Various Artists - Firenze 1350Florence, second half of the 14th century: in the heart of a city in full humanist and cultural effervescence, composers such as Francesco degli Organi (or Landini) and Paolo Da Firenze bring the music of their time to it's peak. A unique abundance that the Sollazzo ensemble invites us to discover with this new album. Sollazzo Ensemble was founded in Basel in 2014 and brings together musicians passionately attached to the medieval and Renaissance

mellow swinging style made him a popular sideman in many different leaders' bands while he also led his own orchestras and small bands in sessions that produced some marvellously entertaining recordings

It features all ten of his country hits

Surprised these guys are still around

The Poet II found both commercial & critical success on both sides of the Atlantic with the UK's NME naming it Best Album of 1984

Charlie Ventura

features a superb cast of soloists supported by the Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

plus all the titles from her Dot album "Moonlight And Shadows" and selected titles from her gospel-flavoured album "Whispering Hope"

recording variously with the orchestras of Victor Young

Bombay Makossa fuses the rhythmic intricacy and improvisational fervor of South Indian Carnatic music with the infectious buoyancy of Cameroonian sounds

and with a Superlative Roster of Soloists

"Blues On Highway 69"

Vaclav Kucera