Artist: Jimmy Knepper
     Album: A Swinging Introduction
     Label: Bethlehem
     Year: 1957
     Quality: FLAC
     Size: 201 MB
     Time: 41:45

     A fine soloist with a distinctive sound not overly influenced by J.J. Johnson, Jimmy Knepper's improvisations are full of subtle surprises. He began on trombone when he was nine, started playing professionally when he was 15, and worked in the big bands of Freddie Slack (1947), Roy Porter (1948-1949), Charlie Spivak (1950-1951), Charlie Barnet (1951), Woody Herman, and Claude Thornhill. Knepper gained fame for his versatile and inventive playing with several of Charles Mingus' groups (1957-1962). He also worked with Stan Kenton (1959), Herbie Mann (a 1960 tour of Africa), Gil Evans, Benny Goodman (a 1962 tour of the Soviet Union), and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (1968-1974), in addition to playing in the 1970s with the Lee Konitz Nonet and Mingus Dynasty. Knepper's reputation in the jazz world has remained quite strong, although he has not recorded that often as a leader, cutting sessions for Debut, Bethlehem (both in 1957), SteepleChase (1976), Inner City, Blackhawk, Hep, Soul Note, and Criss Cross. During the '80s and '90s, Knepper could most often be found touring Europe, gigging frequently and occasionally recording, an ever vibrant gun for hire. He also remained an active member of the Mingus Dynasty, anchoring the trombone section with his distinctive tone and solos much as he had during his two brief tenures with Mingus in the early-'60s and mid-'70s. Diagnosed with Parkinson's in the '00s, Knepper's pace slowed considerably and on June 14, 2003 he passed away due to complications from the disease. ~ Scott Yanow & Wade Kergan AMG

     Artist: Steve Fister
     Album: Unspoken Vol.1
     Year: 2007
     Label: 2 nd Degree Records
     Format: MP3@ 320 Kb/s
     Time:51:01
     Size:71.5+40 Mb

Гитарист-виртуоз Steve Fister прославился, работая в составах Pat Travers Band, Steppenwolf и Lita Ford Band, его часто сравнивают с такими грандами, как Joe Satriani и Steve Morse.

     Artists: VA
     Album: Capitol Sings Frank Loesser - I Hear Music
     Label: Capitol
     Genre: Smooth & Lounge, Jazz-Mainstream, Jazz-vocal
     Years: 1947-1963, release - 1995
     Quality: MP3@256 kbps
     Size: 100 mb
     Total time: 0. 54:00



     Capitol Sings Frank Loesser - I Hear Music is an entertaining but inconsistent collection featuring some of Loesser's best-known material that wasn't written for the Broadway stage. Artists include Nancy Wilson, Johnny Mercer Margaret Whiting, Sue Raney, and Les Paul, Mary Ford. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG

     Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
     Album: Get Happy!
     Label: Verve Records (LP)
     Release: 1959
     Format/Bitrate: MP3/320
     Size: 90 MB


     Ella Fitzgerald's illustrious recording career lasted more than fifty years, but her undeniable peak came nearly halfway, in the late Fifties, when she produced her best Verve songbook LPs.
     This 1959 LP doesn't confine her to one composer (or arranger), so she sings Berlin, Gershwin, and Mercer and Van Heusen and Handy and her stunning voice reminds us again how beautiful these songs are.(vervemusicgroup.com)

     Artist: Lhasa
     Album: La Llorona
     Label: Atlantic
     Original Year: 1998
     Genre: Rock/World
     Format/Bitrate: MP3/320
     Size: 90 mb

     Who is this woman, Lhasa de Sela? This wonderful set has no liner notes re: her past, but, since the music's what matters ,let's go with that. She writes & sings--with delicacy, passion and insolence--in Spanish. The music absorbs a truly dizzying range of styles & influences: tango, klezmer, flamenco, film music, Gypsy/Rom, Tex-Mex, ECM Records-style soundscapes and Tom Waits. Waits seems to be a big influence: check out the fractured tango/waltz "De Cara A La Pared." Mournful clarinets wail, percussion sounds like thunder in the distance and Lhasa's voice--versatile, tartly seductive in a bittersweet way--draws ...

