HBDirect Jazz Music News: Jazz at HBDirect: Django at 100, Ralph Towner, Clifford Brown & More!

HBDirect's March Jazz Sale Has Begun!

This month at HBDirect.com Hot Club records celebrates Django Reinhardt's 100th anniversary, ECM releases new music from Ralph Towner & Paolo Fresu, and Emarcy releases a beautifully remastered 4 CD set of Clifford Brown. Best of all, they're all discounted as part of our March jazz sale!

Clifford Brown's Master Takes

"In the minds of many his brief career has not hampered his position as one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time... This attractive box set is cause for celebration... All the tracks have been capably remastered, and I found the set's acoustics to be clean and well mixed." -Audiophile Audition (audaud.com)

New Jazz You Can't Miss!

Ahmad Jamal: A Quiet Time

Stan Kenton Alumni Band: Have Band Will Travel

Rufus Reid: Out Front

John Pizzarelli: Rockin' In Rhythm: a Duke Ellington Tribute

Dreams, Drugs & Django

With Angelo Debarre, Andreas Öberg, Stochelo Rosenberg & more!
This is the incredible story behind the friendship of Jon Larsen and Jimmy Rosenberg, the Hendrix of Gypsy Jazz. Voyaging through the demanding world of entertainment we soon learn about the drugs, money and temptations that threaten to destroy one of the most exciting partnerships in jazz history. As both men struggle to come to terms with influences beyond their control, jazz becomes a matter of life and death.

Hot Club Celebrates 100 Years of Django

Hot Club de Norvège: Django Music

Hot Club de Norvège: Swing de Paris

Stochelo Rosenberg: Symphonic Django / Nicolescu [DVD]

Duets From Towner & Fresu

"Paolo generally plays quietly, with only occasional louder outbursts, and he is beautifully accompanied by Ralph Towner, whose solo work is also first-class. On a variety of acoustic guitars, Ralph is able to sound like a whole orchestra." -MusicWeb-International

New Jazz From ECM

Tord Gustavsen Ensemble: Restored, Returned