Recommended Jazz: Chamber Jazz music (#1 - #40)
ALESSANDRO DI LIBERTO: Clima di un'estate
A set of powerful yet introspective music. A blend of strong melodic elements combined with an overall rhythmic approach.
CD price: $12.97
DMITRI MATHENY: Nocturne
"A protege of the late Art Farmer, flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny works along the edge between chamber music and jazz, creating a musician landscape found when lights are low -- Nocturne is a haunting meditation on the beauty of the night." ~ Andrew Gilbert
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
TERRY PLUMERI: Water Garden
"Stunning. A very high level of music." Washington Post - A special blend of Jazz, classical and ethnic flavors featuring Terry Plumeri Bass, John Abercrombie electric guitar, Ralph Towner acoustic guitar, Marc Copeland piano and Michael Smith drums.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99
TIM RAY / TRE CORDA: Tre Corda
A "chamber jazz" trio recording, blending influences from jazz, pop and world music with the vocabulary or 20th Century classical composers like Bartok and Stravinsky. Check it out.
CD price: $13.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
MARCO DI MARCO: Event – in Concert at the Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall
The CD features some Di Marco’s classic with some cover of some of the artists that more inspired him in his career like Miles Davis & Bill Evans, recorded in the Carnegie Recital Hall
CD price: $12.97
ERIK DEUTSCH: Fingerprint
Erik Deutsch weaves nostalgic melodies with lush harmonic landscapes. Intelligent, emotional, music composed by the pianist for the Charlie Hunter Trio. feat. Ron Miles, Jenny Scheinman, Todd Sickafoose, Allison Miller, and others.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
IAN MCDOUGALL: Songs and Arias
This double CD set showcases the magnificent sound of the trombone. Both CDs are duo settings; the first is classical opera arias (Puccini and Bizet for example), and the second is jazz standards by Gershwin, Arlen, Porter et al.
CD price: $20.00
PETE MALINVERNI: Don't Be Shy
The first trio effort of the great jazz pianist Pete Malinverni, this recording was made at the legendary studios of Rudy Van Gelder and features drummer Mel Lewis and bassist Dennis Irwin, best known for their work with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis.
MP3 price: $12.97
EAKEN PIANO TRIO: Gershwin For Three
Crossover classical/jazz with an elegant, intimate acoustic chamber music feel. All original instrumental arrangements of some of George Gershwins most famous music.
CD price: $12.97
BEBO FERRA & PAOLINO DALLA PORTA: Aria
A magical duet between classical and acoustic guitarist Bebo Ferra and double bass player Paolino Dalla Porta. “This is a great example of the art of the musical duet.” - Ralph Towner
Recommended if you like Paolo Fresu.CD price: $12.97
HORN KNOX: The Song Is You
A jazz quintet performs unique arrangements of tunes whose titles carry a woman's name, including songs from the Stones, Beatles or Wayne Shorter.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
TRUE NORTH BRASS: Beginning to See the Light
Featuring Guido Basso, they have added even more repertoire to the quintet literature that appeals to contemporary, classical and jazz fans.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MATT ULERY'S 'LOOM': Music Box Ballerina
A modern, chamber music group coming from the American and European jazz tradition, including highly syncopated rhythms, modern jazz harmony, and improvisation, also influenced by folk music from the Americas and Eastern Europe.
Recommended if you like Dave Douglas, Eastern Blok.CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
MARKUS BURGER & JAN VON KLEWITZ: Tertia
Where impressionism meets the 21st century. Sting meets Keith Jarret, Jan Garbarek and Claude Debussy. Nominated for a Grammy in the new age category.
MP3 price: $9.99
NEW WEST GUITAR QUARTET: Wide Awake
By arranging classic jazz standards and exploring original compositions, NWGQ established themselves as a notable jazz group when they were all students at the University of Southern California.
Recommended if you like Kronos Quartet, Turtle Island String Quartet, The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ZACK LIPTON: First Steps
"A compelling declaration of artistic direction and aesthetic conception that is refreshingly different from the current status quo of irrelevant virtuosic technique."
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
BUG: Murmur
Cutting edge chamber jazz that runs the gamut from metal-inspired angular industrial fusion to beautiful ballads, aggressive swing and everything in between.
CD price: $11.97 / MP3 price: $7.97
CARVER TRIO: Broken Sleep - Live and Studio Recordings
Delicate acoustic chamber jazz, firmly rooted in the ECM tradition, with echoes of tango and British folk.
CD price: $23.00 / MP3 price: $20.00
MEG OKURA'S PAN ASIAN CHAMBER JAZZ ENSEMBLE: Meg Okura's Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
One of the leading world chamber jazz groups today. Led by jazz violinist Meg Okura of the late Michael Brecker Quindectet.
