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Chase/Ennea/Pure Music
:Album Description:Chase was a Jazz-Rock horn band masterminded by trumpet player extraordinaire Bill Chase. The only issued three albums, all of which made the Billboard charts when originally issued in the early 1970s. Tragically this all came to an end when most of the band, including Bill, was killed in a plane crash in 1974. Their music lives on with these three excellent albums, gathered together here as three albums on two CDs.
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Jazz Samba
: essential recording:Guitarist Charlie Byrd was invited to travel and play in Brazil during a cultural goodwill tour sponsored by the Kennedy administration in 1961. He was completely enamoured by the music, and when he returned, he headed straight for the recording studio to make the now classic Jazz Samba. Collaborating with Stan Getz on tenor sax and backed by a band that included Gene Byrd (bass, guitar), Keter Betts (bass), and Buddy Deppenschmidt and Bill Reichenbach (drums), Byrd forged a new and brilliant sound. American ...
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2008 Grammy Nominees
:Album Description:The ultimate CD from Music's Biggest Night! Featuring the best songs and artists of the year across your favorite Grammy® categories. Including hits from Justin Timberlake, Amy Winehouse, Kanye West, Beyonce, Maroon 5, and more. The 50th Grammy Awards airs live on February 10th. A portion of the proceeds will benefit both the MusiCares® and GRAMMY Foundations.
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The Definitive Collection
:Album Description:The ultimate CD from Music's Biggest Night! Featuring the best songs and artists of the year across your favorite Grammy® categories. Including hits from Justin Timberlake, Amy Winehouse, Kanye West, Beyonce, Maroon 5, and more. The 50th Grammy Awards airs live on February 10th. A portion of the proceeds will benefit both the MusiCares® and GRAMMY Foundations.
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Sketches of Spain
: essential recording:Miles Davis's impact on jazz is almost incalculable. From his early days as a sideman for Charlie Parker, through his groundbreaking Birth of the Cool sessions, to his stunning small groups of the '50s and '60s, through to his electric renaissance, the trumpeter, bandleader, and composer has left a deep mark on all who came after. He is one of jazz's true giants. Sketches of Spain, though one of Davis's most commercially successful sessions, is also one of his most controversial. Re-teaming with arranger ...
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Awake
:Album Description:Miguel Zenón, one of the most exciting new voices in the jazz world, takes his most personal journey to date on AWAKE. This is the third Marsalis Music release for the alto saxophonist and composer, who was voted the overall Best New Artist award in the 2006 JazzTimes poll. It follows CEREMONIAL, a program of original compositions that appeared in 2004, and 2005's JÍBARO, a bold reinterpretation of the rural music of Zenón's native Puerto Rico. Now, the alto saxophonist and his talented quartet plus ...
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Tourist
:Album Description:Exclusive Import only 2 CD set includes a three track bonus CD which features an exclusive mix of 'Sure Thing' (Todd Edward's Deepline Remix) along with two mixes of his first single, 'Rose Rouge' (Blaze Early Shelter Mix) & (Spiller Rogue Mix). Signed to Blue Note for the world this is a great jazz/dance fusion record. Perfect for those dinner party's! Limited edition. Slimline double jewel case. 's Best of 2000:Smooth, downtempo grace flows through the veins of St. Germain, a.k.a. noted French composer-producer Ludovic ...
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Tim Bowman
: :Tim Bowman makes his triumphant return to the fray with an album chock full orf crafty melodies and his trademark cool and funky hooks. His self-titled album marks his return from a 4 year hiatus and proves beyond a doubt that he still has the right stuff and has gathered no rust.
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Nina de Fuego
: :Buika unveils herself on the cover and bears all on her third album,Niña de Fuego. Buika does away with the costumes that usuallydecorate album covers, stripping away all but her feelings.When she moved to Madrid and recorded her first album, she showedthe never-ending possibility of her skills as a singer. With her secondalbum,Mi Niña Lola, produced by Javier Limón, she got thecredibility, the recognition, the awards, the performances, and theexciting reviews that left people breathless.Her career cannot be summarized in a sentence but when she ...
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Cantando
:Album Description:Eagerly awaited new album from Bobo Stenson's trio whose discography has included such important albums as 'Reflections' (1993), 'War Orphans' (1997), 'Serenity' (1999) and 'Goodbye' (2004). Master pianist Bobo Stenson and long term bassist Anders Jormin - now joined by alertly responsive young drummer Jon Fält - have developed a richly detailed sound-world like nothing else in modern jazz - at once an extension of the jazz piano tradition and, with its windows opening onto classical music and world folklore, a force apart from it. ...
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Diesel vehicles have nearly a 50-percent market share in Europe, thanks to tax incentives and diesel-friendly legislation across the EU. Diesels are so passé there that you can buy a BMW 730d and no one will think it odd that your luxury car burns oil. Pull up in a diesel 7-Series in America and people would leer at you like you've alighted from an amphibious vehicle reeking of saltwater and dead trout.