Sue Foley is a multi-award-winning musician and of the one of the finest blues and roots artists working today. She is a veritable triple-threat of musical talent as a guitarist, songwriter and vocalist. As with many blues women of the past, Foley has a long history of defying convention, and being a positive role model for aspiring, young female musicians.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow is an album by American Jazz pianist Harold Mabern. It was recorded in 2005 and released by Venus Records. All of the compositions are by Harold Arlen. Mabern commented that, "I've always studied him because his music is very bluesy. And you don't really have to do anything to his music but just go ahead and play it". Jones uses brushes on most of the tracks. "A Sleeping Bee" gets a "gospel-inflected soul-jazz treatment". "This Time the Dream's on Me" has "a hip Latin vamp to introduce a soul-jazz-infused arrangement". Mabern's arrangement of "Savannah" begins as a calypso and then shifts into hard bop.

"Back to Soul" ist das Motto von "Colors". Mit analogen Instrumenten und in monatelanger Detailarbeit haben Max Mutzke und seine Mitmusiker aus legendären Hip-Hop-Nummern von Superstars wie Grandmaster Flash, OK Kid, De La Soul, Warren G. oder Mary J. Blige neue, krachende Neo-Soul-Hymnen gemacht - gemischt und gemastered von Grammy-Gewinner und D'Angelo Producer Russell Elevado.

A wonderful jazz album, dedicated to Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong. Featuring trumpeter Byron Stripling who's also singing his two favorite songs in Nikki style. The other musicians is John Di Martino (piano) & Alvin Atkinson (drums).

The definitive version of the legendary 1984 Japan tour is unveiled with fully restored and remastered sound, in a previously unreleased full concert form.

Twenty-five year old Chinese pianist Yuja Wang is widely recognized for playing that combines the spontaneity and fearless imagination of youth with the discipline and precision of a mature artist. Regularly lauded for her controlled, prodigious technique, Yuja has been praised for her authority over the most complex technical demands of the repertoire, the depth of her musical insight, as well as her fresh interpretations and graceful, charismatic stage presence.