CD price: $8.99 / MP3 price: $6.99
CARLO MOMBELLI AND THE PRISONERS OF STRANGE: I stared into my head
South African Spontaneous freestyle Chamber Jazz
CD price: $12.97
DONNA LEE SAXOPHONE QUARTET: Mellow
All new music composed and arranged for saxophone quartet by Zdenko Ivanusic and a few arrangement of the well known traditional tunes (When the Saints Go Marchin' In, Little Brown Jug, La Cucaracha.).
Recommended if you like World Saxophone Quartet, 29th Street Saxophone Quartet.CD price: $15.97 / MP3 price: $11.97
PUTTER SMITH AND GARY FOSTER: Perfect Circularity
Musicians, Gary Foster and Putter Smith, bring you an eclectic taste of jazz music.
CD price: $15.00
MICHAEL JEFRY STEVENS/MICHAEL RABINOWITZ: Play
This CD features fourteen improvisations featuring Michael Rabinowitz on bassoon and Michael Jefry Stevens on piano. These players first played together in the Mosaic Sextet with Dave Douglas and Mark Feldman.
Recommended if you like Cecil Taylor, Mal Waldron.CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $11.00
BETH CUSTER: Lies I Can Dance To
A sweet dark country song; a bass clarinet bellowing over a funky groove; a melodic clarinet funeral tango. CD features David Phillips on pedal steel guitar; Jan Jackson on drums; Brenda Hutchinson on tube singing, and Beth Custer on vocals and clarinets.
JAMES SINGLETON STRING QUARTET: Gold Bug Crawl
A New Orleans-based upright bass-driven acoustic improvising string quartet with distinctive original tunes and New Orleans rhythms.
CD price: $12.97
FORBIDDEN FLUTES: Take The L Train
An eclectic ensemble which pushes the boundaries of classical music, blending diverse musical styles from jazz, film music, and Radiohead cover tunes, to Bach and Mozart.
Recommended if you like Radiohead, Kronos Quartet.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
KAIT DUNTON: Real & Imagined
An imaginative take on the acoustic jazz piano trio, Kait's original music blends elements of Latin, folk, jazz and groove genres into a fresh new improvisational and compositional voice.
CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
WAYNE HORVITZ AND SWEETER THAN THE DAY: A Walk in the Dark
11 new originals, showcasing Horvitz's unique and understated harmonic language, Tim Young's brilliant and beautiful solos, and fantastic group interplay. This CD swings with a modern edge.
JEN CHAPIN & ROSETTA TRIO: Light of Mine
Urban folk — story songs that search for community and shared meaning, powered by the funk, soul and improvisation of the city. Plus some tasty cover songs.
Recommended if you like Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen.CD price: $22.00
SETH BEDFORD: Anticipation: Music for The Elastic Wasteband
Quirky, gritty, and elegant music by the composer behind Huxley Vertical Cabaret Nouveau.
CD price: $4.97 / MP3 price: $3.97
HUXLEY VERTICAL CABARET NOUVEAU: Huxley Vertical Cabaret Nouveau
An 8 piece acoustic orchestra, Huxley Vertical blends seamlessly the genres of chanson, cabaret, Americana, Jazz, punk, and chamber music.
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $8.81
LARUE NICKELSON: Dark Water
An album of original compositions with elements of modern jazz, Brazilian, and Americana featuring group improvisation as a primary focus and unifying element.
Recommended if you like Bill Frisell, Kurt Rosenwinkel.CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $9.99
GIORGIO CROBU: Abarossa
His music reminds more and more of Bill Evans' romantic atmospheres, Wes Montgomery's soft sounds, and the great warmth which is typical of Mediterranean culture.
CD price: $15.00
ROBERT MCFADDEN: Travelling in Curves
"Intimate, wry & soulful jazz with art house roots & world beat branches."
CD price: $16.97 / MP3 price: $9.97
MADS TOLLING: Speed of Light
This record is full of creativity, improvisation, originals tunes and tunes you know performed by a two time GRAMMY Winner and two rising stars in the world of jazz.
Recommended if you like Pat Metheny, Jean-Luc Ponty.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.97
ROB LEVIT: Afterimage
Cutting-edge jazz quartet straight outta New York City with odd meters, dynamic melodies, Scofield freakiness and Frisell melodics. Ornette's progeny. Featuring saxophone legend Chris Cheek in some of his greatest work.
CD price: $12.97
ZERO HOUR: Out Of The Woods
Largly improvized chamber jazz quartet with a tango influence
CD price: $18.00
JULIEN WILSON: Trio - Live
One of Australia's most unique trios. The blend of Julien Wilson's marvelously expressive tenor sax with the engagingly warm piano accordion of Stephen Grant and the sublime guitar of Stephen Magnusson creates a sound like no other.
CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $12.97
