Jazz: Jazz Vocals and Type: Improvisational
JANNIE SPAIN: Sweet Awakening
“The combination of Jannie Spain's sensuous voice, a hauntingly beautiful Chinese 2-string violin and fascinating Chinese folk melodies, played in an easy American jazz style with David Friesen and other great musicians yields a rare musical treat."
Recommended if you like Astrud Gilberto, Blossom Dearie.CD price: $20.00
MEGAN WASHINGTON & SEAN FORAN: Nightlight
This beautiful recording of vocals with trio of piano/bass/drums sits solidly in a beautiful place between jazz, folk and contemporary pop music, transcending categorization with its defining characteristic being the sublime vocals and inventive writing.
CD price: $20.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
JANICE BORLA: From Every Angle
A coveted "4-star" review by DownBeat, 5 stars by AllMusic Guide. Jazz Improv: "One of the best jazz releases of 2006." JazzWeek: "Another fine effort from a singer who seems to do everything right."
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
CROSS HART JAZZ EXPERIENCE: Cross Hart Jazz Experience
Jazz- High Energy-Beautiful Vocals and Instrumentals-Jazz Standards and Originals- Features Justo Almario
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
JO LAWRY: I Want to Be Happy
Explosive virtuosity meets soulful sensitivity in New York based Australian vocalist Jo Lawry, whose music is steeped in but not confined to the jazz tradition.
Recommended if you like Kate McGarry, Rickie-Lee Jones.CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $12.97
GRIFFITH/STEVENS QUARTET: Songbook
NYC jazz vocalist Miles Griffith performs eight original compositions for jazz quintet and voice. The group features guitar, sax, bass, piano and drums.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
ANDREE PAGES: Original Jazz, Blues & One Lonesome Cowboy
A far-ranging array of exciting jazz and blues originals by jazz singer Andree Pages, ranging from the seductive and reflective to the bitter and vindictive, backed by some of New York's finest jazz musicians
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
SABRINA LASTMAN: The Folds of the Soul
Offers from a powerful individual perspective, original compositions and standards, a clear orientation to vanguard jazz. Sabrina sings with unusual expressive intensity and impeccable voice. Sergio Piccirili - www.elintruso.com
CD price: $12.97
JOHNNY RUSSO AND DOUG ROBINSON: I Have Dreamed
Trumpeter Johnny Russo and guitarist/producer Doug Robinson, a Classic Jazz team heavily influenced by old-school jazz masters like Louis Armstrong and Hoagy Carmichael, continue their tradition of performing beautiful standards and originals.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
KATIE BULL: The Story, So Far
Respect for the classic jazz standard and a downtown cutting edge jazz sensibility - a vocalist and composer with a vibrant imagination, a natural feel for rhythm, lyrical perceptiveness, and an unconventional an ever-present sense of fun.
CD price: $20.00
JAZCATZ: Kool and Kinetic
Jazz interpretations (both cool and hot) of a wide variety of tunes, from standards to soft rock to Broadway to folk, featuring a male jazz vocalist (in the Mel Torme / Harry Connick mode) with piano, guitar, bass, and drums.
CD price: $12.97
JENNIFER SCOTT QUARTET: Live at the Cellar
High energy, world class Live Jazz recording with premier Canadian jazz vocalist. Great standards and original arrangements - top-notch "scatting" and instrumental solos.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
EMILIANO LOCONSOLO: Prelude
Labeled by the critics as “an authentic promise in jazz singing,” he has collaborated with some of the best jazz artists in Europe.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
FINE WINE TRIO: Mexico Express
A jazzy flavor with essences of blues and swing.
Recommended if you like Kirk, Louis Armstrong & Frank Sinatra.CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
THE BULL-FONDA DUO: Cup of Joe, No Bull
In Bull & Fonda's critically acclaimed debut album they use their progressive voice/bass duo to "dance" timeless standards and jazz originals with astonishing, effortless simplicity.
CD price: $12.97
PATRICIA DEAN: Equinox
Original lyrics to "Footprints" and "Equinox" by this unique female drummer/vocalist..
