The early recordings of Anton Bruckner s Symphonies with Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra achieved cult status soon after their original releases. The more as some of them were hardly available on CD for many years and thus became coveted collector s items. The outstanding recording of the 4th Symphony is now being reissued on…
The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Live from the Northwest, 1959 is the newest release from Brubeck Editions, the family run label that only puts out music of the highest musical and technical quality. These exciting performances were recorded by the trailblazing and iconic audio engineer, Wally Heider, who pioneered the art of remote recording from…
Release Date: 11 15 2024 Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Suave saxophone master Dexter Gordon had been living in Europe for several years when he returned to make his final Blue Note album, Gettin Around, in 1965. This sublime set features a unique instrumentation with Dexter s tenor, the lone horn holding the spotlight, with…
The band Gillespie assembled for this date – Junior Mance, Les Spann, Sam Jones, & Lex Humphries – was for the most part a working band on the club & concert circuit, offering a mixture of Gillespie s entertaining songs, established repertoire, & some Latin & African-influenced pieces. With them, Dizzy found a middle ground…
A magnificent band featuring Hank Mobley, Herbie Hancock and Kenny Burrell helped this trumpet legend create one of his most memorable albums with this 1963 recording. Duke Pearson did the arrangements, and an eight-piece gospel choir helped Byrd reach the spiritual heights he was seeking; the stunning Cristo Redentor joins The Black Disciple, Elijah, Chant…
Recorded in 1956 for producer Tom Wilson s short-lived Boston-based label Transition Records, Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill presented trumpeter Donald Byrd in a relaxed and intimate quartet setting with his frequent collaborator Doug Watkins on bass along with Boston area musicians Ray Santisi on piano and Jim Zitano on drums. The standards heavy set…