In his piano music, Mozart captured two perfect trends. First and foremost, the ever-improving quality of the instruments: Unlike his predecessors, Mozart could write elaborate, beautiful slow movements that allowed the piano to sing like aby other instrument.

Booker Little Jr. (April 2, 1938 – October 5, 1961) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer.

Record Store Day 2021 "RSD First" release, part of the June 12th drops. Limited to 4,250 copies. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Janis Joplin's Pearl, the album will be made available as a picture disc for the very first time. This exclusive for RSD Drops features the iconic cover portrait lensed by Barry Feinstein. Pearl showcased some of Janis' most familiar and best-loved performances including “Cry Baby,” her cover of Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee," and the off-the-cuff, a cappella "Mercedes Benz," the last song she ever recorded.

Laurindo José de Araújo Almeida Nóbrega Neto (2 September 1917 – 26 July 1995) was a Brazilian guitarist and composer in classical, jazz, and Latin music. He was one of the pioneers in the creation of bossa nova.

Over the last two decades Jasper Hoiby has shaped the direction of European Jazz. As the founding bassist of the influential trio Phronesis, Høiby brought to life a band that redefined what piano trios could sound like in the 21st century.

One of the top bassists of 1955-1965, Paul Chambers was among the first in jazz to take creative bowed solos (other than Slam Stewart, who hummed along with his bowing).

After two decades of musical partnership, Sinne Eeg and Jacob Christoffersen present SHIKIORI — their first duo album, recorded live in an intimate and atmospheric 150-year-old Japanese house-turned-concert-venue.

Bud Shank began his career pigeonholed as a cool schooler, but those who listened to the altoist progress over the long haul knew that he became one of the hottest, most original players of the immediate post-Parker generation.

DURRY are back with their sophomore album, This Movie Sucks, and it’s not just a cheeky title; it’s a mood.

After releasing “Burn”, a collaborative album with Lisa Gerrard from Dead Can Dance, Jules Maxwell now joins forces with the multi-award winning Portuguese singer LINA_ to explore the poetic connections between Ireland and Portugal in a work entitled “Terra Mãe” (Mother Earth).

ATMA Classique presents an album of works by the composer Airat Ichmouratov, performed by Les Violons du Roy and soloists Elvira Misbakhova and Stéphane Tétreault.

Jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb was born in Washington, D.C. in 1929.

Hybrid SACD so is compatible with all CD players This compilation of celebrated pianist Fred Hersch's best-loved recordings for Chesky takes material from his three discs - 'Forward Motion' (1991), 'Dancing in the Dark' (1993) and 'The Fred Hersch Trio Plays' (1994).

The Miracles (later known as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles from 1965 to 1972) were an American vocal group formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1955.

Sodom returns with ‘The Arsonist‘, their first full-length album since 2020.