Silkheart Records has previously released two CDs presenting the dynamics of Guerino Mazzola on grand piano and Heinz Geisser on percussi...

From Stephen Rush's liner notes: « What we have here is new music. Free music. Ellington and Armstrong were right in not wanting to...

From John Corbett's liner notes:   « Trombonist Steve Swell's approach to a Bartók homage on Kende Dreams is a synthesis and it...

When Keith Knox and I founded Silkheart Records in 1984, our main objective was to present the “new American jazz”, but also to record th...

Over the years I've seen a lot of "new talent" come and go. Some are very young, some already over-the-hill. All eager to m...

"Someday" by percussionist Heinz Geisser and pianist Guerino Mazzola is a companion album to "Folia/The UNAM Concert"...

Swiss drummer Heinz Geisser and pianist Guerino Mazzola have worked together since 1994, dovetailing their considerable creative energies...

This live recording was made in May 1999 at the Dream Palace in New Orleans during the annual jazz festival. The session was improvisatio...

German born saxophonist Thomas Borgmann was the last of a long line of hornmen to perform to the accompaniment of the famous rhythm team ...

Recorded nine months after Ernest Dawkins replaced Edward Wilkerson as featured reed artist, this session was recorded in fine sound at D...

Recorded in an excellent Stockholm studio during December 1996, AALY TRIO + KEN VANDERMARK features Mats Gustafsson and Ken Vandermark on...

The Assif Tsahar Trio has recently been causing a stir in downtown New York music circles and at one or other summer jazz festival, as fo...

This CD comprises live recordings of sessions by this exciting duo, from both the 1994 and 1995 "What Is Jazz Festival(s)?" at ...

This historic session was recorded at Soundscape on Valentine's Day 1981 and was the duo's only American appearance. Kevin Whiteh...

This session, recorded in a superb midtown studio in New York during September 1995, shows the David S. Ware Quartet at the height of its...

"And the entirety of Lacy's art is to be found in compacted form in solo concerts like 5 x Monk, 5 x Lacy."  Bill Shoema...

"For lovers of this music, here is a disc with a definitive place reserved for it, a very lofty place."  Gustave Cerutti, Im...

The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble has been "breaking the habit of boredom and pushing beyond nostalgia into the present" for almost ...

"The music on Chicago Now! is dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians)....

"Ernest Dawkins' Chicago Now (vol 1) is definitely in the category of lively, colorful music and is full of surprises and unpre...