Artist: Raoul Bjorkenheim and Nicky Skopelitis
     Album: Revelator
     Format: APE & MP3@320Kbps
     Size: 336 & 127 MB (scans)
     Label: Innerhythm
     Total playing: 57:20
     Genre: fusion, experimental

Those familiar with guitarist Raoul Bjorkenheim from his work with the harder-edged Krakatau and with guitarist Nicky Skopelitis from his work with the very soft-edged CyberOctave label may be surprised by what they hear on this duo album. Featuring the percussion talents of Bill Buchen and the spiritual oversight of bassist Bill Laswell (credited here with "sounds"), Revelator delivers mainly lush, exotic grooves that are consistently both easy on the ear and sonically challenging. It would be easy to let these ambient soundscapes fade into the background, but then you'd miss the complexities -- the way Bjorkeheim's bowed guitar snakes around until Buchen's tabla enters to clear the way for Skopelitis' Delta blues figures on "Epiphany" or the gorgeously polytonal "Fresh Meat and Roses." Those who enjoyed Laswell's Hear No Evil will find a lot to like here, as will fans of the first Robert Fripp and Andy Summers collaboration. Recommended. ~ Rick Anderson, AMG

     Artist: Jeri Brown
     Album: Mirage
     Label: Justin Time
     Year: 1994
     Quality: mp3 @ 256
     Size: 71+63 mb

On her first recording as a jazz singer, Jeri Brown really stretches herself. Joined by pianist Fred Hersch and bassist Daniel Lessard, Brown interprets everything from a swinging "No Moon at All," "Good Bait," and "On the Sunny Side of the Street" to "The Look of Love" and a long free improvisation duet with Hersch called "Ten Twenty" (after its length). Brown is best when she is caressing a warm ballad, for on the freer material her singing gets quite abrasive and is sometimes difficult to take. She would temper her excesses in future years and become one of the top jazz singers around, so Mirage is mostly recommended as the beginning point for this top-notch singer. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

     Artist: Craig Pilo
     Album: Just Play
     Label: Rue De La Harpe
     Original Year: 2007
     Genre: Jazz Fusion
     Format/Bitrate: MP3/320
     Size: 100mb+39mb

"Drummer Craig Pilo is kept busy via his concert tours with pop and rock icons Frankie Valli and Edgar Winter. Yet this jazz-fusion studio date signifies an insightful glimpse into his enviable chops and overall musicality. With an attractive blend of originals, jazz standards, and pieces by Trane and Freddie Hubbard, the drummer generates pop, zip and fluid movement throughout. Featuring veteran session artists such as keyboardist Mitchel Forman, bassist Tom Kennedy and others, the various lineups convey a tightly-organized and thoroughly, in-the-pocket chemistry. Constructed upon largely, melodic pieces and groove-oriented rhythmic maneuvers, Forman s Fender Rhodes piano work serves as the axis on several tracks. They execute a mid-tempo, Latin-jazz spin on Autumn Leaves, while projecting a contempo jazz outlook with saxophonist Roman Dudok s appearance on various works. On Hubbard s modern jazz classic Red Clay, the saxophonist judiciously improvises within the primary melody, firmed-up by Pilo s solid and throttling backbeats. Kennedy renders a literal reading of Jaco Pastorius Teen Town, as the trio s interpretation of Softly As In A Morning Sunrise, surfaces as a dreamy ballad, spiced-up with a distinct edge. No frills or revelations here! It s more about a consortium of top-caliber musicians infusing their broad music vernaculars into a potpourri of jazz-tinged works that intimate a jubilant state-of-affairs. Everything seems to click rather naturally here." ~ Glenn Astarita, EJazz News

     Artist:Andre Previn
     Album: GIGI
     Year: rec.April 7 and 8, 1958/rel. 1989
     Label: Contemporary Records
     Format: MP 3 @ 320 kb/s
     Time: 37:00
     Size:85.1 Mb
     

     Artist - Keely Smith
     Album - Keely Swings Basie Style...With Strings
     Label - Concord
     Year - 2002
     Quality - MP3@320 kbps
     Size - 154 mb
     Total time - 68:53

   Artist: James Moody
   Album: Return from Overbrook
   Label: GRP/Chess
   Release Date: 1956
   Format/Bitrate: MP3/320
   size: 78 MB & 56MB
   Time: 63:01

   Two of James Moody's better albums from the 1950's are reissued in full on this single Chess CD: Last Train From Overbrook and Flute 'N The Blues. The former session features Moody (on tenor, alto and flute) backed by ten horns and a four-piece rhythm section on a variety of strong straightahead material (including the title cut, "What's New," "Tico-Tico" and "The Moody One") while the latter is a septet outing that also has solos by trumpeter Johnny Coles, trombonist William Shepherd and baritonist Pee Wee Moore along with three memorable vocals from Eddie Jefferson. Recommended.
      ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

   Artist: Glenn Miller And The Army Force Band
   Album: Saint louis Blues March
   Year: 2001
   Label: TIM CZ
   Genre: Jazz
   Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kb/s
   Time: 1:12:21
   Size: 185.16 MB (5% Recovery)

    Artist: Benny Goodman
    Title: Body And Soul
    Year: 2006
    Label: Weton-Wesgram
    Format: MP3 320 kBit/s + CUE + LOG + Covers
    Size: ~ 45 MB