Artist - Eddie Daniels
     Album - Swing Low Sweet Clarinet
     Label - Shanachie
     Year - 1999, release - 2000
     Size 61,9 + 54,1 mb
     Total time - 51:44

     У вас есть прекрасная возможность послушать современный оркестр, исполняющий классический свинг. Руководит оркестром замечательный кларнетист и тенор-саксофонист Eddie Daniels, известный советским любителям джаза по гастролям Thad Jones - Mel Lewis Big Band.
     Он часто выступает как солист со многими крупными коллективами, особенно часто с оркестром Gordon Goodwin.

     Artist: Erroll Garner
     Album: Other Voices
     Label: Columbia (LP)
     Release: 1957
     Format/Bitrate: MP3/320 kbit/s
     Size: 41 MB


     Дорогие мои друзья: BlackB, lex, Teds, polonez13, милые мои... Вы мне сегодня устроили такой праздник, который я не забуду никогда!
     В знак благодарности и искренней любви хочу подарить вам и всем членам Клуба этот редчайший (но, к сожалению, неполный - не хватает двух последних трэков) альбом Erroll Garner в надежде, что прослушав представленные 8 композиций, вы не будете упрекать меня за недостаток...
     Спасибо всем... С любовью, ваша zuziki

     Гитарист, один из представителей фьюжн. Проявил интерес к рок-музыке, классике (в частности, Стравинскому), а также к акустическому гитарному искусству…

     Artist: Jimmy Giuffre 3
     Album: The Easy Way
     Year: 1959
     Label: Verve
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbit/s
     Time: 40:17
     Size: 96 MB



     "The three of us fell into a oneness which allowed the music to roll out naturally," Jimmy Giuffre wrote of this 1959 session with his frequent collaborator Jim Hall on guitar and the great Ray Brown on bass. Consisting mostly of original compositions, the music here always sounds, in Giuffre's words, "relaxed and settled."

     Artist: Max Roach
     Album: MAX
     Year: 1958
     Label: Chessmates/Argo
     Format: MP3 @320 kbps
     Size: 78mb (RS.com)
     Total time: 32:39

     Killer set of bop tracks recorded by Max and other New York bop heavy-hitters, like Hank Mobley and Kenny Dorham -- plus a guest appearance by Ramsey Lewis on piano, in one of his few non-Chicago, non-trio sides. The record's got that great kind of energy that Roach could hit when he really was kicking his group into gear -- and although the overall approach is mostly hardbop, there's plenty going on under the surface. Tracks inlcude "CM", "Four X", "Crackle Hut", and "Speculate". (Hard-to-find Japanese pressing from the 1970s. Further information is very difficult to find.)

     Artists: Carmen McRae & Betty Carter
     Album: Duets
     Year: 1987
     Label: Polygram Records
     Format: MP3@224 kb/s
     Time: 01:01:48
     Size: 99 mb

     Вот так радость! В Клубе родилась девочка с изумительным музыкальным вкусом!
     Я тоже от всего сердца поздравляю Вас, прелестная zuziki! Удивляйте и удивляйтесь! Чувствуйте радость и дарите её другим! Море улыбок Вам и любви!
     И простите, если этот альбом у Вас есть. В любом случае я просто очень хочу подарить Вам тот праздник, которым он наполнен.

     Artist: David Benoit
     Album: Letter To Evan
     Label: Grp Records
     Year: release date 10/27/1992
     Format: Mp 3 @ 320 Kb/s
     Time: 48:19
     Size: 71.5 + 37. 3 Mb

     Artists: Joe Williams & George Shearing
     Album: The Heart and Soul
     Label: Koch
     Original Release Date: March 1, 1971
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbit/s
     Time: 0.31:20
     Size: 72 MB
     AMG Rating:

     In the 70's, the marvelous pianist, George Shearing,started his own label, Sheba (a conflation of he and his wife's name) and the first release was this gem of a recording; George plays and Joe Williams sings. All of the tunes have the word, "heart" or "soul" in their title a fanciful concept and owing to the fact that many wonderful standards have these words in their titles the results are winning. Love Mr Williams voice in this recording, relaxed in the company of Shearing and the side musicians it is a treat to hear these two artists at work. A worthwhile purchase.

     Artist: Erroll Garner
     Album: Honeysuckle Rose
     Label: Quadromania / Membran
     Release: 2005 (compilation)
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbit/s
     Time: 3.39:42
     Size: 504 MB

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     Сегодня весь Jazz Blues Club поздравляет уважаемую госпожу zuziki c Днём Рождения!

