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KLAUS SUONSAARI/FRANK CARLBERG: Offering
Drifting, contemplative, reflective and adventurous free jazz duo that moves through harmony like wind through trees.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
GRETCHEN PARLATO: Gretchen Parlato
A suble & sensuous blend of Jazz, Brazilian, and African elements. 1st place Winner of 2004 TheloniousMonk Vocal Comp. & praised by Herbie Hancock, "A deep, almost magical connection to the music." Wayne Shorter adds, "There's no one out there like her."
Recommended if you like Björk, Astrud Gilberto.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
LOS CHANGOS TRIO: Desde el Norte
Argentinean contemporary music and Latin jazz rolled into a fusion landscape.
Recommended if you like John McLaughlin, Mercedes Sosa, Astor Piazzolla.
CD price: $16.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
BRUNO RABERG: Orbis
Earthy grooves laid down by master drummer Bob Moses and lyrical original tunes in a mix of jazz, funk and world music.
Recommended if you like Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland, Bob Moses.
CD price: $12.97
DAN PRATT ORGAN QUARTET: Springloaded
Fronted by sax and bone, and backed by Hammond organ and drums, this fresh take on a traditional instrumentation features all original compositions and some heavy blowing by four of New York's top up-and-coming jazz musicians.
Recommended if you like Chris Potter, Joe Henderson, Seamus Blake.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $8.90
LOS CHANGOS SEPTET: Anit Negra
Argentinean Contemporary Music, exploring everything from its root native sound to the avant-garde.
Recommended if you like Dino Saluzzi, Mercedes Sosa, Astor Piazzolla.
CD price: $16.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
FERNANDO HUERGO: Live at The Regattabar
Jazz mixed with Argentinean ryhthms. Recorded live by WGBH Radio, featuring great musicians: Chris Cheek, Mika pohjola, Fernando Huergo, Jeff Ballard anf Franco Pinna.
CD price: $15.97
BRUNO RABERG: Ascensio
Original compositions with free improvisations and hints towards world music and jazz with leanings towards Dave Holland and Ornette Coleman.
Recommended if you like Miles Davis, Dave Holland, Ornette Coleman.
CD price: $12.97
DEANNA WITKOWSKI: Wide Open Window
Hip, contemporary, piano based New York jazz with Latin influences, in several originals, and classic songs from the "great American Songbook"
Recommended if you like Chucho Valdés, Krall.
CD price: $15.99
THE JINGA QUINTET: A day gone by
High energy Latin Modern Jazz, featuring some of the best young players on the jazz scene today: Avishai E. Cohen, Miguel Zenon, Luis Perdomo, Fernando Huergo and Steve Langone
Recommended if you like David Sánchez, Los Hombres Calientes, Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band.
CD price: $15.97
MIKA POHJOLA, CHRIS CHEEK, MATT PENMAN, ROBERTO DANI: Announcement
A Downtown New York group featuring composer-pianist Pohjola with Chris Cheek, Roberto Dani and Matt Penman. "An uncanny degree of communication... exhilarating new music." -- Alyn Shipton, The Times
Recommended if you like Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report, Yellowjackets.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $8.99
DAVE WOOD: Échappée
Current lead guitarist for Taylor Hicks, Dave Wood has taken an 8 string guitar and created Échappée. A fresh, exotic blend of jazz, funk and rock. Beautiful melodies, incredible musicians, great songwriting...highly recommended.
Recommended if you like Taylor Hicks, Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau.
MP3 price: $9.99
FELIPE SALLES: Mind Motions
An inovative mixture of Latin, Brazilian and Traditional Jazz.
Recommended if you like Stan Getz, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson.
CD price: $15.00
YES VIRGINIA: Overeasy
Carefree contagious pop, Beck-ish irony, retro keyboards and drums, feel-good funk crowned with 'Steely Wonder' vocals.
Recommended if you like Stevie Wonder, Beck, Sly & The Family Stone.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
GOLDEN MONKEYS / YUSUKE YAMAMOTO: Golden Monkeys
World Jazz Fusion; a collection of compositions compositions that are influenced by music from all over the planet- and most usually sunny, bright, joyful and sometimes pensive and thoughtful.
Recommended if you like Pat Metheny.
CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $13.99
MIKA POHJOLA, MICK GOODRICK, BRUNO RABERG, ROBERTO DANI: Myths & Beliefs
Introspective jazz by a pianist/composer from Finland, featuring guitarist Mick Goodrick, bassist Bruno Råberg and drummer Roberto Dani. "Stunningly beautiful, lyrical, simple yet magnetic in appeal" - Cadence Magazine
Recommended if you like Ornette Coleman, Paul Bley, John Taylor.
CD price: $49.95 / MP3 price: $9.99
DAVE LIEBMAN GROUP: In a Mellow Tone
Mellow instrumental jazz quartet date by one of the great post-Coltrane saxophonists
Recommended if you like John Coltrane, Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano.
CD price: $15.99 / MP3 price: $15.99
STEPHAN CRUMP: Tuckahoe
Melds earthy blues and R&B, infectious Latin rhythms and gospel warmth in an instrumental jazz context.
