Phenomenal live material from the sextet-era version of the Jazz Messengers! This 2-volume CD series takes a small amount of live material that was originally issued under the 3 Blind Mice title, and adds a huge amount of previously unreleased tracks to expand both CDs into a whopping batch of hardbop killers. The group includes Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, and Cedar Walton – and the live setting shows the band at their finest, able to trade lines and invent solos with amazing dexterity.
The seventh edition of the Coco Beach Ibiza compilation series provides the perfect musical soundtrack for a “Summer Of Love” with laid-back days and balmy summer nights of Ibiza. The Volume 7 was again created in cooperation with DJ Danielle Diaz & Kontor Records and comes as a 3 CD set in their noble digipack: CD1 - Good Morning Ibiza, CD2 - Life Is Better At The Beach, CD3 - Ibiza Night. All of them framed in a must-have luxurious package, surprising and attractive hiding a little booklet of photos inside reflecting the best tendencies of Coco Beach Ibiza, located on one of the most beautiful beaches in Playa d’en Bossa…
More than the compilation series, more than the lovingly organised events, more than the radio shows: "Le Café Abstrait" is a philosophy of lifestyle: relaxed and culturally open-minded.
It was "Le Café Abstrait" and its mastermind, Raphaël Marionneau, who pioneered chill-out culture at Hamburg's internationally renown Mojo club in 1996: "Le Café Abstrait" reinvented nightclubbing in a new relaxing way. Once a month, stylish sofa installations and light projections transformed Mojo's dancefloor into a gigantic living room. There, up to 400 laid-back nightlife connoisseurs indulged in relaxation and Raphaël Marionneau's very special downtempo music selections. A new lifestyle was born: the couch culture…