Kingcake consists of Scot Ray on tuba, Brad Dutz on percussion, and Matt Zebley on woodwinds. The band could be described as a Mardi Gras-free jazz collision, New Orleans in the 4th dimension, or musi...

Propelled by world beat, old-school R&B, Afro-Cuban rhythms and ambient New Age atmospheres, this disc is packed with smooth grooves and soaring guitar that will get your body moving and your kundalin...

This relaxing, yet spirited album was inspired by the true meaning of Christmas and the hope of peace on Earth. Enjoy smooth jazz versions of the most popular songs of the Christmas season, including ...

Former Diga Rhythm Band member Ray Spiegel has brought today's musically accomplished Indian and jazz musicals together for this visionary musical experience. The acoustic and earthy blend of raga, ta...

This 74-minute CD of progressive jazz features nine compositons by Brad Dutz and three improvisations with a band consisting of John Fumo on trumpet, Kim Richmond on woodwinds, Clay Jenkins and Tre...

No longer ahead of his time, Paul Horn continues to make the kind of music he helped to define with his unclassifiable albums of the 1960s and `70s, now called 'world music.' Horn's Brazilian music...

Paul Horn is the ultimate world musician, a sound traveler without peer. In 1993 he collaborated on this album with the late Sekou Camara Cobra, a Malinke Griot and master drummer from the Ivory Co...

Keyboardist Shulman, creator of Light from Assisi, composed this CD's title track for the Open Space Coalition, an organization that turns empty lots in New York City into public gardens and parks. Ot...

This CD is a well-informed blend of thought-provoking musical formats. On his third recording, Brad Dutz plays a vast assortment of percussion instruments. The thirteen varied tunes were composed to c...

This CD features eight compositions and five improvisations by Brad Dutz and John Holmes - and over forty percussion instruments in all. Vibraphone, marimba and bells are featured on the Dutz composit...

Brad Dutz's fifth release consists of instrumental progressive jazz music and structured improvisation, with a large World Music influence. Many different percussion instruments provide the rhythmic f...

The Brad Dutz Obliteration Percussion quartet was founded in 1996 to play a recycling fair in Hollywood. The compositions are for saladbowls, brakedrums, hubcaps, pots, cookietins, icecube trays, fire...

Right from the first composition, his own Hotel Me, Gil Evans puts the piano to use not only for melody but also as a percussion instrument - ably backed by Billy Cobham on cymbals and Mike Mainieri o...

Recorded at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Lugano, Italy, this outstanding concert features inspired ensemble playing from three of the modern masters of jazz. On Willow Weep for Me, Carter demonstrates...

International violinist and composer Farzad strongly believes in the "oneness of humanity" and strives to communicate the commonality of human emotions through the music he composes and perf...

Fans of classic jazz, and especially jazz drumming, won't want to miss this special evening on DVD. Right from the beginning of the opening number, Backgammon, the late Art Blakey proves himself a mas...

Three-time Grammy winner Paul Winter presents an exciting aural excursion created in concert with a brand new line-up of his Earth Band, with guest musicians such as Irish Uilleann piper Davy Spillane...

Inspired by the '60s and '70s in New York City, this solo piano album is a tribute to some of the giants of jazz piano, improvisation and composition: Thelonius Monk, Billy Strayhorn, Charles Mingus, ...

For the first time, brothers Brent and Corky Lewis have combined their musical talents. Corky's subtle keyboards and Brent's melodic drumming have produced a creative and exciting new dimension in mus...

This is the final album of a trilogy - my need to refer back to my Brazilian roots, my desire to embrace jazz and the American songbook, and my attempt to combine elements of these idioms in my own co...