     Мы восхищаемся Вашим безупречным музыкальным вкусом, завидуем Вашей изысканной коллекции и безмерно благодарны Вам за великолепные альбомы, с которыми Вы нас познакомили.
     Мы ценим Ваш неутомимый труд на посту Модератора Клуба.
     А за Ваш оптимизм, обаяние, милую улыбку и доброжелательные комментарии мы от всего сердца полюбили Вас .

     Artist: Marian McPartland
     Album: On 52nd Street
     Label: Savoy Jazz
     Year: 1953
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbit/s
     Time: 59:18
     Size: 95.7 MB + 34.6 MB
     AMG rating:

     Сравнительно ранние записи пианистки, получившей большую известность в 80-х благодаря серии весьма интересных радио передач Piano Jazz (записано более 30 CD).

     Artist: Herbie Hancock
     Album: Future Shock
     Label: Columbia
     Year: 1983
     Styles: Jazz-Funk, Fusion, Electro
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbit/s
     Size: 102 MB

     The three electronic, hip-hop-influenced albums Herbie Hancock recorded during the 1980s--of which Future Shock was the first, followed by Sound System and Perfect Machine--have been the most maligned by fans of his enormously influential '60s-era jazz work. The reissue of all three albums, each newly remastered with bonus mixes and new liner notes, makes it clear Hancock was much more than simply a jazz pianist reaching for a pop crossover audience. To be sure, Hancock got his pop hit with Future Shock's "Rockit," and there's plenty on Future Shock that sounds dated, from the early 80's synthesizer tones to the almost consciously stiff-sounding hip-hop beats that permeate every track. But dig a little deeper, and it's clear this is supremely intelligent dance music, with a combination of producer-bassist Bill Laswell's Kraftwerk-influenced industrial production and Latin percussionist Daniel Ponce's Bata drum, Pete Cosey's screeching guitar--which echoes his work with Miles Davis's 1970s band--Sly Dunbar's rock-solid funk drumming, and Grand Mixer D.S.T.'s radical (for the time) turntable scratching. And, of course, there's "Rockit", the track that introduced a generation of young listeners to Hancock and break-dancing robots in music videos. All in all, a reissue well worth revisiting. -- Ezra Gale

     Artist: Bennie Maupin
     Album: The Jewel In The Lotus
     Label: ECM
     Year: 1974
     Styles: Post-Bop, Avant-Garde, Modal Music
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbit/s
     Size: 92 MB
     AMG Rating:

     Bennie Maupin was one of the first musicians to record for ECM, playing on a Marion Brown record in August 1970, when the label was just a few months old. Born in Detroit in 1940, Maupin was encouraged in his early musical development by Yusef Lateef, John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy. Jack DeJohnette introduced him to Miles Davis, and Bennie's bass clarinet was to become one of the signature sounds of the epochal Bitches Brew. The early 70s, however, were spent mostly working with Herbie Hancock's ensembles and The Jewel In The Lotus is essentially a pooling of players from the Hancock circle, including Herbie himself in his only ECM appearance. The Jewel In The Lotus was Bennie Maupin's first leader record. The album was recorded in March 1974, and could be described as a sequence of pulsing tone-poems, full of glowing, compound sound-colors and subtle interactions - a jazz-and-Buddhism-inspired floating chamber music that was way ahead of its time. The recording shows Maupin very much concerned with the totality of the musical conception, with the form as a whole. He is an exceptional improviser, thinking compositionally and directing group music in the moment.

     Artist: Pamela Williams
     Album: The Look of Love
     Year: Jun 26, 2007
     Label: Shanachie
     Genre: Jazz, Smooth jazz
     Format, bitrate: MP3 -320 kbps

     Женщина в джазе не редкость... либо вокал, либо фортепьяно, или то и другое вместе, и чаще всего это приносит великолепные плоды. Pamela Williams – исключение, подтверждающее правило, она - саксофонистка!

     Artist - Lennie Niehaus
     Album - Contemporary Records C3503;The Octet#2,Vol.3
     Genre - Post bop, west coast
     Label - OJC/Contemporary
     Quality: MP3@320
     Year: 1955, release - 1991
     Size: 96 Mb (rapidshare) + covers
     Total Time: 39:31

     Lennie Niehaus (born 1 June 1929) is an American alto saxophonist, arranger, and composer on the West Coast jazz scene. He has played with the Stan Kenton big band, and various other jazz bands on the West Coast of the U.S.

