Artist: Red Garland
     Album: At the Prelude
     Label:Prestige
     Year: rec. October 2, 1959/rel.2003
     Format: MP 3 @ 320 Kb/s
     Time: CD 1: 72:10, CD 2: 66:10
     Size: CD 1 (90.5+66.5) Mb, CD 2 (90.5+53.2) Mb
     

   Artist: Carmen Cuesta & Chuck Loeb
   Аlbum: Dreams
   Year: 2002
   Label: Skip
   Format: MP3/ 192 kbps, 44.1 kHz, Stereo







    The wife of smooth jazz synthesizer, flute and guitar player Chuck Loeb, Carmen Cuesta has established her own reputation as a soulful pop and jazz vocalist, guitarist and songwriter. Having served an apprenticeship as a background singer for Grover Washington, Jr., Michael Franks, Gato Barbieri, Peabo Bryson, Earl Klugh and Jim Hall and a chorus dancer in such musicals as Godspell, Cuesta has been steadily attracting acclaim as a soloist. Her debut 1996 solo album, One Kiss, which featured guest appearances by Bill Evans and Toots Thielemans, was followed by the impressive Peace Of Mind three years later.
   ~ AMG

   Artist: Billie Holiday
   Album: Jazz Round Midnight
   Label: Verve
   Year: 1952 - 1957
   Release: 1994
   Format: FLAC+CUE+LOG+Covers
   Size: 230 MB
   Time: 64:42





   A collection of late-night jazz featuring the masterful creator of mood and conveyor of emotion. The mood she favored was intimacy; the emotion, love, which was often frustrated. Listeners who care about feelings-genuine feelings, which are sometimes raw-will thus forever find her music attractive and meaningful.

   Artist: Shirley Horn
   Album: Jazz Round Midnight
   Label: Verve
   Year: 1998
   Release: 1998
   Format: APE+CUE+LOG+Covers
   Time: 62 minutes
   Size: 297 MB


   Jazz 'Round Midnight is an enjoyable budget-priced sampler of 14 songs from Shirley Horn's stint at Verve. While this collection is hardly definitive, it is quite enjoyable, sporting an appealingly low-key, seductive atmosphere and several dynamite performances, including versions of "A Time for Love," "Fever," "Loving You," "How Long Has This Been Going On?," "I Wanna Be Loved," "So I Love You" and "The Meaning of the Blues."
   ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

   Feat.Roy Hargrove,Wynton Marsalis,Johnny Mandel

   Artist: Bob Brookmeyer
   Album: Portrait of the Artist
   Label: Atlantic records
   Year: 1960
   Format, bitrate: Mp3 320 Kbps
   Time: 43:11
   Size: 86,3 MB



   Robert Brookmeyer is tall, lean, sardonic, epigrammatic, and utterly serious about music, if not always about himself. He has become recognized as on of the most expressive trombonists in jazz history. It is his not only that he plays the valve trombone with remarkable facility, but rather it is his imagination, intensity and cutting wit that make him an authentic jazz individualist. Although he is very much his own man, Brookmeyer reminds me of the harmonic taste and venturesomeness of the late Brad Gowans, the shaggy dog narrative humor of Vic Dickenson, and the urgency of Jimmy Harrison. I do not mean that he has necessarily been directly influenced by these men, but I do mean that he has a largeness of spirit and musicianship that these three shared.
   ~ NAT HENTOFF

     Artist: David Murray Octet
     Album:Octet Plays Trane
     Label:Justin Time
     Year:1999 , release:2000
     Genre:post bop
     Format, bitrate:MP3@320 kbit/s

   Artists - Art Farmer & Benny Golson
   Album - Here And Now
   Label - Mercury
   Year - 1962, release - 2002
   Quality - MP3@320 kbps
   Size - 78,4 mb
   Total time - 45:31
   AMG rating



   The Jazztet had been in existence for two years when they recorded what would be their final LPs, Here and Now and Another Git Together. The personnel, other than the two co-leaders, flugelhornist Art Farmer and tenor-saxophonist Benny Golson, had completely changed since 1960 but the group sound was the same. The 1962 version of the Jazztet included trombonist Grachan Moncur III, pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Herbie Lewis, and drummer Roy McCurdy. It is remarkable to think that this talent-filled group wasn't, for some reason, snapped up to record even more albums together. Highlights of their excellent out-of-print LP include Ray Bryant's "Tonk," "Whisper Not," "Just in Time," and Thelonious Monk's "Ruby My Dear." A classic if short-lived hard bop group. [This is the original issue and does not include bonus tracks.] ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

     Artist: Kenny Clarke/ Francy Boland Big Band
     Album: Handle With Care
     Label: Koch Records
     Year: 1962
     Format, bitrate: Mp3 320 Kbps
     Time: 34:25
     Size: 71,5 MB

