Richard Bennett is an American guitarist, sideman, session musician, and record producer. As a touring sideman, he performed with Neil Diamond for 17 years, and Mark Knopfler since 1994. As a session player, he has worked with artists ranging from Billy Joel and Barbra Streisand to Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill. He has produced Grammy award winning artists like Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, and Marty Stuart.

Above the album worked the Music in Hotels: a Cocktail With You, and his release took place on 2020. The album has got songs with a total duration of more than an hour. A compilation is a compilation of original music.

Nova Records présente la compilation NOVA TUNES 4.1.
Du haut de ses 15 années de défrichage tout azimut, le numéro 4.1 des Nova Tunes ne déroge pas à la vocation de cette collection : offrir à des oreilles toujours plus exigeantes le meilleur de la playlist de Radio Nova de ces six derniers mois.

Enjoy this Compilation with the most successful Extraordinary Chill Lounge Vol.11 Best of Downbeat Chillout Lounge Cafe Pearls singers like Nightview, Audiozoom, Bernon, Jazzy System and many more!

Grammy-nominated composer David Arkenstone blends global, cinematic, and rock elements into his version of new age music, which has appeared in film, television, and video game scores as well as dozens of his own albums. A music lover since age ten, when he moved to California from Chicago, Arkenstone immersed himself in all kinds of music and played keyboards and guitar in numerous bands as a youth. It was when he discovered the lush arrangements and exotic approach of Kitaro that Arkenstone ventured into new age music. The increasing synergy between computer technology and musical instruments also inspired him; most of his works were created partly or entirely on his Macintosh along with synthesizers and guitars.

Above the album worked the Cafe del Mar XXVI Vol.26, and his release took place on 2020. The album has got songs with a total duration of more than an hour. A compilation is a compilation of original music.

Climb aboard to partake on a “Soulful” journey of wondrous feel-good music, evoking warmth, light and intimacy. Familiar but stunningly fresh, the latest Lemongrass output appears like meeting up with a good friend. Cruising at ease through a splendid day, bathing in the sun atop a green meadow or a solitary walk along a beach – that magic is on display throughout the whole album run. Roland Voss aka Lemongrass is a master of weaving subtly soothing and salutary atmospheres by balancing natural and electronic sound sources.

Chillhop Music has been releasing seasonal Essentials compilations since the Spring of 2016, making the newest collection, Essentials Fall 2020, the 19th run in this ongoing series. With immersive and autumnal artwork from Rafael Araújo, this 25 song instrumental release sets the mood for the changing of the seasons, for the end of summer and the beginning of fall. Available everywhere (including double vinyl), Essentials Fall 2020 features producers familiar (Brock Berrigan, L'indécis, Sleepy Fish) and new to the family (Mama Aiuto, Boonie Mayfield, Ezzy).

When first released in 1959, PERSUASIVE PERCUSSION was probably the first to put stereo discs on the map bringing to light the startling and innovative musical aspects of stereo sound on records. The music was brilliantly recorded and arranged with great imagination and infinite care to bring out the whole spectrum of sound on one's stereo equipment. Originated and produced by Enoch Light, the album presented an entirely new concept in the recording of percussion instruments performed by Terry Snyder and The All Stars which included talent such as Tony Mottola, Dick Hyman and Willie Rodriguez.

Astrud Gilberto's entry in the nicely appointed Verve Jazz Masters compilation series shows exactly why the Brazilian singer is deserving of such an accolade. In her '60s heyday, Gilberto was often derided by jazz purists for her vibrato-less "desafinado" (deliberately slightly off-pitch) singing style and deadpan, childlike voice. But the diminutive bossa nova star has since been a huge influence on dozens of jazz and pop singers. VERVE JAZZ MASTERS is less of a greatest hits package than it is a smartly balanced retrospective of many of Gilberto's best performances. Her biggest hits, "Call Me" and "Summer Samba," are not included, and her signature tune, "The Girl From Ipanema," is only represented by a live take from a 1964 Carnegie Hall concert. The collection places equal emphasis on Gilberto's bossa nova-style interpretations of jazz standards and on her signature Portuguese-language sambas.

ESSENTIAL COLLECTION is an outstanding collection of timeless Pop and Rock hits refashioned into today’s hip Lounge/Downtempo style. These familiar songs, originally recorded by the biggest artists in the world, have been restyled into Cocktail Party anthems. Hear Norah Jones, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Bush, Depeche Mode, Green Day, U2, Coldplay, Nirvana, Madonna, Sinead O'Connor, Alanis Morissette, Prince and Cher chilled and stirred into one of the most original Lounge albums of the decade!

If Goldfinger proved that the James Bond franchise was box office dynamite, 1965's Thunderball cemented the British super-spy's international appeal–and further forged a set of pop culture cliches that both inspired and endured even Mike Meyer's modern, multi-chaptered Austin Powers spoofing. While Goldfinger also marked composer John Barry stamping his enduring influence on the series' music, this fourth installment finds his big band and jazz-inspired arrangements pulsing with confidence, stripped down rhythmic tension and exotic elegance. Tom Jones follows up Shirley Bassey's previous larger-than-life title track performance with a worthy rival of his own, its dramatic, Barry-composed melody interpolated throughout the composer's masterful score.

While it would be ridiculous to say that Henry Mancini produced no better score than this one, it's certainly true that his collaborations with writer/director Blake Edwards generated some of Mancini's greatest compositions. Victor/Victoria is merely a wonderful score, with fun performances from Julie Andrews and Robert Preston. [An expanded edition by GNP/Crescendo offered some newly released material, mostly sweetly jazzy instrumental material, although there's one very real gem as well – Robert Preston's show-stopping performance of "The Shady Dame from Seville," the peak point of the movie itself, and now certainly the peak point of this charming and delightful reissue.]

Blank and Jones, the kings of laid back listening, return just in time for summer with their beautiful RELAX Edition 9 double album. They take you on a musical journey with their own unique sound. Call it chill out, Balearic, lounge, downbeat, tropical disco, beach house, bar grooves - this fantastic new artist album features timeless compositions, ready to be the soundtrack to your personal summer.

For the last 20 years, Spring time has always rhymed with Buddha-Bar. So don’t freak out Buddha-Bar lovers, 2016 will be no exception to this tradition. Behind this new opus, a duo featuring DJ Ravin and DJ Sam Popat, both resident DJ since the 90’s, who have proven their worth and stood the test of time over the years Ravin, passionated and pioneer of the Lounge music movement, will take you to a holistic and enchanting journey by signing the rich CD 1 charged with emotions. Sam, a Parisian heavy clubber, always looking for new music beats and trends will take you to his world infused with electro-ethic music with a CD 2 always more exciting and bold. Along this mystical adventure, discover the new tracks from Bombay Dub Orchestra, Ambray but also remixes exclusively created for the occasion by Fabrice Dayan, Dreamers Inc ou Dole and Kom.