"The Key", the debut album of the Mauritian pianist Jerry Léonide is the key to a whole world; to the music and joie de vivre of an island paradise in the Indian Ocean. Léonide translates the irresistible, bouncingly danceable, clearly African influenced grooves and light and breezy crystal-clear melodies of his homeland into the vocabulary of jazz.

Jerry Léonide: piano, Gino Chantoiseau: double bass, Jhonny Joseph: drums, percusion, Sylvain Gontard: flugelhorn, Vincent Le Quang: soprano sax, Woz Kaly: vocal, Benjamin Petit: alto sax, Linley Marthe: bass guitar, Fred Grenade: bass guitar, Christophe Chretien: percussion, Fannie Klein: vocal

highlights from AghaRTA – Rhythm Desperados, Limited Edition, Luboš Andršt Group, Emil Viklický Trio, AghaRTA Gang feat. Štěpán Markovič;
rising stars – Martin Brunner Trio, Matej Benko Quintet, Noční Optika, Madfinger, Ondřej Kabrna Trio;
memories bonus tracks – Veleband, Vlasta Průchová & Zdeněk Zdeněk

Terje Rypdal: electric guitar, keyboards
Bjørn Kjellemyr: electric and acoustic bass
Audun Kleive: drums, percussion

Dan Berglund:double bass, Martin Hederos: piano, keyboards, violin, Johan Lindstrom:guitar, klávesy, Andreas Werliin: drums, percussions, Magnus Holstrom: Myskelharpa

Steve Tibbetts: guitar, kalimba, Marc Anderson: steel drums, berimbau, percussion, Bob Hugher: bass, Marcus Wise: tabla, Claudia Schmidt: vocal, Bruce Henry: vocal, Jan Reimer: vocal

Jan Garbarek: soprano and tenor sax, Rainer Bruninghaus: piano, Eberhard Weber: bass, Nana Vasconcelos: percussion, Manu Katché. drums, Buge Wesseltoft: synthesizer, Ingor Ántte Áilu Gaup: vocal

Trilok Gurtu: tabla, percussion, Paul McCandless: oboe, English horn, soprano sax, wind synthesizer, Glen Moore: bass, Ralph Towner: guitars, piano, synthesizer, drum machine

Pat Metheny: guitars, Lyle Mays: piano, Oberheim, autoharp, organ, Mark Egan: bass, Dan Gottlieb: drums