Recommended if you like Marc Johnson.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MIKA POHJOLA, RIGMOR GUSTAFSSON, THEO BLECKMANN, LISA WERLINDER: Scandinavian Yuletide Voices - Christmas carols
Tired of Jingle Bells? This is organically grown holiday music with a true Scandinavian wintry spirit. Featured vocalists: Theo Bleckmann, Rigmor Gustafsson, Sanni Orasmaa, Eeppi Ursin, Lisa Werlinder, Eirik Fluge, Katja Kullander and Kristin Mulders.
Recommended if you like The Boston Pops, Traditional Christmas Carols, Winter Wonderland.
CD price: $13.97 / MP3 price: $8.99
MARTA GOMEZ: Cantos de Agua Dulce
"Cantos de Agua Dulce" was called by Billboard as "The Escence of Latin Cool".With her velvety voice and jazz infused arrangements, Marta Gomez takes South American indigenous folk music into a hip new realm.
Recommended if you like Mercedes Sosa, Susana Baca, Pablo Milanés.
CD price: $16.99
KATIE VIQUEIRA: The Other Side - El Otro Lado
A brilliant exponent of a new generation of Argentinean Nuevo Tango performers. Her style traces the musical roots of her native Buenos Aires in a Jazz-influenced setting.
Recommended if you like Mercedes Sosa, Astor Piazzolla, Roberto Goyeneche.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JEN CHAPIN: MbM
urban folk, informed by jazz and soul (an EP sampler from the Hybrid Recordings release, "Linger")
Recommended if you like Fiona Apple, Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones.
MIKA POHJOLA, MIGUEL ZENON, BEN MONDER, FERNANDO HUERGO: Landmark
"From odd-metered Zappa-esque romps to soothing ballads, fusion vehicles to 4th century hymns, rhythmic rock-fueled jams." (Bill Milkowski). Featuring Ben Monder, Fernando Huergo, Miguel Zenon, Roberto Dani and Johanna Grüssner.
Recommended if you like Frank Zappa, Hermeto Pascoal, Weather Report.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $8.99
DAVID GILMORE: Ritualism
Internationally acclaimed guitarist David Gilmore brings together elements of Jazz, Funk, African and World musics on his first cd as a leader - featuring some of New York's finest improvisors: Ravi Coltrane, David Binney, Ralph Alessi and many others.
Recommended if you like Jimi Hendrix, George Benson, Pat Martino.
CD price: $11.00
COCKTAIL ANGST: Our Big Top Parade
Rolicking original Cocktail/Exotica music based on Latin rhythms, circus humor and great musicianship. Another party favorite.
Recommended if you like Combustible Edison, Paris Combo, Martin Denny, Yma Súmac.
CD price: $12.00
THE VILLAGE MUSIC COLLECTIVE PROJECT PRESENTS: The New York Jazz Album Vol. 5 - Vocals, The American Song Book Standards, New Waves and International Influence
A collection of fresh, original songs in several styles, issued in multiple volumes. Jazz by some of the most creative New York artists. Volume 5: Vocals, The American Song Book Standards, New Waves, International Influence.
Recommended if you like Joni Mitchell, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson.
MP3 price: $9.99
BRUNO RABERG: Chrysalis
This 9 piece ensemble with 6 horns, guitar, bass and drums deliver a wide vareity from lush colors to infectous grooves. Sometimes like a big band sometimes broken up into smaller units that allows freer improvisations.
Recommended if you like Dave Holland, Wayne Shorter, Gil Evans.
CD price: $12.97
MIKA POHJOLA & YUSUKE YAMAMOTO: Sound Of Village
Playing regularly at the Knitting Factory in New York, Sound of Village has been raved as "one of the best albums of the year" --All About Jazz
Recommended if you like Steve Reich, Claude Debussy, Paul Bley, György Ligeti.
CD price: $17.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
MARTA GOMEZ: Solo es Vivir
A smooth combination of Latin American folklore with jazz and pop elements brought by a singer full of passion
Recommended if you like Mercedes Sosa, Susana Baca, Carlos Vives.
CD price: $15.99 / MP3 price: $15.99
JACO PASTORIUS: Portrait of Jaco - The Early Years
This critically acclaimed boxed audio biography brings an 80-page color booklet and over 2 1/2 hrs of never-before-heard recordings of Jaco from 1968 up through his glory years. Hear his earliest bands, unheard originals, and very beginnings as a soloist
Recommended if you like Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny.
CD price: $34.95
FIUCZYNSKI'S HEADLESS TORSOS: Amandala
A melange of ambient textural improvisations, funk-rock jazz, metal, dub and drum&bass topped with Fuze's unique writing, extraordinary soundscapes and passionate, fiery soloing.
Recommended if you like Medeski Martin and Wood, DJ Logic, John Scofield.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
GEORGE SCHULLER: Jigsaw
A focused, inclusive framework for creative improvisation with eight original compositions for configurations ranging from quintet to septet.
Recommended if you like Miles Davis.
CD price: $13.50 / MP3 price: $13.50
TINO DERADO: Aguacero
Shameless display of excellent improvisors playing original, lyrical, yet powerful brazilian and ethnic based music.
Recommended if you like Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Oregon.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00