CD price: $9.97 / MP3 price: $9.97
MK 2000: Twilight
Collective jazz improvisations over active grooves
Recommended if you like Inga Swearingen.CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
DJANGO'S CADILLAC: New Wheels
Contemporary Vintage Inter-Continental Acoustic Swing
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
KAYLE BRECHER: Spy Music
Kayle Brecher's 'Spy Music' is bold, playful and powerful eclectic jazz, featuring many of Philadelphia's finest musicians; an incredible journey of moods, textures and settings, with vocals and arrangements out of the box and transcending boundaries.
Recommended if you like Sheila Jordan, Morgana King.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ALYSSA GRAHAM: What Love is
Her eclectic, enchanting style is unforgiving and spicey at one moment, dreamy and sweet the next. The sextet knows exactly how to accompany her every inflection. Following her cues and pushing her, setting her sweet showcase vocals in perfect relief.
FUNK THIS!: Size Does Matter
Funk This. is a band about Brotherhood and Frienship. It is Funk,Jazz, Soul played with great immprovisation. They've played with(partial list):Barry White, Robben Ford, Dr.Dre, Frank Gambale
CD price: $11.97 / MP3 price: $9.99
MOLLY FLANNERY: Riding the Bull
Original blend of bossa nova, jazz, unusual meters and classical, with soaring vocals over piano trio with sublime cello and trumpet highlights.
CD price: $14.95 / MP3 price: $14.95
FAY VICTOR: Lazy Old Sun - Live/Life in the Low Lands
"A boldly inventive Betty Carter-Billie Holiday hybrid...the tremendously versatile Victor takes off into all sorts of curiously exciting directions...a real find, a true original." -Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes, March 2005
Recommended if you like Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae and Betty Carter.CD price: $9.97
VERONICA NUNN: American Lullaby
This is a modern jazz album steeped in tradition - full of risk for a vocalist, but never strays from the beauty of the song.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
PETER SALTZMAN AND THE REVOLUTION ENSEMBLE: Kaballah Blues/Quantum Funk
A mix of jazz, classical, and pop, avant garde and even a bit of country. All tied together with a haunting Hebrew prayer and some crazy Kaballah. Both vocals and instrumentals. Very progressive AND very accessible.
Recommended if you like John Coltrane.MP3 price: $10.00
ALLEGRA LEVY AND ELDEN KELLY: A New Face
Jazz- this is the old-time, classic sound of jazz with contemporary lyrics and stylings of two young artists. Fresh, funky and new while preserving the soul of original jazz.
Recommended if you like Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass.CD price: $10.00
LEONARD E BARRETT JR AND KEN MYERS: Mellow.. Session II
Brilliant, mellow, improvisational interpretations of jazz standards
CD price: $20.00 / MP3 price: $20.00
CHRIS DEROSA: Inner Voicings
A beautiful collection of compositions reminiscent of the late 70's early 80's ECM soundscapes. Among the tunes are several vocal jazz standards to round out this sonic journey.
MP3 price: $6.00
SHAUN BARROWES: Shaun Barrowes Ep
With soulful, smooth vocals resembling Michael Buble and a playful jazz piano often compared to Billy Joel or Harry Connick, Jr., Shaun Barrowes brings new and innovative renditions of some old classics mixed with a brand new, original tune.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JUDY KURTZ & ED POLCER: When Broadway Meets Swing Street
Join Judy Kurtz and Ed Polcer on a musical stroll to that magical corner where Broadway meets Swing Street - The results are exciting, sometimes mellow, often unusual, and always friendly to the ear.
CD price: $15.00
JENNIFER SCOTT: Mile 41
A beautiful blend of Jazz, funk, soul and pop performed by four of Canada's top Jazz musicians. Improvisational and well-executed, a feast for the ears.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
DAYNA LYNN: Listening Music
Jazz/soul
Recommended if you like India.Arie, Amel Larrieux.CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
KATHY MORROW: It Had To Be You
"She's Kathy Morrow, a splendid vocalist, who can get up close to a ballad and the sprint through a scat chorus with amazing spirit and enthusiasm" Cam Miller The American Rag
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
GIANNI MARINUCCI: Songs
A beautiful CD full of wonderful melodic playing. Great chamber jazz.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JD WALTER: 2bass A Face And A Little Skin
Progressive vocal jazz
Recommended if you like Betty Carter, Cassandra Wilson.CD price: $11.00
CLEVELAND M. BONEY: Let My Heart Alone
My style is a mixture of traditional jazz and fusion. Comprehensible but not smooth jazz. Vocals a little like traditional jazz with r&b elements.
