Artist: Lennie Tristano
     Album: Concert In Copenhagen
     Label: Orchard
     Year: 2001 [Recording Date: Oct 31, 1965]
     Genre: Jazz, Bop, Cool, Avant-Garde Jazz
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbps
     Time: 39:56
     Size: 89 Mb

     In the '40s, innovative jazz pianist Lennie Tristano pioneered an inventive approach that marked a clear break with the prevailing trends in bebop and introduced stylistic elements that drew on the influences of 20th century classical music as well as anticipating the explosive sounds of free jazz. Lennie Tristano: Solo -- The Copenhagen Concert preserves a memorable concert Tristano performed at the Tivoli Gardens in 1965, which was recorded for television broadcast; selections include "Darn That Dream," "Ghost of a Chance," "Tangerine," "You Don't Know What Love Is," "Lullaby of the Leaves," and more. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

     Artists: Stephane Grappelli & Yehudi Menuhin
     Album: The Very Best of Grappelli & Menuhin
     Year: 1973, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1985
     Release: 1998
     Label: Angel
     Format: MP3/320 & FLAC+CUE
     Time: 65:03
     Size MP3: 95.37 MB + 75.73 MB @320
     Size FLAC: 95.37 MB (x3) + 62.36 MB

     Stephane Grappelli was born on January 26, 1908 in Paris, France. After learning to play keyboard instruments, Grappelli took up the violin, later studying it formally. In the mid-20s he played in dance bands in Paris, gradually turning more to jazz. In the early 30s he met Django Reinhardt and with him formed the Quintette du Hot Club de France.
     Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE (April 22, 1916 – March 12, 1999) was an American-born violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. Though born in New York City, New York, he later became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and in 1985, of the United Kingdom.
     During the 1970s, '80s and '90s, Yehudi Menuhin made jazz recordings with Stephane Grappelli, classical recordings with L. Subramaniam and albums of Eastern music with the great sitarist Ravi Shankar.

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     Artist: Lennie Tristano
     Album: Continuity
     Label: Jazz Records
     Year: 2000 [Recording Date: Oct 1958-Jun 1964]
     Genre: Jazz, Bop, Cool, Avant-Garde Jazz
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbps
     Time: 38:04
     Size: 83.6 Mb

     These valuable recordings document the great pianist Lennie Tristano during his later years, when public appearances were rare and recordings only an infrequent event. Tristano is heard playing at the Half Note on two separate occasions. Warne Marsh is on tenor, altoist Lee Konitz is a major asset to the selections from 1964, and the rhythm sections include either Henry Grimes or Sonny Dallas on bass and Paul Motian or Nick Stabulas on drums. The recording quality is decent if not admirable, but it is the music (six explorations of common chord changes and a 50-second "Everything Happens to Me") that is wonderful. Tristano, Marsh, and Konitz constantly create new melody lines and make highly original music. ~ AMG Scott Yanow

     Artist: Jacques Loussier
     Album: The Best of Play Bach
     Label: Telarc [TLC 63590 (SACD)]
     Year: 2004
     Format: FLAC & CUE
     Total time: 60:35
     Size: 299 MB (+ Artwork)

     "The Best of Play Bach" is a compilation of Loussier's three Bach-inspired Telarc collections. It celebrates Loussier's 70-th birthday and marks the 45-th anniversary of the first and live performance of the original "Jacques Loussier Trio" as well as the 20-th anniversary of the reformed Trio that appears on all of the Telarc recordings.

     Jacques Loussier and his trio have been successfully marrying classical music and jazz since 1959, when the original Play Bach album appeared. Shocking at the time, this music now brings smiles of enjoyment to both jazz and classical listeners. These re-recordings, made in 1993 and 1994 in France, have been remixed to 5.1 for this release. Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor is the big piece, but I liked the ensuing Pastorale, with a virtuoso bass solo by Vincent Charbonnier that is of demonstration caliber -- just the right track for testing the subwoofer crossover balance. The surrounds have wisely been used to provide only ambience and space, and the up-front sound is well-balanced, warm, and transparent; André Aprino’s drums are particularly well-reproduced. Both sets of SACD tracks, two- and multichannel, have noticeably more presence than those carrying the regular CD sound. ~ Rad Bennett (goodsound.com)

     Artist: The Outlaw Blues Band
     Album: Breaking In
     Label: Akarma Italy
     Year: 1969 , release 2003
     Format: mp3 VBR, bitrate: 320 kb/s
     Time: 0:33:53
     Size: 59,45 MB

     Прекрасный образчик калифорнийского блюз-рока наравне с Paul Butterfield Band, Blues Project и другими корифеями американской блюзовой рок-сцены. Но с сильными джазовыми корнями, которые удачно сочетаются в блюзовом формате квинтета. Группа известна своими экспериментами на границе блюза, джаза, блюз-рока.

