Artist: Billie Holday
     Album: Billie Holiday Complete Edition Vol. 16 1946-1948
     Label: Masters of Jazz
     Recording Date: Dec 27, 1946-Dec 10, 1948
     Release Date: 9/12/2000
     Genre: Jazz
     Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s
     Time: 73:26
     Size: 95+82MB

     Vol. 16 in the exhaustively complete Billie Holiday chronology as issued by the Masters of Jazz label contains a swath of recordings made between December 1946 and December 1948, including rejected takes -- some of them only a minute or a minute-and-a-half long. This material represents a portion of a transitional period bridging Holiday's classic early small group sessions for the Vocalion, Columbia and Commodore labels (1933-1944) and the deeply revealing music she recorded for producer Norman Granz's Verve label during the final decade of her life. Some of these tracks were issued to the public on 10" 78 rpm records bearing the Decca label. "The Blues Are Brewin'," with backing by John Simmons and his orchestra, is a studio version of a song that Holiday had sung in September 1946 in the motion picture New Orleans, accompanied by Louis Armstrong's orchestra. Coincidentally, "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans" was sung by both Armstrong and Holiday, not as a duet but as a shared performance given at Carnegie Hall in February 1947; each sang one chorus, and Lady Day also performed her own composition, "Don't Explain." Four more titles were waxed at the "Decca" studios five days later, this time with backing by Bob Haggart's orchestra. The Norman Granz/Billie Holiday project was well underway in May 1947 when she sang four songs at Carnegie Hall as part of the Jazz at the Philharmonic variety show. Accompanied only by pianist Bobby Tucker, the singer expressed herself most eloquently in that concert setting. More studio recordings were made for Decca in December 1948, with Bobby Tucker and his trio, as well as a vocal group called the Stardusters. Some other tracks are quite rare: "The Man I Love" was performed on the Arthur Godfrey Show of January 13, 1947; a version of "I Cover the Waterfront," with support from Lionel Hampton's orchestra, was broadcast to Switzerland on July 7, 1947; "That Ole Devil Called Love" was privately recorded at a party in Los Angeles thrown by Babs Gonzales. The party recording, sounding rather muddy with lots of people talking in the background, may date from as late as May 27, 1949, which falls outside of this compilation's stated time frame. Discrepancies are bound to crop up in a body of work this extensive; it all depends on which historical discography (or, to use a 21st century neologism, "sessionography") you're savoring at the moment. What really matters of course is the fact that Billie Holiday's recorded legacy is now being systematically reissued with loving attention to detail. And that's a wonderful thing. ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music Guide

     Artists - Don Byas, James Moody, Howard McGhee
     Album - BeBop
     Label - Universal/EmArCy
     Year - 1946/47, release - 2001
     Quality - MP3@320 kbps
     Size - 85,83+65,85 mb
     Total time - 71:14



Four different groups are heard on this compilation from the Jazz in Paris series. Although all groups were promoted as bop-oriented when they were overseas, the only bona fide bop musicians on the first two sessions are tenor saxophonist Don Byas and pianist Billy Taylor. The first date is jointly credited to Byas and trombonist Tyree Glenn (known for his work with Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong); Glenn is an effective soloist, even though he's firmly a swinger at heart. But it is Byas' big-toned solos that stand out, especially in Dizzy Gillespie's "Dynamo A" (also known as "Dizzy Atmosphere"), along with the effective comping and solos of the relative youngster Billy Taylor, who also contributed "Mad Monk." Trumpeter Howard McGhee leads a sextet, featuring alto saxophonist Jimmy Heath and bassist Percy Heath, sticking primarily to the leader's compositions. McGhee's writing is insignificant (especially when compared to Jimmy Heath's output over the decades which followed); better are the interpretations of Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee" and Tadd Dameron's loping "Big Will." The last four tracks feature tenor saxophonist James Moody, with Byas, trombonist Nat Peck, and pianist Bernard Peiffer along for the ride. Only one is a Moody original, but in spite of the strong performances, the lousy work of the session's engineer produced consistently overmodulated recordings. The musicians deserved better. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

