Artist: David Goloshchokin
   Album: The Great Russian Jazz Violin
   Year: 1995
   Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kbps
   Time: 59:04
   Size: 135 Mb



   Если вспомнить начало одной из наиболее значительных статей Владимира Фейертага, немного заострить ”образ”, слегка расширить ”диапазон звучания”, то может получиться примерно такая фраза: остановите на любом проспекте любого постсоветского города прохожего и спросите: кто в бывшем СССР играет джаз на скрипке? А продолжить можно точно по тексту: ”Вам ответят сразу: Давид Голощекин".

     Artist: Ronnie Earl
     Album: Hope Radio Sessions
     Label: Stony Plain
     Year: 2008
     Genre: Blues
     Format bitrate: DVD-rip | AVI/XVID, 1777Kbps, 720 x 480 | Mp3, 256 kbps
     Size: 1.11 Gb

     Blues guitarist Ronnie Earl has earned a reputation as an inspired guitarist who masterfully blends blues licks with fluid jazzy improvisation and touches of rock and soul. Over the course of Earl's 25-year-plus career, he has released over 20 albums, but none so acclaimed as 2007's Hope Radio, recorded with his long-time band the Broadcasters.
     Stony Plain Records has announced an October 14, 2008 release date for Earl's Hope Radio Sessions DVD, which features Earl and the Broadcasters performing live at the Wellspring Sound studios in Acton, Massachusetts. The DVD also includes alternate versions of performances from Earl's landmark Hope Radio audio CD, plus two rare solo acoustic guitar selections and an eleven-minute interview with the legendary (and somewhat reclusive) blues guitarist.
     Earl has twice won a coveted W.C. Handy Blues Award for "Guitar Player of the Year" and has long been considered one of the premier instrumentalists of the blues. A former member of the acclaimed Roomful of Blues band, Earl has played alongside such blues music titans as Muddy Waters, Big Joe Turner, Otis Rush, and Duke Robillard. With Hope Radio Sessions, Earl's first DVD release, fans can get a look behind the scenes and witness the phenomenal skills of this talented blues guitarist with their own eyes and ears.

   Artist: VA
   Аlbum:Vintage Cafe - Lounge And Jazz Blends
   Label: Music Brokers
   Year: 2007
   Format, bitrate: mp3/ CBR 256 kbps, 44.1 kHz, Stereo
   Size: 145Mb




   В сборнике представлены популярные композиции в джазовой и Lounge-обработке. Красивая мелодичная музыка позволяет создать необыкновенно уютную, расслабляющую атмосферу.

     Artist - Silje Nergaard
     Album - Nightwatch
     Label - Umvd
     Year - 2003, release - 2004
     Quality - Waw+cue, covers + MP3/ CBR 320 kbps, 44.1 kHz, Stereo from moro 10
     Size - 344 mb/115Mb

     Silje Nergaard has, within the last six years, established herself as one of the most original & most interesting artists working within the European jazz arena. Her 2003 release, 'Nightwatch' (2003, Universal Music), is her eighth album. Recorded in Oslo, Norway & Stockholm, Sweden, Silje Nergaard further develops her unique brand of strong melodic jazz in sophisticated arrangements, flavored by a captivating voice.
     Известность пришла к Силье Нергоо в 16 лет, во время Molde International Jazz Festival в Норвегии, когда она присоединилась к импровизированному джэмсейшну на концерте состава Джако Пасториуса. Фактически в тот вечер Силье превратилась в одну из самых перспективных джазовых певиц Норвегии, а продюсер Ричард Найлс предложил Силье записаться на фирме Lifetime Records.

