French-Armenian songwriter, arranger, and jazz musician André Manoukian releases his new tribute album Les pianos de Gainsbourg.

Starting in the late '50s, Gerry Mulligan recorded a series of encounters with fellow saxophonists that included such immortals as Stan Getz, Paul Desmond, Johnny Hodges and Ben Webster. In 1986 he resumed the practice for this one date on which his baritone is matched with the tenor of the young great Scott Hamilton. The music, which includes warm ballads and fairly hot romps (five of the seven songs are Mulligan originals), consistently swing and are quite enjoyable.

"With "Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police" I am continuing the project that I started last year with my "Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John" album."

Formed in 1984, Dinosaur Jr carved a singular path through the latter half of the 1980s and early 1990s, issuing a number of highly influential albums in the process before finding a home with Sire Records. “Without A Sound”, their sixth record, emerged in the summer of 1994, in the wake of personal bereavement and the departure of longtime drummer and founder member Murph.

Where Future Unfolds is a new work spirited by Chicago-based sound & visual artist Damon Locks. Starting as a solo sound collage piece (where Locks pulled samples from Civil Rights era speeches and recordings to create an improvisational pallet for performance on his drum machine), over 4 years the project has blossomed into his 15-piece Black Monument Ensemble – featuring musicians (including Angel Bat Dawid on clarinets and Dana Hall on drums), singers (alumni of the Chicago Children's Choir), and dancers (members of Chicago youth dance company Move Me Soul).

Nick Hakim and Roy Nathanson announce their collaborative album Small Things. Executive-produced by Isaiah Barr of Onyx Collective, the album sees two artists who are staples in the Onyx Collective universe join forces. The creative process behind the record was an organic one: Hakim read some of Nathanson's poetry which in turn inspired several chords that became the foundation of Small Things.

After eight years of performing, Wooden Cities’ first release in a trilogy of upcoming albums on Infrasonic Press grapples with work, labor, commodity, and justice. The record’s three pieces have sat lost to time and have been constructed and reconstructed through careful research, including dialogues with original performers, direct accounts, and other sources. This is WORK. Released April 19, 2019.

"… the essences of the songs shine through in all their unvarnished wackiness and compassion … reasserts the primacy of the group …"

On Friday, 23/4, the album " The Art of Summer "will be released.
Nine new songs by the trio, in all simplicity. Piano, bass and drum together in a regular gramophone studio. What a joy to exist.

Italian guitarist Nicolò Spera brings to his teaching and performing a unique synthesis of European and American traditions.

Arriving in 1967, Greatest Hits does an excellent job of summarizing Dylan's best-known songs from his first seven albums…