Pianist Joanne Grauer has been a fixture in the Los Angeles area since her teenage years, playing with Stanley Turrentine, Gabor Szabo, and Zoot Sims. Thanks to this album as well as one she recorded... more

"Cosmic Forest" takes us on a spiritual journey through the musical universe of Musik Produktion Schwarzwald (Black Forest Music Production), the most important German jazz label of the 1960's and... more

These songs will forever belong to Ol' Blue Eyes, but they're borrowed beautifully across 25 tracks here: "South of the Border" Lou Donaldson, "S'posin'" Miles Davis Quintet, "Witchcraft" Bill Evans... more

Everything's bigger in Texas, and after WWII. everything was hotter in Houston—especially the music! Supporting that notion are smoldering sides from Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Lavarda Durst, Silver... more

Two CD release. The long-running series of Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts began in 1944 at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium. This previously unreleased recording is a classic example of the... more

By the 1920's the rise of Jazz from it's birthplace in New Orleans had spread across all of America's major urban areas. With it's huge club scene controlled by gangsters and fuelled by bootleg... more

Although primarily associated with New York the 40's Bop movement was developing all across America. These 24 tracks illustrate the immense contribution made to the genre by such West Coast recording... more

This recording marks the third time Ronnie Cuber has visited Jazzhus Montmarte in Copenhagen, the first time being in 2015 where he played a beautiful concert with Nikolaj Bentzon. Cuber, born... more

Sponsored by the State Department, these jazz stars traveled from Iran to Argentina and beyond from the '50s to the '70s. You'll hear When the Saints Go Marching In Louis Armstrong; Thank You Dave... more

During the year of 1966 Duke Ellington was touring Europe. Duke Ellington's sacred concerts had many incarnations, more than the three on the commercial records: The First (1965), The Second (1968)... more

The second release in our ongoing series of legendary Independent record labels of the 1940's and 1950's features the Texas based "Macys" label. Formed in 1948 the label enjoyed two huge hits on it's... more

25 early examples of slide guitar playing hillbilly music in the 1930s and 40s. Among the exponents of the early forms of the art or bandleaders who incorporated the instrument are, Jimmie Davis,... more