Artist: Chico Hamilton,
     Album: My Panamanian Friend
     Label: Soul Note/Italy
     Year: rec. Aug 21, 1992-Aug 28, 1992/rel.1994
     Format: MP 3 @320 Kb/s
     Time: 56:17
     Size: 95.4+27.9 Mb

     

     Artists: Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck,
                Lambert Hendricks & Ross, Carmen McRae
     Album: The Real Ambassadors
     Label: Columbia
     Year: 1961
     Format, bitrate: MP3 192 - 320 Kbps
     Size: 99,9 MB
     Time: 0.53:88

     Просто взгляните на исполнителей и немедленно слушайте!


In 1961, Dave Brubeck put together a remarkable musical show. Using the talents of Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars, Carmen McRae, the innovative bop vocal group Lambert, Hendricks And Ross, and his own rhythm section, Brubeck and his wife, lyricist Iola, wrote a largely upbeat play full of anti-racism songs and tunes that celebrated human understanding. Although it had only one live performance (at the 1962 Monterey Jazz Festival), The Real Ambassadors was recorded for posterity and now, with its reissue on CD, the original 15 selections have been augmented by five more. It is important to listen to this music without prior expectations because Paul Desmond is nowhere to be found, Louis Armstrong does not play that much trumpet here, and Lambert, Hendricks And Ross essentially function as background singers. However Satch and Carmen McRae make for a very potent team, and there are many touching and surprising moments. ~ Scott Yanow, AMG

     Artist: George Thorogood & The Destroyers
     Album: 30th Anniversary Tour: Live In Europe
     Label: Eagle
     Year: 2004
     Genre: Blues, Blues Rock, Boogie
     Tracks: 13
     Format: FLAC 8
     Size: 5 x 97 MB + 1 x 90 MB




Recorded on May 4, 2004, at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham, England, George Thorogood & the Destroyers sound as spirited and enthusiastic as they did 30 years ago playing bars in their Delaware hometown. While some naysayers might call the track listing repetitive, they obviously miss the point of Thorogood's live gigs to begin with. Hardcore Thorogood fans will wonder what happened to certain staples like "Move It On Over" or "I'm Wanted," but basically all of the tried and true showstoppers are included: "Bad to the Bone," John Lee Hooker's "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer," Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love," and "I Drink Alone." George Thorogood & the Destroyers' 30th Anniversary Tour: Live is raucous, fun, and passionate, finding both band and audience having a great time.

     Artist: Oscar Peterson
     Album: Live At The Blue Note [Box Set]
     Year: 1990
     Release: 25 Oct 2004
     Label: Telarc
     Format, quality: MP3 VBR stereo (average 224kbps)
     Size: 466mb (RS.com)

     Artist: Kid Ory
     Album: Creole Classics
     Label: Naxos Jazz Legends
     Year: 1944-1947
     Release: 2001
     Genre: Jazz
     Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s
     Time: 53:58
     Size: 114MB

This is all classic Kid Ory, plenty of ensemble work, no solos at all from the leader. Most tracks have Mutt Carey, a long time Ory sideman on Trumpet. Omer Simeon, Joe Darensberg, Darnell Howard and Barney Bigard share the Clarinet chores. Buster Wilson is on Piano throughout as is Ed Garland on Bass.
This really is classic New Orleans (and without the Banjo), Ory had a unique style of playing, his ensemble work is very punchy and full of glissandos and growls, but his playing induced all his bands to swing. He did not see the trombone as a solo instrument. If you want to get a feel for this style of playing, try Tiger Rag, it’s a classic and great fun.
It is interesting that these recordings were made between 1944 and 1947, but the tunes are performed by every local trad. Band, up and down the UK, on a weekly basis. They must have something to have lasted so long, I suspect that most have strong melodies and they make for happy sounding performances. It was probably Jack Teagarden, who was most influential in giving the Trombone equal status with the Trumpet and Clarinet as far as solos were concerned. Those that follow are expected to fill both rolls, the punchy rhythmic playing of Ory and the fine tone and construction of Teagarden.
Ory started out in New Orleans in the times the music was still in its infancy, but moved to the West Coast for health reasons and then on to Hawaii to retire in 1966. He continued to play up to his 85th birthday or thereabouts!
Once again Naxos have done a wonderful job of cleaning up these performances and I’m sure this release will be welcomed by people with catholic tastes in jazz and of course by the ‘back to the delta men’ as they wear their sandals in the winter! ~ Don Mather

     Artist: Les DeMerle
     Album: Hittin' The Blue Notes
     Label: Origin Records
     Year: rec.Feb 18, 2003/rel.Jul 29, 2003
     Format: MP3 @320 Kb/s
     Time: 56:55
     Size:95.4+30.1 Mb

     

     Artist: Tony Bennett
     Album: I Wanna Be Around
     Label: Columbia
     Year: 1963
     Genre: Vocal Jazz, Crooning
     Format, bitrate: MP3, CBR 320 kbps
     Size: 70 Mb

Этот альбом Беннетта справедливо входит в ряд его лучших пластинок. Здесь молодой, но уже маститый певец, похоже, окончательно нашел свой стиль. Титульная песня, а также композиция «Once Upon a Summertime» завораживают своими переходами к высоким нотам. Ну и куда без босановы – детища Антонио Карлоса Жобима – продолжавшей завоевывать мир. «Corcovado» в исполнении Беннетта – один из ярких примеров итало-американо-бразильской гаммы музыкальных красок.

As the studio album follow-up to Tony Bennett's breakthrough record, I Left My Heart In San Francisco, I Wanna Be Around had a lot to live up to, but since San Francisco was a culmination of Bennett's development, not a fluke, I Wanna Be Around turned out to be almost on a par with its predecessor. "The Good Life" and "I Wanna Be Around" became Top 20 hits, showing that Bennett had somehow found a line into good new pop material, and there were also some excellent arrangements, courtesy of Marty Manning, including a percussion-and-flute reading of "Let's Face The Music And Dance" that echoed the Beat Of My Heart album and a nod to the South American trend with Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Quiet Nights (Corcovado)." A worthy successor. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

     Artist: Ted Curson
     Album: Tears For Dolphy
     Label: Black Lion
     Year: 1964
     Genre: Jazz
     Format: FLAC
     Size: 344MB
     Time: 61:24

     Artist: Stephane Grappelli
     Album: Swing From Paris (Original Recordings 1935-1943 Featuring Django Reinhardt & George Shearing)
     Label: Naxos Jazz Legends
     Year: 1935-1943
     Release: 2003
     Genre: Jazz
     Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s
     Time: 58:05
     Size: 92+45MB