   Artist: Claude Bolling & Jean-Pierre Rampal
   Album: Suite for Flute & Jazz piano trio No.1
   Label: Milan
   Year: 1975
   Size: 71 mb
   Format/bitrate: mp3, 320 kb/s

     Artist: J.J.MILTEAU (Various)
     Album: Inspiration : 22 rare harmonica performances
                   selected by J.J. Milteau
     Label: EMARCY RECORDS
     Year: 23/05/2005
     Style: Harmonica Blues
     Format: Mp3 CBR 320 kbps
     Time: 0h 58m 29s
     Size: 155 Mb

     When I first got Inspiration I thought it would be one of those boring novelty records. Besides, who but a confirmed harmonicat would enjoy over 72 solid minutes of harp music? Spinning the first two tracks, I was startled by the segue: Toots Thielemans jazzily interpeting Eric Satie in the familiar "Gymnopedie," followed by some yee-hah whooping by Sonny Terry on "Lost John." I thought, "What market is this one for?", shook my head, and continued doing some filing in my office.
     I left the CD on, and as it continued through its 22 tracks - careening from jazz to gut-bucket blues to rock, folk, pop, Argentinian tango and Irish reels - it started to grow on me. What an intriguing range of sound, mood, and geography, that harmonica. It has a broad range of chronology and interpreters, too, including Stevie Wonder doing "Alfie," Larry Adler and Django on "Body and Soul," and Magic Dick and the J. Geils Band on "Whammer Jammer." There's also a train (not Trane) imitation, something jolly that sounds like the soundtrack to a "Little Rascals" episode, and the ultimate romantic harmonica anthem, "Paris Skies." Once you get used to the concept, it's a very well-paced and pleasing musical mix.

     Artist: James Brown
     Album: Getting’ Down To It
     Year: rec. Dec 1968-Mar 1969
     Label: Verve
     Genre: R&B
     Format: MP3@320/kbs

     Most people know James Brown as the Godfather of Soul. But Brown has also long had a taste for jazz. Inspired by the music of Frank Sinatra, Brown teamed up with the Dee Felice Trio to record his own unique versions of Sinatra-associated standards like “Strangers in the Night” and “All the Way,” along with jazzed-up renditions of his hits “Cold Sweat” and “There Was a Time.” The intimately swinging results revealed a little-known facet of Brown’s funky self — a brand new bag, indeed!

   Artist: Saskia Laroo
   Аlbum: Bodymusic
   Year: 1999
   Label: Laroo
   Format, bitrate: mp3/ 320 kbps, 44.1 kHz, Stereo
   Size: 140Mb

   Самая известная женщина-трубач мира - голландка Саския Лару (Saskia Laroo) или, как окрестила ее американская пресса - «Леди Майлз».

   How do you think it would have sounded if Miles wanted people to have a good time instead of sit in awe and nod appreciatively? It might have sounded something like this. With a young, energetic outlook, a solid feeling for a groove and a straight ahead simplicity that includes everyone with no one being played down to, Laroo takes her urban chops to a new level as smooth jazz mixes with good vibes and makes good times for all.
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   Artist: Augusto Mancinelli
   Album: Resonances
   Year: 2002
   Label: Splasc(h)
   Quality: mp3@320kbps
   Size: 158MB



   IN SEARCH OF A "NEW WORLD" " When you listen to Resonances, you realise that Augusto Mancinelli has no debts to pay to African-American music. As he is completely free of any, he can manage his guitar style just as he likes, in any genre or artistic current anywhere in the vicinity of jazz. Or, better stili, anywhere in the vicinity of music, considering that Augusto loves the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix and joined Enrico Rava's group in 19B4. He is bound not to have forgotten Ligeti, Berio, Sciarrino or Nono, nor Charles Ives, Bיla Bartעk and Igor Stravinsky. Some timed ago, he told me that "jazz revives the instinct of making music in an almost Buddhist conception, like in a mandala, where thought joins with the heart and becomes as one, in a complete fusion". So what we have on this album is the experimenting artist (more than anywhere else on Resonances, where a rigid, angular theme moves modulations and dissonances tailored to prepare a free development), the inspired bopper (try out the terse, sharp phrases on Blue Goose Blues), the improviser who is always on the lookout for new, potential discoveries of timbre and the artist who is focused on an according and accompanying elegance (conducted with acute tempo and perfection on Scrambled Eggs). We also have the cultured yet popular creator whose fancy takes flight as he plays and who admires Bill Frisell, John Scofield and Jim Hall.
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   Artist: Pura Fй
   Album:Tuscarora Nation Blues
   Label: DixieFrog
   Year: 2004
   Format, bitrate: mp3@320kbps
   Time: 55:28
   Size: 95 MB