     Artist - James Spaulding
     Album - Down With It
     Label: Futura
     Quality: MP3@320
     Release: 2006
     Size: 160 Mb (96+64) + covers
     Total Time: 45:25

     Most reviews or discussions of the music of altoist/flutist James Spaulding have focused on his status of ”sixties sideman extraordinaire” or something similar. Of course, inherent in that is the question of why Spaulding never made a record as a leader for Blue Note, the label on which most of his appearances occurred. While certainly his work with Wayne Shorter, Tyrone Washington, Larry Young, and of course Freddie Hubbard is of a piece, giving a keen sense of Spaulding’s development as a musician, his recordings as a leader for High Note and his own Speetones label in the past two decades haven’t garnered as much notice.

     Artist - Jacky Terrasson
     Album - Mirror
     Label : Blue Note Records
     Quality: MP3@320
     Release: 2007
     Size: 111 Mb (96+15) + covers
     Total time - 50:12

     Since winning the Thelonious Monk Piano competition in 1993, Jacky Terrasson has more than validated the judges' opinions with a consistently outstanding series of CDs. Mirrors provides a rare opportunity to enjoy Terrasson in a solo piano setting. He recasts the old favorite from the Duke Ellington songbook by mixing a different vamp, adding an ominous tremolo and even taking breaks to tap on the piano's wood surface, while never losing his focus on its theme and delivering a fresh, exciting interpretation. The choppy setting of "Just a Gigolo" is an obvious nod to Thelonious Monk (who liked to toy with this standard) though Terrasson's take is even more adventurous and playful.

     The pianist's romp through "Cherokee" hints only briefly at the melody, showcasing his improvising with a variation of its chord changes in the bass line. His touching setting of "America the Beautiful" suggests hope in a time of turmoil. Terrasson's five originals also prove to be memorable performances. His rapid-fire "Mirror" is breath-taking, while his "Tragic Mulatto Blues" blends a heartfelt theme with a bit of turmoil.
     Jacky Terrasson's Mirror leaves a lasting reflection of his immense talent. Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

     Artist: Walter Trout Band
     Album: Tellin' Stories
     Label: Jive
     Year: 1994
     Genre: Blues Rock
     Tracks: 12
     Format: mp3, Bitrate: @ CBR 320
     File Size: 93 MB + 81 MB

     Walter Trout is a "Jersey-boy gone good" playing a guitar-gone-bad. "Tellin Sories" opens with a fierce riff and never stops. During each song you wait for Walter to come up for air, but he doesn't. Every song is a wild ride of utter sponteneity- the guitar is simply on fire. Every song offers different techniques usually done rapid-fire. Any person who has played a Fender Strat owes themselves a hearing of this CD. This man and his guitar belong at the head of the class. This is the Blues - and then some.

     Artists - Jan Garbarek & Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
     Album - Ragas and Sagas
     Label - ECM - 1442
     Year - 1992
     Genre - Jazz Word
     Quality - 320 Kbps
     Size - 75 MB + 69 MB
     Total time - 52:15

     Artist: Irakere
     Album: The Best of Irakere
     Year - 1979, release - 1994
     Label: Columbia Jazz
     Genre: Fusion, Cuban Jazz
     Format/Bitrate - MP3, 320 kbps (RapidShare)
     Size: 174 Mb (two files)
     Total Time - 74:44

     The great Cuban band Irakere has been underrecognized only because the United States' trade embargo on Cuba kept the mainstream jazz audience unaware of their existence until 1977. Members of Cuba's reigning big band, the Orquesta Cubana de Mйsica Moderna, formed Irakere in 1971. The new group's leaders were virtuosic pianist Chucho Valdйs, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, and saxophonist Paquito d'Rivera. After the '77 diplomatic thaw, the band played a U.S. tour and signed with Columbia records. The material here is from the Columbia period, the bulk of which was recorded live in New York in 1979. The band's ability to play complex jazz arrangements with salsa rhythms is a revelation. --John Swenson

     Artists - VA
     Album - Music Of 30 - 40 Years
     Label - RDM
     Years: 30-40s, release - 1995
     Quality - MP3@192kbps
     Size: 53,4+50,7 (shareonall)
     Total time - 77:01