High Note

Eric Alexander (Saxophone): Touching *

CD / High Note / 2013-02-26

Tracks: Touching; Gone Too Soon; Way She Makes Me Feel, The; Dinner for One Please, James; Central Park West; I'm Glad There Is You; September of My Years, The; Oh Girl
Artists: Eric Alexander (Saxophone)

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Personnel: Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone); Harold Mabern (piano).

Audio Mixer: Rudy Van Gelder.

Liner Note Author: Mark Keresman.

Recording information: Van Gelder Recording Stu...continue...

Shugo Tokumaru: In Focus?

CD / High Note / 2013-01-29

Artists: Shugo Tokumaru

With each of his albums, Shugo Tokumaru slowly developed an ever more polished and detailed style, as well as a bigger following: his third album, Port Entropy, made the Top 40 of Japan's Oricon album...continue...

Jeremy Pelt: Water and Earth *

CD / High Note / 2013-01-29

Tracks: Reimagine the World; Mystique; In Dreams; Boom Bishop; Meditations on a Conversation We Had; Stay; Pieces of a Dream; Prior Convictions; Butterfly Dreams
Artists: Jeremy Pelt

For most trumpeters in jazz today it must be difficult to walk the tightrope stretched between the pits of history and progress but Jeremy Pelt...continue...
Audio Mixer: Katsuhiko Naito.

Recording information: The Bunker Studio, Brooklyn, NY (09/26/2012/09/27/2012).

Photographers: Alan Nahigian; Adriana Mateo.

On 2012's outstanding So...continue...

Karen Oaki: Tranquility

CD / High Note / 2012-12-25

Tracks: Kiss Me; Dreams; She; Calling You; One Note Samba; Crying Game, The; Blue Velvet; Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head; Shape of My Heart; Corcovado; One More Kiss Dear; Middle of Darkness; When I Dream
Artists: Karen Oaki

John Digweed: Live in London

CD / High Note / 2012-12-04

Artists: John Digweed

Various Artists: Top Model, Vol. 6: Runway

CD / High Note / 2012-11-20

Tracks: Fragile - Jazzamor; Vole (Fly Away) - Miriam Skroban/4 to the Bar; Baby Girl 2014 - Molecule/Martina Topley-Bird; Look Around the Corner - The Combo Bárbaro/Alice Russell/Quantic; I Got Burned -...
Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Merry Christmas Injazz

CD / High Note / 2012-11-13

Tracks: Christmas Blues, The - Cris Barber; We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Frankie Lynne; What Christmas Means To Me - Leanne Albrecht; Silver Bell - Christie McCarthy; Santa Baby - Marlena Studer; Alone On...
Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Black Coffee [High Note]

CD / High Note / 2012-10-09

Tracks: I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl - Christine Hart; What is There To Say - Joann Funk; Black Coffee - Connie Evingson; Say It Over & Over Again - Donna Bailey; Lucky To Be Me - Carol Welsman; Still Cr...
Artists: Various Artists

Houston Person: Naturally

CD / High Note / 2012-10-09

Tracks: Bag's Groove; That's All; How Little We Know; Namely You; My Foolish Heart; Red Sails in the Sunset; Don' Cha Go 'Way Mad; It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream; Sunday
Artists: Houston Person

Personnel: Houston Person (tenor saxophone); Cedar Walton (piano); Lewis Nash (drums).

Audio Mixer: Rudy Van Gelder.

Liner Note Author: David Jaye.

Recording information: Van Geld...continue...

Various Artists: Catwalk Glamour, Vol. 7

CD / High Note / 2012-09-18

Tracks: I'd Cry - The Combo Bárbaro/Alice Russell/Quantic; Oh Lord - Mishal Moore; My Moon - The Casino Royal; Backstreet Blues - Marcel; This is a Love Song - Lilly Wood & the Prick; Lullaby [Deep Josh...
Artists: Various Artists

Tritonal: Piercing the Quiet Remixed

CD / High Note / 2012-09-18

Tracks: Lifted [Mat Zo Remix] [Tritonal Edc Intro Edit] - (remix); Retake [Ost & Meyer Remix] - (remix); Still With Me [Stoneface & Terminal Remix] - (remix); Sometimes I Wish [Beat Service Remix] - (remix);...
Artists: Tritonal

George Cables: My Muse *

CD / High Note / 2012-09-11

Tracks: Lullaby; You're My Everything; You Taught My Heart to Sing; Helen's Song; My Muse; My One and Only Love; But He Knows; Way We Were, The; My Old Flame; Hey, It's Me You're Talkin' To; I Loves You Porgy
Artists: George Cables

Personnel: George Cables (piano); Victor Lewis (drums).

