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1974: Joe Albany & Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - Two's Comp |
Contemporary Jazz, Crossover Jazz |
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 Artists: Joe Albany & Niels-Henning Orsted-Pedersen Album: Two's Company Year: 1974, release: 1994 Label: Steeplechase Quality: mp3 / 320 kbps Size: 99 MB Time: 43:10 AMG rating :  After being poorly documented during the first 30 years of his career, pianist Joe Albany made quite a few records (mostly for European labels) during 1971-77. This duet set with bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (reissued on CD) finds Albany in particularly good form on six veteran standards including "Out Of Nowhere," "Lover Man" and "Star Eyes." His lyrical and boppish style was still very much intact and Albany is heard in prime form on the thoughtful yet swinging set. ~ Scott Yanow, AMG |
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1992: Various Artists - New York Stories |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Post-bop |
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 Artists: Danny Gatton,Bobby Watson,Roy Hargrove,Roy Hargrove,Franck Amsallem Album: New York Stories Label:Blue Note Year: 1992 Format, bitrate: MP3, 320kbps Size: 117,63 MB AMG Rating:  This interesting outing by an all-star group (guitarist Danny Gatton, altoist Bobby Watson, trumpeter Roy Hargrove, Joshua Redman on tenor, pianist Franck Amsallem, bassist Charles Fambrough and drummer Yuron Israel) is most notable for featuring the brilliant Gatton in a jazz setting. Together the septet, performs nine originals by group members and Gatton and Watson emerge as the main solo stars. Despite its somewhat generic name, this advanced hard bop date is quite memorable. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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1944 - 1946: Gene Krupa And His Orchestra Featuring Charlie Ventura - Drummer Man |
Music » Jazz » Swing |
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 Artists: Gene Krupa And His Orchestra Featuring Charlie Ventura Album: Drummer Man Label: Hindsight Records Years: 1944-1946, release: 1996 Quality: MP3@320 kbps Size: 104 mb (sharebee) Total time: 48:19 SWING! "Gene Krupa was one of the great gentleman of all time and a great innovator. Every drummer owes something to Gene Krupa." That's what Mel Torme told a few years ago. Keep in mind that Torme is a first-class drummer in his own right. He is also the proud owner of the battered but still serviceable Slingerland drum set that Krupa used in the most famous jazz concert of all time: the January, 1938 Carnegie Hall session that, with "Sing, Sing, Sing", turned Gene into a superstar.
This band had bop-influenced Don Fagerquist on trumpet, fellow modernist Teddy Napaleon on piano and Charlie Ventura on tenor, who is featured throughout these recordings. His front-and-center authority, coupled with a strong and romantic melodic sense, is on full display on almost all of these tracks, all recorded in Hi-Fi for Armed Forces or commercial radio station use. They are officially released to the general public for the first time in this collection. Those that also hat been done for Columbia Records are here in somewhat different form. ~ Fred Hall, author of the "Dialogue in Swing" book. |
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Long John Hunter - Border Town Legend |
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 Artist: Long John Hunter Album: Border Town Legend Label: Alligator Year: ; release: 1996 Genre: Texas Blues Format mp3, bitrate: 320 kb/s vbr Time: 50:44 Size: 78,8 Mb (cover) AMG Rating:   For many years Long John Hunter played in clubs without much attention, but that time sweating it out in roadhouses has paid off. During that time, he developed a gutsy, forceful technique that was fully evident on his belated 1993 debut, Ride With Me. Although his second album, Border Town Legend, is a slicker, more accessible effort, Hunter hasn't lost any of his spicy, distinctive flavor. Working with a horn section, he still manages to make himself the most powerful element on the record — both his guitar playing and his heated vocals ensure that. Furthermore, Hunter's songwriting is growing stronger. Out of the nine songs he has written or co-written for the album, he has contributed some first-rate tunes that might not stretch beyond generic conventions, but still are mighty fine. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine at All Music Guide
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1964: Nat Adderley- Little Big Horn |
Music » Jazz » BeBop » Hard-bop |
