Voyage

A student of Franck, Vincent d’Indy founded the Schola Cantorum de Paris where he taught for many years. He was also a conductor, with a busy schedule of international touring. His compositions were permeated by the influence of Wagner- he attended the premiere of the Ring cycle- but in time he also absorbed the influence of French folk music, especially from the Vivarais, his ancestral home. Vincent d’Indy’s large-scale Piano Sonata is one of a small but masterful sequence of non-programmatic instrumental works that he wrote in the first decade of the 20th century.

Ever since joining The Shadows in 1961, London-born drummer and percussionist Brian Bennett has been an institution on the UK's music scene. After leaving The Shads, he embarked on a fascinating solo career carving a unique role as a arranger, conductor and record producer, composer for film and TV. In 1978, inspired by the Disco boom, and particularly the space age Disco records emanating from the continent, Brian recorded what he described as "A Journey Into Discoid Funk". Housed in a striking, colourful sleeve depicting - appropriately enough - a spaceship, VOYAGE was a departure for Bennett, serving up infectious, cosmic disco/jazz/funk with a nod towards his earlier, funky library work. Fast forward to the noughties, when DJs, crate diggers and hip-hop artists are busy sampling old funk and disco records, a new generation discovered VOYAGE. These new fans of the LP had no knowledge of Brian's past pedigree: they just heard funky breaks and beats, ensuring original copies of VOYAGE are now valuable. Released with Brian's blessing and overseen by his musician/composer son Warren, this 2-CD edition of VOYAGE boasts the addition of previously unissued working mixes of the album, plus the rare 7" edits from the single 'Pendulum Force'. Key track 'Solstice' has been sampled by around 60 different artists, including Kanye West, Nas, Madlib. Other tracks from the album to have been sampled include 'Ocean Glide' and 'Chain Reaction'.

Jazz icon Herbie Hancock's solo career blossomed on Blue Note Records in the mid-to-late '60s with classic albums including Maiden Voyage and Empyrean Isles. Throughout his career, Hancock has always pushed musical boundaries, exploring a wide variety of jazz idioms while bringing his flair and innovation to every single setting. His Blue Note albums of the 1960’s ranged all the way from post bop to Latin jazz, to straight ahead and free form.

Voyage' is the debut album by super group led by pianist Jan Gunnar, a quartet with guitarist Nguyen Le, bassist Per Mathisen, and drummer Gary Husband. The album crosses many different landscapes and is both electric and acoustic, with elements from jazz and jazz-rock, classical, prog rock, world music and folklore.

Galapagos Duck - The Voyage of the Beagle (1983) is an album by the Australian jazz fusion band Galapagos Duck, released in 1983. The album is a standout in the genre of jazz fusion, a movement that blends elements of jazz improvisation with the rhythms and sounds of rock, funk, and world music. Galapagos Duck was known for their unique approach to jazz fusion, and The Voyage of the Beagle is one of their most significant releases, capturing their innovative mix of diverse styles and influences.

Christoph Crois? channels his prowess as a cellist - "he's got it all - technical chops, impeccable musicianship and imaginative daring" (Gramophone) - into compositional ingenuity on the first album devoted entirely to his own works.
Christoph draws inspiration from a variety of musical role models, including contemporary and centuries past, paying homage to the time-honoured evolution of classical music that has melded current conventions with popular styles. Traditional forms, such as sonata and concerto, are imbued with jazz, blues, bossa nova and improv to create, as Christoph puts it, "a musical and cultural melting pot."