Reggie Washington continues his tribute to Jef Lee Johnson with the release of Rainbow Shadow – Vol 2. Reggie already had in mind the tunes he wanted to record for this 2nd...
Aki Rissanen delivers an all-encompassing, powerful new album with Another North, an album that explores new heights of rhythmic intensity, pulsating grooves and hypnotic loops....
Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band marks its 20th anniversary in 2017 with the release of their sublime fifth album, Body and Shadow, a succinct nine-track meditation on...
British pianist Django Bates returns to ECM with one of his very finest constellations, the trio Belovèd, with Swedish bassist Petter Eldh and Danish drummer Peter Bruun, and an...
Many people who have never heard the name of Mulo Francel will nonetheless be aware of his playing, because the saxophonist is one of the founder members of Germany’s most...
Vienna, Rome, Seoul… Iiro Rantala and Ulf Wakenius are musicians who travel the world, always on tour as leaders of their own projects. So it was something of a fluke that...
Two-time GRAMMY-winning vocalist Gregory Porter’s 3rd Blue Note album, Nat King Cole & Me, is a heartfelt tribute to his idol, the legendary singer, pianist and Capitol...
Label: Ruf Records Release Date: 27 October 2017 With 7 Cd’s, 4 DVD’s & a Book, the box set from Ruf Records celebrating the 20th anniversary of the passing of...
One of the pioneering figures of bebop, and a major innovator on his instrument, the extraverted trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie stood out as bop’s greatest proselytizer. Dizzy called...
It’s the perfect time to bring attention to the subjects of peace and love and that’s exactly what the Philadelphia-based band TJP (formerly known as The Jost Project) does...
The Kenny Werner Trio opens up a box of tasty musical surprises 18 years together, three consummate storytellers, pianist Kenny Werner, bassist Johannes Weidenmüller and drummer...