Liner Note Author: George Cables.

Recording information: Sear Sound, New York, NY (01/27/2012).

Photographer: Alan Nahigian...continue...

Pat Martino: Alone Together

CD / High Note / 2012-08-14

Tracks: Four On Six; Alone Together; What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life; Sunny; Left or Right; Visit, The; One For My Baby; Israfel
Artists: Pat Martino

Joey DeFrancesco: Wonderful! Wonderful!

CD / High Note / 2012-07-17

Tracks: Wonderful! Wonderful!; Five Spot After Dark; Wagon Wheels; Solitude; Joey D; Love Letters; Old Folks; JLJ Blues
Artists: Joey DeFrancesco

Personnel: Joey DeFrancesco (organ); Larry Coryell (guitar); Jimmy Cobb (drums).

Audio Mixer: Rudy Van Gelder.

Liner Note Author: Doug Ramsey.

Recording information: Van Gelder Re...continue...

Woody Shaw: Woody Plays Woody

CD / High Note / 2012-07-17

Tracks: Little Red's Fantasy; Rahsaan's Run; Stepping Stone; Organ Grinder; OPEC; Ginseng People
Artists: Woody Shaw

Personnel: Woody Shaw (trumpet, flugelhorn); Victor Lewis (drums).

Liner Note Author: Woody Shaw.

Recording information: The Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA (1977); The Keystone Korne...continue...

Various Artists: It's Your Party

CD / High Note / 2012-06-05

Artists: Various Artists

Jody Wisternoff: Trails We Blaze

CD / High Note / 2012-05-29

Tracks: How You Make Me Smile; 95; Just One More; Back To Me; Red Stripes; Cold Drink Hot Girl [Refix] - (remix); Out of Reach; Babylon Calling; Starstrings [Revamp] - (remix); Orinoco; Slowmotion; Trails We...
Artists: Jody Wisternoff

Tom Harrell: Number Five *

CD / High Note / 2012-05-22

Tracks: Blue 'N' Boogie; Right as Rain; No. 5; Journey to the Stars; GT; Present; Star Eyes; Preludium; Question, The; Melody in B-Flat; Blue Time, A
Artists: Tom Harrell

Personnel: Tom Harrell (trumpet, flugelhorn); Wayne Escoffery (tenor saxophone); Danny Grissett (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Johnathan Blake (drums).

Liner Note Author: John Kelman.

Rec...continue...

Ray Conniff: All or Nothing At All

CD / High Note / 2012-03-27

Tracks: Remember; You'll Never Know; Dancing With Tears In My Eyes; I'm In the Mood For Love; I'll Be Seeing You; It's Dark On Observatory Hill; These Foolish Things; Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me; Young At Hea...
Artists: Ray Conniff

Liner Note Author: Hugh Palmer....continue...

Karen Aoki: Twilight Jazz: Standards with Piano & Guitar

CD / High Note / 2012-03-27

Artists: Karen Aoki

Mary Stallings: Don't Look Back

CD / High Note / 2012-03-27

Tracks: When Lights Are Low; Way You Love Me, The; Night Mist Blues; Goodbye Medley: Every Time We Say Goodbye/Goodbye; Is That...? (This Love); Don't Look Back; Love Me or Leave Me; Don't Misunderstand; Key...
Artists: Mary Stallings

Personnel: Mary Stallings (vocals).

Audio Mixer: Katherine Miller.

Liner Note Author: Eric Reed.

Recording information: Skyline Recording Studios, New York, NY (11/21/2011-11/22/2...continue...

