Artist: Jan Molenaar Big Band
     Album: Doing Basie Things (and Others)
     Label: RIFF
     Year: 1992
     Format: MP3; 320 kb/s
     Files: 80+65 MB

     Artist: Eddie Higgins Trio
     Album: I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
     Label: Venus Records
     Year: 1990, release: 2005
     Format, bitrate: FLAC
     Size: 270 MB
     Time: 53:38



[Series Jazz Giants Venus] Venus original recording of jazz, the popular name of the record playing the latest album released in LP-style cardboard sleeve cover paper! Vinasurekodo unique mastering course 24bit-Hypermagnum Sound!! now popular in Japan and became a jazz pianist Eddie Higgins No.1 in 90 albums with names and ages to celebrate the revival excitement. Expand Suingi playing modern and classic at the same drummer-less trio with Nat King Cole Trio. Eddie Higgins can listen to and follow their lead in the pink and bassist Rufus guitarist Kevin Eubanks was excellent. Thelonious Monk's "Straight No Chaser" and Bud Powell, composed the original song selection, including his well-balanced addition to the original mention the jazz masterpieces Carlos Jobim and Denny Zeitlin. Eddie Higgins albums to hear fans! ~ Venus

     Artist: Warne Marsh
     Album: Jazz Of Two Cities
     Label: Imperial LP 8087
     Year: 1956
     Format, bitrate: mp3@320kb/s covers Front/Back @300dpi
     Time: 36 min
     Size: 82,64 MB

      A classic album of Tristano-school cool jazz with subtle leanings toward the avant-garde. While this set is not without a number of typical West Coast jazz tendencies (i.e., cool reed tones, a stiff rhythm section, happy-go-lucky heads, etc.), it has an interestingly wide-open and probing vibe. This band was simply bursting with ideas. On "Ear Conditioning," for example, the tenor tandem of Marsh and Ted Brown weaves in and out of the head with the proficiency and grace displayed -- admittedly, to greater effect -- on Lennie Tristano's "Wow," a tune also featuring Marsh, only with Lee Konitz on alto instead of Brown on tenor. Like "Ear conditioning," "Smog Eyes" and the title track both employ long and busy heads. In a manner typical of compositions by Tristano's associates, many of these themes are very complicated and take several measures to achieve resolution. That having been said, comparisons to the Tristano Capitol sessions are simply inevitable, as they laid the foundation for everything heard here. To judge the quality of one versus the other, though, is trivial. Jazz Of Two Cities has many treasures all of its own. Thankfully, both historic sessions have been reissued together on the Capitol Jazz CD Intuition. Included in the collection are both the stereo and mono takes of four different pieces from the Marsh date. This is because Jazz Of Two Cities was issued once in mono and later in stereo with the new title The Winds Of Marsh. The two versions of the record feature altogether different takes of two numbers ("Jazz of Two Cities," "I Never Knew") and different solos on the other two ("Ear Conditioning," "Lover Man"). In other words, fidelity is not the only difference between Jazz Of Two Cities and The Winds Of Marsh; though in and of itself, that's probably not reason enough to spend an arm and a leg on both copies, since they're quite rare and all versions are included on the CD. This is some very fine music by a band with an exceptionally rich collective imagination. It is clear that, in the hands of this combo, every theme is treated like a question with an absolutely limitless amount of harmonic and melodic answers. ~ Brandon Burke, All Music Guide

     Artist: Bill Evans
     Album: Lund 1975/Helsinki 1970
     Label: Jazz Lips JL 768
     Year: 1970/75
     Frmat, bitrate: mp3@320 kbs
     Time: 73 min
     Size: 166,57 MB




     This release presents two rare performances by Bili Evans in Northern Europe. The initial three tuner, appearing here on CD for the first time ever, were recorded during an informai visit to the house of Finnish composer Ilkka Kuusisto in Helsinki, Finland. The rest of the tracks present a hard to find concert in Lund, Sweden, previously available only on a limited Japanese edition. The first half is by the Bili Evans Trio, while the second features the great Swedish singer Monica Zetterlund (with whom Evans had recorded a studio album a decade before) joining them for a lovely vocal set.

     Artist: Charlie Parker
     Album: Complete Jazz At Massey Hall
     Label: Jazz Factory
     Year: 1953
     Release: 2004
     Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s
     Size: 150MB



     COMPLETE JAZZ AT MASSEY HALL features remastered versions of legendary saxman Charlie Parker's performances of "Salt Peanuts" and "Embraceable You."
     One of the most memorable live recordings in jazz history, featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach. This phenomenal edition includes all of the original tracks recorded by The Quintet at Toronto's Massey Hall, without the Mingus, overdubbed bass added later.24-bit remastered. ~ The Jazz Factory.

