The fruitful collaboration of French-born saxophonist-clarinetist Robin Fincker and British pianist Kit Downes goes back decades. Their life paths have taken them from London to two different countries in Europe, and they met again five years ago when they teamed up with Irish singer Lauren Kinsella to set traditional songs and contemporary poetry to music. Their internationally acclaimed first album, Ombres (released on BMC Records in 2024) combined folk and contemporary music in the spirit of European jazz, resulting in a musical world that is sometimes magically beautiful, sometimes surprisingly rough. Two Minds follows a similar concept, but with a more polished sound that relies even more heavily on improvisation. Shadowlands thus continues its journey between old and new music, shedding light on the unheard corners of past songs whilst unfolding its own version of contemporary folk music. This new repertoire features traditional Sean Os songs alongside original compositions, completed by works of numerous poets – both men and women – from the 19th century to the present day.

I Wish You Love is the critically acclaimed second studio album by the prominent Hong Kong audiophile jazz singer Susan Wong, initially released in December 2004 through Rock in Music. Known for her smooth, warm, and intimate vocal style, Wong reimagined several classic pop, rock, and jazz standards for this record.

UK three CD collection from the influential Jazz vocalist. While her life may have been tragic, her music has remained an integral part of American Jazz history and is constantly discovered by a new generation or rediscovered year after a year. This three CD collection features 78 tracks including 'God Bless the Child', 'Pennies from Heaven', 'Gloomy Sunday' and many others.

Live At MCG is a spectacularly explosive, historically monumental, and masterfully synchronized live contemporary big band masterpiece led by the legendary American multi-reed vanguard icon, arranger, and long-time Yellowjackets saxophonist Bob Mintzer alongside vocal phenom Kurt Elling, released in 2004 by the premier independent archival jazz preservation imprint MCG Jazz. Spanning over 70 minutes of breathless dynamic fire and staggering technical interaction across 9 extended tracks, this high-fidelity document serves as an absolute peak monument in mid-2004 large-ensemble live archaeology. Recorded live in concert at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mintzer utilizes this brilliant concert canvas to execute a fierce, forward-thinking sonic blueprint that showcases his world-class orchestra operating at the absolute height of their telepathic powers, beautifully augmented by Elling's boundary-pushing vocal gymnastics.

Sa Va Bella (For Lady Legends) is a spectacularly soulful, historically monumental, and masterfully synchronized late-career studio masterpiece led by the legendary American vibraphone visionary Milt "Bags" Jackson alongside an elite acoustic quartet and special guest vocal icon Etta Jones, released in 1997 by the premier major imprint Warner Bros. Records. Spanning nearly 58 minutes of deeply expressive, telepathic instrumental and vocal interaction across 10 timeless selections, this high-fidelity document serves as an absolute pinnacle statement in late-1990s post-bop archaeology. Conceived entirely as a deeply moving, elegant tribute to the legendary women of jazz and blues vocal history—including Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan—Jackson utilizes this brilliant laboratory to execute a highly refined, blues-drenched sonic blueprint that seamlessly marries his crystalline, fluid vibraphone lines with rich harmonic vocal foundations.

Diva Nancy Wilson was among contemporary music's most stylish and sultry vocalists; while often crossing over into the pop and R&B markets – and even hosting her own television variety program – she remained best known as a jazz performer, renowned for her work alongside figures including Cannonball Adderley and George Shearing. Born February 20, 1937, in Chillicothe, Ohio, Wilson first attracted notice performing the club circuit in nearby Columbus; she quickly earned a growing reputation among jazz players and fans, and she was recording regularly by the late '50s, eventually signing to Capitol and issuing LPs including 1959's Like in Love and Nancy Wilson with Billy May's Orchestra.

Proper, the famous British reissue label, has given the world a series of four-CD "Proper boxes" that contain essential recordings by legendary musicians. Proper's The Lester Young Story is an excellent introduction to this man's phenomenal artistry. Beginning with two instrumentals from his very first recording session on November 9, 1936, Proper skims along the surface of the first 13 years of Lester Young's career, touching upon his adventures with Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, Billie Holiday, Una Mae Carlisle, Sammy Price, the Kansas City Six and Seven, pianist Nat King Cole, and numerous others who collaborated with Pres on records issued under his name. This musical odyssey is a colorful mosaic of historical recordings that originally appeared on the Vocalion, Columbia, Victor, Signature, Keynote, Savoy, Aladdin, and Mercury/Norgran/Verve labels. The survey closes with two extended jams from a Jazz at the Philharmonic concert held at Carnegie Hall on September 17, 1949. Although it stops short of dipping into the best of his later works, Proper's The Lester Young Story may serve both as a superb introduction and a tasty addition to already well-stocked jazz libraries.

