Pianist Todd Cochran first made his mark as a teenager playing with saxophonist John Handy, sitting in on occasional Bay Area jazz sets (one of which made it to John Klemmer's Intensity album), and being featured on Bobby Hutcherson's 1971 Blue Note album Head On when he was just 20.

To many jazz purists, the fusion of funk, soul, and jazz that evolved from the late '60s through the mid-'70s quickly shifted from interesting diversion to unabashed sacrilege. Watching the open-ended improvisation adventurousness of bebop, "the new thing," and free jazz give way to four-on-the-floor rhythms, simplified melodies, and–gasp!–verse-chorus-verse vocals was too much to bear for the self-proclaimed keepers of the flame.

Although Idris Muhammad's mid-'70s work on the Kudu/CTI labels has been what he's most known for among crate diggers and jazz-funk afficionados, the drummer cut a widely varied path through jazz and R&B in the years leading up to them.

The early-to-mid '70s found Prestige Records expanding their purview beyond the blues-based soul-jazz that had become their calling card in the late '60s.

Schubert's piano sonata was recorded in 2015 and 2017 and released on the Easonus label.Schubert was the composer who Leonskaya had worked on for many years with deep thoughts, and "the more you work on it, the more you feel like you want to go ahead.

As relationships evolve, a special language can develop between partners. This language can foster new ways of approaching syntax and messages that have been often repeated. The duo of drummer Allison Miller and pianist Carmen Staaf found their voices together with repeated, enthusiastic involvement in a variety of musical settings.

American singer/songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist King Princess delivers her soulful vocals over warm, atmospheric synth production inspired by influences like Perfume Genius, Nick Cave, Beyoncé, and Dolly Parton. She broke through in 2018 with her single "1950" before hitting the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 with her 2019 debut, Cheap Queen. Along with a feature on Mark Ronson's track "Pieces of Us," she has released singles like 2020's "Only Time Makes It Human" and 2021's "House Burn Down."

Foursome follows 2016’s Threesome, and — fittingly — it’s even wilder. All four Buttering members are prolific collaborators outside the Trio, and their music together has always been the product of spontaneous creation and discovery. No agenda, no expectations. Their first full LP with Bresler behind the drums, Foursome emerged from four days in a Tel Aviv studio in 2020. After years of programming grooves, the album is also their first fully live set — every sound was written, arranged and recorded on the spot, blooming spontaneously from jams and then condensed into songs. “It felt like a lemon being squeezed,” says Dun. “All those creative juices in such a dense time.” The album is 12 tracks of sticky-sweet, smoke-filled grooves, as dreamy as they are danceable.

Plenty of musicians take great pains to create distance between their lyrics and their personal lives. Amanda Shires is not one of them. Each of the 10 songs on her new album, Take It Like a Man, comes directly from her own experience, a point she emphasizes in the press notes for the album. “Everything on the record is autobiographical. I didn’t hold anything back,” Shires said.

DC League of Super-Pets is a 2022 American 3D computer-animated superhero comedy film produced by Warner Animation Group, based on the DC Comics superhero team Legion of Super-Pets. The film is directed by Jared Stern in his theatrical directorial debut, who co-wrote it with John Whittington.Steve Jablonsky is an American composer for film, television and video games, best known for his musical scores in the Transformers film series. Some of his frequent collaboration partners include film directors Michael Bay and Peter Berg, and fellow composer Hans Zimmer.

Live is the first live album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1977. It was recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London on March 25, 1977.

Stevie Wonder had a record-breaking year in 1984 thanks to the song "I Just Called To Say I Love You" from this soundtrack. The song won an Academy Award, went to number one on charts around the world, and became Motown’s all time biggest-selling single internationally. The soundtrack album, containing other songs from Wonder and featuring Dionne Warwick, sold a million copies in the US and was certified gold or platinum in several other countries. This wasn’t Wonder's first foray into movie music: he had previously recorded the soundtrack to the documentary "The Secret Life Of Plants" in 1979.

"The Heart Of The Matter" is the eleventh studio album from critically-acclaimed GRAMMY-nominated Jazz-vocalist Jane Monheit. This stunning recording pays homage to great songwriters and voices from a variety of musical genres.

An extraordinarily gifted jazz vocalist whose sincere and romantic interpretations of exceptional songs has made her a favorite in both the jazz and cabaret worlds, Jane Monheit has garnered numerous accolades in the past decade. "Home" is her best album yet. Monheit digs deep into classic songs: the upbeat Arthur Schwartz/Howard Dietz classic “A Shine On Your Shoes,” the swinging Rodgers and Hart gem “Everything I’ve Got Belongs To You”, a charming rendition of Irving Berlin’s “Isn’t It A Lovely Day,” and many others. Backed by an all-star cast of musicians, including guitarists John Pizzarelli and Frank Vignola, violinist Mark O’Connor, and acclaimed keyboardist Larry Goldings, this two-time Grammy nominee shines like never before.

Es ist das mit Spannung erwartete Musik-Highlight des Jahres: Andrea Berg überrascht ihre Fans mit einem neuen Album der Extraklasse. 30 Jahre Andrea Berg: Giovanni Zarrella, Maite Kelly, DJ Ötzi, Kerstin Ott, Al Bano, Semino Rossi, Nik P., Nino de Angelo sowie weitere hochkarätige internationale Stars haben eigens für das neue Album “Ich würd ́s wieder tun” gemeinsam mit der Ausnahmekünstlerin Songs aufgenommen. Der Blick auf das Tracklisting verspricht für die kommenden Wochen bis zur VÖ zudem noch einige Überraschungen…