Prayers & Observations (Jazzland 2006) is the second album by jazz composer and vocalist Torun Eriksen. In ten new songs written by Eriksen, she is once again joined by her loyal musicians. As her first release Glittercard (Jazzland 2003) was produced by Bugge Wesseltoft, he again applies his trademark production to this album.

Sellani does not read music. His history is unusual (especially for an Italian jazz musician) because he started late. His mother had been an opera soprano but he had never played music until he got hooked on jazz in the nightclubs of Rome. He says that he "went to listen every night" and began teaching himself piano at the home of a friend who owned an instrument. It was a few years after the end of World War II.
The fact that Sellani is one of the most complete, most romantically seductive interpreters of standards in all of jazz is criminally underappreciated outside Italy.

Recorded in Oslo in 1980 with engineer Per Sveinsson. This CD contains happy, swinging standard jazzmaterial where the main idea is to pay tribute to some of the greats of jazz, we hear a/o Damerons "Soultrain", with lyrics by Krog, and two vocalises, "Moodys Mood for Love" and "Lesters Happy" (tributes to James Moody and Lester Young), with some super playing from Warne and Red.

Pamela Williams is a smooth jazz saxophonist with deep roots in R&B and soul music. She is one of a few female saxophonists in the genre (Candy Dulfer, Mindi Abair, Amy Lee, and Chika Asamoto are among the others). Williams grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which was also the adopted hometown of an early influence of hers, Grover Washington, Jr. She first found fame as a member of Patti LaBelle's backup band, and her career took off from there. Williams played soprano and alto saxophones.

Heavy funk in a variety of cool colors - the first-ever collection of work from German sound library labels Golden Ring & Happy Records - and a real revelation to our ears! Grooves are plenty heavy throughout - lots of funky drums and burning basslines - with instrumentation that runs the gamut from choppy fusion to soundtrack-styled funk - often with lots of keyboards and guitar in the mix!

The duo of Didier and Loy Ehrlich (who plays Hajouj, a traditional instrument comparable to a bass, and keyboards) has been expanded to a trio with the addition of percussionist Steve Shehan.
Hadouk is now a trio of adventure-seeking multi-instrumentalists who are adroit at freeing both your mind and your body. Exciting, exhilarating, and not to be missed.

The project was founded in Sept. 2004 by Erez Keynan and Gil Fux. working together for 12 years to create catchy melodies combining current electronic sounds with live music. The project performs energetic live shows together with spectacular video art and animation.