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Over his vast & varied 40-year career, Bill Anschell has released six recordings under his own name, all being jazz projects featuring him solely on acoustic piano. "Improbable Solutions" changes all... more

Pianist/composer Bill Anschell's recordings are often filled with his unique and vibrant original compositions or surprising, liberated arrangements of jazz & pop classics. For Shifting Standards,... more

Throughout Figments, pianist Bill Anschell's creative, abstract approach takes each song to unexpected places without ever leaving his audience behind. Self-recorded over a series of late nights,... more

Pianist Bill Anschell and soprano saxophonist Brent Jensen recorded this duo album with no preconceived arrangements and, for every song, the barest outline of a plan. After performing and recording... more

Jazz lovers who chose pianist Bill Anschell as "NW Instrumentalist of the Year" in 2005 will welcome his finest work to date. Featuring many of Anschell's favorite Seattle players, this new recording... more

Magical... No matter where Anschell plays on the keyboard, he sounds like no other pianist. - JazzTimes. After a decade of recording mostly unscripted, improvised albums focused on his deep musical... more

With a vast lineup of some of the greatest names in jazz performing a diverse and ambitious set of original compositions, composer and guitarist Jaiman Crunk presents an auspicious debut recording.... more

In Your Own Backyard documents the wealth of vocal talent Nick Anderson has been bringing to his Seattle-area house concerts for the last several years, and the new musical partnerships he's created... more

Seattle-based Richard Cole's Inner Mission further solidifies his position among the important voices on the tenor saxophone. Once again utilizing the talents of long time-friend and trumpet giant,... more

Ziggurat Quartet is made up of some of Seattle's most innovative jazz improvisers. A passion for rhythmic experimentation drives the ensemble's complex original compositions, with many of the ten... more

Seattle trumpeter Chad McCullough joins the long-line of creative trumpet players from the NW, including Thomas Marriott, Jay Thomas & Cuong Vu, with his own dynamic debut release. Featuring a set of... more

From Freddie Hubbard's burner "Take It to the Ozone," to the moody and spare reading of Elvis Costello's "Almost Blue," Flexicon's unified yet eclectic mix further solidifies Marriott's standing as... more

Called "... one of the best male vocalists in the jazz world today," by WCLK in Atlanta, Jeff Baker returns with his latest studio recording featuring GRAMMY- nominated musicians Bill Anschell, John... more

Jeff Baker's follow up to 2004's "Baker Sings Chet" features new looks at a collection of great standards including "That Old Feeling," "I Didn't Know What Time it Was," and 10 others. Arranged by... more

(5% DISCOUNT THRU 8-24-12) As a follow-up to their lauded duo recording, "We Couldn't Agree More," soprano saxophonist Brent Jensen and pianist Bill Anschell decided to enhance their tonal palette,... more

Now in their 6th year of performing together, the collective of saxophonist Brent Jensen, pianist Bill Anschell, bassist Jeff Johnson, and drummer John Bishop continue to display their richly... more

First meeting in the clubs of Los Angeles' Central Avenue in the early '60s, and following separate but superlative careers, the two tenor legends reunited in the fall of 2009 to perform a couple of... more

The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra presents the recorded premiere of an important and remarkable new suite for large Jazz ensemble created by the legendary saxophonist and composer, Jimmy Heath.... more

After eight years of immersing herself in the vocal jazz tradition by studying with the best teachers and getting her tail wet onstage, Carrie Wicks gathers some of Seattle's finest for her debut... more

Four of the northwest's finest jazz artists reunite on "Motives" for an adventurous recording of original works, including a freewheeling tribute to drummer Ed Blackwell, and melodic pieces flavored... more

Following up on his critically acclaimed 2007 release "Shopping for Your Heart," vocalist Jeff Baker returns with his latest studio album which fuses the timeless jazz tradition not with standards,... more

Katie King's first CD in almost a decade is a collection of songs that tell the story of late night soul searching and questioning. With the help of her quartet, featuring pianist Bill Anschell,... more

Richard Cole's latest recording showcases the versatile saxophonist in like-minded and stellar company. With trumpeter Randy Brecker again making an appearance, Shade is instantly compelling. Both... more