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John Kirby - The Biggest Little Band in the Land |
Jazz, Swing |
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 Artist: John Kirby Album: The Biggest Little Band in the Land Years: 1939-41 Label: Classic Jazz, ASV/Living Era Format, bitrate: mp3, 320 kb/s Size: 290 mb REPOST with a new link Cool, Bebop, Chamber jazz....? Âñå ýòî è ìíîãîå äðóãîå íà ýòîì âåëèêîëåïíîì äèñêå. À òàêæå "Òàíåö Àíèòðû" Ãðèãà, Ôàíòàçèÿ-ýêñïðîìò Øîïåíà, Ñåðåíàäà Øóáåðòà, St. Louis Blues, óáàþêèâàþùèé âîêàë Maxine Sullivan, èñêóñíûå ïðèâëåêàòåëüíûå àðàíæèðîâêè, ôèëèãðàííàÿ àíñàìáëåâàÿ ðàáîòà è ò.ä. Íà óäèâëåíèå èíòåðåñíîå, ïðîôåññèîíàëüíîå è ÿðêîå èñïîëíåíèå íåçàñëóæåííî ïîëóçàáûòîãî òàëàíòëèâîãî ëèäåðà è åãî ñàìîãî áîëüøîãî â ìèðå ìàëåíüêîãî áýíäà! The Biggest Little Band in the Land features the light, jazzy touch of bassist John Kirby, one of the most accomplished jazz performers of the '40s. He and his sextet are represented on this 2 ÑD album, bringing their distinctive style to "It's Only a Paper Moon," "Sweet Georgia Brown," "St. Louis Blues," "Beethoven Riffs On," "Blue Skies" and many others, for one of the most comprehensive John Kirby Sextet collections available. ~ Heather Phares, AMG |
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Dave Liebman – Musica Jazz Collection |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Post-bop |
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 Artist: Dave Liebman Album: Musica Jazz Label: OWL 3819932 Year: 1993 Time: 67:08 Format: FLAC Size: (95.78 x 3)+69.17MB Covers Liebman’s present group formed in 1991 includes guitarist Vic Juris, bassist Tony Marino and drummer Marko Marcinko. With these musicians he has pursued an eclectic direction in recording projects that has ranged from jazz standards to Puccini arias, original adaptations from the John Coltrane and Miles Davis repertoires, original compositions in styles ranging from world music to fusion, always maintaining a repertoire that balances the past, present and future. Jazzpolice.com |
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John Mayall - The Power of the Blues |
Music » Blues » Modern electric blues |
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 Artist: John Mayall Album: The Power of the Blues (live in Germany) Label: Charly Year: 1987 Format, bitrate: Mp3, 256 kb/s vbr Time: 49:57 Size: 70,3 Mb (covers) British blues boomer John Mayall has always been somewhat of an ersatz figure because of his proclivity to stretch into more jazz or folky territory. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but he's never been all that authentic or convincing. This concert set from 1987 does focus on an attempt to contemporize the electric Chicago blues style, and on the whole succeeds. Mayall and his band, with the leader singing and playing amplified guitar, cover tunes by Sonny Boy Williamson, Otis Rush, Little Walter, and Jimmy Rogers. His nearly 11-minute "Room to Move," with Mayall on harmonica, is always a showstopper. Over the decades Mayall has gone back and forth from electric to acoustic, and though his less bluesy material has always been more popular, it's good to hear him strap on the axe and get down on occasion. ~ Michael G. Nastos, AMG |
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Esther Satterfield - The Need To Be |
Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Blues |
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 Artist: Esther Satterfield Album: The Need To Be Label: Verve Year:1976 Format, bitrate: MP3, 256 kBit/s (Vinyl rip) Size: 63 MB Esther Satterfield sang with jazz fusion trumpeter Chuck Mangione for several years. Produced and arranged by Mangione, 1976's The Need To Be was Satterfield's second solo album and it was a light, airy pop affair with jazz accents. Satterfield's delicate voice is not that of an obvious front-and-center superstar, particularly not during the golden age of 70s soul; or while jazz goddesses like Sarah, Nina and Carmen still walked the earth. Still, she clearly knows what she's doing and comes up with one of the most beautiful renderings of the standard "You Must Believe In Spring" I've heard. The title track was previously recorded by the great Gladys Knight -- which would have been a warning sign for most singers -- but Esther turns in her own sweet and strident version. Likewise, she marches through Stevie Wonder's "Bird Of Beauty" with poise and assurance. There is also an interesting Benard Ighner composition named "Sarah" that is the occasion for the most belt-y vocal performance on the album. Her mentor Mangione gives her one of the album's highlights with "Chase The Clouds Away", a gossamer slice of vintage pop/jazz. |