     Artist: Tony Williams
     Album: Lifetime The Collection
     Label: Columbia/Legacy
     Year: Recording Date Jul 1975-Jun 1976/Rel. 1992
     Format: MP3@ 320 Kb/s
     Time: 76:22
     Size: 95.4+71.8 Mb

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Хочу сегодня познакомить, всех любителей стиля fusion с замечательной работой, известного барабанщика, соратника Майлса Дэвиса. Музыканта, который за свою короткую жизнь, оставил довольно заметный след в музыке. Настоящий альбом включает в себя два LP вышедших в 75 и 76 году. Это: " Believe It" и "Million Dollar Legs".
Я, очень хорошо помню середину семидесятых, когда почти каждый попадавший в руки виниловый альбом был разобран "по косточкам". Об этих дисках, в среде музыкантов было очень много разговоров.
Предлагаю, послушать этот , на мой взгляд и сегодня очень красиво звучащий альбом. Приятного прослушивания.
Хорошей музыки должно быть много!
На мой взгляд, Tony Williams , был одним из величайших барабанщиков прошлого столетия и слушать его игру настоящее удовольствие.

     Artist: Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio
     Album: East Coast Love Affair
     Format: MP3@320 Kb/s
     Time: 48;51
     Size:62+58 Mb

     Artist: Ansgar Specht
     Album: Electric Jazz Quartet
     Label: Dmg
     Year: 2002
     Genre: Jazz / Fusion
     Format: MP3@320 kbit/s
     Time: 00:47:56
     Size: 110 MB

     Artist: Kurt Elling
     Album: Close Your Eyes
     Recording Date: Feb 14, 1994 - Nov 2, 1994
     Label: Blue Note
     Format: mp3 320Kbps
     Time: 62:21
     Size: 95 Mb + 49 Mb

For his debut recording, Chicago vocalist Elling pushes the envelope, challenging listeners and his musicians with beat poetry, ranting, and his Mark Murphy-ish singing. There's quite a bit of dramatist/actor in Elling, although the romantic in him is also pretty prevalent. Acting much like a tenor saxophonist, Elling can wail and shout, expound on social themes, and scat like a demon. (By Michael G. Nastos)

     Artist: Siegel-Schwall Band
     Album: The Complete Vanguard Recordings and More
     Format: FLAC & mp3 (320k/s)
     Size: 1140 & 434 MB (with full artworks)
     Year: 1965-70
     Label: Vanguard (20-bit remastered, 2001)
     Total time: 45:15 + 61:58 + 72:14

     Album: A Rough Guide To Mambo
     Artists: VA
     Label: Rough Guides
     Year: 2004
     Quality: mp3@320 kbps + all covers

     Artist: Peter Cincotti
     Album: On the Moon
     Label: Concord Records
     Year: 2004
     Release Date: 2004
     Genre: Jazz Vocal
     Format, bitrate: mp3
     Size: 67.71MB

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     Artist: Aquarium International
     Album: White Horse
     Label: Б. Гребенщиков / Мистерия+
     Year: 2008
     Genre: Rock
     Format, bitrate: FLAC+cue+log
     Time: 50:05
     Size: 85.8x3 + 54.9 Mb

     Аквариум (Aquarium) is a russian rock group, formed in Leningrad, Russia in 1972 by Борис Гребенщиков (Boris Grebenshchikov), then a student of Applied Mathematics at Leningrad State University, and Анатолий Гуницкий (Anatoly "George" Gunitsky), a playwright and absurdist poet.
In the 1970s and early 1980's, rock and roll was banned in the Soviet Union (exception was given only to a few government-approved artists), and Aquarium's usual concert venues were private apartments. These concerts were a unique Soviet phenomenon, created by underground musicians.

     Artist: Eric van der Westen's Quadrant Extended
     Album: The world over
     Year: 2007
     Label: EWM records
     Quality: MP3 @320 kbit/s
     Size: ~220 MB