Recommended if you like Carmen McRae, John Beasley.CD price: $7.49 / MP3 price: $7.49
LUCY SMITH: Movin' On
Jazz, Blues, Funk, beautiful ballads and a few more surprises -- Lucy Smith's vocals are full of joyous soul. You'll have some serious fun with Lucy's mix of old and new tunes.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
JULIA EASTERLIN AND YUMA SUNG: Why Can't You Behave
2006 GRAMMY Jazz Ensemble's Julia Easterlin (vocalist) and Yuma Sung (pianist) combine forces to create an album of jazz standards and personal favorites recreated with a fresh and sultry edge.
Recommended if you like The Jones.CD price: $10.00
FABRIZIA BARRESI: Choice
“The musician achieves true artistry when he or she becomes one with the spirit of the music being performed”. This, Fabrizia unfailingly achieves. She has an innate taste for what is beautiful and witty in jazz music.
CD price: $15.00
ERIN MCDOUGALD: Meeting Place
Authentic jazz interpretations of re-formatted standards and pop evergreens with obscure and artist-originals --all presented through voluptuously rich vocals inside a unique musical portrait.
CD price: $15.99
LAURIE ANTONIOLI: The Duo Session featuring Richie Beirach
An intimate and spontaneous recording by jazz pianist Richie Beirach and song stylist Laurie Antonioli - covering standards and original music.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
CECILIA STALÍN: Straight Up
Stockholm vs New York - Jazzmusic that mixes straight ahead with nordic melancholy with both attitude and presence. It's original compositions with complex arrangements and multidimensional lyrics. Vocalist Cecilia Stalín(from the group 'Koop') is backed
CD price: $12.00
TRAVIS SHOOK: Travis Shook Plays Kurt Weill
Jazz pianist Travis Shook's first album under his own name since his Columbia/Sony debut recording in 1993. This long-awaited album features truly unique arrangements of Kurt Weill's music. Modern acoustic jazz.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
MICHAEL VINCENT SHAUGHNESSY: Live @ 11:54 Pm (est)
A live, spontaneous, spirit-led acoustic piano and vocal experience that marries jazz and classical ideas with spiritual themes for this time we are living in.
Recommended if you like Sting, Michael W. Smith.CD price: $9.97 / MP3 price: $8.97
MARTIN EAGLE: A Welcoming Beauty
An album of original jazz compositions covering a wide range of contemporary styles including straight ahead, latin, avant garde and even a jazz vocal.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $10.00
AFTER MIDNIGHT: Opus 1/2
The Benny Goodman sextet rides again. This is hot swingin' jazz with a touch of modern spice.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
ROSIE BROWN: Now is the Time
Perfect dinner jazz music that covers a range of styles from exhilarating funky crossover through sultry bossa nova to jazz vocalese.
CD price: $18.99
HEINER STADLER: Retrospection
In Retrospection, composer/pianist Heiner Stadler emphasizes classical and modern techniques set inside large scale structures within which improvisation plays an integral role. Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jimmy Owens, Joe Farrell, Albert Mang
CD price: $12.98
JOAN CARROLL & FOOTPRINTS: Boplicity
This is Joan's second CD and she expressively interprets a hip set of tunes from the jazz repertoire with plenty of blowing by all parties involved.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
THOMPSON D'EARTH: Mercury
Intricate female vocals woven into eclectic Jam-Based Jazz.