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Muggsy Spanier - Muggshot |
Music » Jazz » Swing |
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 Artist: Muggsy Spanier Album: Muggshot Label: ASV/Living Era Year: 1924 - 1942 Release: 1993 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Time: 75:03 Size: 167MB REPOST with a new link As an encapsulation of Muggsy Spanier's lengthy career, this excellent compilation presents many of the cornetist's most important sessions in something approaching chronological sequence. The survey begins in 1924 with the Bucktown Five, a scruffy little band that included clarinetist Volly DeFaut and pianist Mel Stitzel. A slightly rarer track from 1925 features Stitzel, DeFaut, and drummer Ben Pollack with the Stomp Six. "Bullfrog Blues," a solid tromp with Frank Teschemacher on clarinet, was without a doubt the best record ever made by the Charles Pierce Orchestra. The enclosed discography misleadingly refers to Johnny Mueller's brass bass, an incongruous mistake as Mueller's earthy, heavy-handed string bass playing is one of the most attractive and compelling aspects of this fine old recording. A band known variously as the Chicago Rhythm Kings, the Louisiana Rhythm Kings, or the Jungle Kings made a series of recordings in April and May of 1928. Present were Teschemacher, Mezz Mezzrow on tenor sax, pianist Joe Sullivan, banjoist Eddie Condon, and a feisty young drummer by the name of Gene Krupa. Condon sounds like Jimmy Cagney when he sings "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" and Red McKenzie periodically chortles away as if he were marinating in a steam bath. Here in the 21st century there simply aren't enough opportunities to hear the Ray Miller Orchestra. Garnished with Al Carsella's brief but juicy solo on piano accordion, this hot little group's version of "That's A-Plenty" is a delightful chapter in the saga of Muggsy Spanier. . . . |
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Archie Shepp - I Didn't Know About You |
Music » Jazz » Modern Jazz » Avantgarde |
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 Artist: Archie Shepp Album: I Didn't Know About You Label: Timeless Year: 1990 Releaes: 1991 Format, bitrate: FLAC & mp3 (320k/s) Size: 365 & 142 MB (full covers) time: 64:31 A strong effort by Shepp, who is reunited with pianist Horace Parlan and joined by bassist Wayne Dockery and drummer George Brown for a an eight-track set recorded in Germany. The highlight is clearly the sole track with Parlan in which they perform Monk's "Ask Me Now" both effectively and emotionally. The version of "Go Down Moses (Let My People Go)" is a winner for Shepp's glorious baritone vocals and his saxophone solo. The excellent choice of tunes (including Duke Ellington's "I Didn't Know About You," Todd Dameron's "Hot House," and Bird's "Now the Time") presents Shepp in a fine light, where he blows both tenor and alto saxophones. Some of the pieces, such as Shepp's "Party Time," are less than perfect and the saxophonist's vocals on "The Good Life" are only average, but overall, Shepp and the quartet are a pleasure to hear. ~ Steven Loewy, AMG |
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Barbara Hendriks, Monty Alexander Trio - Tribute To Duke Ellington |
Music » Jazz » Vocal Jazz |
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 Artist: Barbara Hendricks, Monty Alexander Trio Album: Tribute to Duke Ellington Format, bitrate: MP3, 320 kbps Time: 1h 16m 1s Size: 90.6 + 80 MB (+ covers) While Barbara Hendricks is best known as one of the world's leading classical vocalists, she's also an accomplished jazz singer, and in this performance with the Monty Alexander Trio to pay homage to America's greatest jazz composer.