     The Outlaw Blues Band was one of many Blues revivalist groups from the 1960s.
     This is the Outlaw Blues Band's second album originally released in 1969 on ABC/Bluesway. The band was, without a doubt, one of the most important blues-rock groups of the late '60s to early '70s on par with Canned Heat, Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

     Performer: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
     Album: Texas Flood
     Recording Date: Nov 22, 1982 - Oct 1989
     Release Date: 1983
     Label: Epic/Legacy
     Genre: Rock, Styles: Modern Electric Texas Blues, Blues-Rock
     Time: 38:52
     Quality: mp3, 320 kb/sec + CD imag.
     Total size: 88 Mb

     Artist: Elvin Jones Introduces Takehisa Tanaka
     Album: When I Was at Aso Mountain
     Label: Enja
     Year: 1993
     Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Hard Bop
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbps
     Time: 66:19
     Size: 146.2 Mb

     This is basically a recording of the trio of Japanese pianist Takehisa Tanaka and the stellar rhythm team of bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Elvin Jones, with saxophonist/flautist Sonny Fortune performing on three of the eight selections, which include three Tanaka compositions and three standards. Ironically Fortune plays on all three Tanaka compositions, which are the recording's highlights: "I Was Too Young" is a ballad with the beautiful melody played by Fortune's tenor sax; "My Dream Come True, To E.J.," the only up-tempo selection on this recording, with the melody also played by Fortune's tenor sax; and the title track, a medium-tempo number that features Fortune's flute and Jones on mallets and brushes. The three standards, "Beautiful Love," "You Don't Know Where Love Is," and "Stella By Starlight" are given relatively straightforward readings here. The normally aggressive Jones is more restrained than usual throughout this recording, probably so he doesn't overpower Tanaka, a good pianist who seems out of place playing with musicians the caliber of Jones, McBee, and Fortune. Not an essential recording except for Jones completists. ~ Greg Turner, All Music Guide

     Artist: Lennie Tristano And Warne Marsh
     Album: Intuition
     Year: rec. 1949, 1956/rel. Oct 15, 1996
     Label: Capitol Jazz
     Format: MP3@320 Kb/s
     Time: 76:03
     Size: 158.63 Mb
     

     Artist: Anthony Wonsey
     Album: Another Perspective
     Label: Evidence
     Year: 1997
     Quality: 44100Hz stereo 320Kbps
     Total time: 65:08

     Throughout this fine trio outing with bassist Christian McBride and drummer Carl Allen, pianist Anthony Wonsey demonstrates his expertise in straight-ahead jazz. His very interesting repertoire includes four Bud Powell tunes, two originals, Nicholas Payton's "Herbie's Hands," Hank Jones' catchy "We're All Together" and a pair of standards. Wonsey sometimes sounds close to Powell, while at other times, he lets his own musical personality shine through. Excellent music in the bop mainstream. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

     Artists - Gerry Mulligan, Johnny Hodges
     Album - Gerry Mulligan meets Johnny Hodges
     Genre - Jazz, Cool
     Label - Verve
     Year - 1959, release - 2006
     Quality - FLAC, (231 MB w. scans)
     Total time - 33:26
     AMG Raiting:

     Gerry Mulligan's 1959 studio date with Johnny Hodges is one of the most satisfying sessions of his various meetings with different saxophonists for Verve, yet it was inexplicably the last to be made available on CD. With a hand-picked rhythm section consisting of pianist Claude Williamson, bassist Buddy Clark, and drummer Mel Lewis, and three originals contributed by each of the two leaders, everything gels nicely, though several tracks took more than three takes (in spite of liner note writer Nat Hentoff's assertions) to reach their final form. Mulligan contributed the gorgeous ballad "What's the Rush" (where he sat back to enjoy Hodges' solo and never plays his own horn), the easygoing swinger "Bunny," and the brisk cooker "18 Carrots (For Rabbit)," the latter which its composer would revisit with his Concert Jazz Band. The veteran alto saxophonist contributed the low-key ballad "Shady Side," the sassy blues "Back Beat" (later re-recorded by Hodges during a still unreleased 1960 studio meeting with Ben Webster), and "What It's All About," another potent blues. Throughout the date, the two saxophonists blend beautifully and complement one another's efforts, even though this was their only opportunity to record together in the studio. Sadly, no alternate takes or unissued numbers (at least two of which exist) have been added to this long anticipated reissue. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