One of the final studio recordings released during the lifetime of the legendary master drummer Paul Motian, this 2011 release stands as a beautiful, heartbreakingly fragile exercise in song interpretation. Reunited with his long-time creative partner, guitarist Bill Frisell, and joined by the exceptionally empathetic young bassist Thomas Morgan, Motian shapes an acoustic space that is incredibly spacious, fluid, and full of grace. The trio is elevated on several tracks by the ethereal, pure vocal delivery of Petra Haden, who breathes a haunting, dreamlike quality into a diverse collection of classic American pop standards, timeless folk tunes, film themes, and compelling Motian originals. Rather than driving the music with standard rigid rhythms, Motian uses his cymbals and drums like a painter, creating impressionistic splashes of color that allow the melodies to float freely. The resulting soundscapes are deeply intimate, nostalgic, and melancholic, delivering a highly sophisticated and emotionally resonant masterwork of modern chamber jazz design.

Japanese original release. First box set of Andy Williams includes seven original albums "Canadian Sunset," "To You Sweetheart, Aloha," "Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes," "Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests," "The Wonderful World of Andy Williams," "The Academy Award-Winning Call Me Irresponsible and Other Hit Songs from the Movies," and "The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits" plus a bonus disc with Japanese version(s) of songs, rare tracks, and more. Features remastering and cardboard sleeve faithfully replicating its US LP jacket design. Comes with lyrics and a description. Second box set includes seven original albums "Andy Williams' Dear Heart," "The Shadow of Your Smile," "Born Free," "Love, Andy," "Honey," "Happy Heart," and "Love Theme from The Godfather" plus a bonus disc "Andy Williams Live In Japan," featuring live recordings from the concerts held at Osaka Festival Hall on May 15 & 16, 1973. This bonus CD becomes available as CD for the first time in the world. Features remastering and cardboard sleeve faithfully replicating its US LP jacket design. Comes with lyrics and a description.

Canadian singer/pianist Diana Krall moved up to an American major label, GRP Records, with her second album, Only Trust Your Heart, having made her debut, Stepping Out, with the Canadian independent Justin Time Records two year earlier. The approach is basically the same, although her supporting musicians are different. Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine sits in on three tracks, "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?," "I Love Being Here with You," and the Ray Brown instrumental "CRS-Craft," but otherwise this is piano trio music, with drummer Lewis Nash and either Brown or Christian McBride on bass. Krall is a neo-traditionalist with a legitimate pedigree detailed by Michael Bourne in his liner notes: an isolated upbringing in British Columbia, playing her father's Fats Waller 78s; classical piano lessons while playing in the school jazz band; a Vancouver Jazz Festival scholarship to the Berklee College of Music; a Canadian Arts Council grant to study with Jimmy Rowles in Los Angeles.

Malene & Christian (Deluxe Edition) is an intimate vocal jazz album by Danish vocalist Malene Mortensen and American pianist/producer Christian Sands. Recorded in Copenhagen, this tender, jazz-driven project explores themes of loss, healing, and renewal.

With Acrobat’s catalogue having grown substantially, and its product strategy evolved significantly over the years, we are occasionally looking to repurpose some of our early albums in the context of the product formats that are now more widely used in our releases. This 70-track 3-CD set comprises the complete contents, plus some added titles, of three products released in our ACRCD range more than fifteen years ago, and which offered the opportunity to assemble a nicely coherent, substantial and enhanced single product at a lower price than the three single CDs combined. Those CDs were ACRCD 117, 118 & 119 “Bebop Vols. 1, 2 & 3”. The titles on those three CDs have now been re-compiled in chronological order, with duplicated titles removed and twelve new titles added, along with a substantial booklet. The collection comprises recordings which are seen as significant performances in the genesis and development of bebop as a genre, or regarded as important or notable examples of bebop. The tracks have also been selected so that a significant proportion of the artists regarded as pioneers, innovators or noted exponents of bebop are represented in the collection. On that basis, it features a host of great names not only in bebop but in the wider world of jazz, and the collection offers a highly entertaining an insightful trawl across a dynamic jazz decade.

Summer is finally here. Spring came and went, and before we really noticed, the sunlight started to stay a little longer and the air picked up that familiar warmth. Essentials Summer 2026 is up and it sounds like those heated, golden hours that seem to last forever once they get going. We curated 24 new tracks to drift you through your sun-soaked afternoons. Laid-back rhythms and unhurried grooves. Songs to blast while you relax by the pool. Feet in the water and not a cloud in sight.

Gospels und phantasievolle Lieder is a spectacularly vibrant, deeply moving, and masterfully harmonized studio album by the regional German vocal ensemble Unlimited Voice Company, independently issued in 1995 under the label code LC 5800. Spanning nearly 56 minutes across 14 beautifully arranged tracks, this high-fidelity document serves as an excellent monument to the European choral-jazz and contemporary gospel movement of the mid-1990s. The project's overarching production strategy features a luxurious, highly agile vocal matrix: blending rich multi-part choir layers and soaring solo performances with light, jazzy piano arrangements, subtle electric basslines, and warm soul-funk percussive foundations that infuse traditional spirituals with an updated, contemporary pop flair.

Jeff is back!! And as ever, he's bringing even more friends along for the ride! Night Blooms follows the 2025 album, Still Blooming, and contains 6 new tracks with features from Charlie Puth, Melody Gardot, Cynthia Erivo and Dodie. The album also contains new ‘Late Night Sessions’ of tracks from Still Blooming alongside “Tattoo” and “Lover” previously released with Haley Reinhart.