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That's All is an album by American singer Bobby Darin released in 1959 and arranged by Richard Wess. It was on the Billboard LP charts for 52 weeks and peaked at number seven. It also includes Darin's US #1 hit Mack the Knife, which spent nine weeks at the top spot, and Bey [...]

The Plot Thickens is the third studio album by United Kingdom acid jazz group Galliano. It was released in the UK on Gilles Peterson's Talkin' Loud record label on 27 May 1994. It was placed at number 44 in NME's (New Musical Express) list of the Top 50 Albums of 1994.

Keepers of the Groove is an album by American composer Michael Daugherty (Raise the Roof), released on 15 May 2007 through the JJ-Tracks label. Raise the Roof is a one-movement concerto for timpani and orchestra composed by Michael Daugherty. The original orchestral arrange [...]

Sacred Ground is the second studio album by American jazz rock band, CTA (California Transit Authority), released on 01 April 2013 by CD Baby Records. The album overall is a joyous, high energy, jazz-rock affair with searing rock guitar courtesy of Bonilla, blasting horns, [...]

Liquid Spirit is the third studio album by American jazz musician Gregory Porter. It was released through Blue Note Records on September 2, 2013. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2014. The record also produced six singles. Liquid Spirit enjoyed co [...]

Shout, Sister, Shout! is an album by American close harmony singing trio of the jazz and swing The Boswell Sisters. The album was composed by J. Tim Brymn, Alexander Hill and Clarence Williams and was originally released on 23 April 1931 through EMI Music. The Boswell Siste [...]

One Hour Mama is the debut studio album by American blues, jazz, and swing singer Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. The album was recorded at Bay Records, Berkeley, California and released on 07 November 1996 through Fat Note Records. Since 1996 she has perform [...]

S3NS is the eleventh studio album by French-Lebanese jazz trumpeter and composer Ibrahim Maalouf, released on 27 September 2019 through the Mis'Ter label. As a teenager Maalouf accompanied his father in a duo throughout Europe and the Middle East, playing a baroque repertoi [...]

Shuffle is the second studio album by an English 7-piece jazz band, King Porter Stomp. Released on 03 September 2012, The music style combines ska beats, jazz horns, and hip hop lyrics to create something truly original. The record's opening track, 'The Shuffle', is about t [...]

Nice & Slow is the fourth studio album of keyboardist Brian Culbertson released in 2001 on Atlantic Records. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. Artists such as Dave Koz, Jeff Lorber, [...]

Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders is a 1958 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded for the Contemporary label, featuring performances by Rollins with Hampton Hawes, Barney Kessel, Leroy Vinnegar, and Shelly Manne with Victor Feldman added on one track. I [...]

Abandoned Garden is an album by American vocalist Michael Franks, released in 1995 by Warner Bros. Records. It was Franks' thirteenth studio album and his final album of new material with Warner Bros. The album is a dedication to the memory of Brazilian jazz musician, singe [...]

Make Them Like It is the third studio album by Brooklyn Funk Essentials, released on 11 April 2000 through Doublemoon Records. Brooklyn Funk Essentials is a music collective who mix jazz, funk, and hip hop, featuring musicians and poets from different cultures. The band was [...]

The Lonely Bull is the debut album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, released on 01 December 1962 through A&M Records. Most of the tracks on the album were geared toward the TJB's Mariachi sound. There were also a few cover versions of popular songs, a trend which [...]

Man in the Air is the sixth studio album release by jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, recorded and released in 2003 by Blue Note Records. At the 38th Grammy Awards Elling was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for Close Your Eyes.

The Dreamer is the first studio album by American jazz vocalist José James. It was released on Brownswood Recordings in 2008. A 10th Anniversary Edition was released in 2018, remastered and with 4 additional tracks. John Fordham of The Guardian gave the album 4 stars out of [...]

Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein is an album by Karrin Allyson recorded in tribute to the songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. It earned Allyson a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Many a New Day [...]

Then and Now is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. The record was released 0n 12 July 1988 through Columbia Records. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Washington made some of the genre's most memorable hits, including "Mister Magic", "Reed Seed" [...]