Recommended if you like Dave Matthews Band, Miles Davis.CD price: $14.95
JENNIFER SCOTT QUARTET: Interactive
Originals and Jazz standards by one of Canada's finest singers and improvising vocalists. Features some of the best North American Jazz artists:Rene Worst,bass;Chris Sigerson,piano;Dylan VanderSchyff and Ross Taggart,Tenor sax. This is a previous sold o
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JENNIFER SCOTT TRIO: Something to Live By
Mostly standards and a few originals performed by Canada's top Jazz Performers including Piano King: Bob Murphy and Bass Virtuoso: Rene Worst.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MAROON: Who The Sky Betrays
Sexy, intelligent songs fuelled by hip-hop, rock and jazz grooves.
MP3 price: $11.99
GRAZYNA AUGUSCIK: River
"The first "suprise" release of 2002 - Grazyna Auguscik "River"... you will love this album - it's amazing." - Dr. Brad Stone Music Director and Faculty Advisor KSJS-FM "Grazyna conjures otherworldly images of Yma Sumac sweati
Recommended if you like Patricia Barber, Cassandra Wilson.CD price: $12.97
DEBORAH BROWN: International Incident
Kansas City born, Deborah Brown is simply one of the great jazz vocalists of our time.
RAJ RATHOR AND DIANA SMITH: Jazz Cat
One guitar, one voice. Jazz in the great tradition of Joe Pass & Ella Fitzgerald, or Tuck & Patti.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
CYNTHIA HILTS: Second Story Breeze
Subtle, original trio jazz that's half vocal, half instrumental - exploring out of the traditions.
CD price: $15.00
PRISMA: Prisma
European Jazz Quintet with polish & english lyrics between meditative & powerful groove music
Recommended if you like Norma Winstone, Rebekka Bakken.CD price: $12.97
NEW YORK ELECTRIC PIANO: King Mystery
a lush blend of jazz, funk, and songwriting that unites the past and the future.
CD price: $12.97
JASMINE CHEN & STEVE SWEETING: The Color of Love
Shanghai singer/lyricist and American jazz pianist offer fascinating new takes on jazz standards, classics from Brazil and Chinese folk songs.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
LEONARD E BARRETT JR AND KEN MYERS: Just Breathe
"A Course in Miracles" in Jazz. Leonard E Barrett Jr has an interesting take on the Course in Miracles which he has studied silently and privately for over thirty years.
CD price: $20.00 / MP3 price: $20.00
CARLOS FRANZETTI: You Must Believe In Spring
Many rarely-performed jazz gems make this CD a must-have for fans of Carlos Franzetti.
Recommended if you like Bill Evans.CD price: $12.97
SASHA MASAKOWSKI: Musical Playground
The debut CD of outstanding young jazz vocalist, this CD captures an eclectic mix of jazz and brazilian standards with a unique modern flavor. This CD showcases talents of some of the most cutting-edge aspiring jazz musicians to date.
CD price: $12.97
NOEL FREIDLINE: The Stranger Is Me
Classic standards and some other stuff, done with cool vocals, swinging jazz, and some attitude.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $5.00
DAVID L. WATSON: Big Town
Jazz ballads, blues and very hip scat singing.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
IRIS LORD: A Rose in a Garbage Can
improvised funk rhapsodic inside and outside you an even dance to it recorded live, drew to following comments - "Marlene Dietrich on acid" - Dave Parry - Killersnap Records 1995.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
IRIS LORD & CHARLES PATTY: Do I Belong Somewhere
This poet weaves original verses around jazz, the blues, Spanish guitar and gypsy violin. Wailing and pleading. Will always give the listener ample food for thought.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
NUQ-LEUS: NuQ-Leus 'O7
New soul-jazz and smooth jazz at its best; a contemporary sound of rhythmic old school music and an energized approach of fresh jazz original compositions.
Recommended if you like George Duke.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
SAMIR FEJZIC & KAROLINA OLLINEN: Vintage
The dynamic pair plays jazz standards with a wide variety of influences from classical to soul. Samir and Karolina both bring their life stories to their music and the result is a beautifully unique mixture of East meets West.
Recommended if you like Diana Krall, Norah Jones.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.97
WENDY FOPEANO: Raining on the Roses
"Wendy Fopeano sings with depth, creativity, and soul." -Fred Hersch. An eclectic and interesting CD with music that is funky, beautiful, swinging, touching, wild and fun.
