Gypsies - or more correctly Romany Romani or Roma people - have always been no...Gypsies - or more correctly Romany Romani or Roma people - have always been nomadic and their music has been influenced by exotic Eastern European and Arabic idioms. But GYPSY JAZZ had it s roots firmly in France where it is known as JAZZ MANOUCHE and...more
Gathered together for the first time on this 5-CD boxset with a sixty page boo...Gathered together for the first time on this 5-CD boxset with a sixty page booklet are seven of the most essential Jazz on Film recordings made in the French New Wave era between 1957 and 1962. The set is Vol. 3 in the Jazz on Film box set series and...more
This compilation remembers the early days of jazz when Buddy Bolden s band sta...This compilation remembers the early days of jazz when Buddy Bolden s band started playing it s iconoclastic arrangements of new songs. Recorded interviews join instrumental rags and cabaret music in this sonic snapshot of New Orleans history.more
As well as presenting a collection of first-rate piano solos from the likes of...As well as presenting a collection of first-rate piano solos from the likes of Willie The Lion Smith Meade Lux Lewis Art Tatum Mary Lou Williams Teddy Wilson and Erroll Garner this album stands as homage to Folkways Records founder Moses Asch who...more
This compilation reflects musicians accounts of the growth of jazz spotlightin...This compilation reflects musicians accounts of the growth of jazz spotlighting forms they heard in New Orleans such as the march rag blues spiritual and standards. Featured are Jelly Roll Morton s Quartet the Johnny Dodd s Orchestra and the Red Onion...more
Most of the recordings on this collection were made by white Chicago high scho...Most of the recordings on this collection were made by white Chicago high school students in the Roaring Twenties who took Jazz for their text and in the spirit of Jazz improvised upon that text. the result? They dropped out of school lost their...more
A unique subgenre the history of jazz poetry runs parallel to the musical move...A unique subgenre the history of jazz poetry runs parallel to the musical movement in which jazz and it s artists serve as a muse for the authors. This collection of New Jazz Poets represents the evolution of this art form after several decades of it s...more
2014 release from the Smooth Jazz supergroup featuring three of the most impor...2014 release from the Smooth Jazz supergroup featuring three of the most important hitmakers on the scene today: Jeff Lorber Everett Harp and Chuck Loeb.more
The Freedom Jazz Dance concept started with Luciano Cantone s suggestion to cr...The Freedom Jazz Dance concept started with Luciano Cantone s suggestion to create new standards which could be understood openly from new generations as well as offering a portrait of the modern contemporary European jazz scene. Thus the natural...more