Here are 13 of our best-sounding tracks—everything from blues and R&B to gospel and jazz. There’s a single thread that connects all our artists-they’re passionate about music. Modesty aside, it's doubtful you’ll find another CD that melds such wide-ranging music styles, creative intensity, and jaw-dropping, “there’s a saxophonist in my living room” sound.
A great jazz player can stop your breath with an impossibly slow and tender ballad; we spent several happy days combing though our master tapes to assemble a hour of gorgeous ballads that embody this quality. They’re from a dozen different CDs featuring jazz icons like Larry Willis, David Murray, Stanley Cowell, and Jack Walrath. The Absolute Sound says “…excellent sound and good music…the stuff of fine wine and candlelight.”
A top-drawer tour of the musical worlds touched by the blues, hand-picked from the riches of the Mapleshade archive. We go from hard-hitting Delta acoustic blues all the way to swing, '60s soul, Motown R&B, West Texas country and British acoustic rock.
Best Of Mapleshade Vol.3 gives exactly what the title promises: fifty-seven minutes of infectious jazz grooves. And the sonics deliver the live, in-your-face excitement of these on-fire musicians. Includes some of our favorite tracks from Clifford Jordan, Larry Willis, Walter Booker, Jimmy Cobb, Andy McKee, Norris Turney, and many more.
