Michael Feinberg - Blues VariantAn intriguing element of Michael Feinberg's superb Criss Cross debut is that the leader could easily have titled it "Bassist In The Background" (Fans of Duke Ellington's wonderful 1960 LP Pianist In The Background will know what I mean.) Throughout Blues Variant which includes six tunefully percolating originals by Feinberg, one by tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger, and one by pianist Leo Genovese the 35 year old bass maestro hews to the mantra, "If

liberated from conventional constraints and belief systems

Jochen Kupfer - Die Schone Mullerin

dedicated to Franz Doppler or arranged on motifs from his different operas

"Ten Cents A Dance"

Goth 'n' Roll pioneers The 69 Eyes have been haunting stages all over the world for 33 years and seem to be a truly immortal part of the dark rock/metal scene

The collection employs a wide range of styles and formal structures: there are concerto-like pieces (Toccata No

XL Recordings release a unique reinterpretation of the album by acclaimed US jazz musician Makaya McCraven

Set in Wales (and originally filmed in both English and Welsh)

on two levels: The instrument dreams of it's living

= This latest CD starring vocalist Isabelle Fontaine puts their gypsy-jazz style in the forefront of interpretations of songs from the Great American Songbook

Mari Kodama and her husband Kent Nagano have now completed the recording of all of Beethoven's piano concertos by jumping

Praise the Plague - Antagonist II