Label: RCA Victor
     Year: release 1997
     Genre: Jazz, Big band, Swing
     Tracks: 12
     Totl time: 47:26
     Quality: MP3@320 kbps
     Size:



     Duke Ellington - biography



This CD reissue features Duke Ellington and His Orchestra running through 11 of the leader's hits and a lesser-known blues tune, "The Twitch." The 1966 version of his big band still had all of its main stars, including such major voices as trumpeters Cootie Williams and Cat Anderson, trombonists Lawrence Brown and Buster Cooper, altoist Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves on tenor, and clarinetist Jimmy Hamilton. All are featured on The Popular Duke Ellington. Since the material is all very familiar, and mostly quite concise (nothing over six minutes long, and a version of "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" that is under two minutes), few surprises occur. But Ellington fans will enjoy this well-played effort.

     Artist: Ahmad Jamal
     Album: The Ahmad Jamal Trio / Alhambra'
     Years: 1955 / 1961
     Label: Avenue
     Genre: Cool, Post-Bop
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kb/s
     Time: 01:18:51
     Size: 186,3 MB (+5% recovery)



     Ahmad Jamal - представитель племени вундеркиндов, впервые сел за рояль в возрасте 3 лет, а в 17 лет получил диплом о музыкальном образовании Vestinghouse High School, и после этого стал выступать как профессиональный музыкант. В начале своей карьеры он играет в различных оркестрах, но уже в 1949 году организовывает свой коллектив ”Three String”, в формате трио, которого он придерживался в течении всей своей карьеры. Этим составом (без ударных) он в течении нескольких лет выступал в нью-йоркском клубе ”The Embers”, оттачивая свое исполнительское мастерство и формируюсь как композитор. >> more

   Artist: Jack Teagarden
   Album: The Chronological: 1930-1934
   Year: 1996 [Record. Year: Oct 1, 1930-Mar 2, 1934]
   Label: Classics
   Format, bitrate: MP3@192kbps
   Time: 69:36
   Size: 100 Mb


   This Classics CD has the first 23 titles ever issued under the leadership of trombonist Jack Teagarden. Many of these selections were formerly rare, particularly the earlier titles on Domino, Banner and Crown. Best is the session that co-starred pianist/vocalist Fats Waller and, while some of the titles are a bit commercial, Teagarden's playing (and that of his better sidemen) uplift the music; "A Hundred Years from Today" is a classic.
   ~ AMG, Scott Yanow

     Artist: Tony Bennett
     Album: Sings for Two
     Label: Columbia (LP)
     Release: 1960
     AMG Raiting
     Format/Bitrate: mp3/320
     Size: 77.9 mb

But just let someone start believing in you,
let him hold out his hand
Let him touch you and watch what happens...

     Enjoy...

     Artists: Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges
     Album: Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges: Play The Blues Back To Back
     Label: Verve
     Year: 1959, Release: 1989, 2005
     Quality: MP3/320kb/s
     Size: 54,3 + 51,1mb , 109mb
     Total time: 46:59

    
 

     Artist: Abbey Lincoln
     Album: Affair... a Story of a Girl in Love
     Label: Liberty
     Year: 1956, Release: 1993 (Japan)
     Format, bitrate: 320 kbp/s
     Time: 44:33
     Size: 120 MB

     This CD reissues the music from Abbey Lincoln's first LP. Lincoln was at the time making the transition from a potential sex symbol and lounge singer to becoming a dramatic jazz interpreter. Her voice was recognizable even at this early stage but some of the ballads are more lightweight than the ones she would be performing in the near future. Backed by anonymous orchestras arraged by Benny Carter, Jack Montrose and Marty Paich, Abbey Lincoln's straightforward delivery was already impressive and pleasing. (by Scott Yanow - AMG)

    Artist: Canned Heat
    Album: Future Blues (Bonus Tracks)
    Label: BGO
    Release: 1970
    Genre: blues-rock
    Format, bitrate: mp3 256 kb/s
    Time: 48:53
    Size: 91,6 Mb (covers)
    AMG Rating:

            WOODSTOCK - 40 YEARS ANNIVERSARY
                    DAY TWO

The final Canned Heat album to feature co-founder Alan Wilson, Future Blues was also one of their best, surprisingly restrained as a studio creation by the band, the whole thing clocking in at under 36 minutes, as long as some single jams on their live discs. It was also one of their most stylistically diverse efforts...

Artist - Nat King Cole Trio
Album - Nat King Cole Trio Transcriptions Vol.2
Label - Naxos Jazz Legends
Year - 1939, release - 2001
Style - swing, vocal jazz
Quality - MP3@320 kbps
Size - 87,5 mb
Total time - 53:26

Radio transcriptions made especially to be played on the air. The early trio is instantly recognizable and, although there is a greater reliance on group vocals and guest singers (including Bonnie Lake, Juanelda Carter, Pauline and Her Perils, and the Dreamers) rather than on Cole's solo vocals, the music is not all that different from what the King Cole Trio would be playing a few years later when they became much better known.

