Tetsuo

A businessman, Tsuda, runs into a childhood friend, Tajuki, on the subway. Tajuki is working as a semiprofessional boxer. Tsuda soon begins to suspect that Tajuki might be having an affair with his fiancée Hizuru. After an altercation, Tsuda begins training rigorously himself, leading to an extremely bloody, violent confrontation.

A superb modern jazz pianist, Stanley Cowell is a highly regarded artist whose work often pushes the boundaries of forward-thinking hard bop without ever falling into completely avant-garde territory.

De la contraportada: Aya se ve obligada a compaginar sus deseos de estar con el atrevido Tetsuo (líder de los «archiconocidos» Pastel Rangers) y sus ansias de aparentar ser una mujer madura y guay. ¿Podrán los sentimientos sobreponerse a los excesos de trabajo y otros impedimentos de la vida moderna? Conoce a Aya y a Tetsuo, y al resto de protagonistas de las historias recopiladas en este tomo donde encontrarás emoción, romance y? algo más.

Moonlight Becomes You finds jazz pianist Eddie Higgins leading a quintet featuring Joe Cohn (guitar), Jay Leonhart (bass), Joe Locke (vibraphone) and Joe Ascione (drums) in a sophisticated set of standards with string arrangements by Dick Lieb.

Vares is a finnish private detective who sets out to help a woman named Eeva in her dangerous pursuit for Russian mobs money. Vares himself is a good guy, mostly hanging in his favourite pub with his boozing buddy Luusalmi in his spare time. Mikko Koitere is a tough cop working on both sides of the law. Then there's the hilarious killer duo 'Red-Eye'Munck and Tetsuo Sinkkonen.

No Borders focuses on classical pieces as a basis for improvisation, and, on the other hand, also contains a completely composed original composition by Beirach: "Steel Prayers", a piece for the victims of 9/11. To take classical pieces and open them for improvisation, without depriving them of their character, is also the basic principle in the cooperation with violinist Gregor Hübner.

British singer, songwriter, and composer Sally Night followed her stunning Venus debut album, "Love For Sale", with the second album, "Ballads For You". As the title suggests, it is a collection of beautiful ballads, 13 standards and two originals. Night is backed by supremely talented, first-rate New York-based musicians: Jon Davis on piano, Dezron Douglas on bass, Willie Jones III on drums and Romero Lubambo on guitar. The selections showcase her sophisticated singing technique and her personal style.

Marilyn Scott takes her love for jazz to new heights on Every Time We Say Goodbye, with a seasoned East Coast quintet led by acclaimed pianist Cyrus Chestnut. The 10-song repertoire is comprised of smoky, wee-hours standards such as the Cole Porter-penned title track, a Rio-kissed samba take on Irving Berlin's "I Got Lost in His Arms", and a blues walk through "Detour Ahead". The arrangements offer fresh nuances to familiar favorites as do Marilyn's artful and articulate vocal interpretations.

Tetsuo (Kiyohiko Shibukawa) is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten any further as he refuses to go against his 'artistic integrity'.