Born in Missouri, pianist and composer Steve Million has made his home in Chicago since 1988, spearheading a multitude of projects including the sextet BakerzMillion, a two piano Thelonious Monk tribute, and Jazz Words, a showcase for his lyrics and arrangements with singer Sarah Marie Young. Perfectly Spaced is the latest vessel for Million’s prolific creativity and introduces a top-flight quartet with old friends Eric Hochberg (bass) and Bob Rummage (drums) alongside violin virtuoso Mark Feldman, a more recent addition to the Chicago scene.

Modern and progressive - the two composers and founders of the Munich Lab Band Felix Ecke and Vincent Eberle know how to make tradition sound anew. With great self-confidence, they mix jazz with elements of classical music and thereby manage to give the protagonists the freedom to develop musically on stage. Sometimes pompous and overwhelming, then again gentle, intimate and inviting to dream - hardly a facet of the music remains untouched in the band's repertoire.

Opsahl is an award winning clarinetist and composer whose last album Kyrkja - with Oddrun Lilja and Ellen Brekken - received international acclaim and was hot-listed by Europe Jazz Network as one of the best jazz albums of 2022. Carl Petter Opsahl is one of the most original and prolific clarinet players coming from Norway. Equally at home in jazz and traditional Norwegian folk music, his art is a unique blend of tradition and innovation, flowing from deep spiritual sources. He has collaborated and recorded with artists such as Wendell Brunious, Tord Gustavsen Jon Christensen, Henry Kaiser, David Lindley, Anders Rogg, Zotora, Jokke & Valentinerne, Åsmund Reistad and Jo Asgeir Lie.

Toronto indie rockers Jane's Party have announced a new EP, previewed today by a cover of Steely Dan's iconic "Dirty Work." The Best of Wild in the Woods Vol. 1 arrives November 6, following the band's recent single "Ships on an Ocean." Having previously only been a live performance series uploaded to the band's YouTube channel starting in the summer of 2021, select highlights from Wild in the Woods will soon be available on your streaming platform of choice.

The Blue Hour is Jack Ramsey’s first solo album, recorded on September 15th and 16th, 2022, at Sage Arts Recording Studio in Arlington, WA. For the recording, Ramsey performed six hours of improvised piano music over the course of two days, resulting in 78 short pieces. The 19 tracks in The Blue Hour were selected from these 78 improvised pieces, and arranged into four “suites:” Evening, Night, Dream, and The Blue Hour - an exploration of the transformative journey of one day into the next, and the eerie and ephemeral beauty found in night and dream.

Over than 50 years ago, born Herman Poole Blount, the ex-Fletcher Henderson pianist changed his name to Sun Ra and formed an “Intergalactic Research Arkestra”. The avant-garde big band, which also incorporated elements of Duke Ellington and Count Basie, divided the jazz world. This album was recorded at a series of Sun Ra appearances at jazz festivals in Germany in 1970 and stands as a documentation of jazz history.

José James is the jazz singer from Brooklyn who doesn't want to rework the American Songbook, turn himself into a cabaret show, or scat at a million notes a minute, as if he were a saxophone. His debut album finds the gracefully soulful James supported by an acoustic jazz group. This newly remastered, The 10th Anniversary edition of the José James first album, features 4 additional tracks.

Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky, United States.

An album of solo piano music by New Zealand composers Gemma Peacocke, Leila Adu-Gilmore, Alex Taylor, Poulima Salima, Leonie Holmes and Penelope Axtens.

Eugen Jochum, Sohn eines Lehrers, Organisten, Chorregenten und Leiters des Orchester- und Theatervereins wuchs in einem katholischen Elternhaus zusammen mit seinen Brüdern Otto und Georg Ludwig auf.