Encore Records

Keith Jarrett

Rio

On April 9, 2011 Keith Jarrett returned to South America for the first time in decades to perform three solo concerts.

The third and final concert found him in Rio de Janeiro in front of a packed house and enthralled audience.

Inspired by the electrifying atmosphere, the pianist pulls a broad range of material from the ether: thoughtful/reflective pieces, abstract sound-structures, pieces that fairly vibrate with energy.

The double album climaxes with a marvelous sequence of encores.

Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood

Msmw Live: In Case The World Changes Its Mind

2011 live album featuring guitar guru John Scofield and genre-busting improvisational Jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood.

MSMW LIVE: In Case The World Changes Its Mind is a live collection of 12 tracks culled from their 2006 MSMW tour and features music from Scofield’s A Go Go and MSNW’s Out Louder.

John Scofield

Moment’s Peace

On his previous disc, Piety Street, it was grooving gospel. A Moment’s Peace showcases the guitarist’s softer side.

It’s a collection of ballads comprised of original material (“Already September” and “Simply Put”) to jazz standards (“I Loves You Porgy” and “You Don’t Know What Love Is”), each played with his signature phrasing and woven through with elements of soul-jazz, post-bop, subtle funk, and even country, despite the laid-back feel. Scofield’s sidemen this time out include drummer Brian Blade, organist Larry Goldings, and bassist Scott Colley.

Madeleine Peyroux

Standing On the Rooftop

New studio album featuring some originals alongside covers of Dylan, Stones, Beatles.

Corea, Clarke & White

Forever

New 2 cd set from this ex-Return To Forever trio !

Miles Davis

Montreux Highlights

This musical release from legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis captures key performances by artist, recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival between 1973 and in 1991.

Miles Davis

Tutu (Deluxe 2CD)

UK digitally remastered and expanded deluxe two CD edition of this 1986 album from the Jazz great, the most important album of Miles’ late career.

Features the remastered album and a previously unreleased performance from the Nice Festival of 1986.

Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis, Norah Jones

Here We Go Again

2011 collaboration from Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis and Nora Jones, who join forces to celebrate the music of Ray Charles.

Country music legend Willie Nelson and Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz artist and Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis share more in common than their multiple Grammy awards.

They also share great respect and admiration for the late musical pioneer Ray Charles. Nelson and Marsalis joined musical forces for a two-night Jazz at Lincoln Center concert event at New York City’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Their set list explored the legacy of Charles, cleverly sequencing the songs to tell the story of a love affair from beginning to end and beyond.

This fine idea was made finer by the inclusion of fellow multiple Grammy winner Norah Jones, whose style suggests a middle ground between Nelson and Marsalis.

Jeff Beck and Steve Lukather

Live Japan Sessions 1986

At the 1986 Nagano Open Air, the guitar heroes jammed with the touring band of Jeff Beck, who was promoting his album “Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop” in Japan at the time.

Also features Carlos Santana on some songs, too!

A fantastic Live Concert, recorded live for Japanese TV.

Jack Bruce

Rope Ladder to the Moon

DVD containing a documentary from British bassist (and former Cream member) Jack Bruce.

In 1970, Jack released a Jazz-orientated LP of his own compositions called Songs For A Tailor.

This 55 minute film, made at the same time, takes Jack from the Gorbals, via Cream, to his island called Sanda, playing the cello, the sitar and thundering away on the organ of the Albert Hall in London, while featuring many of the tracks from his LP.

With his strong socialist principles, Jack Bruce himself provides the striking commentary. Originally shown on the BBC in 1971.