Artist: Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
     Album: Rattleshake
     Label: Alligator Records
     Year: 2006
     Genre: Blues
     Tracks: 13
     Format: mp3, Bitrate: @ CBR 320 kbit/s
     File Size: 54 MB + 60 MB

     On their new Alligator album, Rattleshake, Lil' Ed's romping, sizzling guitar and his rough-hewn vocals, his half-brother James "Pookie" Young's thumping bass, Mike Garrett's feral rhythm guitar and Kelly Littleton's unpredictable yet bone-crunching drumming produce a modern blues firestorm steeped in tradition.
     Produced by Alligator president Bruce Iglauer and Williams, Rattleshake features 13 houserocking songs, and captures all of Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials' legendary live energy on disc. The variety on the CD, from stomping, houserocking slide workouts, to deep, slow blues, to blues-ified country, makes this the most rewarding and soul-satisfying album the band has ever recorded.

     Artist : Wayne Shorter
     Album: Beyond the Sound Barrier
     Label: Verve
     Year: 2005
     Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 Kbps
     Time: 60 min
     Size: 136 Mb

     Что тут сказать? Компиляция живых выступлений квартета 2002-2004 годов. Имена всем известны. Всеми любимы. Кем-то-больше, кем-то меньше. Мне самому, лично, особенно любим Perez. С удовольствием выставляю эту пластинку, так как сам очень люблю записи живых выступлений. Ну а здесь, автор, конечно же выбрал самое-самое из того, что им удалось сыграть в указанный промежуток времени.

Recorded live on three different continents (Europe, America, and Asia) from 2002-2004, Beyond the Sound Barrier finds Wayne Shorter leading the same acoustic-oriented post-bop quartet he led on his 2001 recording, Footprints Live!; the veteran tenor and soprano saxophonist is joined by pianist Danilo Pérez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade. But if Beyond the Sound Barrier should be considered a sequel to Footprints Live!, it is far from a carbon copy. While Footprints Live! contained several Shorter pieces that have become jazz standards (including "Atlantis," "Footprints," and "Juju"), Beyond the Sound Barrier places more emphasis on new material. Half of the eight selections are new, and the rest of the CD ranges from Arthur Penn's "Smilin' Through" (the theme from the 1941 movie) to two pieces from Shorter's Joy Ryder album of 1988: "Over Shadow Hill Way" and that album's title track. No one will accuse Beyond the Sound Barrier of being standards-oriented, and the quartet doesn't go out of its way to be accessible; this is definitely one of Shorter's more cerebral releases. But the material is rewarding if one is broad-minded enough to appreciate Shorter and his younger colleagues at their most intellectual, and the audiences' enthusiastic applause -- not just polite applause, but enthusiastic applause -- indicates that they have no problem comprehending all the abstraction and angularity that is taking place. Beyond the Sound Barrier falls short of essential, but it's a solid demonstration of the fact that Shorter -- who was in his late sixties and early seventies when these performances were recorded -- wasn't afraid to be challenging and keep taking chances in the early 2000s. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Artist: VA
Album: Весь этот JAZZ
Label: RDM
Genre Styles: Vocal Jazz, jazz,
Total time: 71 min
Quality: APE and mp3 (320 kb\s)

Продолжая "рыться" в в своих "закромах", нашел любопытный диск-приложение к журналу "Салон AV".
Радости!

Artist: Charlie Mariano
Album: Charlie Mariano
Label: Bethlehem
Quality: FLAC & MP3@320
Size: 214 MB & 85 MB
Time: 38:03

Charlie Mariano's career can easliy be divided into two. Early on he was a fixture in Boston, playing with Shorty Sherock (1948), Nat Pierce (1949-50) and his own groups. After gigging with a band co-led by Chubby Jackson and Bill Harris, Mariano toured with Stan Kenton's Orchestra (1953-55) which gave him a strong reputation. He moved to Los Angeles in 1956 (working with Shelly Manne and other West Coast jazz stars), returned to Boston to teach in 1958 at Berklee and the following year had a return stint with Kenton. After marrying Toshiko Akiyoshi, Mariano co-led a group with the pianist on and off up to 1967, living in Japan during part of the time and also working with Charles Mingus (1962-63).

The second career began with the formation of his early fusion group Osmosis in 1967. Known at the time as a strong bop altoist with a sound of his own developed out of the Charlie Parker style, Mariano began to open his music up to the influences of folk music from other cultures, pop and rock. He taught again at Berklee, traveled to India and the Far East and in the early '70s settled in Europe. Among the groups Mariano has worked with have been Pork Pie (which also featured Philip Catherine), the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble and Eberhard Weber's Colours. Charlie Mariano's airy tones on soprano and the nagaswaram (an Indian instrument a little like an oboe) fit right in on some new agey ECM sessions and he also recorded as a leader through the years for Imperial, Prestige, Bethlehem, World Pacific, Candid (with Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1960), Regina, Atlantic, Catalyst, MPS, CMP, Leo and Calig among others. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Artist: Georgie Fame
Album: Walking Wounded
Quality: Ape (428 MB) + mp3@320Kbps (170 MB) with scans
Year: 1995 (Recorded live at Ronnie Scott's in November)
Label: Go Jazz (1998)
Total time: 72:40

