This solo piano set by George Shearing is quite eccentric and unpredictable. Freed from the constraints of his popular Quintet, Shearing lets his imagination loose on songs that include 'My Ship,' 'Happy Days Are Here Again,' 'The Entertainer' (which is turned into jazz after a rag beginning), 'Londonberry Air,' and – unfortunately – 'Send in the Clowns,' on which he makes the mistake of singing. Some of the classical allusions are a bit too cute, but Shearing's wit and charm eventually win one over.

When Pink Floyd bassist-turned-solo artist Roger Waters announced plans to re-imagine the band's iconic Dark Side of the Moon, puzzled looks rightly ensued.

After 20 Years blues rock icon Joe Bonamassa has recorded a follow-up to his successful Blues Deluxe album, that came out in 2003.

Butcher Brown's album 'Solar Music', while rooted in jazz, expands into a blend of genres, including Hip-Hop and R&B/Soul. The 17-track album includes several featured guests: Pink Siifu, Braxton Cook, Jay Prince, Nappy Nina, Keyon Harrold, Michael Millions, Charlie Hunter and more.

The fast rising Anglo-Asian singer-guitarist, Chlara, returns with an album of guitar-centric classy interpretations of her favourite pop classics, including Hotel California, Stuck On You and True Colors, alongside contemporary hits including Hello (Adele), Stay With Me (Sam Smith) and Jealous (Labrinth). Many of the songs have been a part of Chlara's live shows over the past few years, so working on the tracks on the studio was an easy fit.

Coleman Hawkins recorded three sessions for Impulse Records in the early to mid '60s. Of the three, Today And Now is the most compelling. The unusual choice of repertoire is what sets this album apart. Versions of the traditional song "Go Li's Liza" and the fairly obscure Quincy Jones ballad "Quintessence" are creatively rendered. Indeed, Hawk seems inspired throughout; he plays with an abandon that is altogether effortless.

In the course of a long and illustrious career, Hawkins has subjected his style to continuous development. Intellectually and technically flexible, the style has always remained the man, distinctive and personal. This album reveals a new deployment of resources, a new viewpoint arrived at after a period of reflection.

Celebrated for his visionary interpretations of J.S. Bach, Víkingur Olafsson, one of the greatest pianists and musical minds of today, now embraces the composer's 'Goldberg Variations'.

This album by violinist Christian Tetzlaff and cellist Tanja Tetzlaff together with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Paavo Järvi, is dedicated in the memory of their longtime artistic partner, pianist Lars Vogt (1970–2022). At the heart of this album is Brahms, one of Lars Vogt’s favourite composers, and his late orchestral masterpiece, the Double Concerto. Brahms himself had admired one of Viotti’s violin concertos so much that he included material from the Violin Concerto no.22 into his work. With Christian Tetzlaff’s recording of the Violin Concerto, this album finally brings these two works together. Also included is Dvořák’s beautiful Silent Woods for cello and orchestra, a work by another composer that was very close to Lars Vogt’s heart.

Rivers In Our Veins was commissioned by the Lake Placid Center for the Arts with support from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation's Jazz Touring Network, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Additional consortium partners: Ars Nova Workshop, Light Up the Queen Foundation, Modlin Center for the Arts, and Weis Center for the Arts.

The Kammerakademie Potsdam and its musical director Antonello Manacorda have received numerous awards for their complete recordings of the symphonies of Franz Schubert and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. T

Joni Mitchell's ongoing Archives series has been an overwhelming success and the third volume somehow manages to outdo its predecessors.

Jakub Jozef Orlinski brings forgotten works back to today with Beyond: "We take you on a journey that leads to new places - beyond the places you know," is how Jakub Josef Orlinski describes the idea behind his album Beyond. T

They really should have changed the name to Van Hagar.

The music for 'Certainty of Tides' was initially recorded with the Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra with Nils Petter Molvaer as a soloist in 2020.