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Carmen SouzaPort’Inglês
"Port'Inglês" (English harbour) brings together musical tales about the special culture of the Cape Verdean islands and their inhabitants. Carmen Souza takes on these untold stories about the British past in Cape Verde and the long struggle for decolonisation in her very own style. Using jazz as a language and expression of freedom for all cultures, the singer moves to traditional rhythms such as funana, contradança, morna and mazurka. Together with her musical partner Theo Pascal, Carmen Souza has ...more

New releases January 2025

GMC113CD
World Music  Spanien  Arabo-Andalusische Musik16.98 EUROAl Andaluz Project Iman KandoussiThe Songs of Iman Kandoussi - Traditional Arabic AndalusianThe Al Andaluz Project group was formed in 2005 after the musicians of Estampie attended a concert by the Spanish band Aman Aman as part of the Jewish Culture Days in Munich. With the aim of reviving the music of the Jewish-Sephardic, Christian and Arabo-Andalusian cultures, as they were in Moorish-ruled Spain in peaceful and mutually beneficial coexistence, the band recorded four studio and one live ... more
HCD7436CD
World Music  Weihnachten19.98 EUROGjermund LarsenChristmas SessionsGjermund Larsen Trio´s “Christmas Sessions” is a warm and intimate Christmas album. The trio lets the melodies shine with a strong folk music identity.After nearly 20 years of playing their own compositions, Gjermund Larsen Trio is now releasing their first Christmas album. In a beautiful, folk-inspired musical landscape, the trio interprets well-known and beloved Christmas songs in their own unique ... more
RON040LP2 LP
Jazz  Allgemein30.99 EURONik Bärtsch's RoninSPIN (LP)
MA18742CD
World Music  Spanien  Barcelona-Mestizo17.98 EUROAmparo SanchezRitual SonoroAmparo Sánchez presents ‘RITUAL SONORO’, the fifth solo album by the singer and leader of AMPARANOIA in her most intimate, spiritual and personal form. She is accompanied by Raly Barrionuevo, an Argentinian folklore artist, and Willy Fuego, a Catalan singer and producer. Guitars and voices resound in an acoustic homage to arrangements and originals by the Andalusian artist in the rich timbres of son, ... more
MZP018CD
World Music  Afrika  Allgemein17.98 EUROTamalaDiboliWith their third album, Diboli, Tamala officially present themselves as a quartet, with the addition of harmonica and guitar player Olivier Vander Bauwede. Diboli, a border town between Senegal and Mali, where Mola Sylla's ancestors come from, symbolises the connection to their past. The album is a tribute to all the musicians who have contributed to the rich musical tradition of West Africa, but whose ... more
MMR16263LP
World Music  Spanien25.99 EUROAmparo SanchezRitual Sonoro (LP)
DIRT-CD-0120CD
World Music  Folk  Singer/Songwriter16.98 EUROLiv GreeneDeep FeelerLiv Greene is no longer running from herself. She has arrived, opened up to the unknown, and given free rein to her longing, frustration, and love. ‘Deep Feeler,’ her second album, is a reckoning with reality, a vulnerable snapshot of hard-won self-acceptance. It is feminine, queer, and rebellious. And it marks the beginning of the singer as a powerful new voice, joining the songwriter tradition of ... more
DT9501CD
Jazz  Allgemein15.98 EURORoni Ben-HurThe Abraxas Sessions, Vol 2Jazz guitarist Roni Ben-Hur has earned a sterling reputation as a musician and educator, renowned for his golden tone, improvisational brilliance, compositional lyricism and ability to charm peers, students and listeners alike. Eminent jazz critic Gary Giddins wrote in the Village Voice: “A limber and inventive guitarist, Ben-Hur keeps the flame alive and pure, burning in every note… He’s a guitarist ... more
DIRT-LP-0120LP
World Music  Folk  Singer/Songwriter20.98 EUROLiv GreeneDeep Feeler (LP)
TCB02502CD
Jazz  Allgemein17.98 EURODado Moroni TrioMorges 2009Dado Moroni comes from a proud tradition of Italian pianists who are among the best in the world, and he is lucky enough to come from a country that truly knows what it means to ‘sing’. This famous spirit of the ‘Canzonetta’ also inspires the smallest of his interpretations and gives them a natural weight and lyricism that is imbued with a positive feeling. In July 2009, Dado Moroni's trio was on the ... more
PN16904 CD
Klassik  Mittelalter27.98 EUROEduardo PaniaguaCantigas de Loor
REDR123344-22 CD
Jazz  Allgemein30.99 EUROGaspare PasiniPepperlegacyArt Pepper believed that jazz is passion.Technique and skill in improvisation areimportant of course, and wit and swing andprettiness. But it was in the passionate expressionof emotion, of joy, grief, rage, frustration, bliss,and longing that his music found its echo inhis hearers’ hearts. Gaspare’s creation, the ArtPepper Legacy, is a child of his passion for themusic he feels so profoundly that he ... more
MRB-ML02-021CD
World Music  Afrika  Mali15.98 EURONfaly DiakitéHunter Folk Vol I: Tribute to Toumani KonéBorn in 1989 in Bamako, Mali, Nfaly Diakité is a member of the Donsow, Bambara animist hunters. Nfaly Diakité is named after his grandfather, the late Nfaly Diakité, one of Mali’s most respected donso chiefs. His grandfather did not play, but as a leading figure in the donso brotherhood, he was always accompanied by musician Yoro Sidibé. Nfaly grew up alongside Yoro Sidibé, who became his first master ... more
REDR123342-22 CD
