Reggae: Calypso and Featuring Piano
DAVID PAUL MESLER: The Balladeer
Exploratory ballads, loopy dissonance, flinty conversations, metallic birdcalls, high-speed clashes, sweet denouements. Tangos, Merengues, Calypsos, Mambos. A colorful, latin-inflected, free improv epic by acclaimed virtuoso trumpet-piano duo.
Recommended if you like Keith Jarrett, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, McCoy Tyner, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
YOGINIS: Songbird
Through the compositions of pianist Terry "Yogi" McCaw, the Yoginis incorporates Jazz, Samba, Indian modes and Afro-Cuban rhythms to deliver an authentic fusion of cultures.
CD price: $6.99
TOM REYNOLDS: Pan In Paradise
In these selections, Tom Reynolds and friends unleash diverse musical talents resulting in a mellow blend of calypso, soca, and jazz featuring the steel drums.
MP3 price: $12.97
ERWIN HELFER TRIO: Careless Love
Erwin Helfer follows up his 2003 W.C. Handy nominated solo recording I'm Not Hungry But I Like To Eat - Blues. with a trio on Careless Love, a diverse collection of blues, boogie, and jazz piano.
CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $16.00
ROGER MORRIS: Beholder
Roots singer-songwriter (piano/guitar) with bass, drums, electric and acoustic guitars, horns, organ, harmonica, accordion, pennywhistle and girl singers.
CD price: $14.99
MARLON EDWARDS: No Compromise
ECSTATIC,ENERGETIC & EXHILERATING Gospel/Praise and Worship from the Caribbean incorporating a FUSION of styles including reggae, calypso/soca, jazz, R&B etc
Recommended if you like Steve Green.CD price: $10.99 / MP3 price: $10.99
HYIM: Let Out A Little Peace
The young Oakland native puts a contemporary spin on jazz, Latin and Caribbean styles, giving them a fun and funky downtown edge, which Hyim himself describes as "urban world beat." --S.F. Examiner
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $11.99
CHRIS WELCH: Night Music
Instrumental lullabies inspired by the birth of Chris's son. Piano solos and small ensembles with guitar, bass, vibraphone and percussion.
CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $13.99
CHRIS WELCH: Songs Without Words
Lyrical, improvisational, instrumental compositions
CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $13.99
