Chesky Records has been known for its audiophile recordings for over thirty years. Over this time, the label has released its share of titles that have crossed over into the audiophile zeitgeist and become "must-have" audiophile recordings. Among these, is The World's Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recordings, the original vocal compilation released by the label. In years since, this compilation has proven to be an ideal introduction to the label for newcomers, and a great introduction to new artists or releases from the label to the hardcore Chesky audience.

Vocalist Theo Bleckmann is best known for creating vast sonic spaces with subverbal textures, electronics, and with the help of backing musicians such as John Hollenbeck, Ben Monder, or the band Kneebody. On "Hello Earth", Bleckmann showcases his mastery of affective and lyrical nuances with interpretations of songs by British art rocker Kate Bush.

Handel's unrivaled masterpieces of the concerto grosso form and style - his Twelve Grand Concertos, in seven parts, for four violins, a tenor, a violoncello, with a thorough-bass for the harpsichord - here receive their finest recording to date, with performances that leave all others - both period - and modern-instrument versions - in their wake. For obvious reasons these 12 concertos have remained popular since their publication in 1740: the irresistibly congenial tunes and engaging rhythms, the free-spirited fugues, endearing Largos and Adagios, and overall vivacious writing for all instruments elicits correspondingly high-spirited responses from anyone within earshot of these unrelentingly entertaining works.

David Ake, in addition to having released several albums as a leader, pianist and composer, is also professor and chair of the Department of Musicology at the University of Miami, as well as an author whose books include Jazz Cultures and Jazz Matters: Sound, Place, and Time Since Bebop.

On the new longplayer Crime Scene this Bavarian Artrock institution directs it's attention to the morbid, the perverse, the evil in good, the abysses of the human behavior spectrum in all it's unpredictable diversity, which sometimes comes across as bizarrely disturbing and conclusive, if one tries to fathom it. In six densely atmospheric tracks RPWL have once again embarked on intensive journeys through their own band vita, as well as their own record collections.

Heavy symphonic icons KAMELOT raise the bar like never before, awakening the world with their highly-anticipated 13th studio album!

Niklas Paschburg's third album Panta Rhei arrives via 7K! on March 17th, 2023. The title and the music are inspired by Heraclitus's Greek philosophy that "everything flows" and finds the Hamburg-born artist exploring an unrestricted world of electronic and post-classical music drawn from deep within himself, also accompanied by vocalists Kaktus Einarsson, luìsa, Bianca Steck.

Pop Evil is the bridge between life-affirming hard rock hit-making and the burgeoning new frontier of genre-bending postmodern playlists. A crowd-pleasing band unafraid to embrace the heaviest and most melodic ends of the spectrum, with a seemingly endless stream of No. 1 hits veering between fist-pumping anthems and timeless power ballads. Pop Evil delivers their most ambitious rebirth yet with a jaw-dropping sixth album.

Hozier has announced details of his next EP, titled Eat Your Young, which will arrive on his birthday next month. The record will be the Irish musician’s first EP since his Spotify Singles release in 2019 and first non-single release since his second album Wasteland Baby! arrived that same year. Eat Your Young will be released digitally on March 17 – both Hozier’s birthday and St. Patrick’s Day – and will feature three songs. The tracklist will include the title track, “All Things End,” and “Through Me (The Flood).”

Guitarist Eric Krasno (Lettuce, Soulive) and drummer Stanton Moore (Galactic, Garage-a-Trois) are GRAMMY award-winning artists who have shared the stage countless times over years.

Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums combines legendary Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ two studio albums for Lester Koenig’s Contemporary Records, Way Out West and And The Contemporary Leaders, with a third disc, Contemporary Alternate Takes.

Newly signed on with naïve, the Korean pianist Yeol Eum Son immerses herself in the limitless whimsical imagination of Mozart's sonatas, and with this complete collection takes us on a voyage in a land of contrasts.

One of Miles Davis' late career-defining masterworks and the winner of two Grammy Awards, "Tutu" found Davis again revolutionizing jazz by bringing it further into the realm of rock, funk, and R&B. The album features compositions by multiple Grammy winning bassist/songwriter Marcus Miller.

To inaugurate his urban investigations Olivier Benoit naturally chose Paris, a city he knows intimately for having lived and worked there for twenty years; the musicians in his orchestra have an intimate knowledge of Paris as well, most of them being Parisians by adoption. In this sense, EUROPA Paris intends to be a “manifesto” for the French capital’s artistic effervescence, as Paris continues to attract artists of all horizons (both geographical and aesthetic) who dissolve into a crucible whose diversity and inventiveness are extraordinary. Creating EUROPA PARIS unquestionably put the seal on the new group, bonding its members together in a symbol of the capital’s vitality!

Highly regarded amongst critics, Art Blakey revolutionized the jazz scene, paving the way for those he mentored. Captured at a pivotal moment in the ensemble’s history, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers is a full display of the group’s undeniable chemistry. Blakey is joined by jazz legends, Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Bobby Timmons (piano) and Jymie Merritt (bass). With Blakey’s prominent drumming, the group performs classics including the hard swinging number “Alamode”, the standard “Invitation” and the lively “Circus”. This is essential listening for any music fan.