Encore Records

Jimi Hendrix

In the West

Digitally remastered and expanded edition includes five bonus tracks.

Consisting of live material recorded at venues ranging from the Berkeley Community Theatre and the San Diego Sports Arena to the Isle of Wight Festival, Hendrix In The West captures the guitarist exploring new directions in sound during 1969-70.

Matt Andersen

Coal Mining Blues

Matt Andersen is ready to release his anxiously awaited new album, produced at Levon Helm’s studio in Woodstock, NY, and mixed in Nashville by Canadian producer Colin Linden.
Helm’s daughter, Amy, sings on the album and (former keyboard player in The Band)  Garth Hudson performs as well.

Exclusively available at Encore for 2 weeks.  Released everywhere on 9/20 !

Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton

Play the Blues

2011 live collaboration between guitar legend Eric Clapton and Jazz great Wynton Marsalis..

The duo performed together in Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center for two sold-out shows dedicated to vintage Blues.

The extraordinary collaboration, billed as Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues, paired these musical virtuosos with members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra as they brought to life a repertoire of songs selected by Clapton and arranged by Marsalis.

Steve Cropper

Dedicated

As the original guitarist of Stax Records house band Booker T. & The M.G.‘s., Steve Cropper has had a storied career.

Voted #36 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time, Cropper has worked with Blues legends such as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and the Blues Brothers Band. Dedicated is a tribute to R&B and Doo Wop act, The 5 Royales.

The collection features reworked versions of the groups most enduring songs, and includes duets with Steve Winwood, Lucinda Williams, Bettye LaVette, John Popper, Sharon Jones, and others.

JJ Grey & Mofro

Brighter Days

Two hour dvd and 78 minute live cd documenting a show from Atlanta in early 2011 !!

Leon Russell

Live In Japan

This will mark the historic album’s first release outside of Japan and its first time on CD anywhere.

The original album was recorded live on November 8, 1973, at the historic Nippon Bukokan Hall and will see its nine tracks complemented by a bonus set of an additional seven previously unissued live performances recorded at the Sam Houston Coliseum on April 22, 1971.

Keb Mo

Reflection

Keb Mo’s 2011 album, The Reflection, is two years in the making and captures his musical spirit and virtuosity at its peak.

Collaborating with such artists as India.Arie, Vince Gill, Marcus Miller, Dave Koz, and David T Walker, the songs have a deep emotional connection and show Keb to be a master at blending Blues, Jazz, R&B and Soul through melody and rhythm.

Jimmie Vaughan

Plays More Blues Ballads & Favorites

Recording in mono—oddly not noted on the sleeve notes—and live in the studio provides a batch of hot-wired, energized performances that do justice to songs that were likely originally recorded under similar circumstances five or six decades ago.

Only the most obsessive of blues fans will recognize some of the artists such as Jivin’ Gene, Teddy Humphries, and Annie Laurie who first recorded these minor gems, let alone the songs themselves.

Vaughan digs deep to unearth seldom heard, let alone covered, tracks associated with better-known figures like Ray Charles, Jimmy Liggins, and Hank Williams, Sr.

George Thorogood

2120 South Michigan Avenue

On 2120 South Michigan Avenue, George Thorogood pays tribute to the Chess Records masters, including such legends as Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Howlin Wolf, and Buddy Guy.

Buddy Guy and Charlie Musselwhite appear as featured guest artists.

11 classic Chess Records covers.

Black Country Communion

2

Sophomore album from the English-American Rock supergroup featuring the talents of basslst-vocallst Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple. Trapeze, Black Sabbath), Blues Rock guitarist/vocalist Joe Bonamassa. drummer Jason Bonham (led Zeppelin) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater).