Instrumental

Blue Dream is a 70 minute suite of music written by Fiona Joy Hawkins, produced by Grammy winner Will Ackerman (Founder of Windham Hill Records) and recorded at Imaginary Road Studios on a Steinway B.

Featuring guest performances by Luka Bloom, this album goes from quiet contemplative piano to full orchestral, to world sounds, rhythms, jazz influences and back again to the perfect “Bach” moment – all in a breath.  Blue Dream can best be described as World Fusion Piano.

Fiona Joy Hawkins is an Australian Composer and Pianist who crosses genres. From

Phoenix Rising is made up of pianist/composer, Wendy Loomis and flutist/arranger, Monica Williams.  Together, the two musicians make exquisite music that draws from new age, classical, world influences and even jazz.  Ascension is perceived as leading toward a higher power, light or energy.  Each song is purposely played one key higher than the previous track to accentuate the musical journey from beginning to end.  The sound is extremely spiritual and relaxing as compared to a tranquil waterfall.  Just sit back, kick off your shoes and enjoy the soothing sensations of

A listener wrote, "No matter what kind of day I'm having, I find myself relaxing to this amazing music -- gentle and yet so powerfully uplifting. Before I know it, I am smiling." No wonder Kern's gorgeous original music is listened to by millions of people all over the world.

American trumpet player and composer returns to ECM with a stand-out album. Jon will tour the US for the first time in more than 20 years in support of this release. Jon is known for his influence in contemporary music and his unusual electronic manipulation of the trumpet sound which has been lauded and imitated by many.

Anne Trenning's third release, Watching for Rain, contains ten originals plus the Welsh folk melody The Ash Grove, the traditional spiritual I Want To Be Ready, the modern gospel H. I. A. T. W., the Don Schlitz-Paul Overstreet country classic When You Say Nothing At All and a 37-second benediction-like coda of Bob Dylan s I Shall Be Released. Trenning also offers a new arrangement of the Celtic-spirited Eden Hall that originally appeared on her first recording.

Duet is the masterwork of two remarkable pianists from different generations and cultures transcending all boundries with an unforgettable mix of exuberance and passion.

SCHEHERAZADE (pronounced sheh-hair-uh-zahd) is both the name of the narrator of the legendary age-old tales One-Thousand-and-One Arabian Nights as well as the title of the new Al Conti instrumental album which quickly hit #1 on the international New Age Reporter airplay charts.