Jazz

Various Artists - The World's Greatest Audiophi...

World-renowned for the exceptional quality of its high-resolution audiophile recordings, Chesky R...

World-renowned for the exceptional quality of its high-resolution audiophile recordings, Chesky Records presents The World’s Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recordings Volume 4. Recorded using groundbreaking recording techniques and equipment operated by noted audio engineers Nicholas Prout and Bob Katz, the album presents a series of spellbinding performances from a collection of sensational vocalists. They range from British-American singer/actor Rebecca Pidgeon (“Grandmother”) and US folk-pop si...

Ana Caram - Rio After Dark (SACD)

Now considered a bossa nova classic, 1989’s Rio After Dark was São Paulo singer/guitarist Caram’s...

Now considered a bossa nova classic, 1989’s Rio After Dark was São Paulo singer/guitarist Caram’s debut release for Chesky Records, a New York label renowned for its high-resolution audiophile recordings. Caram was mentored by the legendary bossa nova pioneer Antônio Carlos Jobim, who joined his protege on two of the album’s fifteen cuts, playing piano and singing background vocals on Caram’s versions of his classic songs ‘Meditation’ and ‘Anos Dourados (It Looks Like December).’ Another star...

John Pizzarelli - My Blue Heaven (180g One Step...

Recorded in 1990 for the noted New York audiophile label Chesky Records, My Blue Heaven was John ...

Recorded in 1990 for the noted New York audiophile label Chesky Records, My Blue Heaven was John Pizzarelli’s first significant album release, heralding the arrival of a major talent and future Grammy®-winning star. Supported by a dream team line-up of veteran jazz stars - including Pizzarelli’s guitar-playing father, Bucky, together with trumpeter Clark Terry, bass supremo Milt Hinton, and drummer extraordinaire Connie Kay - the New Jersey-born singer and virtuoso of the seven-string guitar ...

Clark Terry - Portraits (180g One Step Pressing...

Released in 1989 by the noted audiophile label Chesky Records, Portraits is a testament to the pr...

Released in 1989 by the noted audiophile label Chesky Records, Portraits is a testament to the prodigious talent of the legendary trumpeter, flugelhornist, and jazz educator Clark Terry. The first of four albums for the Chesky label, Portraits was recorded when the St. Louis-born hornblower, then 68 years old, was a much-venerated jazz elder. By then, he had 35 albums under his belt and boasted a resume that included stellar collaborations with Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Quincy Jones, an...

Bob James -- Jazz Hands (MQA-CD)

MQA-CD. GRAMMY® NOMINATED Jazz Hands is Bob James' third outing for evosound, following in the wa...

MQA-CD. GRAMMY® NOMINATED Jazz Hands is Bob James' third outing for evosound, following in the wake of 2018's Espresso and 2022's Feel Like Makin' LIVE. Produced by the pianist with his manager Sonny Abelardo, the ten-track album was mostly recorded during the months of the Covid pandemic and featured James in a number of different musical settings. It also features a stellar cameo from the ex-Gnarls Barkley singer CeeLo Green on the sensuous title track and includes production input from the...

Chantal Chamberland -- Autobiography (LP)

The Hamilton Music Award winner Chantal Chamberland releases her ‘Best of’ compilation album, Aut...

The Hamilton Music Award winner Chantal Chamberland releases her ‘Best of’ compilation album, Autobiography. Her trademark smoky, sultry jazz vocal is perfectly expressed in a wonderful diversity of genres, moving from sultry and soulful to bluesy and brassy with graceful ease.Her previous success with Soirée, hitting #1 on the HMV Hong Kong Jazz Charts cements her role as one of the nest female interpreters of jazz today. The Best of compilation has all of Chantal’s nest tracks in one, feat...