Eric Alexander (Saxophone)/Vincent Herring: Friendly Fire: Live at Smoke

CD / High Note / 2012-03-13

Tracks: Pat 'n' Chat; Sukiyaki; Inception; Dig Dis; You've Changed; Here's That Rainy Day; Mona Lisa; Timothy
Artists: Eric Alexander (Saxophone)/Vincent Herring

Personnel: Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone); Vincent Herring (alto saxophone); Mike LeDonne (piano); Carl Allen (drums).

Audio Mixer: David Stoller.

Liner Note Author: Donald Elfman.
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Wallace Roney: Home

CD / High Note / 2012-03-13

Tracks: Utopia; Home; Pacific Express; Plaza Real; Dawn; Evolution of the Blues; Ghost of Yesterday; Revive
Artists: Wallace Roney

Personnel: Wallace Roney (trumpet); Antoine Roney (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Aruán Ortiz (keyboards).

Audio Mixer: David Stoller.

Liner Note Author: Scott Yanow.

R...continue...

Passion (dance): The Album, Vol. 2

CD / High Note / 2011-11-22

Artists: Passion (dance)

Dirty Vegas: Electric Love [Digipak] *

CD / High Note / 2011-11-22

Tracks: Little White Doves; Changes; Electric Love; Emma; Pressure; Round and Round; Today; Never Enough; Weekend; 21st Century; Electric Love [Alex Tepper Remix] - (remix); Electric Love [Paul Harris Vocal ...
Artists: Dirty Vegas

Audio Mixer: Simon Duffy.

Recording information: Fish Factory Studios, London, UK; Soup Caravan Studios, London, UK.

Photographer: James Gooding.

Grammy Award-winners for their Mi...continue...

British Sea Power: Valhalla Dancehall

CD / High Note / 2011-11-22

Tracks: Who's In Control; We Are Sound; Georgie Ray; Stunde Null; Mongk II; Luna; Baby; Living is So Easy; Observe the Skies; Cleaning Out the Rooms; Thin Black Sail; Once More Now; Heavy Water; Let the Tear...
Artists: British Sea Power

British Sea Power's fourth, proper studio album skillfully navigates the middle ground between 2008's soaring Do You Like Rock Music? and 2009's wistful, largely instrumental soundtrack for the 1934 n...continue...

Jonny (UK): Jonny

CD / High Note / 2011-11-22

Artists: Jonny (UK)

Jonny's 2011 self-titled debut is a collection of bright, literate, and catchy '60s-influenced pop. Perhaps that shouldn't be surprising given that Jonny are a supergroup featuring Teenage Fanclub's N...continue...

Various Artists: Le Jardin Sercret

CD / High Note / 2011-11-01

Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Shanghai Lounge, Vol. 6

CD / High Note / 2011-11-01

Artists: Various Artists

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour: Fruit [Bonus Tracks]

CD / High Note / 2011-10-18

Artists: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

Combining '60s lounge-pop, commercial hip-hop and Björk-esque vocals, Fruit is the adventurous debut album from Mette Lindberg and Lars Iversen (aka the Asteroids Galaxy Tour). Produced by the Da...continue...

Pat Martino Quartet: Undeniable: Live at Blues Alley [Digipak]

CD / High Note / 2011-10-11

Tracks: Lean Years; Inside Out; Goin' to a Meeting; Double Play; Midnight Special; 'Round Midnight; Side Effect
Artists: Pat Martino Quartet

Personnel: Pat Martino (guitar); Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone); Tony Monaco (organ); Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums).

Audio Mixer: Kirk Yano.

Liner Note Author: Bill Milkowski.

Recor...continue...

Houston Person: So Nice

CD / High Note / 2011-10-11

Tracks: Blues Everywhere; All Too Soon; I Wished on the Moon; Kiss and Run; So Nice; I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face; Close to You; Star Eyes; Minor Inconvenience; Easy Living; Everything I Love; Stephen S...
Artists: Houston Person

Personnel: Houston Person (tenor saxophone); Warren Vaché (cornet, flugelhorn); John Di Martino (piano); Lewis Nash (drums).

Audio Mixer: Rudy Van Gelder.

Liner Note Author: Sid Gri...continue...

