Brian Blade
1) Begin again
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Nine-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Norah Jones' album is a collection of singles that gathers seven eclectic songs that Jones has recorded over the past year with collaborators including Jeff Tweedy and Thomas Bartlett.
3) Trilogy 2
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Chick Corea's three-CD boxed set Trilogy was released in 2014, garnering international acclaim and two Grammy Awards. The stunning collaboration between Chick Corea, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade left many critics, musicians, and fans awestruck. Fortunately, these three virtuosos reunited for another tour in 2016, resulting in the twelve formidable tracks on this two-disc set that raises the bar even higher.
6) RoundAgain
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The members of the original Joshua Redman Quartet return with their first recording since 1994's MoodSwing. The album features seven newly composed songs: three from Redman, two from Mehldau, and one each from McBride and Blade.
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The legendary jazz saxophonist and composer releases this 9-track musical ride that consists of live recordings from the quartet's European tour in late 2011, the one exception being the 23-minute tone poem 'Pegasus' which features the quartet with The Imani Winds & recorded at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
10) Shine
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The seventeenth studio release from Canadian artist Joni Mitchell, containing ten songs, including "One Week Last Summer," "Hana," and "Bad Dreams."
11) Walking shadows
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The album, comprising 12 ballads, is Redman's first recording to include an orchestral ensemble, which plays on many of the tracks. The record's core ensemble is a quartet featuring Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, and Brian Blade; all frequent collaborators of Redman's over the years. Dan Coleman conducts on the orchestral tracks.
12) Trilogy
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The trio reinvents classic compositions such as Spain, as well as previously unreleased originals like Piano Sonata: The Moon.
13) Wrecking ball
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"This album can be singled out not only for its interpretive qualities, but for the incredible atmosphere created by producer Daniel Lanois. The recording has a similar dark, introspective ambience familiar from Lanois' work with Bob Dylan, and it works wonderfully with these songs."--Amazon.com.
14) Ghost on ghost
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Iron and Wine makes its Nonesuch Records debut with Ghost on Ghost, the fifth release from singer-songwriter Sam Beam, using the pen name Iron and Wine. The album was produced by Beam's longtime associate Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Califone, Fruit Bats) and follows 2011's Kiss Each Other Clean, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard chart to critical acclaim.
15) Emanon
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Featuring a double-album and its companion piece - a self-penned, 84-page graphic novel - Wayne Shorters Emanon is the definitive look into his artistic multiverse. The standard three-CD set includes four studio tracks performed by Shorters quartet (pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade) and the expansive, 34-piece Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, in addition to a 6 track live album featuring the quartet itself.
19) Here is what is
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Follows Canadian singer, songwriter, and producer Lanois as he records a new album and discusses his creative process.
20) On the road
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Traveling cross-country, young writer Sal Paradise has his life shaken by the arrival of free-spirited Dean Moriarty and his girl, Marylou. As they travel across the country, they encounter a mix of people who each impact their journey indelibly.