   In this album Pura Fй relates a deeply personal history with her beautiful spirit and voice. This beautiful album is complete with songs of love, history and anthems for her Tuscarora Indian Nation of North Carolina. She introduces the Deer Clan Singers who bring us their traditional southern style of ancient Tuscarora-Tutelo songs. The legendary Willie Lowery plays wonderful guitar. Cool John Ferguson adds his magical touch on guitar as well.
   (Bluesweb)

     Artist: Joshua Breakstone
     Album: Sittin on the Thing With Ming
     Year: 1994
     Label: Capri
     Genre: Cool, Hard Bop
     Quality: 256kbps, mp3
     Size: 110mb





Joshua Breakstone's guitar solos are almost entirely single-note runs (without any chording) and are quite hornlike. His outing for Capri puts the emphasis on his originals and finds Breakstone heading a top quartet comprised of pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Ray Drummond and drummer Keith Copeland. The guitarist is heard in typically swinging form on these straightahead pieces, playing in a smooth-toned boppish style that has a few surprising twists and turns.~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

     Artist: Woody Herman
     Album: Giant Step
     Year: rec. Apr 9, 1973-Apr 12, 1973
     Label: Fantasy/OJC
     Genre: Modern Big Band
     Format: MP3@320/kbs
     Time: 38:25

     The late Ralph J. Gleason, who was Woody Herman’s biggest booster, was convinced that the Herman band was ready for and deserving of a much broader audience. Although his Fantasy debut LP (with Mike Bloomfield) was somewhat unconventional, Woody thereafter recorded only with his working group.
     The band on this 1973 album is one of the greatest of the later Herman ”Herds.” With hard-hitting arrangements of material by such composers as Chick Corea, Thad Jones, Eddie Harris, and Leon Russell, Giant Steps won the Herman Herd many new fans and a Grammy Award.

Woody Herman always went out of his way during his long career to encourage younger players, often persuading them to write arrangements of recent tunes for his orchestra. On this recording one gets to hear his band interpret such selections as Chick Corea's "La Fiesta," Leon Russell's "A Song for You," "Freedom Jazz Dance," "A Child Is Born" and "Giant Steps"; what other bandleader from the '30s would have performed such modern material? With strong solo work from tenors Gregory Herbert and Frank Tiberi, trumpeter Bill Stapleton and Herman himself, this is an impressive effort. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

     Artist: Duke Ellington
     Title: Jazz Party
     Recorded: 1959
     Bitrate: MP3@320kb/s
     Size: 83,6 MB
     Time: 49:47

    

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This is one of the more unusual recordings in Duke Ellington's vast discography. Recorded over two sessions in early 1959, it includes two new numbers (the infectious "Malletoba Spank" and explosive "Tymperturbably Blue") featuring nine symphony percussionists in the forefront with the full band, a new suite ("Toot Suite") showcasing many of his best soloists (with Russell Procope and Paul Gonsalves taking top honors), a brisk setting of "All of Me" for his star alto saxophonist, Johnny Hodges, along with a guest appearance by Dizzy Gillespie on "U.M.M.G." This CD reissue adds two numbers recorded during the sessions ("Satin Doll" and "Fillie Trillie") that were omitted from the original record. Perhaps the most exciting number is the closing blues "Hello Little Girl," with Ellington leaving the piano to direct the band (Jimmy Jones takes over on piano, doing a fine job), as Jimmy Rushing belts out its swinging lyrics, embellished by Gillespie's muted horn. One thing that is extremely odd about this reissue: an audience was audible on the initial LP (Ellington liked to record with friends outside the studio to watch the action, so having them sitting around the perimeter isn't much of a stretch), but this CD reissue has no trace of any audience response, even though these tracks are otherwise identical to those heard on the original record! ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

