Chick Webb - Orchestra Featuring Ella FitzgeraldRadio broadcasts of 1939 are the source of this extraordinary collection of tunes played by the Chick Webb Orchestra. One of the most respected bandleaders and drummers of swing, Webb is credited with an undefeated record in his Battles of the Bands at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem (including a victory over Benny Goodman in 1937) and with having discovered Ella Fitzgerald, who positively shimmers on ballads like "That Was My Heart" and "Deep in a

danceable arrangements

Christoph had already done an excellent remastering of my 1987 "Baby Wants To Boogie" LP and he was therefore predestined to carry out this rather delicate work for HARD ROAD BLUES as well

Manifest was created over 10 days during lockdown and recorded at Westlake Studios where Michael Jackson recorded the Thriller album

This is another delectable set of calypsos composed and sung by the "Calypso King" Mighty Sparrow

including Steve Harris of Iron Maiden

The Bats have clocked nine incredible albums

Mashriq Dilnura / Abror Zufarov - Samarkand and Beyond

to judge from his ready assimilation of Classical-era convention and the kind of virtuoso writing in the quick movements that challenges conceptions of the bassoon as a sturdy accompaniment to more agile musical companions

Tabor plays and sings (and produces and mixes and masters) everything on the album

Kirkman/ Bindewald/ Moonen - Lessons and Sonatas

and has now been revived in a modern edition that faithfully follows the autograph manuscript

along with bonus tracks from compilation albums that came out during these years