Smooth or spiky, straight ahead or off the planet Linn Records has the sounds that will make you sit up and beg for more! Linn Records (www.linnrecords.com) is an independent label producing jazz music by thrilling vocalists and instrumentalists. Check out the smokey tones of Claire Martin, five times Best Vocalist in the British Jazz Awards who counts Shirley Horn, Sheila Jordan, Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald among her stylistic influences. Her 8 albums for Linn include her seminal debut …

Legendary New York born lyricist Fran Landesman augments her already impressive oevre with It's A Nice Thought, a new CD of songs recorded with vocalist Sarah Moule and pianist/arranger Simon Wallace for Scottish jazz label Linn Records (AKD 192 www.linnrecords.com). The jazz world's answer to Dorothy Parker, Fran Landesman's acid wit and penetrating insights first emerged in her 1950s collaborations with composer Tommy Wolf. Songs such as Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most …

Talented and hip beyond her years the most exciting jazz star to soar to my attention in a decade Rex Reed The New York Observer Too Darn Hot! (Linn Records AKD 198) is Claire Martin’s ninth album for Linn Records. Claire makes a welcome return to her jazz roots with a "dream-team" line-up of UK jazz musicians. Visit http://www.linnrecords.com/ to download soundclips and find out more. This album features many songs from the Great American Song Book: Rogers and Hammerstei …

Stability (Linn Records AKD 159) is drummer Clark Tracey’s debut recording for Linn after a series of accomplished but more or less straightahead recordings for other labels. Given this direct and practical drummer’s roots in the bop and swing traditions of Art Blakey, Max Roach and Philly Joe Jones, it isn’t surprising that this ambitious disc doesn’t represent any tearing up of the jazz past. But if it’s a celebration of the most widely recognized virtues of orthodox jazz, it’s a hea …

A romantic collection of standards old and new with an unashamedly feel-good mood, I'll Take Romance has quickly become Linn's best selling jazz title of Spring 2003. Tracks include How Long Has This Been Going On, Come Fly With Me, Trust In Me, and I Only Have Eyes For You among many others. I'll Take Romance showcases the three-octave, dusky soprano voice that has made Tina May the darling of the UK jazz scene for nearly a decade. Also appearing on the album is t …