The Cult

Brad Mehldau takes on good old Sebastian and add his own ‘After Bach’ compositions. ‘Touch of Classic’

Brad Mehldau' s 'After Bach' is a live album including four Bach preludes and one fugue, plus seven of Mehldau's compositions and released on March 9, 2018 by Nonesuch

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‘Landfall’ by Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet is about loss, chaos and Hurricane Sandy in that (dis)order

'Landfall' by Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet is a collaborative album about Anderson's experience with Hurricane Sandy, mixing music, spoken words & electronics and released on February 16, 2018 by...

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Rapper from Dublin, Rejjie Snow mixes all kinds of influences around one theme : ‘Love’ (explicit)

Rejjie Snow's 'Dear Annie' is his first studio album featuring Dana Williams, Anna Of The North, Kaytranada among other guests and released on February 16, 2018by 300 Entertainment

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Van Morrison – Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue

Released on March 24, 2015, "Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue" is the thirty fith album by Van Morrison duetting with Bobby Womack, Steve Winwood, Joss Stone, Gregory Porter, Taj Mahal, Mark...

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World Wide Xmas

From 'Christmas In Jamaica' to 'A Spaceman Came Travelling' , we have mixed 20 'Jazz & World Music' tunes around the theme of 'Xmas Around The World'. It has Chacal...

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Her Wish List

From 'Thats What I Want For Christmas' to 'Give Me That Slow Knowing Smile' , we have mixed 17 'Ladies Song' tunes around the theme of 'Her Christmas List'. It...

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Post Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

On this day (and following the success of Volume One), Ray Charles begins the recording of "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two." As Marc Myers @ JazzWax...

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Me:nu Du Jour – April 9, 2016

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOL[TOD:AY] We Celebrate Steve Gadd . We Listen To Buddy Rich, Bob Dylan, Natalie Cole, Gil Evans . We Watch Clark Terry, Jon Cleary, John Scofield, James Newton,...

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(from walkin’ to runnin’) Blues on two feet

From 'Walkin' This Highway' to 'You Got Me Running', we have mixed 18 'Blues' tunes around the theme of 'Run & Walk'. It has Magic Slim, John Lee Hooker, B.B....

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Jazzin’Around The Nearness of You

Starting and ending with Hoagy Carmichael / Ned Washington's composition 'The nearness of you', we have mixed 18 'Old Fashion and Mellow Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Hoagy Carmichael...

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Feelin’ Kind of Blue(sy)

From 'Lord, I Feel Just Like Goin' On' to 'Blues with a Feeling' , we have mixed 19 'Blues' tunes around the theme of 'Feelings'. It has Blind Gary Davis,...

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I Wish I Could But I Can’t

From 'I Can't Stay Mad At You' to 'I Can't Get Started' , we have mixed 17 'Jazz, Soul, Blues,…' tunes around the theme of 'Things You Can't Do'. It...

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Islanders

From 'Canteloupe Island' to 'Song Of The Islands' , we have mixed 15 'Mostly Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Islands'. It has Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter, Hugh Masekela,...

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I Can’t Get Started (and Other Phony Excuses)

From 'I Can't Get Started' to 'Nobody's Fault But Mine' , we have mixed 16 'Jazz and Soul' tunes around the theme of 'Excuses'. It has Eddie Hinton, Rickie Lee...

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Jazzin the Samba

From 'Samba De Minha Terra' to 'Samba de Una Nota So (One Note Samba)' , we have mixed 18 'Jazzified Samba' tunes around the theme of 'Real Jazzmen Doing Brazilian...

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Boogie Me!

From 'Spann s Boogie' to 'Saint-Louis stomp' , we have mixed 22 'True Swing' tunes around the theme of 'Boogie Woogie'. It has Speckled Red, Blind John Davis , Dave...

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When Mambo Meets Samba

From 'Let's mambo' to 'Vai, vai mesmo & Se a saudade me apertar...' , we have mixed 20 'Mambo or Samba' tunes around the theme of 'Latin'. It has Benny...

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It’s Snow (or Never)

From 'Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!' to 'Ornette Never Sleeps' , we have mixed 19 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Snow (or … Never)'. It...

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Swinging ’round Midnight

From 'Big Noise From Winnetka Midnight Swim' to 'Midnight Sun' , we have mixed 21 'Jazz For Dancers' tunes around the theme of 'Midnight'. It has B.B. King, Cab Calloway,...

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Hey Jude

Starting and ending with 'Hey Jude' made famous by The Beatles, we made a playlist powered by Hittin'Around. It has Chuck Berry, John Holt, Baba Yaga, Surfaris and many more....

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