Recommended if you like Ella Fitzgerald, Claudia Villela.CD price: $15.00
FINE WINE TRIO: Fine Wine Trio
All acoustic, no overdubs, just pure Jazz.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
TIANNA HALL & THE MEXICO CITY JAZZ TRIO: Lost in the Stars
A voice of vampy velvet lined in satin. Tianna Hall's album with the Mexico City Jazz Trio stands on it's own as a world class recording with world class musicianship. Have a listen. Jazz newcomers and elitists alike will want this in their collection.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
STEVE RUDOLPH & J.D. WALTER: Dedicated To You
Male jazz vocal with piano trio performing creative arrangements of jazz standards - J. D. Walter - voice, Steve Rudolph - piano, Steve Varner - bass, Marko Marcnko - drums
CD price: $13.97 / MP3 price: $7.95
RHIANNON: In My Prime
A unique and extraordinay vocalist, performance artist, composer and master teacher whose vision embraces world music, jazz, a cappella, improvisation and storytelling.
Recommended if you like Betty Carter.CD price: $17.00 / MP3 price: $17.00
STEVE THOMAS AND THE CO-CONSPIRATORS: Spirits Passing Through
Original jazz songs of spirit, with wide-ranging, intelligent lyrics, sparked by a crackling jazz band with rhythmic tastes of Brazilian samba, New Orleans second-line, funk - and chocolate.
CD price: $15.00
DOMINIQUE EADE: Open
Jazz/singer/songwriter“The Boston-based vocalist recently came to town and introduced a handful of new, grippingly poetic tunes as well as very impressive pianist, Jed Wilson…she sings [them] with a voice that enjoys its own acrobatic splendor.” Jim Macni
CD price: $12.97
TRANSPORTATION BOULEVARD JAZZ BAND: Live in Cleveland
Hot instrumental jazz licks, cool vocals from cats in Cleveland
Recommended if you like Jane Monheit, Miles Davis & John Coltrane.CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
AFTER MIDNIGHT: Beginning to See the Light
Hot jazz and swing ala Benny Goodman.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
LARRY MCDONOUGH QUARTET: Simple Gifts
From "My Favorite Things" in 5 to "Simple Gifts" in 7 to originals, the Larry McDonough Quartet fuses Miles, Coltrane and Brubeck with new harmonies, meters and rhythms.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
AL HAMME AND THE SWING STREET JAZZTET: Potpourri, the Open Studios Sessions
A grand tour of instrumental and vocal jazz (Swing, Latin, Bebop and Ballads).
CD price: $12.97
HOLLY HOLMES: the Climb
An invigorating mix of jazz standards, Brazilian songs, and modern standards by composers such as Wayne Shorter and Pat Metheny with Holly's original lyrics, the Climb wraps you up in inventive improvisations, clever arrangements, and sensitive readings.
CD price: $10.97 / MP3 price: $8.97
JENNIFER SCOTT: Emotional Girl
Technically flawless, soul-baring vocals with jazz, latin and pop sensibilities - soaring solos from Jennifer and her band-mates make this a must have in any music lover's collection of recordings.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
FRED SCOTT: Unknown Soul
A mix of Jazz and blues, Swing and Latin, Styles For people who enjoy , Piano Bass and Drum trios
CD price: $14.97
BETTY BRYANT: Come Laugh With Me
Smooth, easy-listening jazz and sensitive ballads, reminiscent of Billie Holliday, early Anita O'Day and Nat King Cole
CD price: $15.00
GENE COOK: Late Blooming JAZZ MAN
A unique, casual and familiar voice in these swinging jazz numbers. Tracks that dance and ask you to do the same.
CD price: $12.97
MARI TOUSSAINT: The Haitian Jazz Sensation
An eclectic compilation of Traditional Jazz and its cousins, (Blues and Latin), with a breath of fresh air. Her sound is rich with maturity while retaining the simplicity of an ingénue; she flows effortlessly from Swing to Ballads.
