Christian McBride's second big-band album, 2017's Bringin' It, is a robust, swaggeringly performed set of originals and standards showcasing his deft arranging skills and his ensemble's exuberant virtuosity. The album comes six years after his previous big-band outing, The Good Feeling, and once again finds the bassist conscripting a slew of his talented cohorts (some new, others returning), including saxophonists Steve Wilson and Ron Blake, trumpeters Freddie Hendrix and Brandon Lee, trombonist Steve Davis, pianist Xavier Davis, drummer Quincy Phillips, and others.

„Middle of the Road“ is Eric Gales fourth album after Transformation (2011), Relentless (2010) and The Psychedelic Underground (2007) and it sees him at his most expressive yet; it is a deeply personal and reflective record that echoes where he is in his life right now and he opens himself up and allows himself the chance to really flourish.

Meet King Leg, the aptly titled debut album from Rock ‘n’ Roll force of nature King Leg is the perfect introduction to this young yet incredibly seasoned sounding musician. With a sound that takes British and American rock, country and even a dash of R&B and mixes them all together, King Leg has crafted an incredibly unique debut release that will stand the test of time. It sounds like it could have been released decades ago, but instead, Meet King Leg arrives in 2017, when we need a reminder of what good old fashioned Rock ‘n’ Roll was all about.

Famous faces, shameless name dropping and dragging up the old catalogues, all seem to go hand in hand, creating a rinse, reuse, recycle formula for when it comes to writing about the recurring banner that surmises anyone who has been in more than one band, that banner is “Super-group”. So let us leave the history at the door, today. Sons of Apollo, the God of music, are set to bare a musical lovechild of their own in the form of their debut album entitled ‘Psychotic Symphony’. No introductions are needed when it comes to he who is at the helm of it all, Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theatre).

Harri Ahmas is a bassoon (Fagott) player in the Lahti SO, and, as such, he has participated in countless recordings for us. He has also aranged a lot of music included in that orchestra's records of Finnish Psalms without singing - an as surprising as overwhelming sales success story). Not content with that, he is also a composer in his own right, and we are proud to be able to present to you his First Symphony, lovingly played by his orchestra under no less than Okko Kamu. This is, for the time being, a digital-only release, so this is the only chance you have to buy it until further notice.

Cool readers, relax readers, find yourself listening to the album "Melodicity" by French guitarist Christian Brun. All compositions are of the leader. They sound like standards. It does not seek to innovate, to surprise, simply to put you, readers cool, readers relax in the best possible arrangements. He arrives there with a fluid and quiet phrasing, a trio supple and warm like velvet. It sounds like a night in Paris in the rain when you're dry in your home, friends, a Jazz club.

Elève favori de Franz Liszt, Julius Reubke, disparu à l'âge de 24 ans de tuberculose, nous laisse une œuvre réduite mais d'une qualité exceptionnelle. Sa Sonate pour piano (1857) et surtout sa Sonate pour orgue en ut mineur «Psaume 94» comptent parmi les œuvres les plus remarquables du répertoire romantique du XIXème siècle. Muza Rubackyte au piano et Olivier Vernet à l’orgue, nous offrent une intégrale magistrale (les deux sonates et 4 pièces inédites ou beaucoup plus rares…) sur deux magnifiques instruments : un grand piano Fazzioli, et l’orgue monumental Ladegast/Eule de l’église St-Nicolas de Leipzig.

What a unique, miraculous merger, that of the universes, so contrasted and so complementary, of Richard Wagner (1813-1883) and Franz Liszt (1811-1886), whose thinking and oeuvre so marked the 19th century and who still fascinate us up to the present day.

Why yet another Messiah? ‘I went through the different scores that exist and decided on the very interesting 1754 version, which features five soloists. You must remember that, when Handel arrived somewhere to perform his oratorio, he had soloists of varying standards available to him. So he quickly revised his score accordingly… All this is directly related to the reality of Handel’s situation as a concert promoter.

Grammy Award-winners Ian Bostridge and Sir Antonio Pappano have been working together on the stage and in the recording studio for over 20 years. Now they embark on a project marking the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare with a new album out in September. Shakespeare Songs celebrates the four centuries of music and performance that his plays and sonnets have inspired.

Craig Ogden is one of the great guitarists of our time, and has been a regular fixture in the UK Classical Charts with his albums being among the best- selling classical releases of the year. He is a firm favourite with Classic FM listeners, and this new album will be eagerly awaited by them. Belfast-born composer Brian Knowles concerto written for his guitarist son is infused with Spanish traditional music and atmosphere, and is beautifully written for guitar.

Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and Hiatus Kaiyote bandleader Nai Palm is among Australia’s greatest musical talents. Accompanied only by backing vocals and intricate guitars, her silky voice—rich and full-bodied at times, extraordinarily delicate at others—is gloriously exposed on her solo debut. Needle Paw features originals, covers, and new Hiatus Kaiyote arrangements (including “Atari” and “Molasses,” sampled by Kendrick Lamar and Anderson .Paak, respectively), spectacularly peaking with a dizzying nine-minute medley of David Bowie’s “Blackstar”, Radiohead’s “Pyramid Song” and “Breathing Underwater,” followed by an intimate take on “Borderline with My Atoms.” This album is, simply, flawless.

French star pianist Alexandre Tharaud takes on the blockbuster ‘Rach 2’ concerto in a thrilling performance with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Russian maestro Alexander Vedernikov. It is coupled with more intimate Rachmaninov for piano six-hands (for which Alexandre is flanked by Alexander Melnikov and Aleksandar Madžar) and the icing on the cake: a sublime Vocalise in the original version for voice and piano, with pure-voiced French soprano Sabine Devieilhe.

Halloween was Frank Zappa’s favorite holiday & by 1977 his Halloween shows were legendary. Recorded live at The Palladium in NYC, Zappa performed 6 shows 28-31 October. 4 shows were filmed & resulted in Zappa’s movie “Baby Snakes.” The Halloween 77 box includes all 6 shows in their entirety, mixed in 2016 from original Vault masters, on USB stick in 24-bit WAV audio with 32-page digital booklet, Zappa Halloween mask & costume. The shows rock hard & feature unreleased performances & arrangements.

When Was The Last Time, the long-awaited fifth studio country album on Capitol Records Nashville, will be released nationwide Friday, October 20. The Platinum-selling star released the album’s second single, a song he wrote with Derek George and Travis Hill, “For The First Time”, which is the follow-up to his most recent No. 1 single, “If I Told You, marking eight country No. 1 singles for Rucker since his country music debut in 2008. Earlier this week, Rucker spoke with Billboard about teaming up with esteemed Nashville producer Ross Copperman (Dierks Bentley, Brett Eldredge, Keith Urban) to bring his vision for the album to life.