Jazz Icons: Series 2 (Boxed Set)

Jazz Icons: Series 2 (Boxed Set) Review

Hours and hours of vintage live concerts by jazz's most revered singers, guitars, horn players, piano men, composers and more! The Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, Sarah Vaughan, Dave Brubeck and Dexter Gordon DVDs join an exclusive one with rare performances by Coltrane, Vaughan, Gordon and Brubeck.

Smooth Side of Soul

Smooth Side of Soul Review

The Smooth Side of Soul features Najee at the peak of his form. Highlights include Najee's romantic re-imagining of the Ne-Yo snash "When You're Mad", his collaboration with R&B icon Phil Perry on the upbeat "Just to Fall In Love", the funky "Foo Foo She Lollipop" and much more.

Best of Smooth Jazz 3

Best of Smooth Jazz 3 Review

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Here We Go

Here We Go Review

After nearly four decades of writing, recording and touring - either as a sideman or a solo artist - Peter White still seeks out the road not yet traveled. Whether it's new songs, new ideas, new styles or new collaborators, this virtuoso of contemporary jazz, classical, pop and Spanish guitar is at his best when standing on the edge of creative territory waiting to be explored. For White, it's always about the journey and where it will take him, and he's always ready to go. This sense of adventure is at the heart of Here We Go, the 11-song set, co-produced by White and long time collaborator DC (George Benson, Al Jarreau, Bob James, Jeffrey Osborne) includes a range of original material written in the recent and distant past and features guest spots from saxophonists David Sanborn and Kirk Whalum.

Like his previous album, Good Day (2009), Here We Go is a collection of songs written and recorded to move people on a level that's beyond any preconceived concepts. "When I start recording, I don't have a vision," White freely admits. "I just go with the moment - what feels good, what sounds good. The vision comes out of the music. The music doesn't come out of the vision." Some of the energy fueling this record is the realization of White's longtime dream to collaborate with Sanborn, whom he'd met while playing in a live jam session with several other musicians just a couple years ago. In truth, White has been a fan of the saxophonist for decades. "David is someone whom I've wanted to play with for the longest time," he says. "This is someone who played at Woodstock and recorded with David Bowie. His sound has become the inspiration for many of my contemporaries. He's a legend to me and to just about every musician I know."

Here We Go is, in many ways, a study in diversity - a collection of the joyous and the poignant, the newly crafted and the vintage. "I wanted variety," says White. "I wanted songs that moved me, in the hopes that they'll move the listener as well. I'm on a journey, and I want to bring with me anyone who's willing to follow. That's what the title of the album - and indeed, the spirit of the album - is all about."

Jazz Icons: John Coltrane Live in '60, '61 & '65

Jazz Icons: John Coltrane Live in '60, '61 & '65 Review

Jazz Icons: John Coltrane provides an epic 95-minute overview of a true giant of 20th-century music. Three separate shows reveal Coltrane's ascending creative arc from hard bop innovator as a member of the Miles Davis Quartet in 1960 to consummate bandleader in 1961 to unrivalled jazz visionary in 1965. This DVD not only features Trane's classic quartet with Elvin Jones (drums), Jimmy Garrison (bass) and McCoy Tyner (piano), but also spotlights him onstage with other jazz legends including Stan Getz, Eric Dolphy and Oscar Peterson. Includes mind-blowing versions of his signature tunes "My Favorite Things" and "Impressions".

The Golden Age Of American Popular Music: The Jazz Hits From The Hot 100: 1958-1966

The Golden Age Of American Popular Music: The Jazz Hits From The Hot 100: 1958-1966 Review

The Golden Age Of American Popular Music is fast-becoming as successful series as our Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll. This spin-off from the main series is a collection of Jazz Hits from the core years of 1958-1966.

Amazingly, no one has gathered together these hits on one CD before. We are the first to approach it unashamedly from a pop angle eschewing the consciously hip considerations that normally weigh down most jazz compilations.

We've slightly widened the brief to include some hits from Billboard's 'Bubbling Under' chart that was published as an adjunct to the Hot 100 in these years. However the genre was popular enough for us to include 15 Top 30 hits.

Although some of the titles will be familiar to pop fans such as Dave Brubeck's Take Five or The Girl From Ipanema by Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto, as ever these are leavened by the much less familiar and sometimes quite rare. We've also insisted on the single versions of the tracks, which haven't been available elsewhere, such as Watermelon Man and The Sidewinder.

Our usual superb quality sound and lavishly illustrated booklet rounds off this release.

Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58

Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58 Review

Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington features the earliest-known filmed full-length concert by one of the 20th Century's greatest songwriters and bandleaders. Filmed at Amsterdam's famed Concertgebouw, this 80-minute concert features the 16-piece Duke Ellington Orchestra two years after their stunning performance at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival,which Duke considered his second birth. This epic performance includes legendary players Clark Terry, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Paul Gonsalves, Quentin Jackson and Ray Nance performing some of the most beloved American music ever written.