Recommended Jazz: Mainstream Jazz music (#1 - #40)
BUSTER WILLIAMS: Live Volume 1
Jazz legend Buster Williams' style ranges from beautiful and delicate chamber jazz to hard-swinging standards.
MP3 price: $10.00
WYCLIFFE GORDON & ERIC REED: We 2
Piano jazz from top jazz cats in the business.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JIMMY BRUNO: Maplewood Avenue
Quiet, acoustic but straight ahead jazz guitar.
Recommended if you like Wes Montgomery, Hank Garland.CD price: $15.00
NIK PAYTON: In The Spirit Of Swing
"Although reminiscent of such giants as Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges and contemporaries such as Scott Hamilton, Bob Wilber and Kenny Davern, Nik Payton's latest album proves again that he is developing his own unique voice in the jazz world".
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $9.00
GORDON GRDINA'S BOX CUTTER: Unlearn
a Vancouver based Oud/Guitarist whose sound is a combination of his interests in mainstream jazz, free-form improvisation and Arabic classical music. A protégé of jazz great Gary Peacock, he is a well-respected contributor to the jazz and world scene.
CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $16.00
SECOND SIGHT: Flying With the Comet
Progressive, contemporary mainstream Jazz quintet.
CD price: $12.99
MARSHALL GILKES: Lost Words
Exciting, original, modern compositions influenced by many styles performed by world-class musicians.
CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
JOHN KEYSER: Compasino
Straight-ahead jazz guitar in the company of a hard-swinging rhythm section (Dick Berk, drums; Ed Bennett, bass; Tony Pacini, piano) brings the listener through a variety of moods.
CD price: $15.00
PAT LONGO'S SUPER BIG BAND: Crocodile Tears
Big Band sound. Jazz.Ballads, Contemporary.
CD price: $16.95 / MP3 price: $16.95
AXEL SCHLOSSER: Sounds From My World
That´s the refreshing second album with a personal touch by trumpeter and flugelhorn-player Axel Schlosser, this time supported by tenorplayer Tony Lakatos.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $8.97
MARK O'CONNOR: Mirage
Straight-ahead jazz quintet. "A very good saxophonist he is. Melodically and rhythmically engaging lines. Expressiveness and melodic sensitivity" - Jazz Times magazine
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
NEW ORLEANS' OWN DUKES OF DIXIELAND: Riverboat Dixieland
This double CD was recorded live by the Bose Corporation aboard the Steamboat Natchez on one steamy, foggy evening in downtown New Orleans.
Recommended if you like Bob Crosby.CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
BOB KELLER: It's About Time...
A traditional, melodic, swing jazz tenor saxophonist playing a selection of American standards in trio format.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
PAUL COMBS: The Things You All Are
Mainstream modern jazz.
Recommended if you like James Moody, Zoot Sims.CD price: $12.97
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
THE FRED KNAPP TRIO: The Music of Cole Porter
14 great arrangements of Cole Porter Classics for this tight acoustic trio with some vocals. Trio combines many styles including swing, Brazilian, and Afro Cuban.
CD price: $13.99
OLIVER STRAUCH'S GROOVIN' HIGH, FEAT. RANDY BRECKER: feat. Randy Brecker
Great swinging jazz sextet with legendary Randy Brecker on trumpet on some of Germany's finest young players like Rainer Böhm (piano, currently living in NYC), swinging hard through standards from Mingus and Monk to originals
CD price: $12.97
ARI EREV: About Time
Piano jazz trio playing a lyrical and emotional mix of jazz standards and original compositions, performed with sensitive interplay that draws from the legacy of the great mainstream jazz trios.
Recommended if you like Kenny Barron, Bill Evans.CD price: $12.97
TORSTEN GOODS: steppin´
His quick and easy guitar runs are a tribute to senior stars like George Benson while he accompanies his own smoky, crooning vocals.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $8.97
IRV WILLIAMS: Finality
His warm and melodic tenor saxophone sound has made him a Twin Cities jazz legend, and at age 88 he is still going strong.
Recommended if you like John Coltrane, Lester Young.CD price: $15.00
SHARON CLARK: Do It Again - My Tribute To Shirley Horn
This 2007 American Traditions Vocal Competition Gold Medalist brings you an outstanding selection of jazz hits the way jazz was meant to sound -- full of depth, emotion, joy, sorrow and amazing talent.
Recommended if you like Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan.CD price: $12.97
HENRIK MOSSBERG: Comments
Original mainstream jazz music from Sweden with a strong melodic sense.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $9.99
MISHA PIATIGORSKY TRIO: Pure Imagination
Pianist Misha Piatigorsky, bassist Peter Klinke, and drummer Eric Harland team up to create a ridiculously swinging album featuring Piatigorsky's compositions and his take on standards.
CD price: $15.97 / MP3 price: $15.97
MICHAEL DEASE: Dease Bones
This multiple award-winning jazz trombone ensemble presents many of New Yorks finest slidemen in a variety of grooves and moods.
Recommended if you like Slide Hampton, J. J. Johnson.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JANE IRVING: 'Beams'
A wonderful interpreter of lyrics, Jane's unique approach to the standards repertoire, coupled with a stellar support from Australia's finest musicians, make this a great jazz record.
CD price: $18.00
MIKE SCOTT QUARTET: Good Place To Be
Los Angeles based Jazz Quartet featuring guitarist Mike Scott with pianist Josh Nelson, bassist Mike Valerio, and drummer Lorca Hart.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
ANDREA PAGANI: For The Sea
The first album of the Italian Jazz pianist and composer, Andrea Pagani. Eight original tunes and two jazz standards re-arranged, in a elegant and melodic style, with influence of Latin, funky, soul and blues atmosphere.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
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.
MP3 price: $9.99
ANDY BROWN: Trio And Solo
The debut recording of one of Chicago's most featured jazz guitarists, this CD features two "sets." The first is a tasty trio setting, and the second is a tender solo performance.
CD price: $15.00
THE ALEX BLAKE QUARTET: In Motion
A bass that walks right into flamenco riffs: range and ability to flow between melodic, and extremely rhythmic playing.
Recommended if you like Ron Carter.CD price: $20.00 / MP3 price: $20.00
JON HEMMERSAM/DOM MINASI: The Jon Hemmersam/Dom Minasi Quartet
A Two Guitar Jazz Quartet, playing original music with an 'inside-out' approach. A true fusion of American and European Jazz.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $8.00
LENNY MARCUS: Remember Infinity
The Trio's first album features the wonderful tenor sax of Chip McNeill. Chip is also an accomplished composer and arranger and was Musical Director and Producer for Maynard Ferguson for over six years.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
LENNY MARCUS: A Different Shade of Blue
The second album, features the magnificent guitar work of the late Charlie Byrd.
Recommended if you like Charlie Byrd.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
LENNY MARCUS: Jazzaphrenia
The trio's fourth album featuers the two legendary saxophonists Frank Foster and Sonny Fortune. Many will remember Frank's seminal work arranging for, and playing with, the Count Basie Orchestra for many years.
Recommended if you like Frank Foster, Sonny Fortune.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ROB JACOBY: Step Up
Swinging, straight-ahead jazz quartet/quintet featuring Brian Lynch, David Hazeltine, John Ray, & Ron Vincent. A great variety of tunes for your listening pleasure including some standards and bebop tunes.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
BEV KELLY: Bev Kelly Live At The Jazz Safari
More jazz-based sensibility, but never too over the top, and more dynamic than her earlier work with a sense of freedom and presence that shows a great evolution in her music over the course of the 70s.
CD price: $22.99 / MP3 price: $22.99