     Artist: Earl Anderza
     Album: Outa Sight
     Label: Pacific Jazz
     Year: 1962
     Genre: West Coast Jazz
     Format, bitrate: mp3, 320 kb/s
     Size: 78 MB (+ Scans)

     A lost treasure from the glory days of the LA soul jazz bop scene of the early 60s! Alto player Earl Anderza has this crazy tone that's unlike anything we've ever heard -- and he plays with a calculated approach to atonality that hints at later work by Ayler and others -- but which comes across here a lot more straight ahead. Unlike Ayler, Anderza is backed by a tight soul jazz combo that includes stunning work by pianist Jack Wilson, one of our all-time favorite players -- working here on both straight piano and electric harpsichord -- which has a very crazy sound! Other players include George Morrow and Jimmy Bond on bass, plus Donald Dean on drums -- and titles include "Blues Baroque", "Freeway", "Benign", and a great version of Wilson's modal classic "Outa Sight"! ~ Dusty Groove America

     Artist: Sarah Vaughan
     Album: In Hi-Fi (+9)
     Label: Columbia
     Quality: FLAC & MP3@320 kbit/s
     Size: 268 MB & 143 MB
     Time: 64:42

     Most of Sarah Vaughan's Columbia recordings were on the commercial side, but not the memorable selections on this wonderful CD reissue. She recorded eight selections in 1950 with an octet that included trumpeter Miles Davis, trombonist Benny Green, the remarkably cool clarinetist Tony Scott and tenorman Budd Johnson. This CD adds alternate takes to seven of the numbers, increasing the discography of both Sassy and Miles. This version of "Ain't Misbehavin'" is a true classic (with memorable eight-bar solos by each of the four horns); "Mean to Me" and "Nice Work If You Can Get It" are gems, and the other performances are not far behind. In addition, Vaughan sings two versions of "The Nearness of You" in 1949; there is also a previously unknown recording of "It's All In the Mind," and three orchestra numbers from 1951 and 1953 wrap up the outstanding reissue. Sassy has rarely sounded better. Highly recommended. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

      Artists: Oscar Peterson & Fred Astaire
      Album: Complete Norman Granz Sessions (4 LP in 2 CD)
      Label: Jazz Factory (Spain)
      Year: 1952, release 2003
      Format, bitrate: MP3@224 kbit/s
      Time: 79:23 + 76:30
      Size: 198 MB


      О студийной работе Нормана Гранца с Фредом Астером в 1952 году мы уже рассказывали в этой публикации.

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     Artists: Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson
     Album: Benny Carter meets Oscar Peterson
     Label: Pablo/OJC
     Year: 1986, release 1995
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbit/s
     Time: 0.44:43
     Size: 104 MB

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     В 50-х годах Бенни Картер и Оскар Питерсон записывались на лейбле Verve. И вот спустя 30 лет Норман Гранц вновь пригласил великих мастеров джаза для записи...
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     Artist: Dexter Gordon
     Album: Swiss Nights - Vol. 3
     Year: recorded on August 23 & 24, 1975
     Label: SteepleChase (SCCD 31110)
     Format: MP3@320 Kb/s (CD-rip)
     Time: 66:15
     Size: 79.8 Mb + 71.1 Mb

     The third of three CDs taken from tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon's appearances at the 1975 Zurich Jazz Festival has more variety than the other two. There are previously unissued versions of "Tenor Madness" and "Days of Wine and Roses" (the latter has a guest appearance by trumpeter Joe Newman), tender ballad renditions of "Didn't We" and "Sophisticated Lady," an effective vocal by Gordon on "Jelly Jelly," and a rollicking rendition of "Rhythm-A-Ning." With pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Niels Pedersen and drummer Alex Riel offering strong support, Dexter Gordon is heard in enthusiastic, hard-swinging form. ~ Review by Scott Yanow, AMG.