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 Artist: Nat Adderley Album: Little Big Horn Label:Original Jazz Classics Year: 1964 Format, bitrate: Mp3, 320kb/s Time: 39:31 Size: 92.5 MB This lesser-known set by Nat Adderley (reissued on CD in the Original Jazz Classics in 1999) teams the likable cornetist with either Jim Hall or Kenny Burrell on guitar and the Junior Mance Trio (which consists of pianist Mance, bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Mickey Roker). Nat wrote all eight selections and, even though none would catch on (a la "Work Song"), several of the numbers are quite memorable and are deserving of revival. "Loneliness" sounds properly desolate, "Roses for Your Pillow" is a superior ballad and most of the other songs are filled with joy, including "El Chico," "Half-Time" and "Broadway Lady." A fine obscurity recorded at a time when Nat was one of the stars of his brother Cannonball Adderley's Sextet. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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1995: Jim Hall - Dialogues |
Music » Jazz |
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 Artist: Jim Hall Album: Dialogues Year: 1995 Label: Telarc Jazz (20-bit Digital Master) Total time: 55:06 Format: FLAC + MP3 (320) Size: 291 + 129 MB (full artwork) Guitarist Jim Hall has long been one of the most open-minded of the important stylists to emerge during the 1950s, and his harmonically advanced style remains quite modern while hinting at its foundations in bop. For this Telarc CD, Hall teams up with five major players on two numbers apiece: Guitarists Bill Frisell and Mike Stern, Joe Lovano on tenor, flugelhornist Tom Harrell, and Gil Goldstein on accordion. Bassist Scott Colley and drummer Andy Watson are on the Frisell and Lovano tracks, and part of the Harrell and Stern performances. All of the compositions but "Skylark" are Hall originals and, although they are usually a bit dry, there are some exceptions: "Uncle Ed" and "Frisell Frazzle" are a little nutty. The emphasis throughout is on interplay between the lead voices and advanced improvising. Despite his strong sidemen (Stern and Harrell fare best), Jim Hall ends up as the dominant voice on virtually every selection, making this a set his fans will enjoy. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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Etta James - At Last |
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 Artist: Etta James Album: At Last Label: MCA/Chess Year: 1960; release: 1961 Genre: Soul-Blues Format mp3, bitrate: 320 kb/s Time: 40:46 Size: 101 Mb (full covers) AMG Rating:  
After spending a few years in limbo after scoring her first R&B hits "Dance With Me, Henry" and "Good Rocking Daddy," Etta James returned to the spotlight in 1960 with her first Chess release, At Last. James made both the R&B and pop charts with the album's title cut, "All I Could Do Was Cry," and "Trust in Me." What makes At Last a great album is not only the solid hits it contains, but also the strong variety of material throughout. James expertly handles jazz standards like "Stormy Weather" and "A Sunday Kind of Love," as well as Willie Dixon's blues classic "I Just Want to Make Love to You." James demonstrates her keen facility on the title track in particular, as she easily moves from powerful blues shouting to more subtle, airy phrasing; her Ruth Brown-inspired, bad-girl growl only adds to the intensity. James would go on to even greater success with later hits like "Tell Mama," but on At Last one hears the singer at her peak in a swinging and varied program of blues, R&B, and jazz standards. - Stephen Cook at All Music Guide |
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1998: Regina Carter - Rhytms Of The Heart |
Music » Jazz » Mainstream |
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 Artist: Regina Carter Album: Rhytms Of The Heart Label: Verve Year: 1998, release: 1999 Quality: mp3; 320 kb/s Size: 109 mb Time: 53:29 Regina Carter definitely has a lot of room to run in the jazz world with the violin, an instrument that has been selected by relatively few for compelling reasons, including the sheer difficulty of mastering the contraption and the rigorous, non-swinging, non-improvising classical training that usually produces that mastery. Some of the conservatory still lingers in Carter's formal stage stance and in traces of the music, but there is no doubt that she can swing mightily, if not yet with the consistently eloquent ease of the old masters. Kenny Barron contributes his unshakably solid piano to four cuts and Werner Gierig handles four more; Rodney Jones serves up jazz and wah-wah guitars; Peter Washington (bass) and Lewis Nash (drums) back most of the tracks. A good deal of the CD places Carter in a straight-ahead setting, where she shows her Stuff Smith stuff particularly winningly on "Oh, Lady Be Good." Luckily, she hasn't been roped into the mainstream to the exclusion of all else: hence, the brave, if slightly inhibited, reggae-funk version of the Temptations' "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" with an idiosyncratic moaning vocal by guest Cassandra Wilson. Carter also tries out a mild salsa groove on "Mojito," and a nice revolving African beat on "Mandingo Street" in the manner of early-'90s Jean-Luc Ponty. In all, a decent all-purpose major-label debut, designed to present a table of contents for her emerging career. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide |
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1973: Al Casey - Jumpin' With Al: The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions |
Music » Soul » Soul-Jazz |
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 Artist: Al Casey Album: Jumpin' With Al: The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions Label: Black & Blue Year: 1973, release: 2002 Quality: MP3@320 kbps Total time: 58:20 AMG rating Ïðåâîñõîäíûé àëüáîì çíàìåíèòîãî "ìóðëûêàþùåãî" ãèòàðèñòà!  ñåññèÿõ ïðèíèìàþò ó÷àñòèå âûäàþùèåñÿ ìóçûêàíòû! Best known as Fats Waller's guitarist in the 1930s, Al Casey has played for many decades since that time. On this reissue CD, Casey had his first opportunity to lead his own record date in 13 years. Seven performances (including a previously unreleased number and two new alternate takes) match Casey in a quartet with pianist Jay McShann, bassist Roland Lobligeois, and drummer Paul Gunther; "Rosetta" and two versions of "I'm Beginning to See the Light" are most memorable. The other three numbers (which include "Just You, Just Me" and "I Wish I Knew") have Casey, tenor saxophonist Arnett Cobb, pianist Milt Buckner , Lobligeois, and drummer Michael Silva joined by the tap dancing of Jimmy Slide. All in all, this set does jump a lot and is a fine example of 1940s-style small group swing that looks toward early R&B. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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1978: Dewey Redman - Musics |
Music » Jazz » Modern Jazz » Avantgarde |
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 Artist: Dewey Redman Album: Musics Label: Galaxy/OJC Year:1978, release:1995 Time: 42:51 Quality: MP3 - 256mbps Size: 79 mb (with cover + album info) AMG Rating: This is one of tenor-saxophonist Dewey Redman's more accessible sessions. With the assistance of pianist Fred Simmons, bassist Mark Helias and drummer Eddie Moore, Redman is heard on the lyrical ballad "Alone Again (Naturally)," a bossa nova, jamming over parade rhythms and performing originals that sometimes are advanced bop. The music is excellent although not as explorative as most of Redman's other recordings. This fine Galaxy set has been reissued on CD in the OJC series. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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Elmore James - King of the Slide Guitar: The Fire/Fury/Enjoy Recordings |
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 Artist: Elmore James Album: King of the Slide Guitar: The Fire/Fury/Enjoy Recordings Label: Capricorn Year: 1959 - 1962; release: 1992 Genre: Slide Guitar Blues Format mp3, bitrate: 320 kb/s Time: 2:27:39 Size: 237 Mb AMG Rating:   Elmore's last great recordings occurred in the 1960s when he was signed by New York producer/label-owner Bobby Robinson. Unlike many of his contemporaries, James seemingly got better as the years went by and while none of the sides feature a slide guitar anywhere near as nasty as his early Modern and Flair recordings, he's still obviously giving it all on each and every side. These recordings are the ones most commonly issued on James and have surfaced on so many different compilations — all with varying levels of sound quality—that it would be futile to list them all here. Fortunately, to make things easier we have this two-disc 50-song box set rounding up at least one extant take of everything Elmore recorded with Robinson at the helm. While some of the material are recuts of his best known tunes ("Dust My Broom" resurfaces here in two versions from two different sessions and the version of "It Hurts Me Too" included here — it was originally cut for Chief in the late '50s — became a posthumous hit for him), the majority of it breaks new ground and stands as some of Elmore's most emotion-laden work. Nice essays in the booklet make up for the disgusting art work that adorns the box. - Cub Koda at All Music Guide |
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