Class Actress: Rapprocher [Bonus Track]

CD / High Note / 2011-10-11

Artists: Class Actress

The most impressive thing on Class Actress' debut full-length album Rapprocher is the voice of Elizabeth Harper. Her rich, powerful, not to mention thoroughly enchanting vocals give the retro-synth po...continue...

Gruff Rhys: Hotel Shampoo [Digipak]

CD / High Note / 2011-09-27

Tracks: Shark Ridden Waters; Honey All Over; Sensations In the Dark; Vitamin K; Take a Sentence; Conservation Conversation; Sophie Softly; Christopher Columbus; Space Dust, Pt. 2; At the Heart of Love; Patte...
Artists: Gruff Rhys

Personnel: Gruff Rhys (vocals, guitar, Moog synthesizer, vibraphone); Gorwel Owen (banjo, piano, Moog synthesizer); Chris Walmsley (drums).

Audio Mixer: Mario Caldato, Jr.

Recording info...continue...

Charles Earland: Scorched, Seared & Smokin': The Best of "The Mighty Burner" [Slimline] *

CD / High Note / 2011-09-20

Tracks: Count Is in the House, The; Milestones; For the Love of You; Creation, The; One Eyed Man; My Favorite Things; Sister Sadie; Mercy, Mercy; Seven Steps to Heaven; Blowing the Blues Away; I'm Walkin'; H...
Artists: Charles Earland

Personnel: Charles Earland (Hammond b-3 organ).

Liner Note Author: David Jaye.

Recording information: Fox Studios, Rutherford, NJ (02/12/1997-10/19/1999); Tedesco Studios, Paramus, NJ (0...continue...

Kenny Burrell: Tenderly *

CD / High Note / 2011-09-20

Tracks: Tenderly; Remembering Wes; Autumn Leaves; Spoken Introduction; Billie Holiday Tribute Medley: No More/Don't Explain/But Beautiful; Child is Born, A; Spoken Introduction; What a Wonderful World; Spoke...
Artists: Kenny Burrell

Personnel: Kenny Burrell (guitar).

Audio Mixer: Wayne Peet.

Liner Note Author: Kenny Burrell.

Recording information: Marjorie Branson Performance Space, Theatre @ Boston Co (11/06...continue...

Joey DeFrancesco: 40

CD / High Note / 2011-09-20

Tracks: Donny's Tune; Ashley Blue; Gloria; 100 Ways; I Got A Woman; V & G; Life Is Good; Bluz 'n' 3; Caruso
Artists: Joey DeFrancesco

Personnel: Joey DeFrancesco (organ); Rick Zunigar (guitar); Ramon Banda (drums, percussion).

Audio Mixer: Tim Hunnicutt.

Liner Note Author: Pete Fallico.

Photographers: Steve Myne...continue...

David "Fathead" Newman (Sax): The Soulful Mr. Newman [Box] *

CD / High Note / 2011-09-20

Tracks: Song for the New Man; Them That Got (I Ain't Got Nothing Yet); Willow Weep for Me; Unspeakable Times; Lonesome Head; Naima; Pharoah's Gold; Asia Beat; Georgia on My Mind; Shakabu; Blessing, The; It H...
Artists: David "Fathead" Newman (Sax)

Personnel: David "Fathead" Newman (flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone).

Liner Note Author: David Jaye.

Recording information: M&I Recording Studios, New York, NY (...continue...

Maria Taylor: Overlook

CD / High Note / 2011-08-23

Tracks: Masterplan; Matador; Happenstance; Like It Does; Bad Idea?; Idle Mind; In a Bad Way; This Could Take a Lifetime; Along for the Ride; Idle Mind [LN3 Remix] [Bonus] - (remix); Orchids [Demo][Bonus]
Artists: Maria Taylor

Maria Taylor keeps things loose and casual on her fourth solo record, combining the lush, midtempo ballads that have always been her bread and butter with a handful of pop songs and folksy Americana t...continue...

Freddy Cole: Talk To Me

CD / High Note / 2011-08-23

Tracks: Mam'selle; Lovely Day; You Just Can't Smile It Away; I Was Telling Her About You; Can We Pretend?; Talk to Me; Speak to Me of You; My Imagination; My First Impression of You; Come Home; After All The...
Artists: Freddy Cole

Personnel: Freddy Cole (vocals); Randy Napoleon (guitar); Terell Stafford (trumpet); John Di Martino (piano); Curtis Boyd (drums).

