Artists - Acoustic Alchemy
Album - Sounds Of St Lucia
Label - Image Entertainment
Quality - MP3@192kbps
Size: 48,6+54,4mb
Total time: 71:42 min

В 2003-м вышел первый концертник "алхимиков", "Sounds of St. Lucia", сделанный на основе выступления группы для "BET Television". И в том же году появилась третья студийная работа коллектива на "Higher octave".

     Artist: The Red Garland Quintet
     Album: Dig It!
     Label: Prestige/OJC
     Year: 1958
     Format: MP3 @320kbps
     Size: 85 mb (RS.com) (includes covers)
     AMG Rating:


     Pianist Red Garland is best known for his work in the 1950s with The Miles Davis Quintet, where he provided a rootsy foil for the trumpeter. But he was already established as a leader of trios and small groups. On this 1957 album for Prestige, the young John Coltrane and Donald Byrd, bassist George Joyner and drummer Arthur Taylor join Garland for a relaxed, fine set. - Cduniverse.com

     Artist: Natalie Cole
     Album: Leavin'
     Label: Verve
     Year: 2006
     Format, bitrate: MP3@300 kbps
     Size: 109 MB + Covers



     Ещё один альбом представляет в Клубе дочь известного вокалиста и пианиста Nat King Cole.

     Artist: Caetano Veloso
     Album: Fina Estampa
     Label: Polygram
     Year: 1994
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 Kbs
     Size: 118 MB
     AMG Rating:


     Один из лучших альбомов бразильского музыканта Caetano Veloso, который побывал на вершинах всех латиноамериканских чартов.

     Artist: Caetano Veloso
     Album: In NYC
     Year: 1986
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 Kbs
     Size: 92 MB




     Очередной альбом уже хорошо известного в Клубе бразильского композитора, поэта и певца Caetano Veloso.

     Artist: Red Garland
     Album: The P.C. Blues
     Label: Prestige/OJC
     Year: 1957
     Format: MP3 @320kbps
     Size: 87 mb (RS.com)
     AMG Rating: 4 star

     This CD is a reissue of P.C. Blues, a trio album from 1957 that features pianist Red Garland with bassist Paul Chambers (the "P.C." in the title) and drummer Art Taylor. In addition to the four original titles (which are highlighted by a sensitive version of "Lost April" and the lengthy "Tweedle Dee Dee"), Garland's feature on a 1956 Miles Davis record, "Ahmad's Blues" (which features him with Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones), adds to the value of this thoughtful but swinging release. - Allmusic.com

     Artists: Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter
     Album: The Young Lions (Bonus Track Issue)
     Year: 1960
     Label: Vee-Jay
     Size: 71mb + 56mb (RS.com) (Includes all covers)
     AMG Rating: 4 stars

     This CD, recorded in 1960, is a group-effort by a one-off band made up of Lee Morgan (trumpet), Frank Strozier (alto), Wayne Shorter (tenor), Bobby Timmons (piano), Bob Cranshaw (bass) and Louis Hayes and Albert "Tootie" Heath alternatively on drums. The group is young and energetic, and they play with fire and imagination. Four tunes are composed by Wayne Shorter, one by Lee Morgan. Three alternate takes beef up the CD playing time. All involved went on to impressive careers and multiple recording credits, with the exception of altoist Frank Strozier, who oddly enough has fallen by the wayside. Oddly enough, because he is more than on a par with the others in this company, but his promising start never materialised into a great career. A worthy reissue of a great album by a great band. Any fan of early 1960's hardbop in the traditional Blue Note-style will enjoy this CD.

     Artist: Lee Morgan
     Album: Lee Morgan Sextet Volume 2
     Year: 1956 / 2007
     Label: Angel
     Format: MP3 @320kbps
     Size: 55 mb (includes covers)

     Recorded in 1956, LEE MORGAN VOL. 2 was one of the trumpeter's first dates for Blue Note, and shows off plenty of the musician's chops (which were especially formidable given Morgan's tender age at the time). The hard-swinging personnel includes Horace Silver on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, Hank Mobley on tenor, Charlie Persip on drums, and Kenny Rodgers on alto, and the compositions, penned primarily by Benny Golson, are engaging, accessible post-bop of the first rank. The Rudy Van Gelder remastering on the CD reissue makes it especially sweet. -- Cduniverse.com

     Artist: Jackie McLean
     Album: Lights Out
     Year: 1956
     Label: Prestige
     Format: MP3 @ 320kbps
     Size: 97mb (5% file recovery) (RS.com)

     Album: Strange Blues
     Year: 1957
     Label: Prestige
     Format: MP3@320 kbps
     Size: 88 mb (RS.com)
     AMG Rating:

     ...Not long after cutting Pithecanthropus Erectus, McLean joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, which became New York’s premier hard-bop ensemble and a continual cauldron of talent development. His recordings with Blakey included the Messengers’ self-titled debut, Drum Suite, Hard Bop and Jazz Messenger (all 1956, Blue Note). In ‘56 and ’57 McLean headlined a series of albums for Prestige and New Jazz (among them Lights Out, Strange Blues and Alto Madness).

     Artists: Johnny Griffin & Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis
     Album: Pisces
     Label: Original Jazz Classics / Riverside
     Year: 1962, release 2004
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbit/s
     Time: 0.50:13
     Size: 115 MB


     Очень тёплый и приятный дуэт замечательных тенор-саксофонистов.

     Artists: The Jazz Crusaders
     Album: Pacific Jazz Studio Sessions 6-CD Box Set
     Label: Mosaic Records
     Year: 2005
     Format: MP3 @320kbps
     Size: 1.05 gig (RS.com)
     Includes: All Covers and 16-page PDF Booklet

     THE PACIFIC JAZZ QUINTET STUDIO SESSIONS features 90 tracks on six CDs, including four alternates and nine newly-uncovered performances that have never appeared on record or CD. On several tracks, the core band is joined by guitarists Roy Gaines, Joe Pass, or Arthur Adams. The exclusive Mosaic booklet includes rare photographs from the original sessions, a complete discography of the sessions, a history of the band featuring new interviews with Felder, Hooper, Sample, and Williams, and a track-by-track appraisal of the music by Bob Blumenthal.

   Artist: Chet Baker
   Album: Deep In A Dream - The Ultimate Chet Baker Collection
   Label: Pacific Jazz
   Year: 1952 & 1965
   Release: 2002
   Format: MP3 @320kbps
   Size: 165mb (RS.com)
   AMG Rating:

     Amazon.com:
     While it's not quite the ultimate collection promised by the title, Deep in a Dream is still an excellent introduction to the music of Chet Baker. The 19 tracks, which were chosen by James Gavin, author of the definitive Baker biography, are culled from Baker's 1950s recordings for a variety of labels, including Pacific Jazz, Columbia, Colpix, Jazzland, and Jazztone. The tunes include both instrumental and vocal versions of Baker's trademark song, "My Funny Valentine," as well as a thoughtful selection of Baker's work with assorted groups, including Gerry Mulligan's famous pianoless quartet. Also included are previously unreleased a cappella versions of "Blue Room" and "Spring Is Here," which Baker sings in his fragile but compelling voice.

     Artist: Toscho
     Album: Serious Fun
     Label: In-Akustik GmbH
     Year: 1996
     Genre: Jazz, Blues
     Tracks: 12
     Total Time: 56:54
     Format: mp3, Bitrate: HQ VBR (ABR 267)
     File Size: 54 MB + 53 MB