     Kenny Clarke's 11-year collaboration with Francy Boland produced many fine records, but most of them have not reappeared as CDs. Happily, this 1962 session is once again available, showcasing the Clark-Boland Big Band's mix of top-notch European and expatriated American musicians. Boland wrote all of the arrangements and four of the six songs, with his "Long Note Blues (Here Is Cecco Peppe)" opening the album with a flourish. Cole Porter's "Get out of Town" has a Thelonious Monk-like introduction and recurring motif, alternating with the muted brass. Clarke's "Sonor" is another burning blues, featuring tenor saxophonist Ronnie Scott and Billy Mitchell along with trumpeters Benny Bailey and Idrees Suileman. Although pretty brief by CD standards at just 34 minutes 26 seconds, there's absolutely no filler in this highly recommended CD. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

     Artist: Henry Threadgill Sextet
     Album:You Know the Number
     Label:Novus
     Year: , release:Oct 12, 1986-Oct 13, 1986
     Genre:Avant-Garde Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
     Format, bitrate:MP3@320 kbit/s

     Поиски альбомов этого незаурядного музыканта в коллекции клуба не увенчались успехом. Все его работы вызывают у меня огромный интерес. Я встречалась с неоднозначными и противоречивыми взглядами на его творчество, но это только укрепляет мою уверенность в том, что Henry Threadgill - фигура особенная в мире джаза. Альбом You Know the Number снискал противоположные отзывы - от восторженных, до негативных, вплоть до сомнений в профессионализме некоторых играющих здесь музыкантов.
     You Know the Number is another outstanding record from the Henry Threadgill Sextet. Over the course of six originals, Threadgill and the band fuse complex and spirited arrangements with incisive solo work. The material includes the calypso-inspired numbers "To Be Announced" and "Bermuda Blues" (one of Threadgill's most straightforward compositions), as well as the bittersweet ballad "Silver and Gold Baby, Silver and Gold." Other songs, like "Theme From Thomas Cole" and "Those Who Eat Cookies," feature the kind of buoyant, march-like rhythms and spastic, cartoon soundtrack horn arrangements Threadgill favored. Throughout the set, the band revels in some lively New Orleans-style unison playing and contributes excellent solos (special mention should go to trumpeter Rasul Saddik for his adept and blazing solos, and also to drummers Pheeroan Aklaff and Reggie Nicholson for their propulsive and tight rhythmic support). As usual, Threadgill's solos include an intriguing mix of dark pathos and intensity, while bassist Fred Hopkins and trombonist Frank Lacy follow suit with intriguing contributions of their own. This title is a must for Threadgill fans and also worthwhile for those interested in the experimental side of jazz. by Stephen Cook

     Artist: Wayne Shorter
     Album: The Soothsayer
     Year: 1965
     Label: Blue Note
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320k & FLAC
     Size: 109.4MB & 322.5MB
     Time: 50:00
     AMG Rating:

     Part of an explosion of solo albums Wayne Shorter recorded just after he joined Miles Davis' band, The Soothsayer wasn't released until the late '70s. Listening to the album, it is hard to believe because it ranks with the best of his works from this incredibly fertile period. Shorter has been called Davis' "idea man," and the creativity and thoughtfulness that earned him that moniker are quite evident here. The album's five originals and one arrangement (of Sibelius' Valse Triste) show a multi-layered complexity that seems effortless even as it weaves together contributions from a very strong, stylistic sextet. Of particular interest is the interplay of the three horn players, including altoist James Spaulding and trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. As a performer, Shorter also shows a lot of strength, with fluid, at times subtly evocative, solos that bloom with energy without ever seeming frantic or harsh. The title track shows Shorter at his most forceful and is one of the most passionate moments on the album, but even here, beauty seems to come first, while his low-key standard "Lady Day" embodies grace and calmness in every moment. [The CD version of this album also contains an alternate take of "Angola" that features some crisp playing by McCoy Tyner, as well as an energetic solo by Shorter. On this CD the alternate take is sequenced immediately following the take of "Angola" included in the original LP.] --Stacia Proefrock, All Music Guide

     Artist: Don Byron
     Album: Do the Boomerang: The Music of Junior Walker
     Recording : Dec 2005; Release: Oct 3, 2006
     Genre: Soul-Jazz, Funk
     Label: Blue Note
     Format: MP3@320 kbit/s

     Дон Байрон незаслуженно обойдён вниманием. Я не обнаружила ни одного его лидерского проекта. Восполняю пробел. Надеюсь, этот зажигательный альбом доставит удовольствие любителям джаза и соул музыки.
     Few jazz musicians have been as full of surprises as has Don Byron. The Bronx native has over the years delved into the music of Mickey Katz, Raymond Scott, Igor Stravinsky, Herb Alpert, Henry Mancini, Sly Stone, the Sugar Hill Gang, Earth, Wind & Fire, and others, with little or no direct connection to the mainstream of jazz, as well as performing his own boundary-busting compositions.
With the extremely funky Do the Boomerang: The Music of Junior Walker, Byron’s sixth Blue Note release, the ever-adventurous musician offers two big surprises. Not only does the celebrated clarinetist salute one of his boyhood heroes — the late, great Motown saxophonist and singer Autry “Junior Walker” DeWalt — but he also steps out as a tenor saxophonist of the first order. His big, searing tone on tenor is reminiscent of Walker while Do the Boomerang soulfully attests to Byron’s ongoing versatility as one of America’s most creative musicians.