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Dave Koz: Summer Horns

CD / Concord / 2013-06-11

Tracks: Always There; Got to Get You Into My Life; Rise; So Very Hard to Go; Hot Fun in the Summertime - (featuring Brian Culbertson); Take Five; 25 or 6 to 4; Reasons; I Got You (I Feel Good); You Haven't D...
Artists: Dave Koz

Personnel: Dave Koz (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Gerald Albright (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Mindi Abair (alto saxophone, barito...continue...

George Benson (Saxophone)/George Benson (Guitar): Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole

CD / Concord / 2013-06-04

Tracks: Mona Lisa; Just One of Those Things; Unforgettable; Walkin' My Baby Back Home; When I Fall in Love - (featuring Idina Menzel); Route 66; Nature Boy; Ballerina; Smile; Straighten Up and Fly Right; Too...
Artists: George Benson (Saxophone)/George Benson (Guitar)

Tributee: Nat King Cole.

Tributee: Nat King Cole.

Personnel: George Benson (vocals, guitar); Timothy May (guitar); Adam Diderrich, Robert Patrignani, Tomas Cotik, Zack Piper, Victor Colm...continue...

Emily Bear: Diversity *

CD / Concord / 2013-05-07

Tracks: Northern Lights; Blue Note; Diversity; Hot Peppers; Alika; Peralada; Jessie's Song; Jazz Angles; Italia; Salsa Americana; Tutti Cuore; Reflections; Q
Artists: Emily Bear

At the age of 11, Emily Bear has already been hailed as the 'Mozart of our time. 'Diversity, produced by Quincy Jones, features 13 songs...continue...
Personnel: Emily Bear (piano); Francisco Mela (drums).

Audio Mixer: Seth Presant.

Recording information: El Adobe Recording Studios, El Paso, TX; WEstlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
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Gerald Clayton: Life Forum

1 CD / Concord / 2013-04-02

Tracks: Life Forum, A; Future Reflection; Shadamanthem; Sir Third; Deep Dry Ocean; Dusk Baby; Mao Nas Massa; Prelude; Some Always; Like Water; Unhidden; When an Angel Sheds a Feather
Artists: Gerald Clayton

JazzTimes.com
Sure enough, Clayton delivers on that promise with the driving second composition, "Future Reflection," notable for its charging horn and voice charts, zigzagging passages and...continue...
Personnel: Gerald Clayton (vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ); Sachal Vasandani, Gretchen Parlato (vocals); Carl Hancock Rux (spoken vocals); Logan Richardson (alto saxophone); Dayna Stephens ...continue...

Kendrick Scott Oracle: Conviction *

1 CD / Concord / 2013-03-26

Tracks: Pendulum; Too Much; I Have a Dream; We Shall by Any Means; Liberty or Death; Cycling Through Reality; Conviction; Apollo; Serenity; Be Water; Memory of Enchantment
Artists: Kendrick Scott Oracle

The Jazz Times
Pianist Taylor Eigsti and guitarist Mike Moreno most reflect this vibe of purposeful understatement. Both are capable of great energy - as they...continue...
Personnel: Kendrick Scott (vocals, synthesizer, drums); Mike Moreno (guitar); John Ellis (bass clarinet, tenor saxophone); Taylor Eigsti (piano, Fender Rhodes piano).

Audio Mixers: Todd Bergman...continue...

The Next Collective: Cover Art

CD / Concord / 2013-02-26

Tracks: Twice; No Church in the Wild - (featuring Christian Scott); Africa; Fly or Die; Oceans; Refractions in the Plastic Pulse; Marvins Room - (featuring Christian Scott); Come Smoke My Herb; Perth; Thank ...
Artists: The Next Collective

Downbeat.com
These players (all born in the 1980s) have grown up musically in previous configurations with one another, and their latest project certainly benefits from those...continue...
Personnel: Matthew Stevens (guitar); Christian aTunde Adjuah (trumpet); Gerald Clayton (piano); Jamire Williams (drums).

