Concord Jazz

Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane & Hartman

2009 release from the Jazz vocalist. Recorded live at Lincoln Center, the premier vocalist of his generation salutes and re-interprets one of the greatest Jazz albums of all time: John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman. This is the album Elling fans have been waiting for! This live performance is a stunning spectrum of music, Both vocal and instrumental. Kurt …

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Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)

Arturo Sandoval releases his second album on Concord Jazz, Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You). The album is Sandoval’s tribute to Dizzy Gillespie, the mentor and friend who literally rescued him and his family from an oppressive existence and gave them a chance at an entirely new and better life. The album is a collection of …

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Rhythm & Romance

This album is Kenny’s first ever CD of Latin love songs. Internationally celebrated recording artist, Kenny G, is acclaimed as the biggest-selling instrumental musician of the modern era. ‘There are very few instrumentalists who have transcended their genres and become house-hold names,’ said Concord Music Group president & CEO, Glen Barros. ‘With Rhythm and Romance, Kenny …

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Smooth Jazz Hits: Ultimate Grooves

This 12-track album features titles by stand-out contemporary artists such as Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair, Norman Brown, Jessy J, Peter White, and more. Selected exclusively from albums that have claimed the top half-dozen slots on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, this release brings together, in one collection, some of the most in-the-pocket recordings in smooth …

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Passion World

Passion World is the fifth Concord album (and eleventh overall) from vocalist Kurt Elling, living up to its title on both counts. It is indeed his most “worldly” album to date, as Elling casts his net far and wide, from Brazil to Ireland, Germany to France, Scotland to Cuba to Iceland. Guests include the brilliant veteran trumpeter Cuban …

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