Jazz: Bebop and Jazz: Jazz quartet
ERNIE WATTS: To The Point
Fire of the moment live jazz recording, soaring saxophone improvisation, airtight arrangements from the Ernie Watts Quartet
CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $16.00
DEEPAK RAM: Steps
Deepak Ram may be the only South African-born Indian musician to compose a tune in honor of the dance that Nelson Mandela does on stage. He may be the first person to ever master the jazz standard “Giant Steps” on bansuri (Indian bamboo flute).
CD price: $15.00
HONOLULU JAZZ QUARTET: Tenacity
Nat Hentoff writes: "From the first notes of the initial track, the pulse - the life force of jazz - courses through the session. It is a privilege to celebrate the Honolulu Jazz Quartet."
Recommended if you like Miles Davis & John Coltrane.CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $12.95
JEFF BARONE: Open Up
Jazz guitar ensemble showcasing an engaging assortment of grooving originals coupled with well arranged and spontaneous standards
CD price: $14.99
ERNIE WATTS: Analog Man
WINNER 2007 INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARD FOR BEST JAZZ ALBUM This is acoustic, straight-ahead jazz. Ernie Watts’ own examination of musical genres and high-tech gear always brought him back to acoustic jazz.
CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $16.00
PAT COLEMAN: Blue Comedy
Sensuous jazz quartet featuring guitar and sax with great playing stretching OUT beyond regular boundaries and interspersed with occasional meditative bass/guitar duets
Recommended if you like Pat Martino, Peter Bernstein.CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $13.99
SAUL BERSON QUARTET: From Here to Beyond
An eclectic mix of jazz, that "creates an intense set of Arabian rhythms and…is a delirious mess of Tango and Klezmer"- Cadence
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ARI ROLAND: And So I Lived In Old New York...
International jazz star up with 7 new pieces for jazz quartet. From twisty melodic miracles to the blues.
CD price: $12.97
N. GLENN DAVIS QUARTET: A Different View
Introducing drummer N. Glenn Davis leading his exciting swinging quartet on their debut CD “A Different View” on the Jazzed Media label. This CD features ten compositions by Davis.
CD price: $14.99
HENDRIK MEURKENS: Slidin'
straight ahead jazz featuring jazz harmonica in classic jazz quartet setting
CD price: $13.99
ERNIE WATTS: Ernie Watts Quartet ALIVE
This is straight ahead American Jazz
CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $16.00
LEW DEL GATTO: Heroes
A tribute featuring some of his heroes, including Frank Wess, Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker and Don Friedman, to some of my favorite jazz saxophonists and the music they composed.
CD price: $15.00
MARVIN STAMM QUARTET: Alone Together
Jazz trumpeter Marvin Stamm is joined by quartet members Bill Mays on piano, Rufus Reid on bass, and Ed Soph on drums in this live concert video DVD and music CD of exciting bebop jazz.
CD price: $14.99
JOCELYN MÉNARD: Men Art Work's
The members of the Jocelyn Menard Jazz Quartet play very well both collectively and at an individual level. Menard is a double threat at least, writing and performing capably in a number of idioms. Encompassing bop, blues, gospel and smooth ballads.
Recommended if you like Joe Henderson, Joe Lovano.CD price: $12.00
CLAIRE DALY: Movin' On
A solid, hard swinging, straight ahead jazz quartet, featuring Daly -- winner of "rising star on baritone" category of Downbeat critic's poll '03
MP3 price: $12.97
HONOLULU JAZZ QUARTET: Sounds of the City
The Honolulu Jazz Quartet is ready to be recognized in jazz scenes throughout the world, as is manifestly, invigoratingly evident in "Sounds of the City". - Nat Hentoff, author "Jazz Is", "The Jazz Life", "Listen to the Stories", and "American Music Is".
Recommended if you like Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter.CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $12.95
DICK MITCHELL: East Meets West
Traditional, straight ahead jazz quartet featuring Dick Mitchell on tenor sax and flute, Bill Goodwin on drums, Tony Marino bass and Jesse Green on piano.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
SHEILA JORDAN: Believe in Jazz
Sheila Jordan is “one of the jazz world’s best- kept secrets- a wonderfully flexible and imaginative improviser” (Alan Ross/Blue Note).
Recommended if you like Charlie Parker.CD price: $15.00
MARK ALLAWAY/PHIL ANTONIA: Samizdat
Contemporary melodic jazz quartet.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
BOB KINDRED: Hidden Treasures
Lush, sexy and playful all at the same time, a highly personal summation of everything that has gone before him in jazz. With guest, Clark Terry.
CD price: $15.00
