Artist: Willis Jackson
     Album: Headed And Gutted
     Label: Muse
     Year: 1974
     Format, bitrate: MP3 320 Kbps (Vinyl Rip)
     Size: 92 MB


Willis "Gator" Jackson's series of albums for Muse during the 1970s helped keep alive the soulful, tough tenor tradition of Illinois Jacquet, Gene Ammons, and (later on) Houston Person. For this particular set, the participation of guitarist Pat Martino made the date more notable than it might have been. With Mickey Tucker on keyboards, electric bassist Bob Cranshaw, drummer Freddie Waits, and Richard Landrum and Sonny Morgan on percussion, Jackson still sounds very much in his prime, particularly on the exciting "Gator Whale." The other selections tend to emphasize ballads ("My One and Only Love" is fairly memorable) and funky jazz, although The Way We Were" did not really need to be recorded again. ~ Scott Yanow, AMG

     Artist: David Sanborn
     Album: Pearls
     Year: 1995
     Original Release Date: 1995
     Label: Elektra / Wea
     Genre: Smoth Jazz
     Format, bitrate: mp3, 192 kb/s
     Size: 73 MB

Over the years certain collections real music lovers come back to over and over and "Pearls" is one of those rare collections that never grow tired and this sublime collection of magnificent performances is one of those timeless collections that stand out like a fine jewel! Legendary arranger Johnny Mandel brillantly arranged old standards and newer ones (two stand-outs by legend Leon Russell!) and David Sanborn has never sounded better and his performances throughout are deeply soulful and satisfying. Guest artists are superb with "For All We Know" by Jimmy Scott a tour-de-force of singing deep from the soul being a mesmerizing performance to be experienced over and over...Oleta Adams doing a sublime "Nobody Does It Better" makes one wonder why this awesome talent isn't a household name...music industry today is filled with lost opportunities as radio programmers program non-talent and pass on greats in favor of creating their boring trends and that is why all the major music chains have folded...a house built on sand doesn't stand and hopefully some day the industry will realize this and promote real talent that people can get excited about and this amazing collection is something to listen to over and over again and defines what great popular music is all about yet the masses never have a chance to experience something this fine. A stunning collection and a must have for any music lover and this collection of "Pearls" is a keeper! Bravo Mr. Sanborn...your artistry inspired greatness which was acheived all here for anyone who cares about great music to savor and enjoy over and over again for years to come!!!

     Artist: Andres Boiarsky
     Album: Into the light
     Label: Reservoir (City Hall)
     Year:1996, release:1997
     Quality: FLAC - 4 RS links



A forceful improviser with a big tone, tenor saxophonist Andres Boiarsky may not be famous, but he is a fine hard bop player. Although Boiarsky was born and raised in Argentina and uses some top Latin jazz players on this set, the music is strictly hard bop. For this project, he is heard in a quartet with pianist George Cables, bassist David Finck, and drummer Ignacio Berroa, with guest appearances from percussionist Gabriel Machado, trumpeter Claudio Roditi, and altoist Paquito D'Rivera. Roditi takes solo honors during his three appearances, but Boiarsky (who contributed six of the eight songs) holds his own with his better-known sidemen and shows that, with some luck, he could be a force to be reckoned with. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

     Artist: Roberto ”Fats” Fernandez
     Album: Baladas (Ballads)
     Rec. Date: September 2006
     Label: Melopea Discos (Argentina)
     Quality: FLAC



"Ballad" includes themes, interpreted by the Fats and accompanied on piano by Manuel Ochoa, Jorge Armani on electric guitar, bass Jerome in Carmona, and Andres Beeuwsaert Litto Nebbia on piano.

     Artist: Sarah Vaughan
     Album: A Time In My Life
     Label: MAINSTREAM
     Year: 1991
     Release Date: 1972
     Genre: Jazz Vocal
     Format, bitrate: mp3; 192 kb/s
     Size: 44.60MB

Sarah Vaughan is one of the greatest vocalists of all time. A Time In My Life is a mixed bag that illustrates the challenges many interpreters of the Great American Songbook faced in trying to keep up with the times, from a commercial standpoint. Released in 1972, there are some sublime moments here and almost as many frightening ones. "On Thinking It Over" is a jazzy, soulful track that shifts mood and tempo between chorus and verse. "Magical Connection" is a cool, swaying midtempo. Carly Simon's "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" is a great song but this lament of a young upper middle class, white woman coming of age in the first wave of political feminism loses all context in the hands of a mature, knowing woman of another era. In contrast, Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" fits Vaughan like a glove and it is my personal favorite here; funky and forward, it is clear that Vaughan really feels the message. It's hard to go wrong with John Lennon's "Imagine" (provided you can actually sing) so Vaughan's version is good but not great, but even mediocre Sarah Vaughan is still pretty good when compared to mere mortals.

