Artist: Carlos Santana
     Album: Oneness - Silver Dreams & Golden Realities
     Label: Columbia
     Genre:Rock/Jazz/Other
     Year: 1979
     Quality: mp3, 320 kb/s
     Size: 102 mb




This is the first Carlos Santana solo album. It features members of the Santana band as backup, however, so the difference between a group effort and a solo work seems to be primarily in the musical approach, which is more esoteric, and more varied than on a regular band album. The record is mostly instrumental and given over largely to contemplative ballads, although there is also, for example, in the song "Silver Dreams Golden Smiles," a traditional pop ballad sung by Saunders King.      ~ William Ruhlmann, AMG

    Artist: Count Basie
    Album: Live in Sweden '62
    Label: Reelin' In The Years Productions & TDK
    Year: 1962
    Release: 2006
    Format: Online-video
    Time: 56 mins
    AMG Rating:



    Imagine my delight when this DVD of what I consider to be the greatest ever Big Band arrived for review. The problem for those of us who liked this band so much, is that in the era in which it played, there was no such thing as video recording. If you wanted to hear the Basie Band, your choice was buy a disc or go to live concerts, I did both many times! This DVD was only made possible because it came from a TV show made in Sweden in 1962 and fortunately had not been disposed of.
    This is the band five years on from the Atomic Mr Basie album, which usually comes out top of any poll for ‘The Greatest Big Band Album of All Times’. Most of the stars of that album are still in place and the band gives a spectacular performance in the way only the Count and his men could do it.
    The programme starts with ‘Easin’ It, a piece written and arranged by Frank Foster. . . .

     Artists - Bill Harris With Ben Webster and Jimmy Rowles
     Album - Bill Harris and Friends
     Label - OJC/Fantasy
     Year - 1957, release - 1992
     Quality - MP3@320 kbps
     Size - 90,5 mb
     Total time - 41:21
     AMG Rating




Trombonist Bill Harris led relatively few recording sessions throughout his career, and this is the definitive one. On the quintet set with the great tenor Ben Webster, pianist Jimmy Rowles, bassist Red Mitchell, and drummer Stan Levey, Harris' unique tone is showcased throughout "It Might As Well Be Spring"; he jams enthusiastically with Webster on a variety of standards and verbally jokes around with Ben on a unique version of "Just One More Chance." ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

     Artist:  Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland, Bill Frisell
     Album: Angel Song
     Released: 1996
     Label: ECM
     Quality: mp3 CBR 320 kbit/s
     Size: 147 MB

     Все композиции написал Kenny Wheeler, для записи альбома пригласив не менее именитых музыкантов. Результат получился потрясающе красивым.
     Этот альбом – словно переложенная на музыку бессонная ночь, когда без всяких видимых причин не спится, и ты сидишь в полумраке комнаты. Партии инструментов - словно неспешные незримые потоки мыслей. Спит всё за окном, лишь изредка слышен шум одинокого такси. Сквозь толщу памяти проступают воспоминания, будят давно забытые чувства, и рассвет ты встречаешь с чашкой кофе, глядя на просыпающийся город…

     Artist: Gary Thomas
     Album: Found on sordid streets
     Label: Winter & Winter
     Year: 1998
     Format, bitrate: MP3-320 Kbps
     Size: 127 Mb





     As with altoists Steve Coleman and Greg Osby, Gary Thomas has developed his own fresh approach to improvisation, avoiding bop clichйs and taking solos that are consistently full of surprising twists and turns. Lots of chances are taken and, even if not everything works (the use of rap on one of his JMT albums is unfortunate), Gary Thomas' music would never be called predictable. In the late '80s, Thomas gigged with both Miles Davis and Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition. He has also recorded frequently with Greg Osby, Michele Rosewoman, and Wallace Roney, in addition to leading his own sessions. ~ Scott Yanow, AMG.

     Artist - Count Basie
     Album - Straight Ahead
     Label - GRP
     Year - 1968, release - 1998
     Quality - MP3@320 kbps
     Size - 76,9 mb
     Total time - 34:24

     Artist: Sam "The Man" Taylor
     Album: Standart Best Collection - CD2
     Year: 1999
     Format, bitrate: MP3,320 kbps
     Size: 107 MB






     A certified honking sax legend, Sam "The Man" Taylor's non-stop drive and power worked perfectly in swing, blues, and R&B sessions. He had a huge tone, perfect timing, and sense of drama, as well as relentless energy and spirit...

     Artist: Sam "The Man" Taylor
     Album: Standart Best Collection - CD1
     Year: 1999
     Format, bitrate: MP3,320 kbps
     Size: 105 MB






     В jazzbluesclub-е я не встречал этого замечательного американского джазового и блюзового тенор-саксофониста. Поэтому знакомить начну я . Всем приятного прослушивания!

     Artist: June Christy
     Album: Something Cool
     Year: 1953-1955
     Label: Blue Note
     Format, bitrate: mp3, 320Kbps
     Time: 67:54
     Size: 161 MB
     
     Arranged and conducted by Pete Rugolo

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     June Christy's classic Something Cool has been expanded from 11 songs to 24 on this essential CD with two unreleased cuts and six songs only previously out as singles. Christy's attractive "cool" tone was a trademark of jazz in the 1950s, her version of "Something Cool" remains a classic, and many of the other numbers are nearly as memorable. Accompanied by Pete Rugolo's Orchestra, Christy is heard at her best on such numbers as "Whee Baby," "You're Making Me Crazy," "Midnight Sun," "A Stranger Called the Blues," "Softly As in a Morning Sunrise," "This Time the Dream's on Me," and "The Night We Called It a Day."
   Scott Yanow, AMG