CD price: $10.00
YOON SUN CHOI AND JACOB SACKS: Soulmates
A vocal/piano avant-garde jazz duo explores nine original compositions with wit, spontaneity, and nerve.
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
MELANIE JACKSON & SAL CRACCHIOLO: Fly
A blend of jazz standards and originals all done with a tasty Latin touch.
CD price: $12.97
ELLEN DEMOS: Osmosis
Emotionally charged vocal jazz leaning on improvisation.
Recommended if you like Betty Carter, Flora Purim.CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $12.99
MAROON: Migratory
Fueled as much by avant-garde jazz and M-BASE rhythms as by singer-songwriter rock and tale-telling R&B balladry, Maroon's appropriately-named Migratory is a constantly-moving mix of styles.
MP3 price: $9.99
JOEL BISHOP O'BRIEN: Piano Music
Straight-ahead and be-bop jazz with a gentle side. Bishop combines solos and his unique vocal style. Groovy.
CD price: $12.00
LIZ JOHNSON: One More For the Road
Alto saxophonist and jazz vocalist Liz Johnson finds the common ground between instrumentals and vocals, playing her arrangements of classic jazz standards and reminding the listener of greats from Chet Baker to Paul Desmond.
CD price: $15.00
DAVIS AND DOW: Naked
A collection of lyrical and romantic jazz standards in an intimate vocal/guitar setting.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
PAMELA MORITA: Strings That...
A collection of personal, original compositions which are connected to special people and places; melodic and swinging jazz.
CD price: $15.00
JUDY ROBERTS: In The Moment
Straight ahead, melodic, acoustic bebop.
Recommended if you like Stan Getz.CD price: $15.99
JACK PRATHER: Bopsicle
original songs in a witty jazz style, performed by some of Southern California's finest musical talents.
TONY MORENO: I Return To Music
Some classic standards and original tunes written by LA based writers with a swinging jazz feel, and on some of the cuts a latin jazz feel. This cd features solos by some real world class young jazz players.
CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $9.00
GONDWANA: Is It
Quartet whose originals "sound as if Monk were alive and doing TV-show themes ... File under freestyle, then slither awhile"
Recommended if you like Monk.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
DON WILLIAMS & LADY CICI: On the Up
Up beat instrumentals and spicey vocals with a blusey hue on the ballads that get to the soul.
Recommended if you like Carmen McRae.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ROBERTA DONNAY: WHAT'S YOUR STORY
Beautiful bluesy jazz record, smokey vocals, great ambiance. Produced by Orrin Keepnews. Eric Reed trio and Dave Ellis. Int'l) ".can match June Christy's 'Something Cool' shot glass for shot glass." "Highly Recommended." - Scott Yanow, LA Jazz Scene
CD price: $16.98
COLBY BESERRA AND DAN LIPTON: Jukebox Saloon
Chicago vocalist Colby Beserra and NYC piano whiz Dan Lipton re-interpret pop songs of the day... stripped down, opened back up and jazzed out.
Recommended if you like Tony Bennett and Bill Evans, The Bad Plus.CD price: $6.99
CATRO: CATRO
Catro's 8 new songs combine a variety of fresh melodies and jazz harmony in Latin, Swing, Funk and Ballad styles. Spirited solos, soulful vocal interpretations, acoustic instrumentation, and dynamic ensemble playing stimulate and soothe at the same time.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
NIKA REJTO: Liquid Love
Original and straight ahead jazz beautifully performed by world class flutist Nika Rejto, Taylor Eigsti and Rick Vandivier.
CD price: $12.97
CHARLES AND MARY SMITH: Love is the Wind
Eclectic jazz Ballads and love songs
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
4INOBJECTS: 4inObjects - Yoon Sun Choi - Jacob Garchik - Jacob Sacks - David Ambrosio - Dan Weiss
4inObjects is a jazz quintet with vocals that transcends stylistic barriers, bringing the pop, classical song, and new music worlds into an exciting eslastic improvisatory atmosphere.
