Jazz

Ana Caram - Blue Bossa (SACD)

Signing to Chesky Records in 1989, São Paulo-born Ana Caram soon proved to be one of the audiophi...

Signing to Chesky Records in 1989, São Paulo-born Ana Caram soon proved to be one of the audiophile label’s most valuable acquisitions. Beginning with her acclaimed debut, Rio After Dark, which featured a cameo by the legendary Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, she went on to record seven albums for the label, including the highly regarded Blue Bossa, an impeccable 2001 project featuring noted drummer Paulo Braga and saxophonist Paulo Levi. With the album’s repertoire consisting of cla...

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio -- A Shade Of Blue (SACD...

Album Synopsis: Japanese Jazz legend Tsuyoshi Yamamoto’s new album, A Shade Of Blue, undoubtedly ...

Album Synopsis: Japanese Jazz legend Tsuyoshi Yamamoto’s new album, A Shade Of Blue, undoubtedly reflects his love of the piano trio, agroup configuration that in jazz history began in the 1940s with Nat King Cole and then was developed in the 50s by innovatorslike Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, and Bill Evans. Yamamoto’s highly experienced trio - which has a combined age of 215years - features bassist Hiroshi Kagawa (香川 裕史) and drummer Toshio Osumi (大隅 寿男). A Shade Of Blue reveals thethree mus...

CAMILLE THURMAN - INSIDE THE MOMENT (MQA-CD)

The multi-talented Camille Thurman is an award-winning composer, a formidable saxophonist, and a ...

The multi-talented Camille Thurman is an award-winning composer, a formidable saxophonist, and a second-place winner of the prestigious Sarah Vaughan Vocal Competition.   She has performed with artists ranging from Dr. Billy Taylor, George Coleman, Lew Tabackin, and George Benson, to Chaka Khan, Alicia Keys, and Missy Elliot.   She recently made her Jazz at Lincoln Center debut during the Generations in Jazz Festival, leading a killer quartet as she sang, played, and showcased original compos...

Kenny Rankin - Because Of You (180g One Step Pr...

Released in 1991 by the noted audiophile label Chesky Records, Because Of You is an enduring monu...

Released in 1991 by the noted audiophile label Chesky Records, Because Of You is an enduring monument to a multi-faceted American singer whose talent knew no boundaries. Occupying a unique space where folk, rock, pop, country, and jazz elements intermingle, Kenny Rankin (1940-2009) - whose golden voice was once described by jazz saxophonist Stan Getz as “a horn with a heartbeat” - was a genre-blurring singer whose soulful sound defied categorization. Impeccably produced by David Chesky, the b...

Sam Yahel, Seamus Blake, Ari Hoenig - The Jazz ...

A homage to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023, Ja...

A homage to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023, Jazz Side Of The Moon is one of the brightest jewels in the catalog of noted audiophile label Chesky Records. It was recorded in 2007 in St. Peter’s Church, New York, by a jazz supergroup consisting of organist Sam Yahel, drummer Ari Hoenig, guitarist Mike Moreno, and tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake. The quartet put a fresh spin on an old classic, giving it a transformative makeover that honored the ...

Harvey Mason - Changing Partners (180g One Step...

Changing Partners is a straight-ahead jazz trio album by the legendary Grammy-nominated drummer a...

Changing Partners is a straight-ahead jazz trio album by the legendary Grammy-nominated drummer and composer Harvey Mason, one of the most recorded drummers of all time in any genre. A former member of Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters band - for whom he co-wrote the hit ‘Chameleon’ - and a co-founder of the contemporary jazz group Fourplay, Mason leads different trios using a rotating cast of musical collaborators; they include jazz luminaries Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Dave Grusin, Gonzalo Rub...