Artist: Kenny Burrell
     Album: On View At The Five Spot Cafe
     Year: 1959
     Label: Blue Note
     Time: 63:40
     Format: MP3 @320kbps
     Size: 161mb (RS.com, with 5% file recovery)
     Includes Covers + Scans
     AMG Rating: 4 stars

     This likable live set from guitarist Kenny Burrell has a strong supporting cast (Tina Brooks on tenor, either Bobby Timmons or Roland Hanna on piano, bassist Ben Tucker, and drummer Art Blakey) and the original five-song program has been expanded on this CD to eight tunes. The swinging music, highlighted by "Lady Be Good," "Birks Works," the blues "36-23-36," and Burrell's feature on "Lover Man," is quite mainstream for the period and predictably excellent. -- Scott Yanow, AMG

REPOST! Kenny Burrell was born today 77 years ago.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

     Artist: Kenny Burrell
     Album: Soulero
     Recording Date: Apr 4, 1966-Sep 1967
     Label: GRP/Chess
     Format: MP3 320 kbps
     Size: 95,7 + 45.4 Mb



     На этой пластинке переизданы 10 композиций с винилового диска The Tender Gender , версия My Favorite Things с рождественского альбома и 5 дорожек с записи 1967 года Ode to 52nd Street.
     Вся музыка пропитана проникновенной манерой игры неподражаемого Кенни Баррелла.

REPOST! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, mr. BURRELL!

     Artist: Freddie Hubbard
     Album: Hub Cap
     Label: Blue Note
     Quality: FLAC & MP3@320
     Size: 302 MB & 96 MB
     Time: 42:43

     On Hub Cap, his third effort as a leader, Freddie Hubbard sticks to the tried-and-true hard bop formula, which is something of a mixed blessing. There's no question that much of this music is enjoyable, but it's not quite up to the standards of its two predecessors. Part of the problem is Hubbard's sextet, which features tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath, trombonist Julian Priester, pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Larry Ridley, and drummer "Philly" Joe Jones. All of the musicians are talented, but only a few are inventive, and that becomes a problem, since it becomes clear that Hubbard is beginning to break free from his influences and develop his own style. In other words, he's capable of more adventurous music than this straight-ahead hard bop. That said, Hub Cap is a very good hard bop date. There is energy to the performances, and the artist's vigorous, inspired playing continues to impress, as do some of his original compositions. Only when compared to Hubbard's first two records, or what would come later, does Hub Cap seem like a lesser effort. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

     Artist: Lee Morgan
     Album: Charisma
     Label: Blue Note
     Quality: FLAC & MP3@320
     Size: 239 MB & 87 MB
     Time: 39:03

     Yet another mid-'60s Blue Note album that makes a coherent artistic statement despite personnel that reads like an all-star blowing date. Jackie McLean (alto), Hank Mobley (tenor) and Cedar Walton (piano) were all bandleaders in their own right; bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Billy Higgins were as in demand as any sidemen of the day (for that matter, Morgan played on countless record dates as a sideman himself, including several of Mobley's sessions). Nevertheless, this sextet hangs together like a veteran unit, playing with wit, fire and enthusiasm throughout.
     CHARISMA features four of the trumpeter's tunes, all solid, but the two standout cuts are Walton's ballad "Rainy Night" and "Sweet Honey Bee," composed by Blue Note pianist and sometime A&R man Duke Pearson. Morgan lays back and leans forward, stuttering and double-timing his way through the serpentine chord progression of Pearson's tightly-knit, bluesy little gem, while Higgins' creativity provides a shimmering, ever-shifting context for all three soloists. "Rainy Night" lets Morgan stretch out in more of a quartet setting, with Mobley and McLean providing ensemble work on the theme only.

     Artist: Kenny Burrell
     Album: A Generation Ago Today
     Label: Verve
     Quality: FLAC & MP3@320
     Size: 170 MB & 78 MB
     Time: 34:35


     Guitarist Kenny Burrell interprets eight swing standards associated with the Benny Goodman Sextet and Charlie Christian on this Verve album. Burrell is joined by bassist Ron Carter, drummer Grady Tate and either altoist Phil Woods or (on "Wholly Cats") pianist Richard Wyands; vibraphonist Mike Mainieri guests on "As Long as I Live." Unfortunately the playing time of this LP is brief (a touch under 32 minutes) and the now-obscure set has been out-of-print for quite awhile but the music is excellent. Highlights include "Poor Butterfly," "Stompin' at the Savoy," "Rose Room" and "A Smooth One." ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

