Artist:Carl Sonny Leyland
     Album: From Boogie to Rock'n'Roll
     Year: 1995
     Label: Honky Tonk
     Genre: Boogie-Woogie, Boogie
     Format, bitrate: Mp3, 256Kbps
     Size: 115MB



     Добавим немножко зажигательной музыки в стиле Boogie-Woogie от Карла "Сонни" Лейланда. Этот пианист не так уж и хорошо представлен в сети, так что поправим дело
     Чудесный буги-пианист, чудесный диск. Фоно и голос, ударные, контрабас. Половина – инструменталы.

     Artist: The Rippingtons
     Album: Sahara
     Label: GRP
     Year: 1994
     Genre: Smooth Jazz
     Tracks: 10
     Total Time - 45:58
     Format: mp3, Bitrate: @ VBR
     File Size: 35 MB + 33 MB



     The Rippingtons are ostensibly a band, but in reality the name is just a vehicle for Russ Freeman and his ideas.

     Artist: The Rippingtons
     Album: Weekend In Monaco
     Label: GRP
     Year: 1992
     Genre: Smooth Jazz
     Tracks: 9
     Total Time: 49:21
     Format: mp3, Bitrate: @ VBR
     File Size: 37 MB + 36 MB




     After several years in a row of great CD's...who would have thought that The Rippington's would have started on a downward spiral that would cause many loyal fans to distance themselves from them. This is their last real good CD!!! I don't care what anyone says after this it was a bunch of ups and downs. Perhaps, it was all the personnel changes that affected their music the most.

     Artist: The Rippingtons
     Album: Black Diamond
     Label: Windham Hill Records
     Year: 1997
     Genre: Smooth Jazz
     Tracks: 11
     Total Time:
     Format: mp3, Bitrate: @ VBR
     File Size: 39 MB + 38 MB



     After nearly a decade at GRP Records, smooth jazz's premier ensemble made a very successful switch to Windham Hill with this recording inspired by leader Russ Freeman's ski adventures in his adopted home of Colorado.

     Artist: The Rippingtons
     Album: Life In The Tropics
     Label: Peak Records
     Year: 2000
     Genre: Smooth Jazz
     Tracks: 11
     Total Time: 50:01
     Format: mp3, Bitrate: @ VBR
     File Size: 36 MB + 36 MB

     Life in the Tropics -- the first Peak Records release for the Rippingtons -- features guitarist Russ Freeman and is a great smooth jazz celebration of rhythmic delights that resemble the tropical splendor of an island oasis. The natural beauty of each composition is reflected by the great talents of the Rippingtons: Kim Stone on bass, Dave Kochanski on keyboards, Ramon Yslas on percussion, and Dave Hooper on drums, along with special guests the great saxophonists Dave Koz, Eric Marienthal, and Paul Taylor, keyboardist Bob James, and guitarist Peter White. The centerpiece of this CD is "Love Child," a sensuous mid-tempo ballad that alternates the brilliant sax work of Marienthal and Taylor as Freeman strums an emotional string sonnet under soulful synths and keyboards. The romantic vocals of Howard Hewitt on "I Found Heaven" invite you to rediscover his intense passion for a great love ballad. Its lyrics convey the excellent songwriting abilities of Freeman and Gary Brown and their ability to connect to the emotional melorhythms of the listener. The fresh sounds revealed on Life in the Tropics are sure to please you because of their melodic elements, rhythms, brass, and great guitar of Russ Freeman.

Artist - Basquiat Strings
Label - F-Ire
Year - 2007
Quality - MP3@320kbs/s
Size - 65:48
Total time - 40.31


Basquiat Strings are a string quintet who bring together an idiosyncratic mix of modern jazz with classical instrumentation. Their debut album - Basquitat Strings with Seb Rochford - features Ben Davis on cello and, you guessed it, Seb Rochford on drums.