Artist: Buddy Guy
    Album: Buddy's Baddest (compilation)
    Label: Silvertone/Jive Records
    Release: 1999
    Format, bitrate: Mp3, 320 kb/s
    Time: 1:16:03
    Size: 175 Mb (cover)

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   Buddy Guy revitalized his career when he signed with Silvertone Records in the early '90s. His first album for the label, Damn Right, I've Got the Blues, was a smash success, earning critical acclaim, awards, and sales hand over fist. Prior to that record, he was a legend only among blues fans; afterward, he was a star. Although it was a bit too rock-oriented and slick for purists, Damn Right was a terrific album, setting the pace not only for Guy but for modern electric blues in the '90s. As the decade wore on, Guy continued to make albums for Silvertone, some of them a little complacent, others quite excellent. Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy attempts to summarize those years in 14 songs, including three previously unreleased cuts. . . .

    Artist: Buddy Guy
    Album: Feels Like Rain
    Label: Silvertone Records
    Year: 1993
    Format, bitrate: Mp3, 320 kb/s
    Time: 48:31
    Size: 112 Mb (covers)

   On Buddy Guy's second Silvertone release, he continues the practice of guest appearances begun on Damn Right, I've Got the Blues. In this case, the notables include Paul Rodgers, Travis Tritt, and John Mayall. The finest combination comes when Bonnie Raitt joins Guy on John Hiatt's "Feels Like Rain." Raitt's gritty vocals and sweet slide guitar add a pleasing nuance to the bittersweet track, and it is ultimately the high point of the record. Certain critics and blues purists have derided Guy's search for mainstream success as evidenced by his penchant for guest appearances and non-traditional blues forms, but Guy sounds fantastic in these unconventional situations (witness his burning version of the Moody Blues' "I Go Crazy") . . .

     Artists: Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
     Album: Silk Road Journeys: When The Strangers Meet
     Year: 2001
     Label: Sony Classical
     Format, bitrate: MP3, 320 kbps
     Time: 78:54
     Size: 171 MB

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     The eastern traditional melodies supereminent collection you are going to listen will take both your body and your soul to the mysterious places every one is talking and wondering about, will help your body in achieving complete relaxation, and will touch the most wiredrawn parts of your soul.

     Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet is the result of a three-year endeavor involving a team of dedicated individuals. It all started with field-work, as ethnomusicologists collected material from composers and musicians in China and Central Asia. With results in hand, in July 1999, a Silk Road Project listening panel reviewed the fieldwork, and 16 composers were commissioned. A year later they and over 40 musicians from around the world gathered at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts - to play through the new commissions and listen to each other's music; to eat pizza and fly kites together; to begin to build friendships and mutual trust as we embarked on a collective musical adventure. . . .

    Artist: Oscar Peterson
    Album: The Complete Clef Mercury Studio Recordings Vol II
    Label: Pablo Records
    Year: 1951 - 1953
    Release: 2008
    Format, bitrate: Mp3, 320 kb/s
    Time: 1:11:16
    Size: 163 Mb
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            EVERY DAY IS AN OSCAR PETERSON DAY!

   This collection is the first comprehensive study of Oscar Peterson's earliest trio recordings, the setting for which he was best known, throughout his reign. The collection includes 127 tunes, including five alternate masters that have never appeared on any record, in any format. The earliest recording dates from November 25, 1951 and the last is from December 7, 1953. In the interest of being complete, we amassed a collection that exceeds even the one held in the Universal Music vaults; with some original masters missing entirely, we went to collectors for vintage 78s, second generation tapes, even rare LPs and EPs, performing sonic miracles when necessary to achieve a quality that meets our standards. . . .

   Artist: Charles Aznavour
   Album: Les Grandes Chansons, Vol. 2
   Label: Musicrama
   Year: 1995
   Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s
   Size: 139MB

     Charles Aznavour, OC (Armenian: Շառլ Ազնաւուր; born Shahnour Vaghenag Aznavourian (Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնաւուրեան)[1], May 22, 1924, Paris) is a French singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat of Armenian descent. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the most well-known singers in the world. He is known for his characteristic short figure and unique tenor[2] voice; clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravely and profound low notes. He has appeared in more than 60 movies, composed about 1,000 songs (including at least 150 in English, 100 in Italian, 70 in Spanish, and 50 in German[3]), and sold well over 100 million records.[4]
In 1998, Charles Aznavour was chosen as Entertainer of the Century by CNN and users of Time Online from around the globe. He was recognized as the century's outstanding performer, with nearly 18% of the total vote, edging out Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan. He has sung for presidents, popes, and royalty, as well as at humanitarian events, and is the founder of the charitable organization Aznavour for Armenia along with his long-time friend and impresario Levon Sayan.
Aznavour started his global farewell tour in late 2006, which continues through this day. In 2009 he was appointed ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland, as well as Armenia's permanent delegate to the United Nations at Geneva[5].wikipedia