Joanie Sommers was the other big female crossover (records and TV) star on the Warner Bros. roster besides Connie Stevens, and just like was...

Gregg Karukas' 11 solo CD's have garnered consistently solid reviews for his signature piano touch, pristine production, and melodie...

Vocalist-songwriter-pianist Spencer Day is an artistic vagabond, a modern-day musical nomad. Born in Utah, raised in rural Arizona, currentl...

Timeless club soul from Kyoto Jazz Massive groover Shuya Okino – who recruits an all star line up of guests for Destiny – and crafts dancefl...

Cesaria Evora began her career as a singer in Mindelo on the island of São Vicente more than forty-five years ago. Aged just twenty, she was...

Magnetic Soil is Soil & "Pimp" Sessions first album of original material since 2009. Soil & "Pimp" Sessions, ar...

The debut album of The Jason Stein Quartet, The Story This Time , brings together Chicago bass clarinetist Jason Stein with three of his fav...

Cameron Pierre is a respected staple on the U.K. Jazz scene. The guitarist was born in London and raised on the Caribbean island of Dominica...

The mighty Miguel Migs returns with his third artist album, a genre-crossing creation featuring guests ranging from Bebel Gilberto to Caplet...

Kim Waters latest release is his 17th album as a leader and tenth for Shanachie Entertainment, This Heart of Mine, which artfully showcase...

A solid and decades spanning double dose set of classic and less canonized gems from African sax legend Manu Dibango on 2-CDs with material ...

Returning to their huge old school sound, this new recording celebrates 35 years of Azymuth as “arguably the most successful band to come ou...

Mauricio Maestro began his career as a member of the vocal quartet Momentoquatro in the late 60s, before he and Nana Vasconcelos became frie...

Meshell Ndegeocello is back with her latest album Weather, out November 8th on Naïve in the U.S. Her ninth album in 20 years, Weather finds...

Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings have announced the release of The Very Best of Neil Diamond - The Original Studio Recordings on Tue...

Emanuele Cisi has earned a reputation as being one of Italy 's top tenor and soprano saxophonists over the last two decades with his dis...

This latest installment of the Soul Togetherness series (the 12th), includes 15 modern soul room dancefloor tracks. This compilations feat...

If "esperanza" is the Spanish word for hope, then bassist, vocalist and composer Esperanza Spalding could not have been given a mo...

Ever since his solo debuts in 1999, Richard Bona has defended the idea of music that’s universal: generous and accessible to all. He was bor...