     Artist: Tania Maria
     Album: Forbidden Colors
     Label: Capitol
     Year: 1991
     Format, bitrate: Flac@Level 8
     Total time: 0.43:14
     Size: 244 MB
     Genre: Brazilian Jazz-Pop
     AMG Rating: 4 stars

     Tania Maria has had a long and passionate love affair with music. Born into a family of amateur musicians in São Luis, northwestern Brazil, she began studying the piano at the age of seven and was just 13 when she was the hands-down first-prize winner in a regional competition as the leader of a group started by her father. At the time, bossa nova was all the rage from Rio to New York, adding a peppery touch to jazz like an exotic local spice. Just three years later, however, this talented young woman with a bright future tried to distance herself from music by studying law. Her fingers continued to yearn for the piano, however, and she finally gave in to its insistent call, committing herself to music with more fervour than ever. After shuttling between gigs in Rio and Sao Paulo, she recorded her first album at the age of 20, for Warner. As early as 1969, her first musical performances clearly showed her potential and her predilections: an astounding mix of Brazilian rhythms and jazz harmonies, underpinning a remarkable natural gift for spinning sophisticated melodies. After 36 years and 25 albums, and by way of such runaway hits as “Piquant”, “Come With Me” and “Made In New York”, Tania Maria stands out as one of the truly great talents on the Brazilian music scene, where she is known for her unmistakable voice, whose sultry low tones can lay down a serious groove, and for her percussive touch at the piano, where things can suddenly take a more classical turn. She has also done a lot of traveling in her time, from the Paris nightlife of the 1970s, where she met Claude Nougaro, to the New York fusion years in the 1980s; she has lived in both cities, and both continue to live in her. She’s also taken part in virtually every major jazz festival in the world, from Montreux to New Orleans, Tokyo and Nice. Tania Maria is an accomplished musician who, though always attracted to swing and jazz, has never forgotten the fundamental beats of her native choro and samba. In 2005, she’s back in full force with “Intimidade”, a new album that on a single disk manages to brilliantly combine both sides of her musical personality – which, in turn, are reflected by two of her backup musicians: master bassist Eddie Gomez and Mestre Carneiro on percussion.

   Artist: Carla Cook
   Album: Simply Natural
   Label: Max Jazz
   Year: 2002
   Format, bitrate: 256kbps
   Size: 81.39 МB

   Simply Natural is the name of Carla Cook's third release on MaxJazz and aptly describes her approach to singing. Her diverse range and vocal style has garnered her several awards and top billing on the concert and festival circuit throughout the world including performances with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. This collection of songs provides a vehicle for her reinterpretation of such jazz compositions as Duke Ellington's obscure gems "Tulip or Turnip" and "Something 'Bout Believing." Cook contributes two gems of her own, the title track "Simply Natural" -- a beautiful piece that features two highly creative solos from pianist Cyrus Chestnut. He sets a cool fire underneath the meter changes, harmonic rhythm, and phrasings offered by the vocalist. "Still Gotta Thing for You," a mid-tempo blues with Cook's vocals overdubbed as background vocals, and a sonic update from Chestnut on Fender Rhodes, is still relevant today even though she wrote it in 1992. The closing song, "I Can't Give You Anything but Love," swings and brilliantly spotlights the techniques she uses to construct phrases. Overall, with the accompaniment of such great musicians as Bruce Barth on piano, Kenny Davis on electric and acoustic basses, and Billy Kilson on drums, Cook serves her listeners 11 coherent musical statements that tend to satisfy both the intellectual and emotional needs of artistic creation with a refreshing rhythmic variety.
   - Paula Edelstein, All Music Guide

   Artist: Ben Webster
   Album: Warm Moods
   Label: Reprize
   Year: 1960
   Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kb/s
   Time: 36:08
   Size: 84 MB (+ scans)

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     Биография Бена Вебстера



     Довольно необычный альбом: Бен Вебстер исполняет баллады в сопровождении классического струнного квартета - скрипки, альт, виолончель...

