Artist: Attila Zoller
     Album: Gypsy Cry (LP)
     Label: Emdryo Records
     Year: 1969
     Quality:mp3, 320 kb/s
     Size: 90.5 mb
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     This might as well be called: the two sides of a guitar genius. Most tracks here show Zoller at his straight ahead best with some catchy originals (The Birds and the Bees, Wild Wild Wes) while other tracks are a showcase for his avantgarde leanings (Meet in Berlin) and his Hungarian roots (Gypsy Cry). Herbie Hancock on acoustic and electric piano feels obviously at home in all settings.
     Here's what Zoller had to say about the album:
     "In '70, I recorded Gypsy Cry (1969) on Embryo label. It was on Atlantic, actually, with the Herbie Mann production label. And they called that series "Embryo," which recorded about five other artists, including Ron Carter and Arnie Lawrence. He had a whole bunch of them. (Mann) recorded musicians who used to work with him. He bought Miroslav Vitous' tape because he found out that some of the tapes had disappeared. So they bought the whole thing and just put it on a shelf.
     Herbie Hancock played piano on The Gypsy Cry. At that time, Herbie Hancock was struggling. The drummer was Sonny Brown, and now he's disappeared and I don't know where he is. Reggie Workman was on bass. Also, Victor Gaskin was on too because I wanted two dates. It was two different kinds of music I played on the album. I played one part avant garde stuff and another part of popular stuff. The dates were on Tuesday and Thursday. The first date had standard type of styles, and the second had Hungarian folk-type motifs. They were all original compositions, of course, but I own that Hungarian style. We tacked on this free Jazz playing. We had started to do that. Ornette Coleman, you know, turned everybody on to this free type of playing. So anyway, we played that type of thing and regular Jazz. That's why I had two bass players. Reggie is better at the free stuff. "

     Artist: Hampton Hawes
     Album: Live At The Jazz Showcase In Chicago
     Label: Enja
     Year: 1973
     Quality: mp3, 320 kb/s
     Size: 147 mb



Hampton Hawes went through a period of inconsistency during the early '70s with his ill-advised addition of electric keyboards, but this is happily an all-acoustic live set from the Jazz Showcase in Chicago. Joined by a formidable rhythm section consisting of bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Roy Haynes, Hawes launches this second volume with an extended medley of a driving hard bop rendition of Charlie Parker's blues "Bluebird" and his own "Blue Hamp," never running out of ideas even though this track is over 26 minutes long. His interpretation of "My Funny Valentine" is initially hesitant, but packs an emotional punch as it develops. It's a shame he didn't extend his rather abbreviated performance of the lively "Carson Blues," which was evidently intended as a set closer. The only misfire of the date is his "Walking Around the Town," an original featuring Hawes' rather awkward vocals. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

     Artist: Oscar Peterson
     Album: Oscar Peterson Plays "Porgy and Bess"
     Year: , release October 12, 1959
     Label: Polygram Records
     Genre: Jazz
     Format:Mp3 @ 224 kbs
     Size: approx.66MB


     Оскара Петерсона не может быть много!

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     Artists: Swingle Singers
     Album: American Look
     Label: Philips / Universal
     Year: 1969, release: 2005
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbit/s
     Time: 0.29:54
     Size: 68 MB

     На этом альбоме известная вокальная группа перемешала все музыкальные стили - здесь можно найти американские народные танцы, патриотические песни, духовные песнопения и, конечно же, "Порги и Бесс". Большинство исполняемых мелодий вам прекрасно знакомы, а качество исполнения прославленного коллектива заслуживает всяческих похвал, тем более, что сделана запись в годы высшего творческого подъёма музыкантов...