Angel's Tribute To Duke Ellington features loving interpretations of the jazz master's works from artists like Earl Hines, Cecil Taylor and Sir Roland Hanna. Randy Weston begins the album with a dedication to Ellington, then Hanna performs "Take The 'A' Train" and "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)." Jay McShann's "Satin Doll," Hines' "In My Solitude" and Taylor's "After All" add to this collection's worthiness. ~ Heather Phares, AMG |
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Sam Butera - Hot New Orleans Nights |
Music » Blues » Rhythm-n-Blues |
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 Artist - Sam Butera Album - Hot New Orleans Nights Label - Bear Family Years: 1953-1954, release - 1989 Quality - MP3@320 kbps Size - 91,4 mb Total time - 42:07 AMG Rating :  Legendary saxophonist Sam Butera dead at June 3rd, 2009 Hot New Orleans Nights features 19 tracks cut by Sam Butera for RCA between September 1953 and July 1954. Highlights include the hot rocking "Chicken Scratch," "Shine the Buckle," "Sam's Clan," and "Easy Rocking," the superb vocal performance "Giddyap Baby," the sultry yet raunchy "Ooh," and the soft, soulful "Sam's Reverie," adapted from a piece by Debussy. ~ Bruce Eder, AMG |
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Canned Heat - Historical Figures & Ancient Head |
Music » Blues |
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 Artist: Canned Heat Album: Historical Figures & Ancient Head Year: 1972 Release: 2001 Label: REPERTOIRE Format, bitrate: mp3, 320 kb/s Size: 93,2 MB REPOST with a new link Adding Joel Scott Hill to the band, Canned Heat was infused with a bit of much-needed new blood. While nothing here found favor with AM radio, FM saw fit to include such cuts as "Cherokee Dance," "Utah" and the Heat's collaboration with Little Richard, "Rockin' with the King." Full of the usual boogie, Historical Figures & Ancient Heads still comes of as a rather pale reminder of just how bluesy this band once was. New blood or not, this disc didn't do much in the way of revitalizing Canned Heat's faltering career -- they appear to have become old before their time. James Chrispell, AMG |
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John Mayall - A Sense Of Place |
Music » Blues » Modern electric blues |
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 Artist: John Mayall Album: A Sense Of Place Label: Polygram Records Year: 1990 Format, bitrate: Mp3, 320 kb/s Time: 40:21 Size: 95,7 Mb (full covers) When Island Records released Chicago Line in 1988, they were picking up an existing recording for U.S. distribution. A Sense Of Place, on the other hand, represents John Mayall's full-fledged return to major-label record-making, with all the good and bad things that implies, from a high-profile producer, R.S. Field, to the introduction of such cover material as Wilbert Harrison's "Let's Work Together" and J.J. Cale's "Sensitive Kind." Mayall's Bluesbreakers seem to have been fragmenting at this point -- guitarist Walter Trout is gone, bassist Bobby Haynes is replaced on most tracks by Freebo, a veteran who worked for years with Bonnie Raitt, and Sonny Landreth is now credited as "guest slide guitarist." That leaves Coco Montoya and Joe Yuele from the unit Mayall has led since the mid-'80s, plus session aces like Tim Drummond. Field uses a spare production style, light on atmosphere and heavy, as is the current fashion, on unusual percussion. This makes for an identifiable sound, to be sure, but you can't help thinking that it isn't what the Bluesbreakers sound like on a good night in a small club. The result, as intended, was Mayall's first chart appearance in 15 years, although as a commercial comeback, the record ultimately failed. ~ William Ruhlmann, AMG |
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Archie Shepp - Splashes |
Music » Jazz » Modern Jazz » Avantgarde |
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 Artist: Archie Shepp Album: Splashes (Tribute to Wilbur Little) Label: L+R Time: 50:26 Format: FLAC & mp3 (full covers) Bluesy, aggressive, typically expressive. W/ Horace Parlan (p), Harry Emmery (b), and Clifford Jarvis (d).
