For the first time, the legendary recording sessions the Oscar Peterson Trio made in the living room of the legendary German jazz label MPS founder Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer are released in an 8 CD... more
Limited colored vinyl LP pressing. In trio formations, as soloist and fellow musician of the Singers Unlimited - this is how piano giant Oscar Peterson has so far appeared on the re-releases from the... more
Ella Fitzgerald singing Eric Clapton's Sunshine of Your Love, or the Beatles' Hey Jude? Something of a revelation for those who know Fitzgerald as purely a jazz singer. In October 1968 Ella... more
On the fourth album of his fusion cycle for the man from the Black Forest, George Duke substantially expanded the number of his colleagues. As before, drummer Leon "Ndugu" Chancler beats as the heart... more
Masterful piano playing meets up with elaborate vocal harmony in this legendary MPS summit meeting from the label's early period. Oscar Peterson, MPS head Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer's longtime friend... more
Classical, Avant-garde, East Indian and Balkan metric concepts, big band jazz - Don Ellis brought it all together with his own orchestra; as early as the 1966 Monterey Jazz Festival, Ellis and band... more
Gatefold with glossy varnish finish. A curious happenstance in 1966 triggered the partnership between MPS head Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer and George Duke. Brunner-Schwer was in San Francisco to record... more
This album with the strange psychedelic sci-fi cover draws a tighter circle around Duke's fusion language. The keyboard master ventures deep into his synthesizer laboratory. Their textures become a... more
Vinyl LP pressing. American vibraphonist Dave Pike gained fame from his work throughout the 60's with popular jazz flutist Herbie Mann, recording 11 albums with Mann's groups, also recorded with... more
With his big, warm, round-toned sound, sophisticated phrasing, and hip quotes, Dexter Gordon was one of the major forces on the tenor saxophone from the mid-1940's until his death in 1990. Gordon was... more
In trio formations, as soloist and fellow musician of the Singers Unlimited - this is how piano giant Oscar Peterson has so far appeared on the re-releases from the MPS catalog. In the series... more
Classical, Avant-garde, East Indian and Balkan metric concepts, big band jazz - Don Ellis brought it all together with his own orchestra; as early as the 1966 Monterey Jazz Festival, Ellis and band... more
Joe Henderson is the essence of jazz. He embodies all the elements that came together in his generation: the virtuosity of hard bop and the avant-garde. He can be harmonically abstract and yet keep... more
Few will ever match the musical scope of the great "first lady of song" Ella Fitzgerald. From her early years collaborating with the key figures of big band jazz to her distinctive interpretations of... more
A giant among musicians, the guitarist, singer and composer Baden Powell was internationally known as one of the most famous and influential artists from Brazil. In the sixties he moved to Europe and... more