     Performer: Pat Metheny Group
     Album: We Live Here: Live in Japan
     Format: AVI
     Video: XviD, 640x480, 1200kbps
     Audio: AC3, ch 2, 48000 Hz, 448 Kbps
     Recording Date: 1995
     Size: 1398,75 MB (1.37 Gb)

Jazz fusion guru Pat Metheny and the seven accompanying musicians who make up his Group have been nominated for nearly two dozen Grammy Awards. The acclaimed jazz guitarist and composer is known for being one of the innovators of the genre, and has thus gained an extremely loyal cult following. On LIVE IN JAPAN, the Metheny Group are filmed performing a stellar concert in Japan. 13 selections are played, including "Stranger in Town," "Scrap Metal," "First Circle," and "Have

     Artist: Clark Terry
     Album: Wham! Clark Terry Live at The Jazzhouse
     Label: BASF [LP Catalog # 22676]
     Year: 1976 [Digital Remastered]
     Genre: Jazz, Bop
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbps
     Time: 52:01
     Size: 107.3 Mb

     В клубе уже много прекрасной музыки в исполнении великого трубача Кларка Тэрри. Удивительно, что этот пожилой музыкант, играя музыку которой 30-40 лет заставляет любителей джаза, и сегодня принимать ее как абсолютно свежую и новую. Этим постом вношу свой скромный вклад в копилку клуба и предлагаю еще раз послушать Кларка Тэрри.
     Clark Terry's mid-'70s concert at the Jazzhouse in Hamburg, Germany, finds the trumpeter and fluegelhornist in top form. Most of the material had been a part of Terry's repertoire for years at the time of the concert. He alternates back and forth between fluegelhorn and muted trumpet (with one in each hand) in a brisk arrangement of "Perdido." He sticks to fluegelhorn for most the remaining tracks: His playing is full of humor during "On the Trail" (from Grofe's "Grand Canyon Suite") and a long excursion into "Wham! (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam)" (inexplicably credited to Dizzy Gillespie instead of Eddie Durham and Taps Miller). Terry also adds a good-natured vocal, as well as his matchless scat singing, to a spirited "Take the 'A' Train." Scott Bradford makes a game effort playing a rather out-of-tune piano, while bassist Larry Gales (misspelled "Gailes") and drummer Hartwig Bartz provide adequate support. The cover photo of Terry playing his fluegelhorn flipped 180 degrees is also priceless. This long out of print LP, with its generous amount of music, is well worth acquiring. ~ Ken Dryden, AMG

     Artist:Hal Singer
     Album:Rent Party
     Release Date:1956
     Label:Savoy (LP)
     Format/Bitrate: MP3/256
     Time:42:10
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     Tenor saxophonist Hal Singer, who had a surprise hit with "Cornbread," which led to him leaving Duke Ellington's orchestra shortly after joining it (he had temporarily become more popular than Ellington), was a honker if not a screamer. His 16 R&B-ish sides that are reissued on this LP are full of spirited and joyfully repetitious tenor.
     This is Hal Singer's definitive set...

     

Artist: Johnny Smith
Album: Walk Don't Run
Label: Roulette
Year: 1954
Quality: 320kbps
Size: 73MB

While the tune "Walk, Don't Run" was such a smash for the Ventures it became synonymous with their name, the version by its composer, jazz guitarist Johnny Smith, is well-worth a listen itself. This Roulette album taking its name from the song came out in 1954, after Smith had become well-established as a NBC Studios staff guitarist who could be heard on television, on radio, and with the NBC Orchestra. Smith's quartet with rhythm guitarist Perry Lopez, drummer Don Lamond and bassist Arnold Fishkin features the original version of the tune (its original title was "Opus"), as well as a host of standards including "Moonlight in Vermont," "Stranger in Paradise," "Lover Man," "Autumn in New York," "In a Sentimental Mood," and "Someone to Watch Over Me." While a fine single-string soloist, Smith was also a genius at chordal structures, which is wonderfully evidenced in "Sophisticated Lady" and "Our Love Is Here to Stay." The CD version of the album contains a pair of bonus tracks, including a version of "Lullaby of Birdland," for which Smith took a page from the Les Paul songbook and overdubbed a second guitar part for himself. This may not be the most recognizable album in the jazz guitar canon, but it is a very fine one and should be explored. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide