Artist: Shirley Scott
          Album: Queen of the Organ: Memorial Album
          Year: 2003 (1958-1964)
          Label: Prestige
          Genre: Hard Bop, Soul-Jazz
          Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kb/s
          Time: 1:14:03
          Size: 173,4 MB(+5% recovery)
          AMG Rating: 4,5


Shirley Scott was indeed the Queen of the Organ and this 14-track collection of her work for Prestige, Bluesville, and Moodsville gives ample proof of that fact. The collection covers the years 1958 to 1964 and features her recordings as a leader and as a sideman. Her light and swinging tone at the B-3 made her a perfect foil for the great tenor saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis; three tracks from their fruitful partnership are included, a highlight being the rocking take on Davis' "The Chef." She also teamed up with her husband at the time, Stanley Turrentine, for some sessions in the early '60s, and two tracks -- the rollicking "Soul Shoutin'" and the swinging "Five Spot After Dark" -- are included. She also did sessions backing singers; from those sessions a killer version of "(Night Time Is) The Right Time" by Al Smith and "Person to Person" by Mildred Anderson are included. The rest of the disc is made up of sessions Scott led, and all are first-rate soul-jazz workouts. Of special note are her storming version of "Caravan" and a moody take on Sonny Rollins' "Blue Seven," with a fiery solo by trumpet great Joe Newman. Scott is often overlooked when lists of the great jazz organ players are made. Anyone who listens to her stellar work on this highly enjoyable collection will see just what a mistake that glaring omission is. ~ Tim Sendra, All Music Guide

     Artist: Ansgar Specht
     Album: Nu_Bar_Trax
     Label: Dmg
     Year: 2005
     Genre: Jazz / Fusion
     Format: MP3@256 kbit/s (VBR)
     Time: 01:01:07
     Size: 110 MB

Третий альбом немецкого джазового гитариста Ансгара Шпехта под лейблом Ansgar Specht Group.
В 2005-м году Ансгар представляет свой третий альбом „Nu_Bar_Trax”. В этом альбоме еще больше раскрывается композиторский потенциал музыканта. Тут можно услышать и танцевальные ритмы, и "космические" звуки, и Fender Rhodes E-Piano, и теплые, полные джазового звучания гитарные соло.

     Artists - VA
     Album - Огней так много золотых
     Label - M.A.Y. Production
     Years - 50гг, Release - 1995
     Quality - MP3@256 kbps
     Total time - 46:52

     Artist: Ernestine Anderson
     Album: Live From Concord To London
     Label: Concord Records
     Year: 1976
     Release Date: 1976
     Genre: Jazz Vocal
     Format, bitrate: mp3, 128 kb/s
     Size: 35.90MB

The first half of this CD is quite historic 17Ѕ minutes from Ernestine Anderson's comeback concert at the 1976 Concord Jazz Festival. One can feel excitement throughout the performance as the audience rediscovers the talented singer, who had not recorded in a decade. Four songs ("Don't Get Around Much Anymore," "Days of Wine and Roses," "Stormy Monday" and a soulful "Am I Blue") have swinging and stimulating accompaniment by pianist Hank Jones, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Jake Hanna, while a brief "Take the 'A' Train" has Anderson joined by Bill Berry's Big Band. The "London" half of the disc is from a year later and is more laidback and routine, although enjoyable. Backed by an English rhythm section, the singer interprets "My Romance," a four-song Duke Ellington medley, and "Love for Sale" in winning fashion. Overall, this is one of the best in Ernestine Anderson's string of Concord recordings. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

     Artist:Walter Trout
     Album:Face The Music
     Label: Mascot
     Year: , release 2000
     Genre: Live
     Format, bitrate: 320 k/s.
     Size: 127 m.

FACE THE MUSIC (LIVE ON TOUR) features nine live tracks of energetic blues rock from Walter Trout And The Free Radicals.

German edition of live set from blues rocker formerly in Canned Heat and The Bluesbreakers. Recorded during his '99 ... Full Descriptionworld tour and featuring two previously unreleased tracks. 2000release. Standard jewelcase.

          Artist: Robert Plant
          Album: Now And Zen
          Label: EsParanza/Atlantic
          Year: rec./rel. 1988
          Format: MP3@320 Kb/s
          Time:47:04
          Size:57.2+47.0 Mb

Artist: Joe Lovano
Album: Symphonica
Label: Blue Note 26225
Year: 1995
Genre: Jazz
Format, bitrate: mp3 @ 320 kb/s
Time: ~ 65 min
Size: 145,32MB

With his 20th album for Blue Note album, Lovano delivers a milestone recording with Symphonica, a bold and beautiful orchestral project recorded largely in concert with the WDR Radio Big Band and Orchestra from Cologne, Germany.

With music arranged and conducted by the big band musical director, Michael Abene, Symphonica marks the first time in Lovano’s career that he has recorded an entire album with a full symphony.

All of the music consists of Lovano compositions save for one piece (Charles Mingus’s “Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love,” where Lovano sustains his tenor saxophone lines to hover over the haunting melody).

In that sense, Symphonica stands as a full-sound, best-of collection that traces the breadth and plumbs the depth of Lovano’s career.