Audio Mixer: Katherine Miller.

Liner Note Author: Russ ...continue...

Adele: 21 [Bonus Tracks]

CD / High Note / 2011-08-16

Artists: Adele

Adele's 2009 debut album, 19, was a Grammy-winning smash hit that revealed the British singer/songwriter's knack for bittersweet soul and folk-infused love songs that brought to mind an infectious mix...continue...

Paul Oakenfold: Never Mind the Bollocks Here's Paul Oakenfold

CD / High Note / 2011-08-09

Artists: Paul Oakenfold

Self-described as a "two-fingered salute to all industry politics," Never Mind the Bollocks Here's Paul Oakenfold is perhaps the trance pioneer's least commercial mix compilation since 2004's Creamfie...continue...

Various Artists: Late Night Lounge [Hi Note]

CD / High Note / 2011-07-19

Tracks: One I Am, The - Zeebee; Until the Morning - Thievery Corporation; So Much Love - The Vipertones/Laura Vane; Thought's Tango - Jojo Effect/Anne Schnell; Better Things - Sharon Jones/The Dap-Kings; Lat...
Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Café Latino [High Note] [Slipcase]

CD / High Note / 2011-06-14

Tracks: Mi Inspiración - Sacha Boutros; Contigo; Estacao Verao - Sabrina Malheiros; Valso Do Pequeno Amor; El Primer Beso; Desafinado - Tempo Rei; My Heart Belongs To Daddy; El Ultimo Baile - Maria Cath...
Artists: Various Artists

Recording information: Spragueland Studio, Leucadia, CA.

Arranger: Kenneth Phun....continue...

Tom Harrell: The Time of the Sun

CD / High Note / 2011-05-31

Tracks: Time of the Sun, The; Estuary; Ridin'; Open Door, The; Dream Text; Modern Life; River Samba; Cactus; Otra
Artists: Tom Harrell

Personnel: Tom Harrell (trumpet, flugelhorn); Wayne Escoffery (tenor saxophone); Danny Grissett (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Johnathan Blake (drums).

Liner Note Author: Ted Panken.

Reco...continue...

Soulstice: In the Light [Bonus CD] [Bonus Tracks] *

CD / High Note / 2011-05-24

Artists: Soulstice

Various Artists: Smooth Jazz for Lovers [Slipcase]

CD / High Note / 2011-05-03

Tracks: Fever - Jimmy Sommers - (featuring Gloria Loring); You Had to Know - Kirk Whalum - (featuring Lalah Hathaway); Sweet Somethin' - Richard Elliot/Rick Braun; I'm Right Here - Jonathan Butler; You Don't...
Artists: Various Artists

Arranger: Kenneth Phun.

Smooth Jazz for Lovers combines 29 laid-back tunes of pleasant material from Richard Elliot, Paul Hardcastle, and Jonathan Butler, alongside tracks by Steve Cole ("You D...continue...

Karen Aoki: Voyage

CD / High Note / 2011-05-03

Tracks: Skindo-Le-Le; Poker Face; Sugar Cake; Boarding Pass (Interlude); English Man in NY [Revisited]; Another Day in Paradise; I've Got You Under My Skin; Papipa; Passenger; You Gotta Be; We Will Rock You;...
Artists: Karen Aoki

Sin Fang Bous/Sin Fang: Summer Echoes

CD / High Note / 2011-04-12

Artists: Sin Fang Bous/Sin Fang

Poor Sindri Sigfússon seems to keep getting crowded out; the multi-talented Icelandic alt-popper started Seabear as a one-man band, but before he knew it, he was in the midst of a full-blown ense...continue...

George Acosta: Visions Behind Expressions *

CD / High Note / 2011-04-12

Artists: George Acosta

Miami-based trance producer George Acosta's Visions Behind Expressions is a fairly typical effort for him. On most tracks, he uses soothing female vocals singing romantic sentiments, although "Somethi...continue...