pianist Hank Jones' sly, intuitive orchestrations are studies of harmonic understatement)…