It's been closed for over 60 years, but the Cotton Club is still the most famous jazz spot in the world. And now, here's a way to experience what it was like to watch a show at "The Aristocrat of... more

(2-CD set) Unreleased live recordings from April 1966, featuring the bands of Horst Jankowski, Hans Koller, Albert Mangelsdorff, Don Menza and Rolf Kühn & Klaus Doldinger. 21 tracks including 10... more

(2-CD set) The Walter Strerath Trio played at many Jazz Festivals in Europe and they were invited to play at Newport in the early 1970s. On this 1975 session they explore the music of Brazil.

Recorded live in Heidelberg, Germany, this jazz rarity features free jazz from the Peter Brötzmann Octet with Evan Parker, as well as modern sounds by Joki Freund and Rolf Kühn.

Formed in the early 1960s in Helsinki, the Schwindt Quartet plays top-quality jazz on this session from November 1965. One of the true Euro-Jazz 'holy grails'.

Rostvold played with the Danish Radio Big Band before forming his own band. This 1962 album represents brilliant Danish music - an unknown, yet sensational jazz highlight.

Joki Freund played with Jutta Hipp in the mid-'50s before forming the Joki Freund Quintet. Here are his early recordings from 1957, featuring Emil and Albert Mangelsdorf.

Thelin was one of the strongest voices on the trombone from Sweden in the 1960s. This mini album was recorded in 1962 in Poland and features Rune Carlsson on drums.

Jazz in Australia at it's best with incredible sessions from autumn 1960 -three masters with unbelievable musical control and understanding. This album was recorded at the El Rocco club six weeks... more

The hard-swinging Three Out were attracting large and enthusiastic crowds in Sydney and shared the bill with such names as Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Teddy Wilson and Sarah Vaughan. Here we... more

The few recordings made by the Modern Jazz Group from the provincial town of Freiburg i'm Breisgau are scarcely documented. The MJFG was founded around 1954 by pianist Ewald "Waldi" Heidepriem, one... more

This music, composed and conducted by Duke Jordan, remains one of the most important works of our generation. Duke Jordan was known as Charlie Parker's pianist, and his solo recordings revealed an... more

The forms of the Eastern world have had an increasing fascination for the inventive mind, and Charlie Munro has used this source as a basis for a fusion of East and West which is at times, startling,... more

Before his decades of tearin' it up in Vegas with Louis Prima, Sam cut some great sides of his own with RCA. His sultry sax riffs heat up all 19 of these 1953–54 cuts, including six unreleased sides... more

His career was cut tragically short by a 1961 road accident, but not before Hank Garland had a chance to establish himself as one of country music's great guitar pickers. This 20-track CD captures... more

This ace session guitarist had a long, fruitful relationship with the late Lee Hazlewood, playing on many of the producer's records including some Duane Eddy classics. Lee makes a memorable... more