Balladeer

Chris Minh Doky - New Nordic Jazz (Red Dot)

Massimo Cavalli (b), Ricardo Pinheiro (gtr), Jorge Moniz (dr.perc.), special guests: Laurent Filipe (tp, flh), Pedro Santos (accordion) play music of Morricone and Rota: Cinema & DItorni (Fresh Sound New Talents)

Francisco Bernier - Vals sin Nombre (Contrastes)

Francisco Bernier - Vals sin Nombre (Contrastes)

Nguyen Le Celebrating the Dark Side of the Moon with NDR Bigband & Michael Gibbs feat. Youn Sun Nah (ACT)

Vince Mendoza - Blauklang (Bluesounds) (ACT) Mendoza is a muiscal painter par excellence. Great set and top notch musicians, Nguyen Le sets highlights.

Lars Gullin - The Sideman 1949-52 & More Sideman 1951-54 (Dragon)

Vince Mendoza & London Symphony Orchestra - Epiphany

Very good!

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Sämtliche Lieder (Capriccio) Disc 1

Dimitri Tchesnokov plays Igor Shamo (1925-82) Complete Piano Music (Brilliant Classics) Disc1 Fantastic!

Maria Jose Montiel - El Dia que me quiaras (Discmedi)

Teddy Wilson - Late Thirties/early Fourties recordings

Georg Klimbacher (Bariton) & Andreas Fröschl (Klavier) - Tales of Love (Preiser) Wonderful set that I frequently return to since I´ve discovered this young Austrian´s recording debut from 2016. Klimbacher´s Schumann is good, and praise for including Ned Rorem. Real treat, however, are the Friedrich Cerha Lieder - a discovery!

continuing Don Byas - Paris Recordings

Don Byas - Paris Recordings

Sebastian Sternal Trio - Eins (Double Moon)

Week still young but I´m sure there wont come anything better: Chet Baker - Once upon a summertime, 1977 recording with Chet playing muted, Harold Danko, Ron Carter, Mel Lewis and Gregory Herbert (ts)

Dusty Springfield - I close my eyes and count to ten

Korngold - Complete Songs (Capriccio) Disc 1 fabulous Konrad Jarnot

Heavenly melodies, gorgeous melancholy. Merci, Michel Legrand!

Brad Mehldau Trio - Blues and Ballads (Nonesuch)

Lucinda WIlliams - Like a Rose

Luis Rabello (p) & Floor Braam /violin): Radames Gnattali - Flor da Noite (Challenge)

Carl Vollrath - Lingering Longings, Music for clarinet and piano Vol 2 (Navona)