Artist: Dr. John
     Album: Gris Gris
     Label: Collectors' Choice Music
     Year: 1968
     Format, bitrate: MP3@224 kbit/s VBR
     Time: 0.33:06
     Size: 47 MB
     AMG rating:

Послушайте альбом, который получил высшую оценку в рейтинге AMG и занял почётное 143 место в "500 лучших альбомов всех времён" журнала Rolling Stone.

The most exploratory and psychedelic outing of Dr. John's career, a one-of-a-kind fusion of New Orleans Mardi Gras R&B and voodoo mysticism. Great rasping, bluesy vocals, soulful backup singers, and eerie melodies on flute, sax, and clarinet, as well as odd Middle Eastern-like chanting and mandolin runs. It's got the setting of a strange religious ritual, but the mood is far more joyous than solemn. -- Review by Richie Unterberger, AMG.

     Artist: Donald Byrd
     Album: Byrd In Hand
     Label: Blue Note 42305/Japan remastered
     Year: rec. May 31, 1959/rel. 2002
     Format: MP3 @ 320 Kbps
     Time: 40:11
     Size: 87.8 Mb
     AMG:

     Artist: Jackie McLean
     Album: New Soil
     Label: Blue Note Japan
     Year: rec. May 2, 1959/rel. 2005
     Format: MP 3 @ 320 Kb/s
     Time: 38:32
     Size: 84.6 Mb
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     Artist - Artie Shaw
     Album - So Easy
     Label - EmArCy
     Year - 1949, release - 1990
     Quality - MP3@256kbps
     Size: 52,4+52,2 (shareonall)
     Total time - 54:47

     Artists: The Modern Jazz Quartet
     Album: Anthology
     Label: Cabu
     Years: 1952-1956, Release Date: Jan 22, 2008
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbit/s
     Time: 2.17:40
     Size: 315 MB


     Антология ранних работ Modern Jazz Quartet, вышедшая буквально на днях на лейбле Cabu...

     Artist - Charlie Parker
     Album - Bird On 52nd Street
     Label - OJC/Debut
     Year - 1948, release - 1994
     Quality - MP3@192kbps
     Size - 52,6 (shareonall)
     Total time - 40:03

     Artist: Teddy Charles
     Album: Coolin'
     Label: New Jazz/OJC
     Year: 1957, Release 1995
     Format: MP3@320 kbit/s
     Size: 99.6 MB
     Time: 43:44
     AMG Rating: ****

     Although this sextet session was officially a co-op, vibraphonist Teddy Charles and pianist Mal Waldron were really the main organizers. The group plays five originals by bandmembers that often have complex melodies but familiar chord changes. Trumpeter Idrees Sulieman excels on the one standard ("Everything Happens to Me"), altoist John Jenkins (making his recording debut) has some worthy solos and both bassist Addison Farmer and drummer Jerry Segal are fine in support. This obscure session (reissued on CD in the OJC series) is an excellent outing. -- Scott Yanow, AMG