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Topnotch Miles Davis music complements Gus Van Sant's latest film about an urban youth (Rob Brown), torn between basketball and writing, who meets a reclusive novelist (Sean Connery). The unlikely tale is supported by a generous sampling of Davis's early 1970s work nodding to Ornette Coleman and g...

Alto saxophonist Art Pepper, a link from Los Angeles' burgeoning Central Avenue jazz scene in the '40s to the post-bop ferment of the '60s, was a survivor of his own hell-bent instincts and the general chaos of the jazz milieu when he enjoyed a heartening comeback in the late '70s. Like Charlie Par...

Portraits in Blue...

The highlights of vocal acrobat Bobby McFerrin's Blue Note releases are featured on this collection, which includes Chick Corea, Manhattan Transfer and Bob Mintzer. This collection features the selections are "Spain," "Blue Bossa" and Bobby's international hit "Don't Worry, Be Happy." Bobby McFerri...

There has never been an instrument that conveyed more romance than Stan Getz's tenor saxophone, from the breathy, beautiful tone--all air and gauze--to the rapturous sweep that he could bring to a melody. It's a sound both warm and cool--able to convey everything from hesitation to keening passion. ...

To You: A Tribute to Mel Lewis...

When Duke Ellington began to slip classical motifs and structures into his jazz compositions in the '30s, two fellow composers took his example as a challenge to do the same. Raymond Scott played movie music, led the house band on the popular radio show, "Your Hit Parade," and supplied much of the m...

There have been many Coltrane compilations and box sets over the years since the saxophonist's passing in 1967, but this eight-CD complete collection of his quartet's studio recordings between 1961 and 1965 is the must-have. Jazz may be a music blessed with dazzling soloists, but few groups in its h...

Imaginary Day...

Remastered reissue of 1971 album. Packaged in a digipak reproduction of the original artwork. First time on CD. Featuring Gato Barbieri and Eddie'Cleanhead'Vinson....