Nat Adderley led a double creative life at Riverside: featured on the highly successful working-group albums led by his brother Cannonball, and also devising several intriguingly different projects under his own name. Very possibly the most interesting was Work Song, which took its title from one of Nat's most widely known soulful compositions, and took its instrumentation from the younger Adderley's fertile imagination. Cornet, cello, and guitar make up a front line that will probably never be duplicated. The guitarist was his friend Wes Montgomery, just emerging towards jazz stardom; the cellist was the longtime bassist of Cannonball's band, Sam Jones.

Naxatras is a hard psychedelic rock band from Greece. Naxatras play a beautiful Psychedelia with lush melodies. They have been playing together for three years developing their sound…

Julia Wolfe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning "Anthracite Fields", an oratorio for chorus and instruments, commemorates the Pennsylvania coal miners whose work fueled the industrial revolution. Drawing from oral histories, interviews, speeches, local rhymes and featuring the rich instrumental sounds of the region, "Anthracite Fields" provides an intimate look at a particular slice of American life. After extensive research about life in the Pennsylvania coal fields where the purest form of coal, anthracite, is found, Wolfe uncovered a complex world of political battles and deep cultural expressions.

"The Turnaround!" is jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley's 1965 Blue Note release. The hard bop, soul jazz instrumentalist and composer collaborated with some of the '60s most proficient jazz musicians on this release, including Herbie Hancock, Philly Joe Jones, Paul Chambers, Freddie Hubbard and Donald Byrd, among others.

A true jazz classic, "Things Ain’t What They Use to Be" is one of jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald’s most eclectic recordings to date. Incorporating well-known standards, soulful tunes and a few bossa nova tracks, the album is a testament to Fitzgerald’s timeless brilliance and distinguished vocal range. The album features the hits “Sunny”, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”, “Don’t Dream of Anyone but Me”, “Black Coffee,” and countless others. This high resolution download will take your breath away.

This nearly forgotten, adventurous record features "Ella" taking plenty of risks with modern music. She breaks outside the boundaries of established jazz, covering atypical selections such as “Yellow Man”, by Randy Newman and "Savoy Truffle" by The Beatles. This is the late 60's Ella, natural, direct and in rare, uninhibited form.

"Tommy", The Who's defining, breakthrough concept album - a full-blown rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind boy that launched the band to international superstardom, was originally released in May 1969. The Who were at a career crossraods, they were known mainly as a singles band but this project launched them as a serious 'albums band' and has now sold over 20 million copies as well as regularly turning up in lists of the most influential albums of all time.

"A Quick One" is the second studio album by the English rock band The Who, originally released on 9 December 1966. The album was also released under the title "Happy Jack" on Decca Records in April 1967 in the United States, where the song "Happy Jack" was a top 40 hit.

The fifth studio album from Israeli musician Itay Pearl contains the same blues theme as his former albums and has granted him the 2017 "AKUM" prize. The album deals with gap between day to day life and day dreaming.

"My God-Given Right" is the 16th studio album by German power metal band Helloween. It is their seventh consecutive album produced by Charlie Bauerfeind, and their first album released under the label Nuclear Blast since 2003's "Rabbit Don't Come Easy". The album is considered by the band as a "back to the roots" album, while still keeping some modern elements.

Harmondia has a unique sound that is influenced by jazz, electronic sounds, and world music beats. These influence can be heard on their latest album "A Strange Tissue of Space and Time". Tracks like Elisa, Kalumbu, and Off the Cliff all provide audiences with a contrasting variety of musical taste which showcases this group's versatility.

Since christening the band with lyrics from the second single off 'Fables of the Reconstruction', Locomotive 8 has been the primary creative outlet for a group of Scarberians who have loved one another since 2005. Our influences and heroes run the gamut of modern western music, from the early sounds of Sun Records to the golden age of Matador and Merge. What we do is a privilege and a joy. "Enclore" is the latest EP of this Canadian Lo-Fi band.

To many, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra has become synonymous with excellence in Sibelius repertoire. Its numerous recordings with the previous chief conductor Osmo Vänskä have received countless distinctions and awards, and the orchestra is universally regarded as having a very special affinity for the music of their great compatriot.

"Midnight Blue" is Kenny Burrell’s understated masterpiece and one of the finest displays of bluesy-jazz guitar playing. The guitarist whose tone entranced Jimi Hendrix and whose style was emulated by Stevie Ray Vaughan moves deliberately and patiently through this intimate set. Standouts include the smokin’ opener, “Chitlins Con Carne” and the stunning “Soul Lament”. His elegant choice of chords and melodic intensity are powerful and fluid. This star-studded affair also features tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, double-bassist Major Holley Jr., drummer Bill English and conga-player Ray Barretto. In 2005, NPR included the album in its “Basic Jazz Library”, describing the album as "one of the great jazzy blues records".

"My Point of View" is Herbie Hancock's sophomore album, originally released in 1963 on Blue Note Records. The album followed his successful debut album "Takin' Off" and helped solidify his position in the jazz world. Hancock wrote the piece "Blind Man, Blind Man" after an experience where he encountered a blind man playing his guitar on the corner of his Chicago neighborhood.