Recommended Jazz: Cool Jazz music (#1 - #40)
BEN MACY TRIO: For a Time
A relaxed but purposeful jazz trio. "Macy's refreshingly original but still straight-ahead compositions should appeal to a variety of jazz fans." - Eugene Weekly
CD price: $11.97
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
AMEDEO TOMMASI: The Sound
High profile trombone jazz with retro bossa nova and cool jazz styles.
CD price: $12.97
THOM ROTELLA 4-TET: Out of the Blues
Old school/Modern- Jazz guitar quartet w/piano, bass and drums) featuring legendary drummer, Roy McCurdy (Cannonball Adderly,Sony Rollins etc.).
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
MARCO DI MARCO: At The Living Room
This album was hard enough to get hold of when it was originally released. In the early nineties its popularity grew to a point just as the availability grew scarcer. But here it is in all its original glory available on LP and for the first time ever.
CD price: $12.97
GEORGE KAHN: Cover Up!
West coast jazz that carries the tradition of jazz greats like dave brubeck, vince guaraldi and horace silver into the 21st century.
CD price: $13.50 / MP3 price: $9.99
JAMES POLK: Jamad
This music was inspired by listening to Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. The instrumentation of JAMAD is the same as the Messengers.
CD price: $15.00
DMITRI MATHENY: Penumbra
A certified hit at jazz radio, produced by the legendary record executive Orrin Keepnews, and featuring tenor titan Dave Ellis, Dmitri Matheny's sophomore CD is a collection of swinging and romantic jazz inspired by the Moon.
Recommended if you like Miles Davis, Chet Baker.MP3 price: $12.97
DMITRI MATHENY: Starlight Cafe
Celebrated for his warm romantic tone, soaring lyricism and masterful technique, Dmitri Matheny has been named "Best New Artist" in the JazzIz Readers Poll and "Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition" in the Down Beat International Critics Poll.
DMITRI MATHENY: Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
Featuring guest vocalists Paula West, Clairdee, and Brenda Boykin, "Matheny's warm tone, playful nature and lyrical sensibilities add an extra dimension to this collection of tried and true holiday tunes." ~ Monterey Herald
Recommended if you like Miles Davis, his mentor Art Farmer.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
DMITRI MATHENY: Best of Dmitri Matheny
A compilation of masterworks selected from over a decade of critically acclaimed recordings, Best of Dmitri Matheny brings together 14 of Dmitri's most popular songs -- jazz radio hits, fan favorites, and frequent requests -- from each of his previous rec
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MICHIKO YOSHINO: Clear Out of This World
cool album and nice arrangement.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MICHAEL ALLEN HARRISON: Composer/Pianist
The best of the 'best' of Michael Allen Harrison, featuring some of his favorite compositions from the past twenty years; including his 3-movement “Concerto #1 in Eb Major”. This is a single-CD 'remake' of Michael's previous 2-CD set.
CD price: $15.00
VALERI GROHOVSKI: Feather II
When is the last time you allowed yourself to be lightly teased by a feather caressing you? For pure sensory pleasure, this Feather II is unsurpassable.
Recommended if you like Keith Jarrett, Oscar Peterson.CD price: $12.97
MAX ROCCI & HIS FRIENDS: Il Mondo Dei Giovani Vol.4
He drops his funk jazz cinematic sound on what it is one of the best album of Italian sound library.
Recommended if you like Ennio Morricone, Bill Evans.CD price: $12.97
GRUPPO JAZZ MARCA: Comunicazione Sonora
Very rare and obscure piece of Italian jazz that is highly sought after in the record collectors world. It is the first of a 3 album reissue series from Gruppo Jazz Marca which will lead to exciting new collaborations.
CD price: $12.97
MARCO DI MARCO TRIO: Un Autunno A Parigi
The rarest of Marco’s trio recordings, and so the hardest to find. It has a very typical Marco di Marco sound – a European rare groove with hypnotic attraction. Featuring Jacky Samson on double bass and Charles Saudrais on drums.
CD price: $12.97
SASHA AND THE NEW LIGHT QUINTET: The Assembler
Jazz that reminds you of the bebop era. An amazing duo of walter fogg on trumpet and chris credit on sax. Hard to listen to this record and not tap you're foot
TERRY DISLEY: The Jazzcracker & Other Delights
Miles Davis meets Tchaikovsky: unique jazz arrangements of the Nutcracker Suite - the Jazzcacker Suite - classical meets jazz.
CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $10.99
JAKE BERGEVIN: Holding Back the Dawn
"His song choice is both lovingly familiar and refreshingly original — Romantic, thoughtful and extremely musical . You will love this album — put it on and dance with the closest person around." Karrin Allyson - GRAMMY nominated jazz vocalist
CD price: $14.97
HARRISON, GRANT, SCROGGINS, KAESHAMMER, LANZ, CARNATHAN, BORCEA, NILSEN, KIM: Ten Grands Vol. 3
This "Ten Grands" CD contains recordings from the 10 pianists of the 2003 "Ten Grands" concert performance at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon. Mostly original songs from jazz, to blues, to classical, to new age.
Recommended if you like David Lanz, Michael Allen Harrison.CD price: $15.00
HARRISON, GRANT, LANZ, KAESHAMMER, NILSEN, DEROSE, SCROGGINS, ROBERTS, LI, CRAMARCIUC: Ten Grands Vol. 7
Contains recordings from the 10 pianists of the 2007 "Ten Grands" concert performance at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon. Mostly original songs from jazz, to blues, to classical, to new age.
CD price: $15.00
THE SCOTT KYLE QUINTET: Full Circle
Full Circle is ear candy for straight-ahead jazz lovers. Check out the lyrical agility of Scott Kyle's trombone, Christopher Hollyday's phenomenal alto sax riffs, and Rob Lawson's mellow guitar on these great bebob and cool jazz standards.
Recommended if you like J. J. Johnson, Charlie Parker & Chet Baker.CD price: $18.95 / MP3 price: $14.95
MARK KRAMER: Troubled Times
Mark Kramer is a jazz piano giant, moving the modern mainstream of jazz forward, combining his early influences and formidable technique with fresh ideas that form his own individual voice.
CD price: $15.99
BEN MACY TRIO: From Scratch
A relaxed but purposeful jazz trio. "The pianist [Ben Macy] pens hushed instrumentals that are coolly rippling, deeply reflective, and can stretch out like a dream on the horizon." - Willamette Week
CD price: $9.99
WAYNE BERGERON WITH THE AFTER HOURS BRASS: Music & Mistletoe
2004 Grammy nominee Wayne Bergeron, along with the After Hours Brass (and Rhythm), and Grammy nominee Tierney Sutton, perform Christmas standards with a bossa nova, swing and cool jazz style
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $11.99
MAXIMILIAN GELLER QUARTETT: Mozart 06 - Lacrimosa
A stylish, jazzy, new interpretation of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Recommended if you like Cannonball Adderley, Paul Desmond.CD price: $12.97
HUGO ALVES: Estranha Natureza
Although this is his first CD, Hugo Alves' talent shines through.
CD price: $12.00
ANDREA CAVALLO, PIANO: Racconti piano e forte
Hear (here) is something rich, inventive, rhapsodic and completely different: the piano styling of French pianist Andrea Cavallo.
CD price: $15.99
THE JOEL PURNELL QUARTET: Red Shift
A brilliant piece of original jazz composition - an impressive statement of hard hitting, post bop influenced modern jazz.
Recommended if you like John Coltrane, Jerry Bergonzi.CD price: $12.97
JAZZ READERS: Volume One
Very cool guitar based groove / jazz / lounge, Johnny Smith meets Wes Montgomery, meets Boogaloo Joe Jones, meets the Jazz Readers.
MP3 price: $13.99
INTROSPECTIVE: One
Based on the idea of combining multiple styles - jazz, ambient, house, trip hop and electronic - to create a synthesis of handmade and electronic music, likewise suitable for live concerts and clubs.
MP3 price: $12.97
LIAM FUREY: Red Poet
A lyrical, modern and experimental collection of songs designed as soundtrack for a documentary about the San Francisco Beat poet Jack Hircshman.
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
JAZZ EXPLORERS: Sleek Mojo
Tim Duffy again captures sunlight with his expressive collaborators -- the home team from the Rocky Mountains puts it down spontaneous, bold, and way live.
CD price: $12.97
BRIAN PIPER TRIO: Piperville
Classic jazz trio, dazzling up standards like never before.
Recommended if you like Chick Corea, Duke Ellington.CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
BRIAN PIPER TRIO: Terrrriffic!
Captivating performances of great jazz compositions by a talented trio of music veterans.
Recommended if you like Chick Corea, Duke Ellington.CD price: $15.00
YUL BALLESTEROS: 121 Park Drive
New CD of this Spanish jazz guitarist with an excelent group of musicians playing original compositions. Mostly straight ahead and modern swing tunes with some flamenco influences.
Recommended if you like Pat Metheny, Peter Bernstein.CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $12.99
