Ahmad Jamal was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator. For six decades, he was one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. He was a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master and won a Lifetime Achievement Grammy for his contributions to music history.
Tom Harrell is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by Jazz Journalists Association, Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including multiple Trumpeter of the Year awards from Down Beat magazine, SESAC Jazz Award, BMI Composers Award, and Prix Oscar du Jazz. He received a Grammy Award nomination for his big band album, Time's Mirror.
"Time After Time" is a romantic jazz standard with lyrics written by Sammy Cahn and music by Jule Styne in 1946.
Stefon DeLeon Harris is an American jazz vibraphonist.
Jacky Terrasson is a French jazz pianist and composer.
Leon Parker is a jazz percussionist and composer. He is known for occasionally using a minimalist drum set with fewer components than usual, "sometimes consisting only of a snare drum, bass drum and a cymbal."
Sam Newsome is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator. His music combines straight-ahead jazz, world music and experimental jazz, which uses extended techniques. Newsome is an associate professor of music and the coordinator of the music program at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus.
The Awakening is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1970 for the Impulse! label.
Ugonna Okegwo is a German-Nigerian jazz bassist and composer based in New York City.
Gouache is a 2012 studio album by jazz pianist and composer Jacky Terrasson. The vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant appears on two tracks. The album was released in Europe by Universal and in the U.S. by Sunnyside the following year.
Live in Paris is a 1987 live album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater. The concert was recorded on 24–25 November, 1986 at the jazz club New Morning in Paris. She is accompanied by her piano trio of the time. The repertoire reaches from jazz standards including Miles Davis' "All Blues" and the up-tempo "Cherokee" mostly associated with Charlie Parker, and sung by Sarah Vaughan, a "Blues Medley" to Aretha Franklin's Dr. Feelgood. She seemed leave her disco-funk efforts in America behind. Her following album Victim of Love would be another, before she left pop productions for good.
Rendezvous is a collaborative studio album by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson and jazz pianist Jacky Terrasson. The album was released on 23 September 1997 by Blue Note label. The album includes mostly jazz and pop standards with one track written by Terrasson. The album's title derives from an obscure Herbie Hancock's ballad.
Jacky Terrasson is a self-titled studio album by French-American jazz pianist Jacky Terrasson released in 1994 by Blue Note label. This is his first full-size album as a leader. The release is a collection of jazz standards with four compositions written by Terrasson.
Reach is a studio album by German jazz pianist Jacky Terrasson released in 1995 by Blue Note label. This is his second album for Blue Note. The album is a collection of five originals written by Terrasson and three jazz standards.
What It Is is a studio album by jazz pianist Jacky Terrasson released on May 18, 1999 by Blue Note label. Terrasson plays on a Steinway piano.
A Paris... is a studio album by jazz pianist and composer Jacky Terrasson recorded in France and released on 27 February 2000 by Blue Note label. This album is dedicated to the City of Lights—Paris—and all of France. The album contains a collection of jazz adaptations of the most famous French chanson tunes.
Into the Blue is a collaborative studio album by jazz pianist Jacky Terrasson and flautist Emmanuel Pahud. The album was released on 10 June 2003 via Blue Note label. The album features jazz treatments of 14 classical melodies recorded in the south of France in late summer of 2001.
Smile is a studio album by jazz pianist and composer Jacky Terrasson. Blue Note released the album in 2002. The album is named after the Charlie Chaplin's song "Smile", for which Terrasson arranged an elaborate variation. The album contains 10 tracks: nine jazz and pop standards and one original by Terrasson.
Push is a studio album by German jazz pianist and composer Jacky Terrasson. Concord Jazz released the album on April 27, 2010. This is his debut release for Concord and eleventh overall. Push also marks his vocal debut.
Take This is a studio album by jazz pianist and composer Jacky Terrasson. The album was recorded in Pompignan, France in September 2014 and released on February 24, 2015 by Impulse!. The album title derives from Paul Desmond's song "Take Five". The record contains 11 tracks: four Terrasson's originals are laced through a typically eclectic mix of covers.
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