Balladeer

Towering artist. A bounty of beautiful music. Some favorites: - Chet Baker´s live version of Haden´s melancholic ballad "Ellen David (Nightfall)" with Ake Johansson trio "Live in Sweden" - Duo with Kenny Barron "Night and the City" - My dearest of all: "The Art of the Song" with Alan Broadbent´s hauntingly beautiful string arrangements, plus ravishing vocals by Shirley Horn and Bill Henderson. And then Charlie´s fragile singing "Wayfaring Stranger" on the final cut...

Sven Jungbeck, Juan Camilo Villa Robles & Jose Diaz De Leon - Django Latino (Tomofon/GLM)

Little North - Finding Seagulls (April Records)

Monty Alexander with Ernest Ranglin - Rocksteady (Telarc)

JD Allen - Love Stone (Savant)

James Hunter - People Gonna Talk (Rounder)

Ruben Gonzalez - Introducing (World Circuit)

Rich Perry - Mood (Steeplechase)

The twang is the thang - Duane Eddy was a great innovator of the probably most magical instrument and an outstanding stylist of Rock´n´Roll. Today global hipsters like Hermanos Gutierrez and LAttirail incorporate Eddy´style in their chilling yet rootsy contemporary blend. Twang on in heaven, Duane!

Irio Rantala - My Working Class Hero (ACT)

Helge Schneider - Die Reaktion: The Last Jazz Vol II (Railroad Tracks)

Marc Ribot Y los Cubanos Postizos (Atlantic)

Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban - Mambo Sinuendo (Nonesuch)

K.D.Lang - Trail of Broken Hearts (from: Absolute Torch and Twang)

Monika Roscher Bigband - Of Monsters and Birds (Enja)

Manfred Schoof, Conny Bauer & Trioplus - Bollenhut (HGBS Blue)

Pino Minafra & La Banda - Musica Sacra Della Settimana Santa (Enja)

Pino Minafra & La Banda - Musica Sacra Della Settimana Santa (Enja)

Recommended: Enrico Rava/Ran Blake - Duo en Noir (Double Moon)

Michael Gregory Jackson - Cowboys, Cartoons and Assorted Candy (Enja)

Michel Camilo - Mano a Mano (Emarcy)

ZZ Quartet - Midnight in Europe (IN+OUT Records)

Bamboula Ferret & Fapy Lafertin - Ou Welto Risella (Spocus Records)

Rosanne Cash - She Remembers Everything (Blue Note)

Michel Reis - Short Stories (CamJazz)