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The dozen tracks on this double-disc set, produced by Mehldau, were recorded at the Village Vanguard over four evenings, fromOctober 11 to October 15, 2006. New York Times critic Nate Chinen was there on opening night and called the set a marvel of concentration and restraint...On a brisk new origin...

This 1960 recording was a landmark album in John Coltrane's career, the first to introduce his quartet with pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones and the first release on which he played soprano saxophone. It also provided him with a signature hit, as his new group conception came together won...

Skip the Christmas caroling this year and slide in the new Verve Music compilation The Very Best of Christmas Jazz. This jolly collection features fourteen of the world's favorite holiday jingles previously recorded by the legendary vocalists and musicians of jazz. Jazz divas Shirley Horn sings "Win...

Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror...

A mature statement by a still-young Polish band that already has 15 years of playing experience behind it. All group members shine here, withMarcin Wasilewski again impressive as one of the most outstanding jazz pianists of his generation. The group has already a strong and still-growingfollowing bo...

Charlie Haden has always had a penchant for roots music, including folk songs from varied traditions in the repertoire of his Liberation Music Orchestra. It's more than affectation; the bassist's musical roots are in Oklahoma, and his career began in early childhood with his family's country-music g...

Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of this groundbreaking duet's debut. Includes performances with the Sydney Symphony featuring special arrangements of the original Crystal Silence-era songbook,and a fresh revisiting of their classic duet repertoire....

Eagerly awaited new album from Bobo Stenson's trio whose discography has included such important albums as "Reflections" (1993), "War Orphans" (1997), "Serenity" (1999) and "Goodbye" (2004). Master pianist Bobo Stenson and long term bassist Anders Jormin - now joined by alertly responsive young drum...

Two CD set. Bill Frisell’s History, Mystery is a series of short pieces, alternately elegant and playful, written by Frisell for an octet comprised of the guitarist himself and a group of longtime collaborators-friends. One evocative snippet melds into another to form a virtually seamless work tha...

"This is the voice of your conscience, baby..." The recording debut of the Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention is a brilliantly wicked counter-strike to the flower power sensibilities prevalent at the time of it's release in 1966. Arguably rock music's first true "concept album," Zappa's aural ...