We know holiday shopping can be stressful, so we’re here to help! Here are a few of our favorite new albums that any jazz fan is sure to enjoy!
This Year We Fell In Love with
Ella Fitzgerald All Over Again
In honor of what would have been Ella Firtzgerald’s 100th birthday, Verve Records released Someone To Watch Over Me. The album features digitally remastered vocal tracks from Ella’s original Decca and Verve Records recordings paired with newly orchestrated and arranged performances by the London Symphony Orchestra.
Let’s Turn Up The Quiet with Diana Krall
"This album represents a time in my life when I’m most comfortable with who I am and what I’m doing." – Diana Krall
“For Ms. Krall, the jazz and pop standards on ‘Quiet,’ like the many others she has performed through the years, represent not the past but the enduring. Its not about a period of time or a demographic. It’s about finding romance in everything, in beauty or in things that are sad.” – New York Times
We Caught the Bill Charlap Trio
Uptown & Downtown in 2017
In the world’s jazz capital of New York, Bill Charlap is considered one of the great players of songs for musicals and Broadway shows. A connoisseur of the American Songbook, he has previously drawn material for albums dedicated to Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein. On Uptown, Downtown, Charlap preserves this love of song while leading the trio he has performed with since 1997.
We’re Passionate About Charlie Parker
On this impulse! release, Charlie Parker's music is uniquely re-imagined by living legends of the modern jazz scene. This release aims to sound like something that outlines the shape of what Bird might be doing in this time.
Feeling Blue? Listen to
Anouar Brahem’s Blue Maqams
Blue Maqams the Tunisian oud master together with three brilliant improvisers: the “Maqams” of the title refers to the Arabic modal music system, rendered kind of blue by the jazz players.