     Artist: Peppermint Harris
     Album: Lonesome As I Can Be
     Label: Jewel / Westside
     Year: 1965-1972
     Released: 2001
     Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kbps
     Size: 125.68 MB
     Time: 57:20
     AMG Rating:

     Texas R&B singer Peppermint Harris is best known for two early-'50s hits, the classic "Rainin' in My Heart" and "I Get Loaded," a drunken boast that led to a slew of other drinking songs from Harris, typecasting him as the man with a bottle in his hand, a mixed blessing at best. With an easy baritone that came across as a sort of late-night version of Sam Cooke on too many whiskey shots, Harris arguably did his best work with Jewel Records, a Louisiana label owned and run by Stan "The Record Man" Lewis. While he didn't have any huge hits between 1965 and 1971, the length of his stay at Jewel, Harris nonetheless produced some solid material, as this anthology shows. He reprises his self-penned "Rainin' in My Heart" twice here, and turns in a fine version of Big Bill Broonzy's "Key to the Highway," as well, and working with a large band, he shows a real talent for songwriting, vocal phrasing, and arrangement. There aren't a lot of Peppermint Harris CDs on the market, and while the 1950s Aladdin sides are more famous, this one, given its consistent tone and excellent sound, makes for probably a better introduction to Harris' unique version of Texas R&B. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

     Artist: Little Jazz Band
     Album: Shoe Shine Boy
     Label: Biem-Artisjus (Hungary)
     Year: 2003
     Format:MP3 @ 320 Kb/s
     Time: 41:36
     Size: 92 Mb



     The band was formed by teenage youngsters from Kecskemet in 1995. Since 1996 they have regularly taken part at the annually organised Bohem Ragtime & Jazz Festival. The members of the band are amateur musicians, who play together just for fun and pleasure. In spite of their age they declare that the main profile of their music is jazz style of the 20's and 30's. Their uniqueness is that they apply two reeds and the tuba in the rythm section occasionally undertakes the role of the double bass. In 2000 they received a special award at the first Hungarian Youth Jazz Competition, and in June 2001 and 2002 they participated at the International Louis Armstrong Commemmorative Competition in Sainte-Adresse, France where they won second prize, leaving behind several European "adult" bands. Finally in 2003 at the same competition they won the 1st prize and Attila Korb, the leader of the band won the composer's 1st prize with his piece named "Snow". On the international Jazz Competition in Saint Raphael in 2004 they won the 1st prize of the town. The band has published two cds so far "Too Busy" in 2001 and Shoe "Shine Boy" in 2003.

     Artist: Max Roach, Clifford Brown
     Album:Daahoud
     Label:Mainstream-Audiofidelity Japan
     Year:rec.Jun 1953-Aug 1954/rel.1985
     Format:MP3 @ 320 Kb/s
     Time: 30:06
     Size: 69 Mb
     AMG rating:

     Artists: Herb Alpert and Lani Hall
     Album: Anything Goes LIVE
     Label: Concord Records
     Year:2009
     Format:MP3 @ 320 Kb/s
     Time: 58:22
     Size: 136,7 Mb




Herb Alpert and Lani Hall. These two names have been as my favorite artists for such a long time. Both of them have a very long career as jazz artists, more than 4 decades, with many outstanding achievements and stories behind it. When Sergio Mendes‘ 2008 album ”Encanto” was released, I was delighted to see these perfect couple appeared again as a guest star in one song, ”Dreamer”. It was a very sweet reunion between them, and now I’m more delighted to see that a very special and intimate album of Herb Alpert and Lani Hall entitled ”Anything Goes”, has been released through Concord Records.

    Artist: B.B. King
    Album: Recorded Live In Cannes 1983
    Label: Castle Communications UK/Acrobat Music
    Year: 1983; release: 1998
    Genre: Blues
    Format mp3, bitrate: 320 kb/s
    Time: 59:35
    Size: 138 Mb (covers)
    Bubu's Rating:

       EVERY DAY IS A B.B. DAY !

This is a 1983 recording of the B.B. King band playing live in Cannes, France. The King show, which has not changed all that much in recent decades, is comprised of hits such as "The Thrill Is Gone" (a decent live version, not turgid like some of the ones form the '90s), "Payin the Cost to Be the Boss," a thirteen-minute band workout called "Jam," a swinging hot reading of Memphis Slim's "Everyday I Have the Blues," and a deeper than blue read of "All over Again," by Carl Adams and King. The sound is very good to excellent, and fans of the live B.B. material will count this among the better latter-day sets he's issued. ~ Thom Jurek

     Artist: Sylvia Telles
     Album: The Face I Love
     Label: Kapp KL-1503 (1966)
     Style: Vocal jazz, Brazilian Jazz
     Quality: FLAC & MP3@320 (LP rip)
     Size: 138 MB & 65 MB
     Time: 28:57
     AMG rating