     Artist: Oscar Peterson Trio
     Album: With Respect To Nat
     Orig Year : 1965
     Street Date: Jul 21, 1998
     Label: Verve (USA)
     Format/Bitrate: Quality: FLAC(tacks)
     Size: 195MB




     С удовольствием предлагаю на прослушивание альбом: Oscar Peterson Trio - With Respect To Nat, где Маэстро Оскар представляет свои очаровательные вокальные возможности

     Artist: Breakout
     Album: Blues
     Quality: mp3@320Kbps
     Size: 72 MB (fr. cover)
     Year: 1971
     Label: Polskie Nagrania-Muza
     Total time: 37:37

     Tadeusz Nalepa hails from Poland, and his band, Breakout, was considered on of the best and most influential rock and blues bands in Poland and it really shows when you begin to listen to this album. Breakout was a band formed in 1969 by Tadeusz Nalepa. Originally, all the singing was done by Mira Kubasinska, but he was later replaced by Nalepa who was also the guitarist and harmonica player. This album, Blues, was Breakout's third album and finally became the sound that they followed. The previous two albums were both some very amazing prog records.

     Artist: Herbie Hancock
     Album: Possibilities
     Label: Magnolia
     Year: 2006

     Movie Details:
     Title: Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
     Running Time: 90 Minutes
     Status: Released
     Country: United States
     Genre: Documentary, Music

     Представляю диск Herbie Hancock Possibilities. Диск вышел в 2006 году, и я дал бы Grammy ему, а не River The Joni Letters (2007).
     Здесь действительно музыкант показывает нам свои гениальные возможности (possibilities). И под его влиянием все люди, приглашенные для записи этого диска, выкладываются по-полной!
     В принципе этот диск можно найти в сети. Но в качестве бонуса прилагаю фильм о записи этого диска, который является раритетом! Наслаждайтесь! Леонид.
     This documentary gives insight into the working process of one of jazz's most innovative artists, as is traces the making of Herbie Hancock's 2005 record, POSSIBILITIES. On it, the keyboardist collaborates with such unlikely suspects as Christina Aguilera, Sting, Damien Rice, Brian Eno, and Carlos Santana.

     Artist: New Orleans Nightcrawlers
     Album: New Orleans Nightcrawlers
     Format: mp3, Bitrate: 320Kbps
     Size: 130 MB (scans)
     Year: 1996
     Label: Rounder
     Total time: 55:07

     The New Orleans Nightcrawlers are not your average second-line street band. Building on the brass bans revolution of the past decade, when funk, bop and pop tunes were added to the traditional repertoire, the 'Crawlers add new harmonic substance and challenging arrangements to the funky New Orleans street sound. Here are originals, transformed standards and new tunes contributed by fellow rising young composers, played by a group of the Crescent City's most accomplished jazz musicians -- brass band music for mind, body and soul. - from the CD cover.

     Artist: Palmyra & Levita, Joao Donato
     Album: Here's That Rainy Bossa Day
     Format: mp3, Bitrate: 320Kbps
     Size: 103 MB (scans)
     Year: 2002
     Label: Irma
     Total time: 43:55

     Light and lovely work from the team of Palmyra & Levita -- made even better by piano from Joao Donato! Palmyra's a sweet-voiced female vocalist with a style that stretches back to include influences from American torch singers of years past, and some of the warmer voices of the 60s bossa era in Brazil. Levita plays acoustic guitar with a light and jazzy touch -- and works here with some spare but wonderfully effective piano from bossa maestro Joao Donato -- to create a cool and gentle backdrop for the sweet lead vocals in the set. - www. dustygroove.com

     Artist: Robin Nolan Trio
     Album: Mediterranean Blues
     Format: mp3, Bitrate: 320Kbps
     Size: 148 MB (scans)
     Year: 1998/99
     Label: Refined (2001)
     Total time: 64:00

     When guitarist Robin Nolan formed the Robin Nolan trio in London in 1992, its focus was European gypsy swing a` la Django Reinhardt. But the group (which relocated to Amsterdam) later opted for a change of direction, embracing acoustic post-bop with strong world music leanings. No one will mistake Mediterranean Blues, a collection of the Nolan trio's late-'90s work, for swing recordings of the 1930s and 1940s. Though Nolan's lyrical playing still contains elements of Reinhardt, this is very much a post-bop CD. The title Mediterranean Blues doesn't tell you just how eclectic Nolan is. Yes, Mediterranean music is an influence; some of Nolan's pieces contain elements of Greek music. But this album also finds him combining jazz with everything from Middle Eastern to Latin music. Nolan obviously appreciates a variety of Latin rhythms -- not only Afro-Cuban, but also Spanish, Brazilian, and Argentinean. Although Mediterranean Blues falls short of innovative, it does have a certain freshness. Nolan could have easily stuck to gypsy swing; there are still plenty of people in Europe who worship Reinhardt's music and love to hear younger musicians taking a retro-'30s or retro-'40s approach. But Mediterranean Blues demonstrates that Nolan deserves credit for challenging himself and trying a variety of things. ~ by Alex Henderson, AMG