At least once a year, usually just before the holiday season, Georgie Fame takes up residency at Ronnie Scott’s club in London. This particular recording was done during November, 1995.Having the legendary Georgie Fame sitting behind the Hammond organ, night after night, in a London club is wonderfully reminiscent of the time, more than thirty years ago, when he held held court at the Flamingo Club. Back then, in the early sixties, it wasn’t just for a week or two at a stretch, but for months at a time. He was at the heart of the ongoing scene, where American servicemen, budding British rockers and Georgie himself mixed it up and, ultimately created a musical stew that went on to change the pop scene the world over. So this recording takes its place in the pantheon of great Georgie Fame moments.So this record is full of spirits, spirits of great men who made the music, great moments when it was made and great places where the musicians held forth. Today, even the owner and namesake of the club where this album was recorded -- saxophonist Ronnie Scott -- is no longer with us. Yet Georgie Fames carries on with the good work, and is aware of his role in preserving and passing along the great jazz spirit.To that end, he has enlisted the able assistance of some of his favorite people to make this passage possible. The front line of the band includes some of Britain’s finest players, trumpet man Guy Barker, tenor saxophonist Alan Skidmore, alto saxophonist Peter King and Anthony Kerr on vibes. In the rhythm section is his regular bassist (and dapper man about town) Geoff Gascoyne along with the Powell brothers, Tristan on guitar and James on drums. These two boys have grown up with Georgie Fame’s music and are helping him carry the torch into the next century.It is our great pleasure and distinct honor here at Go Jazz to join hands with them all and fall in step. ~ by Ben Sidran (from liner notes)

Artist: Johnny B. Moore
Album: Acoustic Blue Chicago
Label: Blue Chicago
Year: 1999
Genre: Blues
Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbit/s
Time: 52:32
Size: 127 MB

This home-styled live recording features Chicago veterans Johnny B. Moore and Willie Kent, plus guest spots for Lester Davenport and Bonnie Lee. ~ Earl Simmons, All Music Guide

Artists - The Modernaires
Album - Singin' And Swingin'
Label - Varese Sarabande
Genre - swing, jazz cocal
Years: 1951-1958, release - 1997
Quality - MP3@320 kbps
Size - 90 mb
Total time - 42:20



Playing an important part of the big band swing era of the '40s, The Modernaires remained together after the era ended. Varese Sarabande has pulled together 14 cuts from albums the group made for Coral Records during the '50s after leaving Columbia. Accompanied by a variety of studio big bands and wisely eschewing the pop music of that decade, they stick with the style and the music which made them one of the most popular vocal groups during the heyday of swing, getting their start with Charlie Barnet followed by a long tenure with Glenn Miller. This album features the basic quintet of Hal Dickinson, Fran Scott, Johnny Drake, Alan Copeland, who was replaced later by Dick Cathcart, and the very good Paula Kelly, augmented from time to time from friends from the past. On "Sweet Eloise," Ray Eberle guests, while Marion Hutton and Tex Beneke reprise "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else But Me" -- a hit for them and Glenn Miller in 1941. Les Brown and his Band of Renown provide the backing recreating the group's first big hit with Charlie Barnet, "The Milkman Matinee." This version is done at a faster tempo than the original. But it's the music Glenn Miller played that's the heart of this album recreated via a nine tune, seven minute medley, "Salute to Glenn Miller." Fortunately, it skips "Juke Box Saturday Night," with its tasteless spoof of the Ink Spots. There are some selections that are not Miller reruns. Using an arrangement similar to that used by Count Basie and the Mills Brothers, "April in Paris" gets a credible workout, and on "Honeymoon" the group sings barbershop harmonies. Top jazz alto saxman Bud Shank shows up to solo on "Hi-Diddlee-I-Di." Nonetheless, the selections making up the play list and the arrangements don't stray far from the upbeat swinging formula that was used so successfully in the past, a formula which continues to attract to this day. ~ Dave Nathan, All Music Guide

Artist: Hadouk Trio
Album: Now
Label: Melodie
Released Year: 2002
Genre: Jazz
Format/Bitrate: Flac
Size: 99614 KB + 99614 KB + 99614 KB + 72197 KB

Hadouk Now, issued in 2002, in maybe the best studio album of the group.