Audio Mixer: Seth Presant.

Recording information: Sear Sound (02/...continue...

Dave Koz: Live at the Blue Note Tokyo

CD / Concord / 2013-02-12

Artists: Dave Koz

Allmuic.com
The material includes a number of excellent versions of tunes from Koz's then-current studio album.
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Saxophonist Dave Koz has been recording as a solo artist since 1990. During that time he's issued more than a dozen albums of surprising variety, and has been nominated eight times for Grammy Awards. ...continue...

Terri Lyne Carrington: Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue

CD / Concord / 2013-02-05

Tracks: Money Jungle; Fleurette Africain; Backward Country Boy Blues; Very Special; Wig Wise; Grass Roots; No Boxes (Nor Words); Little Max, A (Parfait); Switch Blade; Cut Off; REM Blues/Music
Artists: Terri Lyne Carrington

The release of Grammy-winning drummer, composer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington's homage to Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach coincides with the 50th anniversary...continue...
Personnel: Terri Lyne Carrington (drums); Tia Fuller (alto, flute); Nir Felder (guitar); Antonio Hart (flute); Robin Eubanks (trombone); Gerald Clayton (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Arturo Stable (per...continue...

Patricia Barber: Smash [Digipak]

CD / Concord / 2013-01-22

Tracks: Code Cool; Wind Song, The; Romanesque; Smash; Redshift; Spring Song; Devil's Food; Scream; Swim, The; Bashful; Storyteller, The; Missing
Artists: Patricia Barber

On Patricia Barber's debut on Concord Jazz, the imaginative pianist, vocalist and composer continues her crusade to retrieve the ground that jazz musicians long ago...continue...
Personnel: Patricia Barber (vocals, piano); John Kregor (guitar); Jon Deitemyer (drums).

Audio Mixer: Jim Anderson .

Recording information: Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL.
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Kurt Elling: 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project *

CD / Concord / 2012-09-25

Tracks: On Broadway; Come Fly with Me; You Send Me; I Only Have Eyes for You; I'm Satisfied; House Is Not a Home, A; Shoppin' for Clothes; So Far Away; Pleasant Valley Sunday; American Tune, An; Tutti for Co...
Artists: Kurt Elling

Personnel: Kurt Elling (vocals); John McLean (guitar); Laurence Hobgood (piano); Kendrick Scott (drums, congas).

Audio Mixer: Seth Presant.

Liner Note Author: Neil Tesser.

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Lee Ritenour (Jazz): Rhythm Sessions [Digipak]

CD / Concord / 2012-09-25

Tracks: Village, The; River Man; Fat Albert Rotunda; 800 Streets by Feet; Children's Song #1; L.A. by Bike; Maybe Tomorrow; Spam-Boo-Limbo; July; Rose Pedals; Dolphins Don't Dance; Punta del Soul
Artists: Lee Ritenour (Jazz)

Audio Mixer: Don Murray .

Liner Note Author: Lee Ritenour .

Recording information: Chronocromie Studio, West Los Angeles, CA (01/2012-06/2012); Jim Henson Studios, Hollywood, CA (01/2012...continue...

Chick Corea/Gary Burton (Vibes): Hot House

1 CD / Concord / 2012-09-04

Tracks: Can't We Be Friends; Eleanor Rigby; Chega de Saudade; Time Remembered; Hot House; Strange Meadow Lark; Light Blue; Once I Loved; My Ship; Mozart Goes Dancing
Artists: Chick Corea/Gary Burton (Vibes)

All About Jazz - John Kelman
With a partnership lasting longer than most marriages, pianist Chick Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton know what it takes to...continue...
Audio Mixer: Bernie Kirsch.

Liner Note Author: Gary Burton .

Recording information: Avatar Studios, New York; Mad Hatter Studio East.

Photographers: Ernest Gregory; Julie Rooney....continue...