Jazz  Allgemein30.99 EUROSphereThe Complete at Umbria JazzIn recent times, a search of the Red Recordsarchive led to the discovery of two quarterinchtapes, believed to be blank. Upon closerexamination, a single Sphere track wasdiscovered on each of the reels. A remarkablediscovery since, incredibly for such an importantjazz group, the official recording legacy is limitedto two Elektra Musician releases and two RedRecords live recordings.Now The Complete Live ... more
REDR123342-12 LP
Jazz  Allgemein70.00 EUROSphereThe Complete Live at Umbria Jazz (2 LP)In recent times, a search of the Red Recordsarchive led to the discovery of two quarterinchtapes, believed to be blank. Upon closerexamination, a single Sphere track wasdiscovered on each of the reels. A remarkablediscovery since, incredibly for such an importantjazz group, the official recording legacy is limitedto two Elektra Musician releases and two RedRecords live recordings.Now The Complete Live ... more
RON041CDCD
Jazz  Contemporary17.98 EUROJoris VanvinckenroyeBASta! IIIIf you don't know better you would think that more instruments are covered, the sound of a violin is approximated by taking the thinnest string apart just above the comb, yet it is only the bass that rocks, swings, wails melancholically or convinces rhythmically.- Mirjam AdriaansBASta! is the solo project of double bass player and composer Joris Vanvinckenroye, in which heexplores and pushes the limits ... more
HCD7421CD
World Music  Norwegen23.98 EUROErlend Viken TrioVille VeierWith hardanger fiddle, electric guitar, and double bass, the Erlend VikenTrio presents folk music with a distinctive soundscape; rooted in Norwegian tradition, and drawing inspiration from improvisational music, rock, and desert blues. The trio has performed concerts throughout much of Europe and has garnered many fans across genre boundaries through their energetic live performances. Their previous ... more
FA58883 CD
Jazz  Soul23.98 EURODiverseThe Indispensable Doo Wop Vocal Groups 1934-1962Merging the best of gospel, jazz, blues and rock, the rhythm & blues vocal groups were no doubt the cream of American popular music. Belatedly tagged ‘doo wop,’ astounding African-American groups — both virtuoso and obscure, such as The Ink Spots and The Robins — came together as a founding genre. Their very influential style and artistic power left a tremendous mark on both soul and rock music, as ... more
FA58893 CD
Jazz  Allgemein23.98 EUROSidney BechetLive In Paris 1952-1958Sidney Bechet, like Louis Armstrong, was among the greatest musicians of his time and one of the first great jazz soloists. This 3 CD set brings together live recordings of concerts given mainly in Paris between 1952 and 1958, and they capture the very essence of the extraordinary swing this jazz veteran displayed in the fifties. Like a true rock star before his time, Bechet set crowds on fire with ... more
CRACK0088CD
Jazz  Vocal Jazz17.98 EUROSharon Anegg & Louis Durraheartfelt
REDR123347-2CD
Jazz  Allgemein19.98 EUROGato BarbieriStandards Lost and Found 1This release fills a gap in Barbieri’s discography.The artist we met in his first work as a singleleader, In Search Of The Mystery (1967), movedin the realm of pure improvisation, going inthe direction of the spirituality of Albert Aylerand Pharoah Sanders. In the Roman sessions,however, Barbieri recovers his original matrixdeeply rooted in the language of John Coltraneand, in part, in that of the ... more
REDR123233-1LP
Jazz  Allgemein48.99 EUROFred Hersch & Jeff Hirshfield & Steve LaspinaETC (LP)If we are to judge by the common, veryfine musical sensibility demonstrated in thisrecording, it was inevitable that the three wouldmeet. And perhaps it was also logical that theyconstituted a group with equal responsibilities;the music we listen to is in fact interwovenwith references, dialogues, passages of ideas,instinctive convergences, confirming a choraland shared intention.It is a pity that ... more
SSC1761CD
Jazz  Allgemein17.98 EUROFrancis JacobThe Three Blind MiceThere is an art to combining formal composition with the freegrooving essence of jam band music. For decades, guitarist/vocalist Francis Jacob studied and played music from all over theglobe, condensing what he absorbed into his own unique style.Along with his longtime friends, bassist Stomu Takeishi andpercussionist Gintas Janusonis, Jacob assembled his new group,The Three Blind Mice, that explores ... more
NAT47627-2CD
Jazz  Big Band17.98 EUROJazz Bigband Graz heinrich von Kalnein Horst-Michael SchafferFruits of Passion & SorrowWith ‘Fruits of Passion & Sorrow’, the JBBG - Jazz Bigband Graz, which was founded 25 years ago in Graz, Austria, is now presenting its twelfth CD production. Once again, it is a small-format production, the quintet JBBG - Smål. And with the Armenian percussionist Arto Tunçboyaciyan, who is also known for his collaboration with Joe Zawinul and Mike Stern, and the German guitarist Hanno Busch, who became ... more
BOOM1276CD
Jazz  Contemporary17.98 EUROMax Santner MankaiName The Color
REDR123345-2CD
Jazz  Allgemein19.98 EURONexusPlays Dolphy“All true art is praise”, said the English polymathJohn Ruskin a long time ago. And the actionbegins here with a great fusillade of approval,with Nexus praising Dolphy praising Monk.Hat And Beard – that’s Eric Dolphy’s kineticlightning sketch of the great Thelonious. Likea multi-perspective portrait of a man dancingoff the stage and down the road, following hisown wayward compass. The Nexus versionintroduces ... more

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