     Artist:Acoustic Alchemy
     Album: Aart
     Label: Higher Octave Music
     Genre: Instrumental / Smooth Jazz
     Quality: FLAC (narod.ru)
     Total Size: 405Mb
     Total Time: 61:41 min


     Presented as the apex of a metamorphoses begun on Beautiful Game toward a more filled out group sound, leader Greg Carmichael accents his trademark nylon string guitar style with a horn section. Considered one of the defining arbiters of smooth jazz, Acoustic Alchemy actually lean more to the pop side of the genre, often betraying more than a passing interest in soul music. The songs on AART are no exception. The curiously titled "Viva Che" -- for Guavara? -- is straight-up Latin disco lite, б la Jamiroquai, replete with Moog keyboard swirls and Brazilian percussion hiccups. The first single, "Wish You Were Near," showcasing Snake Davis on tenor sax, features Carmichael at his dramatic best, soloing over an up-tempo groove backed by Philly soul-style horn hits. Longtime Alchemy buffs will no doubt find much to enjoy on this disc, and, despite the processed sound of some backing instruments -- full keyboard strings -- the inclusion of many retro-'70s disco era techniques may appeal to a wider dance-oriented audience. ~ Matt Collar, All Music Guide

     Artist: Roy Eldridge
     Album: Little Jazz & The Jimmy Ryan All-Stars
     Label: Pablo
     Year:rec. April 7, 1975/rel.2001
     Format: MP3 @ 320 Kb/s
     Time:58:10
     Size: 95.4+28.1 Mb

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     Artist: Chico Hamilton
     Album: The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings
of the Chico Hamilton Quintet
     Label: Mosaic
     Year: 2002
     Genre: Jazz
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbps
     Size: 877 MB

The original Chico Hamilton Quintet was one of the last significant West Coast jazz bands of the cool era. Consisting of Buddy Collette on reeds (flute, clarinet, alto, and tenor), guitarist Jim Hall, bassist Carson Smith, and the drummer/leader, the most distinctive element in the group's identity was cellist Fred Katz. The band could play quite softly, blending together elements of bop and classical music into their popular sound and occupying their own niche. This six-CD, limited-edition box set from 1997 starts off with a Hamilton drum solo from a 1954 performance with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet; it contains three full albums and many previously unreleased numbers) by the original Chico Hamilton band and also has quite a few titles from the second Hamilton group (which has Paul Horn and John Pisano in the places of Collette and Hall). In addition, there are three titles from the third Hamilton Quintet (with Eric Dolphy on flute and alto) and a 1959 Duke Ellington tribute date that featured both Collette and Horn. Most of these performances were formerly quite rare and never reissued coherently before. Highly recommended to jazz historians and to listeners who enjoy classic cool jazz, this box is sure to be sold out quickly. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

     Artist - Lionel Hampton
     Albums:Drum Stomp / Hamp's Boogie Woogie No.1
     Label - Membran
     Years: 1937-1946, release - 2005
     Quality - MP3@192 kbps
     Size - 203 mb
     Total time: 77:16+73:47



Lionel Hampton is one of the true giants of American music. He was an innovator on the vibes, coming to prominence in the 1930s in Benny Goodman's band before forming his own orchestra and scoring a massive hit in 1942 with "Flying Home." Like Louis Armstrong, he was a wonderful entertainer as well as a musician, and this has kept him in the public's hearts long after most jazz artists revert to cult status. Even though he had Swing in his blood, the hard-driving Hampton worked well with Bop and Cool artists, and he had a hand in forging R&B. His good humor pours out of his playing and his exuberant vocal style.

     Artist: Buggy Braune Quartet
     Album: Out of Innovation
     Format: FLAC & mp3 (320k/s)
     Size: 403 & 151 MB (scans)
     Label: Acoustic Music
     Total time: 65:29

     Artist:Royal Crown Revue
     Album: Kings of Gangster Bop
     Label:Better Youth Org.
     Year: , release1991
     Genre:Gangster bop
     Format, bitrate:mp3, 320 kbps
     Time:35min, 52 sec.
     Size:85 mb.



By 1991, RCR had released it's first album, KINGS OF GANGSTER BOP, and was ceaselessly touring America and Europe, playing hundreds of shows to fans thrilled to hear a new genre of American music. The band also caused a stir with their love for all things vintage. From razor-sharp double-breasted suits to fedoras, hand painted 40's ties, vintage instruments, cars and furniture - the band embraced the retro lifestyle to its fullest. In city after city, the band's enthusiastic approach inspired fans to make their own connections with classic American culture and thus began the scene that would soon become a full-scale movement.

     Artist: Adam Rogers Trio
     Album: Time and the Infinite
     Label:Criss Cross
     Year: 2007
     Quality:MP3;320 kb/s
     Size:94 mb
     Total time: 58:50

Too often, liner notes have about the objectiveness of a recommendation letter written by a mother on behalf of her child. It's possible that good qualities are exalted, but it's just as likely that strengths are exaggerated and comparisons with the genre's greats are too easily made. Guitarist Adam Rogers' latest recording is a notable exception. The effusive praise is merited, and any declarations are fully supported by the tight arrangements and intoxicating melodies.

"Young and Foolish" is described as achieving "effortless lyricism that exemplifies a 'profound simplicity.'" Nothing could be truer. The "I Loves You, Porgy" description name-drops Miles and Gil Evans, but only as a genealogical backdrop of sorts. Rogers, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Bill Stewart make this song their own in a refreshing, entirely honest way; it's a straightforward composition that is executed respectfully and unpretentiously, Rogers' sharp but mellifluous notes contoured by strong bass. The most compelling track, however, is "Esteban," inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez' short story "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World," whose protagonist is named Esteban by enchanted villagers in a remote town in Colombia. The track sounds like the story feels, and the five minutes are packed with a regional sound that feels genuine and exotic, largely due to Rogers' emotional and versatile guitar playing. "Esteban" is followed by "Without a Song," a slinky, lighthearted track that delivers a brisk effect by way of Stewart's steady drumming.

The liners quote Rogers as commenting that "even after years of playing, there is still so much mystery in this art, which can be wonderful, surprising, sometimes confusing, but rarely uninteresting." The same can be said for Time and the Infinite, and there is no trace of embellishment in that conclusion. ~ Karla Cornejo, All About Jazz