Jane Monheit - The Lovers, The Dreamers And Me (2009) (FLAC)

Jane Monheit - The Lovers, The Dreamers And Me (2009) (FLAC)
Album PreviewReleased: 2009 | Track: 13 | | Time: 01:03:12 | Label: - CRE-31197-02 | Genre: , , Vocal | 3% Recovery Added | 407 MB

Concord Records is proud to present the eagerly anticipated new release from , “The Lovers, The Dreamers And Me.” An ode to songwriters past and present whom Monheit greatly admires, “The Lovers, The Dreamers And Me” is a sumptuously sung passionate song cycle of 13 tracks produced by jazz veteran Matt Pierson.

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The Carla Bley Band - I Hate To Sing (1984) (FLAC)

The Carla Bley Band - I Hate To Sing (1984) (FLAC)
Album PreviewReleased: 1984 | Track: 7 | (44.1 kHz/16 bits) | Time: 48:15 | Label: - WATT/12½, - 823 865-2 | Genre: Contemporary , Jazz | 3% Recovery Added | 290 MB

Until this point, has been known to throw in a shot of wry humor into almost every cocktail she mixes. But it's not until I Hate To Sing that she fashions her live persona into that of a standup comedian. The limited vinyl release from 1984 (reissued on CD in 1996) exhibits some of the bandleader's slyest compositions via her ability to craft an entire world out of notes and .

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Sinikka Langeland - Wind And Sun (2023) (FLAC)

Sinikka Langeland - Wind And Sun (2023) (FLAC)
Album PreviewReleased: | Track: 12 | (44.1 kHz/16 bits) | Time: 01:05:42 | Label: - ECM 2776 / 559 4314 | Genre: , , World, , , Nordic | 3% Recovery Added | 334 MB

“Being in a room with is like being charmed into a northern forest under a night sky,” wrote Fiona Talkington in Songlines. “Her presence and her voice are magical, but when she plays her kantele you can almost feel nature itself quivering with joy.”

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Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr - Safe Place (2025) (FLAC)

Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr - Safe Place (2025) (FLAC)
Album PreviewReleased: 2025 | Track: 10 | (44.1 kHz/16 bits) | Time: 46:45 | Label: ACT - ACT 8011-2 | Genre: , | 3% Recovery Added | 173 MB

Safe Place was originally just one song, but Roman and I soon realised that it needed to be the title of the whole album. That was because it describes so well the feeling and the intention behind the music,' says trumpeter Julian Wasserfuhr.

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Jon Balke - Skrifum (2025) (FLAC)

Jon Balke - Skrifum (2025) (FLAC)
Album PreviewReleased: 2025 | Track: 14 | (44.1 kHz/16 bits) | Time: 47:33 | Label: - ECM 2839 / 750 6857 | Genre: , , Avant-garde Jazz | 3% Recovery Added | 279.16 MB

From the very first note, Norway's proposes a new sonic dimension with Skrifum, continuing a line of inquiry begun with Warp () and Discourses (), solo piano albums which also processed the acoustic environment in which the music was heard. Skrifum (the Icelandic word for “write”) takes things a step further.

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Bill Cantos - Who Are You (1995) (FLAC)

Bill Cantos - Who Are You (1995) (FLAC)
Album PreviewReleased: 1995 | Track: 12 | | Time: 57:58 | Label: - PICP-1051 | Genre: , | 3% Recovery Added | 454 MB

This album was done for Pioneer Music - it came about after a tour in Japan and Scandinavia with Jay Graydon and some amazing players doing his music... It reflects a lot of things I was into musically at the time.

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Jane Ira Bloom - Wingwalker (2010) (FLAC) (Bonus MP3)

Jane Ira Bloom - Wingwalker (2010) (FLAC) (Bonus MP3)
Album PreviewReleased: 2010 | Track: 13 | + (256 kbps) | Time: 01:03:32 | Label: - OTL140 | Genre: , | 3% Recovery Added | 347 MB

Wingwalker represents Jane Ira Bloom fourteenth album as a leader but the music sounds remarkably fresh and vital. Bloom has stated that the music was recorded with ” very few preconceptions, and that allowed a certain freedom to open up and move the music in unexpected ways. All we had to do was to let it happen”. This open minded approach has certainly paid dividends, this is vivid music, full of life and vitality. The programme consists of eleven Bloom originals plus a solo soprano saxophone rendition of the Lerner & Lowe standard “I Could Have Danced All Night”.

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Jane Ira Bloom - Mental Weather (2008) (FLAC) (Bonus MP3)

Jane Ira Bloom - Mental Weather (2008) (FLAC) (Bonus MP3)
Album PreviewReleased: 2008 | Track: 10 | + (256 kbps) | Time: 01:32:01 | Label: - OTL139 | Genre: , | 3% Recovery Added | 336 MB

Weather begins and ends delicately, with Jane Ira Bloom's soprano sax dueting with pianist , and later standing alone, playing the standard “This Nearly Was Mine” following an original rumination. In both situations, Bloom's engaging tone and sense of lyricism come across in the first few notes, which indicates why she has been such a highly regarded and lauded musician. And whether the album sticks to that subdued approach or amps things up a bit, the performance keeps the interest level high.

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