CD price: $14.99
JEANNETTE LAMBERT: Sand Underfoot
Montréal-based poet/jazz vocalist Jeannette Lambert's seventh recording as a leader, Sand Underfoot features longtime collaborators, bassist Barre Phillips and drummer Michel Lambert, and special guest, pianist Paul Bley.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
DORI LEVINE & ED LITTMAN: Click
The intimate sound of a voice & acoustic guitar duo breathing new life into Jazz standards, blues & charged with improvisational daring.
CD price: $12.97
SARA SERPA: Sara Serpa Quintet
Sara's first recording is mainly a collection of her compositions played by some of the best portuguese jazz musicians.
Recommended if you like Luciana Souza.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JOHNNY SOUZA: My Shining Hour
Jazz Trumpeter and Vocalist Johnny Souza's debut release as leader. Dick Johnson (Leader of the Artie Shaw Orchestra) joins Johnny out front as they present a selection of Great American Songbook jazz standards.
CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $6.99
JILLIAN LEBECK: Living in Pieces
"Living in Pieces" mixes modern mainstream jazz with overtones of ECM, pop and classical composition.
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
JANET TENAJ & SVEN ANDERSON: At Last
Jazz vocals with fresh arrangements of great standards and five interesting originals.
CD price: $14.99
DOT WILDER: Dot Wilder, Live from the Warehouse
Whether it is her inspired renditions of jazz standards or her own original material, Wilder's voice is sultry mix of the past jazz vocal legends whom she holds so dear.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
TINA PHILLIPS AND ERIC GUNNISON: Adventurous Jazz
Jazz Vocalist & Piano Duo - Straight Ahead, BeBop, Latin Jazz and Blues
CD price: $16.97
ANDY GUTHRIE: least common denominator
Andy Guthrie's debut recording is an intriguing and soulful combination of funk and jazz. Sometimes haunting, always catchy, Least Common Denominator's original compositions give you the impression you've finally heard something different.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
JUST 4 KICKS: Kick In The Pants
This zany A Cappella vocal jazz quartet covers the whole spectrum, and ALL without a band...they ARE the band.
CD price: $15.97 / MP3 price: $15.97
VOCALOGY: Distilled
Vocalogy pours a 200-proof blend of four voices into a mix of top instrumentalists to deliver a kick of jazz harmony
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
RONNIE BURRAGE: In -It
This is America's Classical Music, "Jazz" it is exciting and romantic as well as innovative.
CD price: $15.00
TRANSPORTATION BOULEVARD JAZZ BAND: Jazz Sampler
Intelligent jazz that grabs the imagination and soothes the soul.
CD price: $5.00
RICHARD BLIWAS: Ghost
Corporeal & Incorporeal--synesthetic, organic and transcendental. Cool uncategorizable work.
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $5.99
TOM COLLINS: On The Rocks
Folk Rock, jazz and blues mixes. Medium Up Tempo.
CD price: $19.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
SABLE WINTERS: This Is Always
Definitely not hoo-hum jazz standards. These are stylized songs delivered with a modern beat.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
TIM FORD: I'm In The Mood For A Classic
Jazz Vocals and Instrumentals done Swing,Bop and Latin
Recommended if you like Chet Baker, Bob Dorough.CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
BAASKA & SCAVELLI: Get Off the Ground
Creative and unique live instrumental and vocal Jazz stylings featuring the 9 minute Get off the Ground made famous in London Jazz Clubs.
CD price: $14.95 / MP3 price: $8.95
GRETA MATASSA: If The Moon Turns Green
Exciting jazz vocals in the familiar style of Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day and Nancy Wilson
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ANDREE PAGES: Swings Both Ways
Backed by top-flight New York players, this singer soars on sophisticated, danceable standards with a piano trio and pushes the rhythmic and expressive envelope with a guitar/bass duo. "Straddles both worlds: the slick and seedy, the bright and dark."
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
DORI LEVINE/MICHAEL LEVY: Koo-Koo
Mesmerizing duo of Improvising Vocalist Dori Levine and outrageous Pianist Michael Levy as the spontaneously ignite creating deep, driving, playful, passionately over-the-edge improvised music born in the womb of Jazz...pure, unedited and real ...
