Jazz

Tobias Haug – “Awakening”

Tobias Haug – “Awakening”

On “Awakening”, Tobias presents 9 original compositions, all penned by Haug, and expands the line-up to a quintet setting with the addition of Jakob Bänsch on trumpet. In addition the line-up is further expanded with Renis Mendoza, adding percussion on four of the nine tracks. Also joining Tobias on the album is pianist Simon Seidl, bassist Caris Hermes and rounding out the line-up is drummer Felix Ambach.

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Brownie – “Endless Summer” – Single

Brownie – “Endless Summer” – Single

Concurrent with the release of various singles and an EP by Groovaz, Peter “Brownie” Braunholz’s duo with saxman Vladimir Strecker, the veteran German composer/producer and multi-instrumentalist keeps the breezy, beachy flow of his coastal California-inspired songs flowing on his crisp, cool and seductive solo EP Endless Summer.

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Groovaz  – “Ocean Drive”

Groovaz – “Ocean Drive”

Summer’s over, but don’t tell German-based, funk-jazz duo Groovaz, who seem intent on making their free-spirited vibes last forever with intoxicating grooves and a mix of silky soul and sunny, drive-time jams on their debut EP Ocean Drive

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Guido May – “Flow”

Guido May – “Flow”

Guido May is one of Germany’s top Jazz and Funk drummers with a list of credits that include the “creme de la creme” of the international jazz world. Perhaps best known for his long term collaboration with funk icon Pee Wee Ellis, Guido sees this album as a tribute to both Pee Wee and their 25 year long musical journey.

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Joe Farrell – “Inferno” – live

Joe Farrell – “Inferno” – live

Joe Farrell, was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who primarily performed as a saxophonist and flutist. He is best known for a series of albums under his own name on the CTI record label and for playing in the initial incarnation of Chick Corea’s Return to Forever.

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MTJQ – “Perfection”

MTJQ – “Perfection”

MTJQ is led by pianist Kenneth Berkel and Saxophonist Niko Zeidler along with Alex Will and Johannes Koch on bass and drums. The quartet’s repertoire is stylistically rooted firmly in the jazz tradition while at the same time looking forward.

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Terry Gibbs Dream Sextet – “4am” – live

Terry Gibbs Dream Sextet – “4am” – live

Terry Gibbs is one of the most legendary musicians in the world. He has seen and done it all. He has played with some of the greatest musicians in jazz history such as: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Mel Torme, Buddy DeFranco, Tiny Kahn and many more. He also conducted tv shows for Steve Allen and Regis Philbin.

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Farrago – “Glossolalia”

Farrago – “Glossolalia”

Our project is an attempt at finding a common ground for our different musical capabilities and means of expression, one of us being an improvisational saxophonist, and the other a classical pianist.

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Della Reese – “One of a Kind – live”

Della Reese – “One of a Kind – live”

Extremely multifaceted and extraordinarily successful. These attributes fit hardly any singer better than Della Reeese. This jazz concert “one of a kind” is the only ever released “live” production of the singer Della Reese. Their accompanists were among the first guard of LA jazz musicians. As a listener you have the feeling of sitting in the middle of a jazz club.

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Mia Brentano’s Summerhouse

Mia Brentano’s Summerhouse

Mia Brentano’s first two albums, with their diverse, stylistically very free compositions which defy all descriptions, hit the nerve of the times: in the USA, both made it onto the annual “want list” by the classical music magazine Fanfare, while the second also received a Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik

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