France's Hadouk Trio channeled musical elements from across the globe to create a uniquely mystical and evocative sound somewhere between jazz and world pop. The Hadouk Trio was led by Paris-born multi-instrumentalist Didier Malherbe, previously known for co-founding with Soft Machine alum Daevid Allen the famed psych-prog outfit Gong. Malherbe remained with Gong for close to a decade, shepherding the band through myriad personnel and creative changes before exiting in 1978. Throughout his travels Malherbe collected exotic instruments from the far corners of the earth, and after a series of short-lived experimental rock ensembles and a 1980 solo jazz-rock LP, Bloom, in 1994 he embraced world music by forming Hadouk with multi-instrumentalist Loy Ehrlich, a specialist in the hajouj, the African three-stringed bass that, along with the Armenian double-reed instrument the doudouk, gave the project its name. Mahlerbe and Ehrlich initially recorded and toured as a duo, issuing their self-titled debut LP in 1999. With the follow-up, Shamanimal, their ranks swelled to a trio with the addition of American percussionist Steve Shehan, a veteran with stints behind Bob Dylan and Paul Simon on his résumé. Hadouk Now followed in 2002, and two years later the Hadouk Trio issued its first concert LP, Live at Fip. The 2006 release Utopies includes three songs featuring the American trumpeter Jon Hassell. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Artist: Tito Puente
Album: El Timbal
Years: 1949-1951
Label: Concord Jazz
Genre: Mambo
Format, bitrate: mp3 320 kbps mono
Size: 175 MB
Total time: 75:04

Tito Puente's early mambo band is well featured on 25 selections reissued for this CD. In general, the music is not all that jazz-oriented (the horns do not solo), and the emphasis is on danceable rhythms, shouting ensembles and the vocals of Vicentico Valdez and Bobby Escoto. So rather than being Afro-Cuban jazz, Tito Puente's music was leaning much more toward spirited Latin dance music during the era. However, the exciting percussion and catchy melodies make this collection of strong musical interest (in addition to its historic value). ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Ernest Anthony Puente, Jr., Tito Puente (Эрнесто Антонио "Тито" Пуэнте) получил признание во всем мире за свой вклад в развитие Латинской музыки как глава музыкальных коллективов, композитор, аранжировщик, перкуссионист, и наставник. Под именем "El Rey del Timbal" и "King of Mambo" он записал более 100 альбомов, опубликовал более 400 произведений, получил 5 наград Грэмми. Хотя он играл и записывал джаз и сальсу, Puente один из немногих музыкантов, которые заслуживают эпитета "легендарный", в основном за свое мастерство в области мамбо.

Artist: VA
Album: JAZZ (Stereo & Video) (1998)
Genre Styles: Vocal Jazz, jazz
Total time: 52:26
Quality: APE and mp3 (320 kb\s)


Недавно решил "перетрясти" свой музыкальны архив и в результате обнаружил несколько старых, ну очень качественных, сборников-приложений к разным музыкальным и околомузыкальным журналам, как в данном случае СД-приложение к журналу "Stereo & Video" за 1998.
Имена музыкантов на СД, надеюсь, всем известны и комментировть их творчество не имеет смысла.
Радости! :)

     Artist: Jimmy Smith
     Album: Standards
     Label: Blue Note
     Year: 1957 - 1959 (Release 1998)
     Format, Quality: MP3@320kb/s
     Size 76,2 + 74,6 mb



Standards is a 12-track collection that is culled from the sessions that resulted in the House Party and Home Cookin' albums, both of which featured Jimmy Smith in a trio with guitarist Kenny Burrell and drummer Donald Bailey. All of the songs are familiar standards along the lines of "Bye Bye Blackbird," "I'm Just a Lucky So and So," "September Song," "Mood Indigo" and "It Might As Well Be Spring," and seven of the tracks are previously unreleased. Throughout the album, the trio is relaxed and laidback, resulting in a warm, inviting collection of standards. It's among Smith's mellowest recordings, and it's all the better for it. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG

   Artist: Horace Parlan
   Album: Speakin' My Piece
   Label: Blue Note
   Quality: FLAC & MP3@320
   Size: 256 MB & 89 MB
   Time: 39:27

   Horace Parlan had a gift for relaxed, swinging hard bop which placed his piano in a central, yet unassuming role. Speakin' My Piece is one of the first albums to find Parlan getting all the ingridients right, from his own subtle playing to soliciting fine contributions of his backing band. Stanley Turrentine, in fact, turns out to be an excellent complement to Parlan, playing in a similarly tasteful style. Five of the six numbers are band originals, and each number is quite similar — bluesy, gently swinging hard bop. No one pushes too hard on Speakin' My Piece, preferring to create an intimate atmosphere with milder numbers and performances. Such an approach gives each muscian — Parlan, Turrentine, bassist George Tucker, drummer Al Harewood — a chance to shine with lyrical, melodic solos and/or sympathetic support, resulting in a charmingly low-key session.
      Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG

Artist: Elvin Jones
Album: Dear John C.
Label: GRP/Impulse
Quality: APE; MP3@320 kbps
Size: 219mb; 100 mb
Total time: 42:22

Drummer Elvin Jones may have been breaking down new rhythmic boundaries at the time with John Coltrane's Quartet but his own sessions as a leader were not all that innovative. This quartet set with altoist Charlie Mariano, bassist Richard Davis and either Roland Hanna or Hank Jones on piano is an example of how the avant-garde of the era was starting to influence the more mainstream players. The music is in general safe but enjoyable with the virtuosic bassist Richard Davis often taking solo honors on what was in reality a modern bop date. ~Scott Yanow, AMG

     Artist: Kenny Drew
     Album:Trippin'
     Release: 1984
     Label:Baystate (LP)
     Format/Bitrate:MP3/320
     Size:105MB




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