During early 1939, after being briefly styled as "King Cole & His Trio", the group was re-christened "The King Cole Trio". Their transcriptions, issued on Keystone, MacGregor and Standard, included bop-style up-tempo numbers (Charlie Shaver's "Undecided" and Sy Oliver's "Taint What You Do", " It's "The way That You Do It" are fine examples) contrasting with sweet-swing arrangements of older, more tender standards, such as Richard Whiting's "Honey" and Irving Berlin's "Russian Lullaby"

   Artist: Dee Dee Bridgewater
   Album: Dear Ella
   Label: Emarcy
   Year: 1997
   Release: 2009
   Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s
   Time: 59:10
   Size: 135MB

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   Bridgewater's heartfelt tribute to Ella Fitzgerald is a resounding testament not only to the legendary jazz vocal icon, but also to Bridgewater's own faithful singing style, rich in Ella's tonal quality particularly on the high end. Her inflections are also quite natural, rather than self-effacing or forced. Some of the tracks vary in group size, as duo (with Kenny Burrell), trio (with Lou Levy leading on piano), or combo (with Milt Jackson, Antonio Hart, Grady Tate, Slide Hampton, and brother Cecil Bridgewater). Nine of the total 13 cuts have big-band backing, or orchestral settings arranged and conducted by John Clayton. "Midnight Sun" is perhaps the best of all ballads, and here Dee Dee sings with ravishingly lush, near-frightening efficiency. She cops Ella best on "Stairway to the Stars," with the piano trio leading and strings following along. She picks up on Ella's cutesiness for "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," while starting balladic, then swinging well during "Mr Paganini." Brother/trumpeter/arranger Cecil writes a neat call-and-response with horns and the singer on "Undecided," and they wail together in convincing, authentic fashion on "Lady Be Good." Andre Cecceralli, with the trio on "Mack the Knife," adds a dash of contemporary flavor. Bridgewater's finale "Dear Ella" is the end-all tribute with guitarist Burrell only as accompanist and author. They thank the legend for her enormous contributions which need no additional comment. This is certainly Dee Dee Bridgewater's most ambitious, and finest recorded production. You have to appreciate the reality of Fitzgerald's influence on thousands of musicians, but on this CD, it all comes home to roost. Highly recommended, for the singer's attitude and the brilliant backup musicians who nod in total agreement.
   

     Artist: Erroll Garner
     Album: The Erroll Garner Trio Live
     Label: Jazz Band
     Years: 1953-1957
     Format, bitrate: MP3@224 kbit/s
     Time: 1.06:22
     Size: 107 MB
     AMG Rating:
     Zuziki Rating:


     На этой довольно редкой компиляции представлены фрагменты радио и телевизионных выступлений гениального пианиста, записанные в середине 50-х годов...

REPOST with new link & additional info from Mrs. zuziki

    Artist: Eden Atwood
    Album: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    Label: Concord CCD-4599
    Year: 1993
    Release: 1994
    Quality: FLAC & MP3@320
    Size: 301 MB & 128 MB
    Time: 56:22
    AMG Rating:


    Eden Atwood is a young singer whose appeal sometimes compensates on her second Concord release for a few shortcomings. She has a clear and attractive voice and is at her best on ballads but occasionally (as on "Not While I'm Around") borders on being a cabaret singer. In contrast, on the uptempo mateiral her scatting and improvising skills are not fully mature nor all that adventurous. To her credit she gives her sidemen (particularly Ken Peploski on clarinet and tenor) plenty of solo space on the more cooking material. Atwood does write intelligent lyrics (best are "Silent Movie" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"), is quite expressive on the ballads and shows versatility but at this point she does not stand apart from the crowd of young jazz vocalists. Her future progress should be worth watching though.
    ~ Scott Yanow, AMG

     Artist: Toots Thielemans
     Album: One More for the Road
     Label: Verve
     Release Date: 05/09/2006
     Format, bitrate: MP3, 320 kb/s
     Size: 90,6 + 35,4 MB; 128MB



These sessions by harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans are a mixed bag of vocal and instrumental interpretations of works by Harold Arlen. Unfortunately, the project comes across as more of a crossover date, featuring several vocalists who will be of little interest to many jazz fans, while conductor Jurre Haanstra's orchestrations are rather bland and sometimes a bit syrupy. Thielemans' own solos tend to be fairly short, while his regular pianist, Kenny Werner (switching to Fender Rhodes on a few tracks), isn't utilized enough as a soloist. The best selections include "This Time the Dream's on Me," which features Till Brönner on both trumpet and vocals in a warm and unpretentious setting, a campy treatment of "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" by Madeleine Peyroux, along with Trijntje Oosterhuis' warm rendition of the nearly forgotten "I Wonder What Became of Me." But several tracks don't make the cut, including Jamie Cullum's pop-infused "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)," Beth Hart's dreadful "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues," and urban contemporary singer Oleta Adams' lackluster version of "Stormy Weather." This CD falls short of being an essential Toots Thielemans release.

     Artists: Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Allen Eager & Brew Moore
     Album: The Brothers
     Label: Original Jazz Classics
     Years: 1949 - 1952, Release: 1989
     Style: West Coast Jazz
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbit/s
     Time: 43:43
     Size: 183 MB
     AMG Rating:

     "Brothers" was a generic term, particularly for the tenor saxophonists (Getz, Sims, Al Cohn, Herbie Steward) who had played "Four Brothers" in Woody Herman's band during the 1947-49 period, and generally for any of the young white tenor saxophonists of the Lester Young persuasion, i.e., Allen Eager and Brew Moore. The five-tenor date was a one-of-a-kind landmark session (Getz with Sims, Cohn, Eager, and Moore); the Sims and Cohn with Kai Winding date predicted the two-tenor group Zoot and Al would lead from 1957. ~ liner notes

     Я очень рад, что в Клубе сформировалась небольшая группа единомышленников, которым нравится музыка, которую люблю и я. Для Госпожи Zuziki, господ lex, ninikoo и всех любителей хорошей музыки - этот альбом. Здесь вы услышите Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Stan Getz и ещё многих прекрасных музыкантов.
     Я бы рекомендовал после прослушивания этого альбома взглянуть на The Four Brothers Together Again!, но ссылки там устарели. Надеюсь (и прошу), что г-н lex устранит это досадное недоразумение...