   Artist: Rigmor Gustafsson
   Аlbum: Alone With You
   Year: 2007
   Format, bitrate: mp3/CBR 320 kbps, 44.1 kHz, Stereo
   Size: 129 Mb
   Total time: 53:26

   Rigmor grew up on the countryside in Varmland in Sweden. She’s been studying at the Royal Music College in Stockholm 1987-1991, and at the New Shool Jazz program in New York between 1993-1995 under a.o. ReggieWorkman, Joe Chambers, Gil Goldstein, Richie Beirach, Phil Markowitz and Sheila Jordan. In NYC she formed her first quintet with whom she released her first 2 CD’s. Back in Sweden she formed a new quintet and released her third CD. In 2003 she got signed to the German label ACT and has since then released 4 more CD’s, ”I will wait for you”, ”Close to you” and ”On my way to you”, which all have sold Gold in Sweden. ”I will wait fцr you” also received a Jazz Award in Germany and was, just like ”Close to you”, also nominated for a Grammy in Sweden. Her latest CD "Alone with you" (w/ Jonas Цstholm-pi, Max Schultz- gi, Lars Danielsson- bass, Eric Harland- dr) released in Oct 2007, recently received a Grammy in Sweden. Rigmor has recorded and performed with a.o. Nils Landgren, Lars Danielsson, Jacky Terrasson, Eric Harland, Wolfgang Haffner, Hans Glawischnig, Dick Oatts, RandyBrecker, Bob Mintzer, Peter Asplund, Karl- Martin Almqvist, Jacob Karlzon, Magnus Lindgren and also performed with Fred Hersch, Bobo Stenson, Palle Danielsson, Avishai Cohan, Mark Turner, Jamire Williams, Seamus Blake and Putte Wickman to name a few.

   Artists: Dick Marx with Buddy Collette
   Album: Marx Makes Broadway
   Label: Omega
   Years: 1957-1958
   Quality. mp3, 192 kb/s
   Size: 51 mb





   This LP is one of the more obscure sessions reissued by V.S.O.P. and was originally cut for the Omega label. Dick Marx was a Chicago-based bop-oriented pianist brought to Los Angeles for these sessions. He gives a variety of show tunes melodic yet swinging treatment with the assistance of flutist Buddy Collette, either Howard Roberts or Irving Ashby on guitar, Red Mitchell or Carson Smith on bass and drummer Frank Capp. All ten of the tunes (which include "All of You," "Too Close for Comfort," "If I Were a Bell" and "Just in Time") are still remembered; it is a pity that this program (at 34 minutes) is so brief and that little has been heard of Dick Marx since.
   ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

   Artist: James Brown
   Album: The Godfather: The Very Best Of...
   Label: Polydor
   Year: 2002
   Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s
   Size: 177MB

   There are so many James Brown compilations out there that it can be tough to pick which one is the most suitable for a particular listener's budget or pleasure. This set from Polydor in the U.K. is — for a single disc — quite solid if bare in places. Containing 20 tracks and presented for a very attractive price point, it contains all major hits — albeit edited single versions of some of them like "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine." Of course, there is plenty missing, but it would be easy to come up with what is — tracks like "Mother Popcorn," "Hot Pants," and "Ain't It Funky Now" are all very conspicuously absent. But it's difficult to argue with what is here, even of the later 1970s material. There is no single compilation of James Brown's music that can really be considered complete, but this one, containing all original recording sources and stellar material, stands with the best of them despite lacking some cuts.
   Thom Jurek, AMG