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Marilyn Scott - Every Time We Say Goodbye |
Music » Jazz » Vocal Jazz |
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 Artist: Marilyn Scott Album: Every Time We Say Goodbye Label: Venus TKCV-35419 (2008) Format, bitrate: FLAC & MP3@320 Size: 338 MB & 104 MB Time: 47:08 Why vocalist Marilyn Scott has never made a bigger splash in the jazz world is a mystery. Her voice has the smoothness of the highest grade velvet with just enough corduroy in the weave to turn a phrase with the deepest emotion; maybe it’s because her history includes a single in the Billboard Top 100 and West Coast studio work. In many ways she’s a female Lou Rawls, just enough commercial success to be popular but with strong enough chops to have street cred in jazz circles. On Every Time We Say Goodbye she strips down the accompaniment to a rhythm quartet able to subtly convey the dulcet tones and shifts of delicate sentiment for which she is universally known.
[i] Pianist Cyrus Chestnut, guitarist Paul Bollenback, bassist Gerald Cannon and drummer Willie Jones III work as one in understated elegance allowing Scott’s warm sound to dominate. On ”I Got Lost In His Arms” and ”Lonely Town” their work provides just enough foundation for Scott to place her lilting voice in lush parallel lines to the barely-there firmament. Bollenback’s smooth trills and plaintive solo accompanying lines in ”Lonely” are especially poignant and full of passionate expression. Chestnut shines on ”Autumn In New York.” His solo is more than just nice running lines, it’s a reflection on Scott’s furtive interpretation. The resulting effect makes this tune the best track on the disc. . . . |
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Oscar Peterson - Jazz Ballads 8 |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Hard-bop |
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 Artist: Oscar Peterson Album: Jazz Ballads 8 (2cd compilation) Label: Membran Year: 1945 - 1953 Release: 2004 Format, bitrate: Mp3, 320 kb/s vbr Time: 2:07:36 Size: 187 Mb (full covers) EACH DAY AN O.P. DAY! Few jazz piano players have become household names, unless they also happened to be in the limelight as the leader of their own outfit. Duke Ellington is perhaps the best example. Others only gained such popularity after shedding most of their jazz credentials and becoming better known as a singer; Nat 'King' Cole, for example. Some capture the public imagination with a memorable tune, or riff; Dave Brubeck comes to mind here. Not many are famed because they have managed to produce a consistently high quality body of work over the duration of a long career; Oscar Peterson, however, is one such individual. . . . |
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Woody Herman - Thundering Herd |
Music, Jazz |
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 Artist: Woody Herman Album: Thundering Herd Label: Original Jazz Classics/Fantasy Year: 1974 Format, bitrate: MP3, 320 Kbps Time: 38:36 Size: 76,1 MB Of all the big-band leaders of the swing era, Woody Herman went the most out of his way to interpret current material and keep his orchestra young, enthusiastic, and modern. For this Fantasy date (reissued on CD under the OJC imprint), Herman's band not only plays two John Coltrane songs, but material from Frank Zappa ("America Drinks and Goes Home"), Stanley Clarke ("Bass Folk Song"), and even Carole King ("Corazon"). This is one of Herman's most successful efforts of the period, for the arrangements (by Alan Broadbent, Bill Stapleton, and Tony Klatka) are inventive and generally swinging, with such soloists as Frank Tiberi on tenor, flügelhornist Klatka, and electric keyboardist Andy Laverne keeping the music continually interesting. "Blues for Poland," "Lazy Bird," and the Zappa piece are high points. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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Oscar Peterson - Fly Me To The Moon |
Music » Jazz » Mainstream |
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 Artist: Oscar Peterson Album: Fly Me To The Moon Release: 2006 Label: Universal/Verve Format, bitrate: MP3 320 kbps Time: 59:04 Size: 129 MB The new JAZZ CLUB series is an attractive addition to the Verve catalogue. With its modern design and popular choice of repertoire, the JAZZ CLUB is not only opened for Jazz fans, but for everyone that loves good music. This collection the outrageous Oscar Peterson features 13 tracks including 'Someday My Prince Will Come', 'When I Fall In Love', 'I Loves You Porgy', 'Fly Me To The Moon' and more. 2006.
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