     Artist: Shirley Horn
     Album: You Won't Forget Me
     Label: Verve
     Year: 1990; release 1991
     Format, bitrate: MP3@192 kbps
     Time: ???
     Size: 97 Mb

     Очень долго искал этот альбом, и - вот он!
     Здесь решил с Вами поделиться.
     К сожалению (но не к моему;), только 192 kbps.
     Приятного прослушивания!

     Спасибо за прекрасный сайт! Всем любви!

With 1991's You Won't Forget Me, Shirley Horn's star continued to rise. While mostly ballads, this recording also includes swinging takes on "I Just Found Out About Love" and "Foolin' Myself." Toots Thielemans stars with his distinctive harmonica sound on "Beautiful Love" and "Soothe Me," and the unmistakable trumpet of Miles Davis weaves around Horn's vocal on the title track. The opening medley moves from the almost-whispered ballad "The Music That Makes Me Dance," to a funkily midtempo "Come Dance with Me." "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" is absolutely gorgeous, with Wynton Marsalis stepping in to trade phrases with Horn's voice. The music here is mostly taken at a very leisurely tempo, and the spare arrangements allow plenty of room for the music to breathe, proving that less is often more. The only complaint is that such spaciousness generates is a certain sameness to the material, but this is leavened by the guest appearances of Thielemans, Davis, the brothers Marsalis and tenorman Buck Hill. ~ Jim Newsom, All Music Guide

     Artist: Dr. John
     Album: In A Sentimental Mood
     Label: Warner Bros
     Original Release Date: April 25, 1989
     File: MP3, Bit Rate: 320kbps
     Size: 91.7 MB
     Total Time: 40:17

     On Dr. John's first major-label effort, and first vocal studio album in ten years, he performs a set of pop standards including Cole Porter's "Love for Sale" and Johnny Mercer's "Accentuate the Positive." After starting out with a wild stage act and unusual costumes, Dr. John has evolved into a vocal stylist and piano virtuoso, which makes the idea of doing this sort of material appealing. And he does it well, turning out a leisurely duet with Rickie Lee Jones on "Makin' Whoopee" that won a Grammy (Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group), and giving sad feeling to "My Buddy." Maybe he has changed since the Gris Gris days, but even a mellowed Dr. John is a tasty one. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

     Artist: Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra
     Album: Venezia Stravagantissima
     Label: Alfa Prodaction
     Quality: APE & CUE
     Size: 321 Mb
     Total time: 53:32

     Capriccio Stravagante is world-renowned for their memorable interpretations of Renaissance and Baroque music. Founded in 1986 by Skip Sempй, the ensemble of 4-40 performers now incorporates Capriccio Stravagante, the Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra, the Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra and Capriccio Stravagante Opera. The diverse vocal and instrumental formations feature the finest European, American and Canadian musicians. Their extensive discography includes music by Byrd, Monteverdi, Purcell, Bach, Buxtehude, Handel, Telemann, Lully and Couperin, as well as ”Versailles – L’Ile Enchantйe”, ”Venezia Stravagantissima” (Alpha) and ”Paradizo” (Paradizo). These recordings have made a considerable contribution to Capriccio Stravagante’s acceptance as the foremost interpretive force in Renaissance and Baroque repertoire to have emerged in decades.

     Artist: Gotan Project
     Album: La Revancha del Tango
     Label: XL Recordings
     Original Year: 2003
     Genre: Tango, Electronica
     Format/Bitrate: MP3/320
     Size: 100 mb + 22 mb

     Gotan Project give new meaning to the term French Dance Music with their debut La Revancha Del Tango. A collaboration between soundtrack composers Philippe Cohen Solal and Christophe Mueller and Argentinean guitarist Eduardo Makaroff, the Gotan project project are more about Tangos and accordions than chic disco-house and vocoders. And while the Parisian trio's debut is unlikely to set any superclub dance floors alight, it's unique, bewitching and incredibly French. Part ingenious dance hybrid, part spine-tingling soundtrack, the success of their peculiar mix of strident break-beats, eerie violins and those all-important accordions owes no small debut to Solal & Mueller's cinematic expertise. Exuding enchanting-chilling atmosphere, tracks play out like a sensual score to the nocturnal life of Paris' Latin Quarter. The longing melody of "Queremos Paz" and the jazzy "Last Tango in Paris" are pure romance, and the frantic Latin rhythms of the only real club contender, "Triptico", conjure the hectic cafй society, but most affecting are the backstreet sleazy of Epoca and swagger of "Chunga's Revenge"; both as hypnotic as they are sinister. Strange amalgams of dub bass and unhinged cabaret vocals add to Gotan Project's allure, but it's the passion and drama that mesmerise, and no dance music has more of both than a Tango. --Dan Gennoe

