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Fred Hersch ‘The Surrounding Green’ Album Preview

Jazz pianist Fred Hersch teams up with bassist Drew Gress and drummer Joey Baron for his third recording on ECM Records.

One of Ray’s most soulful recordings, I’m Going To Move To The Outskirts of Town, demonstrates that he virtually invented soul-jazz.

Ben Harper’s collaboration with famed blues harpist Charlie Musselwhite, is not just a killer blues album; it’s a killer album period.

Jazz vocalist Susan Hinkson delivers a debut album of standards imbued with depth and beauty.

Chuck Prophet should be a major star: as talented as Warren Zevon and just as quirky. His 2010 album was terrific.

Ottawa composer Sean Clarke’s debut album explores both parenthood and music’s capacity to bypass reason and language.