     Artist: Grant Green
     Album: Talkin' About
     Year: rec. September 11, 1964
     Label: Blue Note 21958/rel.1999
     Format: MP3@320 Kbps; FLAC
     Time: 41:05
     Size: 89.9 Mb (MP3)
             244 MB (Flac)



     Как говорится, что хорошей музыки должно быть много, но и Granta Green'а не может быть мало. Вашему вниманию еще один его альбом и довольно хороший с малым составом. Органист Larry Young, на барабанах играет Elvin Jones.
     Всем приятного прослушивания.

    Artist: Gonzalo Rubalcaba
    Album: Rapsodia
    Genre: Jazz
    Label: Blue Note
    Year: 1993
    Styles: Latin Jazz, Fusion
    Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbit/s
    Time: 54:41
    Size: 125 MB

   Pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba has such impressive technique that he has the potential of completely overwhelming any song he plays but Rubalcaba shows admirable restraint throughout much of this quartet date. Influenced to a degree by Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock, Rubalcaba still shows a fresh personality when he utilizes an electric keyboard on a few of the selections. His quartet (which includes trumpeter Reynaldo Melian, bassist Felipe Cabrera and drummer Julio Barreto), in addition to fine support, offers a contrasting solo voice in its virtuosic trumpeter. This is a well-rounded set of complex but fairly accessible music. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

   Artist: Karrin Allyson
   Album: Azure-Te
   Label: Concord
   Year: 1994
   Format, bitrate: MP3 320Kbps
   Time: 01:01:39
   Size: 140 Mb (ShareOnAll)

   Karrin Allyson is one of the best jazz singers to emerge in the 1990s. She is a masterful scatter, as she shows on some of these selections (including "How High the Moon" and "Yardbird Suite"), but she is also quite expressive on ballads (including "Blame It on My Youth" and "Some Other Time"). The strong backup musicians (a variety of top Kansas City players with guest spots for violinist Claude Williams and flьgelhornist Mike Metheny) keep the music swinging. Highly recommended. (Review by Scott Yanow)

    Artist: Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra
    Album: The Look Of Love
    Year: 2004
    Label: BCI
    Format, bitrate: MP3, 320 kbps
    Time: 33:38
    Size: 80 MB
    All Music Guide Rating:


   First Nelson Riddle and his orchestra's solo album on our site, and the last Riddle's release in his carier. Nelson is one of the greatest composers and arrangers of the XXth century, and this album is permeated by him with incredible tenderness, romanticism and his generation grandeur...
   Первый сольный альбом Nelson Riddle и его оркестра на нашем сайте, и последний релиз Нелсона в его карьере. Нелсон - один из величайших аранжировщиков и композиторов 20го века, и этот альбом он пропитал невероятной нежностью, романтичностью и грандиозностью своего поколения...

   Artist: Eileen Farrell
   Album: Eileen Farrell Sings Torch Songs
   Year: 1990
   Label: Reference Recordings
   Time: 57:05
   Size: 110MB

   While opera singers who dabble in popular music are common, those who do so successfully are rare, and those with large dramatic voices who do so are rarer still. Eileen Farrell was as authentic and natural a blues and jazz singer as she was an operatic soprano. She was in fact much more comfortable on the concert stage, on radio, and in the recording studio than in the opera house.

     Арета Франклин (родилась 25 марта 1942) — американская ритм-энд-блюз, соул и госпел певица. Родилась в Мемфисе (штат Теннесси), выросла в Детройте (штат Мичиган). Благодаря широкой популярности её часто называют Королева Соул (The Queen Of Soul) или Леди Соул (Lady Soul).