Thelonious Monk: The Very Best of Thelonious Monk

1 CD / Concord / 2012-08-07

Tracks: Blue Monk; Hackensack; Sophisticated Lady; Bemsha Swing; Honeysuckle Rose; Ruby, My Dear; Well, You Needn't; Trinkle, Tinkle; Nutty; 'Round Midnight
Artists: Thelonious Monk

Personnel: Thelonious Monk (piano).

Liner Note Author: Neil Tesser.

Recording information: Five Spot Café, New York, NY (05/11/1954-04/03/1956); Reeves Sound Studios, New York, NY (...continue...

Bill Evans (Piano)/Bill Evans Trio (Piano): The Very Best of the Bill Evans Trio

1 CD / Concord / 2012-08-07

Tracks: Autumn Leaves; How Deep Is the Ocean?; What Is This Thing Called Love?; Blue in Green - (take); Beautiful Love; Nardis; My Foolish Heart; Gloria's Step - (take); Waltz for Debby - (take); My Man's Go...
Artists: Bill Evans (Piano)/Bill Evans Trio (Piano)

Personnel: Bill Evans (piano); Paul Motian (drums).

Liner Note Author: Neil Tesser.

This compilation from Concord compiles 11 tracks from four Bill Evans Trio albums recorded between 195...continue...

Cannonball Adderley: The Very Best of Cannonball Adderley

1 CD / Concord / 2012-08-07

Tracks: Little Taste, A; Things Are Getting Better - (featuring Milt Jackson); This Here; Know What I Mean?; Something Different; Winetone; Dizzy's Business; Work Song; Jive Samba; Inside Straight
Artists: Cannonball Adderley

Personnel: Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone).

Liner Note Author: Ashley Kahn.

Recording information: Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA (01/14/1962); Jazz Workshop, San Francisco, CA (01/1...continue...

Christian Scott (Jazz): Christian aTunde Adjuah

2 CD / Concord / 2012-07-31

Tracks: Fatima Aisha Rokero 400; New New Orleans (King Adjuah Stomp); Kuro Shinobi (Interlude); Who They Wish I Was; Pyrrhic Victory of Atunde Adjuah; Spy Boy/Flag Boy; Vs. The Kleptocratic Union (Ms. McDowe...
Artists: Christian Scott (Jazz)

Personnel: Matt Stevens, Matthew Stevens (guitar); Christian aTunde Adjuah (trumpet, siren); Lawrence Fields (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, harpsichord); Jamire Williams (drums).

Audio Mixer: Set...continue...

Various Artists: Smooth Jazz Hits: Ultimate Grooves

1 CD / Concord / 2012-07-24

Tracks: Anything's Possible; Botswana Bossa Nova - David Benoit; Highway 70; Big Brother; Come Go With Me; On & On; Oh Yeah; Any Way You Wanna; Riviera Jam - The Rippingtons; Brother Earl - Paul Brown; Here ...
Artists: Various Artists

John Coltrane: The Prestige Recordings

CD / Concord / 2012-07-24

Artists: John Coltrane

125 selections totaling over 18 hours of music.

Personnel includes: John Coltrane (alto & tenor saxophones); Jackie McLean (alto saxophone); Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Bobby Jaspar, Paul ...continue...

Kenny G/Rahul Sharma (Indian Classical): Namaste

1 CD / Concord / 2012-06-26

Tracks: Namaste; Brhama-Vishnu-Shiva; Dance of the Elephant God; Lotus Lovers; Transcendental Consciousness; Valley of Flowers; Silsila - (featuring Amitabh Bachchan); Om Shanti; Transcendental Consciousness...
Artists: Kenny G/Rahul Sharma (Indian Classical)

Personnel: Kenny G (saxophone); Rahul Sharma (vocals); Marc Jackson Burrows (guitar, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, drums); Prasad Sashtey, Jackie Vanjari (keyboards).

Audio Remixers: Marc JB;...continue...