A career spanning collection featuring work with Cal Tjader, Paul Desmond, Christian McBride, and others. Tracks include "The Way You Look Tonight", "Koto Song", "Here Comes McBride", "Sweet Georgia Brown", "Laura", "Singin' In The Rain", and "Lulu's Back In Town". CD

With Glen Browne, Hassan J. J. Wiggins & Trevor McKenzie on bass, Rolando Wilson & Troy Davis on drums, Derek DiCenzo & Robert Angus on guitar, Dwight Dawes on keyboards, Desmond Jones on percussion & Steve Turre on trombone. CD

A warm set of solo tracks from pianist Dave Brubeck – a record that's a fair bit different than the early material you might know from the jazz legend, with a very personal, intimate quality that really fits the spirit of the season! Dave's work on the keys isn't nearly as modern as in the early days – and there's a nice dose of sentiment that really matches the right Holiday flavor for the material – a set list that includes "Away In A Manger", "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town", "To Us Is Given", "Run Run Run To Bethlehem", "Jingle Bells", "The Christmas Song", and "What Child Is This". CD

With Ed Bickert on guitar, Don Thompson on bass & Jerry Fuller on drums. CD

Features James Cotton, Irmga Thomas, and Levon Helm. CD

Two nicely offbeat sessions from Erroll Garner – both with some slightly unusual aspects, yet all the great choppy grooves we've always loved in his music! That's My Kick features a cool lineup that's somewhere in territory you might find on Verve or Prestige Records at the time – some nice added percussion at the bottom, thanks to congas from Jose Mangual and Johnny Pacheco – and a cool guitar-accented sound, played by the always-great Wally Richardson! Garner's piano is still very strongly in the lead of the tunes – strutting away with plenty of soul – and titles include "Gaslight", "Nervous Waltz", "More", "Like It Is", "That's My Kick", and "Shadow Of Your Smile". On Gemini, Erroll Garner gets a great added boost – thanks to Jose Mangual Jr, who plays congas on this great date from 1971! The presence of Mangual's congas make the album sound a bit like some of the George Shearing Amigos albums on MPS – a sound that still echoes the older modes of the players, but which has a slightly more contemporary groove – one that's almost slightly funky at points. Titles include "Eldorado", "Something", "Gemini", "How High The Moon", "It Could Happen To You", and "These Foolish Things". CD

With Judith, Michelle, and Aria Hendricks all joining in on vocals – plus alto by Red Holloway, tenor from Benny Golson, and trombone from Al Grey! CD

A post-Art Blakey version of the Jazz Messengers – but one with a killer lineup that really opens up the older Messengers groove! Lewis Nash is on drums here – playing with some slightly more subtle touches than Blakey – and other group members include the great Benny Golson on tenor, Terence Blanchard on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Geoff Keezer on piano, and Peter Washington on bass. Golson directs the group, and definitely gives it some of the sharper edges of his own great music – and the presence of Fuller's horn really recalls that great early 60s sextet era when he was working with Art. Titles include "One By One", "A La Mode", "Whisper Not", and "Oh By The Way". CD

Mel Lewis performs the music of Thad Jones – with a group that features Earl Dardner on lead trumpet, John Mosca on trombone, Dick Oatts on alto, soprano, and flute – and Jim McNeely on piano. LP, Vinyl record album

Features Jacques Loussier on piano, Benoit Dunoyer de Segonzac, and Andre Arpino on drums. Include pieces by Handel, Scarlatti, Marcello, Marais, Pachelbel, and Albinoni. CD

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Frank Morgan on alto saxophone, Cedar Walton on piano, Ray Brown on bass & Billy Higgins on drums. CD

Features Frank Morgan on alto – with Rodney Kendrick on piano, Curtis Lundy on bass, and Leroy Williams on drums! CD

Includes tracks from his last recordings Paraiso, Dragon Fly and Dream A Little Dream. CD

Oscar Peterson joined by such artists as Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen, Michel Legrand, Benny Green, Herb Ellis, Martin Drew, Roy Hargrove & others. CD

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A huge amount of 70s material from the legendary Paul Desmond – all recorded during the year of 1975, with backing from a shifting group of Canadian players – and most of it unissued until now! You'll know some of these tracks from the albums Paul Desmond Quartet Live (A&M), Paul Desmond (Artist House), and Like Someone In Love (Telarc) – but together, the tracks present a much bigger picture of Desmond's genius at the time – really moving past some of the more rigid roles he'd have in his 60s work with Dave Brubeck. Players on most numbers are the trio of Ed Bickert on guitar, Don Thompson on bass, and Jerry Fuller on drums – a really great combo, and the mix of guitar with Desmond's sharply-blown alto is wonderful – a perfect upfront setting for his sound. A few more tracks feature trombonist Rob McDConnell in place of Bickert – which makes for a different, but equally compelling sound – and the whole thing features 51 long tracks, 32 of which appear here for the first time ever – all with the usual great Mosaic Records booklet of notes and presentation. CD