Although it was recorded in Rio De Janeiro in the mid-'60s, it's likely this Sylvia Telles album was geared toward the international market, as she sings almost entirely in English on this collection. Too, although she recorded many Antonio Carlos Jobim songs in her career (and in fact recorded an entire album of Jobim material, Sylvia Telles Sings the Wonderful Songs of Antonio Carlos Jobim, around the same time), there's only one Jobim tune here, "Pardon My English" (co-written with Aloysio De Oliveira). Telles does indeed sing well in English on this record, with an only faintly detectable accent and confident phrasing. While a few of the songs are covers of American popular standards (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II's "It Might as Well Be Spring," George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin's "If Not for Me," and "Baubles, Bangles and Beads"), in the main she stuck to English translations of Brazilian songs, though "Balanco Zona Sul" is sung in the original Portuguese. Marcos Valle co-wrote three of the numbers with Paulo Sergio, and these especially "The Face I Love" and "Surfin' in Rio" are highlights, with a somewhat sassier, more uninhibited feel than much of the rest of the record. It's classy period mid-'60s bossa nova with polished arrangements, if a little on the poppy side, showing Telles remaining in top form not long before her premature death in a car accident.

     Artist:Coleman Hawkins
     Album:Hollywood Stampede
     Label: Capitol records
     Year:rec.Feb 23, 1945-Jun 1944 / rel.Oct 4, 1989
     Format:MP3 @ 320 Kb/s
     Time: 48:40
     Size: 112,7 Mb
     AMG rating:

     Artist: The Crusaders
     Album: Standing Tall
     Label: MCA Records
     Year: 1981
     Format, Bit Rate: Mp3 320 Kbps
     Time: 37:01
     Size: 76,5 Mb




     Standing Tall is the 14th album by the jazz group The Crusaders after they changed their name from The Jazz Crusaders, and their 3rd studio album with MCA Records. It features singer Joe Cocker as guest artist on two tracks: the 1981 Grammy-nominated song "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" and "This Old World's Too Funky For Me".

     Artist: Dorsey Brothers
     Album: The Fabulous Dorsey Brothers & Their Orchestra
     Label: ASV LIVING ERA
     Years: 1928-1935, release:2002
     Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s
     Time: 73:39
     Size: 157 MB

      Jimmy Dorsey born James Francis Dorsey February 29, 1904, in Shenandoah, PA; died June 12, 1957, in New York City; Tommy Dorsey born Thomas Francis Dorsey November 19, 1905, in Shenandoah, PA; died November 26, 1956, in Greenwich, CT; sons of Thomas Francis (a coal miner, then music teacher and bandmaster) and Theresa (Langton) Dorsey; Jimmy Dorsey married Jane Porter; children: Julie Lou; Tommy Dorsey married Mildred Kraft (first wife), Pat Dane (second wife), Janie (third wife); children: (first marriage) Thomas Francis III, Patricia. Education: Both brothers studied in public schools and under their father.
     The Dorsey brothers formed first band, Dorseys' Novelty Six, then Dorseys' Wild Canaries, c. 1920; brothers then performed with the Scranton Sirens and the California Ramblers in the early 1920s; both worked as free-lance and studio musicians, 1925-34; began recording sessions under Dorsey Brothers label with studio groups, 1928-34; formally organized Dorsey Brothers Orchestra and recorded, 1934-35; brothers split up and formed separate bands, 1935; Jimmy led Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (original Dorsey Brothers Orchestra), 1935-53; Tommy led Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, 1935-46 and 1948-53; Tommy was director of popular music for the Mutual Radio Network, 1945-46; brothers reunited to form the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Featuring Jimmy Dorsey, 1953-57; had CBS television series featuring the orchestra, 1955-56. Both brothers' orchestras appeared in numerous films; the brothers also appeared in and were the subject of the semi-biographical film The Fabulous Dorseys, 1947.   Enotes.com

    Artist: Albert Collins
    Album: Ice Pickin'
    Label: Alligator
    Year: ; release: 1978
    Genre: Modern Electric Blues
    Format mp3, bitrate: 320 kb/s
    Time: 37:59
    Size: 97,2 Mb (full covers)
    AMG Rating:

Ice Pickin' is the album that brought Albert Collins directly back into the limelight, and for good reason, too. The record captures the wild, unrestrained side of his playing that had never quite been documented before. Though his singing doesn't quite have the fire or power of his playing, the album doesn't suffer at all because of that — he simply burns throughout the album. Ice Pickin' was his first release for Alligator Records and it set the pace for all the albums that followed. No matter how much he tried, Collins never completely regained the pure energy that made Ice Pickin' such a revelation. - Thom Owens at All Music Guide