Album Releases by Genre
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The Door
by Mathias Eick
August 19, 2008
The first album under the Nowegian's name features Stian Carstensen as a guest artist.
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Invisible Cinema
by Aaron Parks
August 19, 2008
This is the fifth album for the jazz pianist.
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Polar Bear
by Polar Bear
July 28, 2008
The British jazz band releases its third album.
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Two Men With The Blues
by Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
July 8, 2008
This is a recording of the special concert of Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis who performed together in January 2007 at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
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Loverly
by Cassandra Wilson
June 10, 2008
The latest release by the jazz singer was recorded in her house in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Prog
by The Bad Plus
May 8, 2007
The rock-influenced piano trio's fifth album mixes originals with covers of songs by David Bowie ("Life On Mars"), Tears For Fears ("Everybody Wants To Rule The World") and Rush ("Tom Sawyer").
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Tongues
by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid
March 20, 2007
This third collaboration between jazz drummer Reid and Four Tet's Hebden was again recorded live, without any edits or overdubs.
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Not Too Late
by Norah Jones
January 30, 2007
M. Ward and the Kronos Quartet are among the guests on the singer's third album.
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From This Moment On
by Diana Krall
September 19, 2006
The Canadian singer/pianist tackles American standards, backed by a big band on most of the tracks.
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Half The Perfect World
by Madeleine Peyroux
September 12, 2006
The jazz vocalist mixes originals with covers of songs by the likes of Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen for her third album, a follow-up to 2004's "Careless Love."
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The Exchange Session Vol. 2
by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid
June 6, 2006
This is the second of two releases from an improvised collaboration between pop and jazz drummer Reid and folktronica artist Hebden (Four Tet, Fridge).
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The Exchange Session Vol. 1
by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid
March 7, 2006
This is the first of two releases from an improvised collaboration between pop and jazz drummer Reid and folktronica artist Hebden (Four Tet, Fridge).
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Lantern
by Clogs
February 7, 2006
This is the fourth album for the improvisational, instrumental, genre-defying four-piece, which shares a guitarist (Bryce Dessner) with The National.
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Negrophilia: The Album
by Mike Ladd
February 8, 2005
The latest installment in Thirsty Ear's Blue Series features prolific indie hip-hop artist Mike Ladd, backed by pianist Vijay Iyer and drummer Guillermo E. Brown.
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The Girl In The Other Room
by Diana Krall
April 27, 2004
New husband Elvis Costello co-wrote six of the tunes on this latest disc from platinum-selling jazz vocalist Diana Krall.
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High Water (Mark)
by El-P
March 9, 2004
The Def Jux rapper expands into the realm of modern jazz, with the help of Blue Series stalwarts Matthew Shipp, William Parker and Guillermo Brown.
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Give
by The Bad Plus
March 9, 2004
The modern-jazz trio stick to the formula of their well-received 2003 debut on this sophomore effort, working again with producer Tchad Blake on a mix of originals and unlikely covers (this time out including Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" and The Pixies' "Velouria").
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Feels Like Home
by Norah Jones
February 10, 2004
Arif Mardin produced this follow-up to the singer's hugely successful 2002 effort 'Come Away With Me.' Dolly Parton guests.
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Get Away From Me
by Nellie McKay
February 10, 2004
London-born, 19-year-old jazz vocalist Nellie McKay makes her debut with this 2-disc set produced by Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick. Unlike contemporaries such as Norah Jones, McKay brings a darker edge and a sense of humor (and even a hint of hip hop) to her songs, all of which she wrote herself.
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The Intercontinentals
by Bill Frisell
April 15, 2003
On his latest release, Bill Frisell takes an international approach to American folk music, assembling a cosmopolitan group of musicians that includes Malian vocalist/percussionist Sidiki Camara, Brazilian guitarist Vinicius Cantuaria, and Greece's Christos Govetas.
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Anti-Pop Consortium Vs. Matthew Shipp
by Anti-Pop Consortium
February 18, 2003
Thirsty Ear's Blue Series continues with the unlikely pairing of avant-garde jazz pianist (and Blue Series curator) Matthew Shipp with the experimental New York hip-hop outfit Anti-Pop Consortium. This is also the very last album to be released by APC, who have officially disbanded.
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These Are The Vistas
by The Bad Plus
February 11, 2003
This is not your ordinary jazz trio. For their major-label debut, The Bad Plus work with alt-rock producer Tchad Blake, and include covers of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Blondie's "Heart of Glass," and Aphex Twin's "Flim" among their seven original tracks.
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Equilibrium
by Matthew Shipp
January 21, 2003
The latest installment in Thirsty Ear's Blue Series (which mixes cutting-edge jazz with elements of electronica and hip-hop), 'Equilibrium' showcases the talents of avant-garde pianist Matthew Shipp.
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Optometry
by DJ Spooky
July 9, 2002
This latest installment in Thirsty Ear's Blue Series of progressive/experimental jazz recordings is the work of turntablist DJ Spooky (Tha' Subliminal Kid), whose own mixing, bass, and kalimba are joined by jazz notables such as Matthew Shipp, Guillermo Barreto Brown, William Parker, and Medeski, Martin & Wood's Billy Martin.
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Uninvisible
by Medeski, Martin & Wood
April 9, 2002
The New York-based experimental jazz trio expands its sound on this album by adding turntablists DJ P Love and DJ Olive and a five-piece horn section.
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Come Away With Me
by Norah Jones
February 26, 2002
Pop/jazz vocalist and pianist Norah Jones, the daughter of Ravi Shankar, picked up 5 Grammy awards for this debut album, produced by Arif Mardin.
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Blues Dream
by Bill Frisell
January 30, 2001
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Vavoom!
by Brian Setzer Orchestra
August 1, 2000
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