     Artist: Johnny "Hammond" Smith & Willis Jackson
     Album: Johnny Hammond Cooks with Gator Tail
     Label: Prestige
     Year: 1962, release: 1993 (Japanese CD Reissue)
     Genre: Hard Bop / Soul Jazz
     Format, bitrate: MP3/320
     Size: 86 Mb

     This Smith/Jackson joint session is typical early-'60s Prestige soul-jazz, with all the good and bad that implies. The good? It hits a lockstep earthy groove with funky organ by Smith, smoky sax from Jackson, and some smooth guitar from Eddie McFadden. The bad? Well, it's not bad, really, just predictable. The compositions usually have easygoing, unchallenging bluesy progressions, and the whole thing has the agreeable ambience of a good-time bar where the music fades more into the background the longer it continues. Smith wrote four of the seven songs, the program balanced by Jackson's "Y'All" and covers of "Besame Mucho" and the traditional "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen." "Sonja's Dreamland" goes the furthest into ballad territory, while "Neckbones" swings the hardest. The album was combined with Hammond's 1965 LP The Stinger on the Smith CD compilation Good 'Nuff. ~ Richie Unterberger , AMG

     Artist: Johnny "Hammond" Smith
     Album: Talk That Talk
     Label: Prestige
     Year: 1960
     Genre: Hard Bop / Soul Jazz
     Format, bitrate: MP3/320
     Time: 34:00
     Size: 77,1 Mb

     An excellent piece of early soul-jazz, 1960's Talk That Talk isn't as bop-oriented as Shirley Scott's albums with Stanley Turrentine from the same period, as flashy and ornate as the albums Jimmy Smith was starting to make with Creed Taylor and Lalo Schifrin, or as funky and blues-based as the best of Jimmy McGriff or "Brother" Jack McDuff. Smith's playing on this album is low-key almost to the point of being conservative, deeply soulful without resorting to what would soon become tired funk clichйs. For the most part, the settings are the standard organ/bass/drums trio, with occasional appearances by tenor saxophonist Oliver Nelson. Smith is always at the center of the arrangements, taking almost all the solos, which means that less organ-besotted listeners might find the album a bit samey, but on tracks like a loping, gentle version of "An Affair to Remember" and a gorgeously soulful "Misty," Johnny "Hammond" Smith shows exactly why he deserves his nickname.

     Artist: George Benson
     Album: Giblet Gravy
     Label: Verve
     Year: 1968, release: 2000
     Genre: Soul Jazz
     Format, bitrate: MP3/320
     Time: 55:32
     Size: 122 Mb

     No, you're not in Creed Taylor country yet, but you might as well be, for many of the ingredients that would garnish Benson's albums with Taylor are already present in this often enjoyable prototype. The immediate goal was to groom Benson as the next Wes Montgomery (who was about to leave Verve) -- and so he covers hit tunes of the day ("Sunny," "Along Comes Mary," "Groovin'"), playing either with a big band plus voices or a neat quintet anchored by Herbie Hancock, and the sound is contoured to give his guitar a warm mellow ambience. But the eclectic Benson is his own man, as his infectious repeated-interval rhythm trademark tells us on his self-composed title track, and despite Tom McIntosh's mostly lame arrangements, George's work is always tasty and irresistibly melodic.

     Artist: George Benson
     Album: The George Benson Cookbook
     Label: Columbia
     Year: 1966, release: 1994
     Genre: Soul Jazz
     Format, bitrate: MP3/320
     Time: 41:00
     Size: 90,4 Mb

     The second album by Benson's great 1966 quartet is an absolutely burning affair, with a terrific balance of up-tempo swing and soulfully strutting grooves. The one vocal is a hard-swinging version of the standard "All of Me". Rather than create the kind of large production that Creed Taylor would embrace on George's later CTI recordings, producer/A&R legend John Hammond basically documented a great band in the studio. A joyful listening experience.

     Artist: Donald Byrd
     Album: At the Half Note Cafe Vol. 2
     Label: Blue Note
     Quality: FLAC & MP3@320
     Size: 287 MB & 86 MB
     Time: 37:42