This exceptional Cologne based trio of the double bass player and ECHO award winner Sebastian Gramss present us with their second album "Gentle Giants". After their acclaimed debut "The Wood" in 2013, the trio lifts their lyrical style to perfection with the new album and develops a subtle depth, in which there is so much to discover. On board: Sax player Hayden Chisholm - SWR award winner originally from New Zealand, and Austrian born piano player Philip Zoubek. The trio's appealing and ambitious approach harmoniously brings together refined structures and improvisations, appealing to both the mind and the soul.

The Magnetic Fields' "50 Song Memoir" is the five-disc set chronicles the 50 years of songwriter Stephin Merritt's life with one song per year. On this release, in addition to his vocals on all 50 songs, Merritt plays more than 100 instruments, ranging from ukulele to piano to drum machine to abacus. The album was ranked on MetaCritic-com under the number 5 in "Best Album of 2017", and # 60 in "Most Discussed Album of 2017".

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was one of the most linguistically as well as musically versatile sopranos of the post-war years. Her soprano accompanied by various other participants including the Pianisten, Orchestras & famous Conductors cover the classical great composers.

DE3 is a cooperative trio whose name is an acronym for its members: bassist Dezron Douglas, drummer Eric McPherson both of whom came from trumpeter Duane Eubanks's, quintet (which includes saxophonist Abraham Burton and Marc Cary on keyboards). The result is the "Live At Maxwell's", where "live" basically means unedited rather than with an audience. In the end the meaning is the same in that the music has that unplanned, chance-taking feeling of a live concert. The actual sound is on the dry side but highly detailed with a very strong you-are-there feel.

George Beverly Shea was a Canadian-born American gospel singer and hymn composer. Shea was often described as "America's beloved gospel singer" and was considered "the first international singing 'star' of the gospel world", as a consequence of his solos at Billy Graham Crusades and his exposure on radio, records and television. This LP has been originally released in 1966 via RCA Victor.

Christopher Maurice Brown is an American R&B singer. "Heartbreak on a Full Moon" is his eighth studio album. The album is a double-disc, and it was released initially on digital platforms on Helloween 2017.

Scott Amendola is an American drummer from the San Francisco Bay Area.

Greek born with Egyptian roots, electric jazz harpist and composer Maria-Christina Harper is reinventing the sound of the harp in the jazz world.

The Alex Voysey Trio shows are packed with incredible guitar performances, phenomenal musicianship, breath-taking grooves and riffs, and a deep passion for blues.

Award-winning blues rock duo When Rivers Meet’s new album “Aces Are High” is released on Friday 13th October via the band’s independent label One Road Records.

“I’m always looking for ways to be surprised,” says composer and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Parker as he explains the process, and the thinking, behind his new album, Suite for Max Brown, released via a new partnership between the Chicago–based label International Anthem and Nonesuch Records.

Oscar of Heaven. Who doesn't know him? Van Hemel (1892-1981) was one of the most played Dutch composers between 1940 and 1960, but was subsequently forgotten.

Revered ARIA Award-winning folk jazz trio Elixir announce the release of their fourth album, A Small Shy Truth, based on the poetry of iconic Australian poet, cartoonist, writer, painter, philosopher and National Living Treasure Michael Leunig.

Erik Söderlind is one of Sweden’s finest jazz exports. With his trademark fingerstyle technique he is musically rooted in the style of straight ahead-jazz and highly influenced by Wes Montgomery, George Benson and Grant Green. In 2015 Erik received The Guitar People Prize Sweden, an award given to the best guitar player in Sweden.