Recommended if you like Jay Clayton, Jeanne Lee.CD price: $12.99
BARBARA MONTGOMERY: Dakini Land
If she were a trumpeter instead of a singer, she would be reminiscent of Chet Baker and early Miles Davis--her smokey voice is slightly mysterious and terribly inviting.
CD price: $15.00
RICHARD BLIWAS: Walk the Bike
modern underground classic
Recommended if you like The Beatles, Miles Davis.CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $5.99
HENRY MANETTA AND THE TRIP: Bijou Box
Oblique Jazz/Soul featuring Henry Manetta's on-the-edge vocal improvisations and the terminally funky piano stylings of Adam Rudegeair.
CD price: $12.97
BENNY POWELL: The Gift of Love
World Music-Jazz incorporating many rhythms from the trombonist/vocalist's life experiences.
CD price: $12.97
LISA THORSON: From This Moment On
An adventurous jazz vocalist with respect for the tradition and a nod to the future.
Recommended if you like Linda Ronstadt, Carmen McRae.CD price: $15.00
EVE PACKER/ NOAH HOWARD: Cruisin W/ Moxie
Sultry spoken word flows over intricate and amazing alto saxophone.
Recommended if you like Lenny Bruce, Billie Holiday & Lester Young.CD price: $12.97
JENNIFER RYAN: How Do You Feel About That?
These tunes feature the young Toronto vocalist's muscle and hustle - confident enough to slur, extend and bend notesâ¦this is a promising debut⦠[Geoff Chapman, The Toronto Star]
CD price: $10.97 / MP3 price: $7.99
JENNIFER RYAN & CASH COW: Found
A late night, coffee-driven, shout-out-loud, rock 'n' roll rent party - gettin' down with a runaway acoustic trainwreck kitchen sink quartet (acoustic bass, drums, piano, tenor sax) with jazz vocals - free, fun and FUNKY...
CD price: $10.97 / MP3 price: $7.97
KEVIN HICKS: Life And The Drum ... The Road Back Home
Whoever thought that this would be the final recording of jazz great Lionel Hampton. Relax and listen to Kevin perform with Lionel Hampton, Dee Daniels, Ross Taggart and other fine jazz musicians.
CD price: $15.00
AKIKO PAVOLKA'S HOUSE OF ILLUSION: Bridge
Accessible original improvised jazz rock.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $10.97
TERESA MANZELLA: Torch Swingin'
A Classic Jazz vocalist with a big range, many vocal colors, whose voice is joy-filled and effortless.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
UPTOWN ENTERTAINMENT BAND: UEB
This much anticipated self titled CD is finally here for your listening pleasure. You will enjoy the "phat" sounds of the band along with the smooth sounds of the vocalist and saxman.
TONI HARRIS: Second Chances
This cd has everything; from soulful smooth ballads and hot improvisational jazz. She is a distinctive and enjoyable song stylist and she's joined by New York's top musicians!
Recommended if you like Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan.CD price: $14.99
GWEN HUGHES & THE RETRO JAZZ KATS: The Misplaced Martini
If you like your jazz fun, free-wheeling and sly...this is the music you need to hear. This artist and her band take these classics and reinvent them, all spontaneous, all heartfelt, all onstage at Sambuca Jazz Cafe.
CD price: $12.00
RONNIE WELLS & RON ELLISTON: Here I Am
Creative, entertaining vocal + jazz quintet renditions of 15 never-before-recorded Ed Greenebaum songs. Both performance and songs critically applauded by Cadence, JazzTimes, All Music Guide and The Washington Post.
CD price: $13.95
JESSE WHITE: Unarmed
Third release with Smooth jazz, African, Middle Eastern and Folk originals, from a voice born to reach
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
HENRY IRVIN: Now that you mention it
Henry has been playing the Hammond B3 organ and his guitar in Bay Area clubs since the early 1960's. Check this out.
Recommended if you like The Organ.CD price: $12.95
TODD NATALIE: Four Minutes
This is Jazz that makes way for the freedom in expression. It is a compilation from years of recording and it is notable.
CD price: $5.00 / MP3 price: $5.00
