Tift Merritt - Tambourine - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing.

The new recording from the Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic series captures a moment rich in both history and renewal, marking the series fiftieth concert while paying tribute to Siggi Lochs early triumph as a producer with George Gruntzs pioneering Jazz Meets Baroque in 1964. Six decades later, pianist Bernd Lhotzky revisits and reimagines this groundbreaking dialogue between eras, drawing a compelling parallel between Esperantos vision of universal communication and the shared expressive language of baroque music and jazz. The two traditions meet not as contrasts but as kindred forms jazz infuses baroque with rhythmic vitality and improvisational freedom, while baroque lends jazz it's structural depth and ornate richness. The stage opens up to reveal a German-French ensemble two wind players of French origin and the three members of a German rhythm section, all of them happy to be united through music.

Tift Merritt - InchTime and PatienceInch [Clear/Yellow Splatter LP] Tift Merritt has long been a torchbearer in Americana. To mark the 20th anniversary of her Grammy-nominated Malbum Tambourine, Merritt returns with Time and Patience - a companion piece of intimate re-recordings and new songs from Merritt's Tambourine era. Several of the recordings strip her beloved classic songs back to their raw essence - recorded at home, just voice and acoustic instruments, 20 years after it first made her a critical darling. Others have never been heard before. Available on clear vinyl with yellow splatter in a gatefold jacket.