Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and singer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano. A widely popular star in the jazz and swing eras, he toured internationally, achieving critical and commercial success in the United States and Europe. His best-known compositions, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose", were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999.
Fred Hersch is an American jazz pianist, composer, educator and HIV/AIDS activist, 17-time Grammy nominée. He was the first person to play weeklong engagements as a solo pianist at the Village Vanguard in New York City. He has recorded more than 75 of his jazz compositions.
Montreux '75 is a 1975 live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a trio led by the pianist Tommy Flanagan.
Montreux '77 is a 1977 live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a trio led by the pianist Tommy Flanagan. This is one of four albums that Ella recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, being Ella's second Montreux appearance to be released on record.
This is Anita is a reissue of Anita, a 1956 album by Anita O'Day that was re-released in 1962.
Hummin’ to Myself is the twenty-fourth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and producer Linda Ronstadt. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart where it remained for six months. It peaked at #166 on the main Billboard album chart. It was her final solo album before her retirement in 2011, though she would record one more collaborative album in 2006 titled Adieu False Heart.
Love Is the Thing is a 1957 album released by American jazz vocalist Nat King Cole. It is the first of four collaborations between Cole and influential arranger Gordon Jenkins.
Ain't Misbehavin' is a 1979 album by Clark Terry, focusing on the music on Fats Waller. Terry is joined by pianist Oscar Peterson and the singer Johnny Hartman.
Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note: The Complete Recordings is a 6-CD live box set by American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett, compiling the six sets Jarrett's trio performed at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City over three nights in June 1994 and released by ECM in October the following year. The trio—Jarrett's "Standards Trio"—features rhythm section Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette.
Heart of a Woman is the twenty-third studio album by Etta James released in June 1999 by RCA Records. The album consists of eleven love songs from her favorite female singers as well as a recording of her most popular song, "At Last". Recorded in March 1999, Heart of a Woman was produced by James and John Snyder with Lupe DeLeon as executive producer. James' two sons Donto and Sametto served as assistant producers. Guest musicians appearing on the album include Mike Finnigan, Red Holloway, and Jimmy Zavala. Critical reception of Heart of a Woman was mixed. The album peaked at number four on the Top Blues Albums chart of Billboard magazine.
"I Fall in Love Too Easily" is a 1944 song composed by Jule Styne with lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was introduced by Frank Sinatra in the 1945 film Anchors Aweigh. The film won an Academy Award for its music; "I Fall in Love Too Easily" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, which it lost to Rodgers and Hammerstein's "It Might As Well Be Spring".
Live at the Lampie is a live album of jazz standards by English jazz vocalist Liane Carroll and Scottish jazz pianist Brian Kellock. Produced by Neal Richardson, it was recorded at two gigs at the Blue Lamp pub in Aberdeen in October 2008 and released by Splash Point Records on 11 May 2009. It received four-starred reviews in The Guardian and Jazzwise and was funded and made possible by Creative Scotland. Funding application and subsequent tour management and recording by Thick Skinned Productions team, including Cathie Rae and Dave Gray.
Watch What Happens! is an album by American jazz pianist and composer Steve Kuhn recorded in 1968 and originally released on the MPS label but rereleased in the US as In Europe; 1968 on the Prestige label in 1969.
Softly is the fourth album by jazz singer Roseanna Vitro, released in December 1993 on the Concord Jazz label.
Songs from the Heart is a 1956 album by Jazz singer Johnny Hartman. It was Hartman's debut album and was released on the Bethlehem label. The album was reissued in 2000 with six additional tracks, alternate takes of songs from the original album.
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Nine is a 1991 live album by jazz pianist Marian McPartland, recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California.
Tete Montoliu Presenta Elia Fleta is an album by pianist Tete Montoliu and vocalist Elia Fleta recorded in 1966 and originally released on the Spanish label, Concentric as two separate 7-inch EPs before being collected on CD on the Fresh Sound label in 1989.
The Man from Barcelona is an album by pianist Tete Montoliu recorded in 1990 and released on the Dutch label, Timeless.
To Etta with Love is an album by saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in 2004 and released on the HighNote label. The album is a tribute to Person's musical partner Etta Jones.
Alive at the Village Vanguard is a collaborative live album by pianist Fred Hersch and jazz singer Esperanza Spalding. Palmetto Records released the album on 6 January 2023.
