Artists: Les Paul & Mary Ford
     Album: Vaya Con Dios
     Genre: Jazz Instrumental/vocal
     Date de Sortie: 27/10/2008
     Label: Retrospective
     Invité(e)(s): Paul, Les & Mary Ford
     Format: MP3 320/ Flac
     Size: ~63 MB/ ~143 MB

     Artist: Renee Olstead
     Album: By Request
     Year: 2002
     Original Release Date: 2002
     Label: Reprise / Wea
     Genre: Jazz Vocal
     Format, bitrate: MP3@192 kbit/smp3
     Size: 28.2 MB


     Renee is a multi-dimensional entertainer with a unique style and emotional energy that produces an extra-ordinary entertainment experience. She has been singing and entertaining for over half of her life. She spends her time with live vocal appearances and playing the violin. Her credits are many. Just to mention a few of her performances, she has performed at: The Pasadena Jazz Institute Series, The Derby, The Madison Supper Club, Suzie Q' Swing Club, The Satin Ballroom, Hollywood Palace, Hollywood and Highland, NASA, Six Flag, Houston Live Stock Show and Rodeo, Continental Airlines, The Dick Clark Production of the YoungStar Awards in Hollywood, U.S. Space and Rocket Center, National Stage @ The Pasadena Rodeo, A Night At the Oscars, The Audrey Hepburn Foundation, numerous festivals around the State of Texas and California. She has performed the Naional Anthem numerous times at different sporting events including the prestigious Inaugural Opening Night for the W! NBA, Houston Comets. Her incredible vocal prowess, passion and unique style are sure to reach countless new fans in the new millennium.

     Artist: Bud Shank
     Album: Quintet
     Label: Pacific Jazz PJ 1205
     Year: 1954~56
     Genre: Jazz
     Format, bitrate: mp3@320kb/s with front/back covers
     Time: ~ 46 min
     Size: 105,90 MB


     Bud Shank has been an integral member of the international jazz scene for 60 years. A respected saxophonist, composer, and arranger, his soaring dynamic performances have enlivened countless concerts, festivals, nightclubs, and recording sessions.
     Shank first came to prominence in the big bands of Charlie Barnet and Stan Kenton during the late 1940s. In the 1950s the saxophonist began a long tenure with Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars, as well as work with his own quartet. A charter member of the "West Coast" jazz movement, Shank's cool but always strongly swinging sound has made him one of a handful of sax players with an instantly recognizable and always exciting sound. In addition to club and concert dates this period found the musician producing some 50 diverse albums.

          Artist: Jimmy Smith
          Album: Bashin' - The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
          Label: Verve, cat no.: V6 8474
          Studio: Van Gelder Recording Studio
          Year: 1962
          Format: APE +cue
          Time: 38:37
          Size: 218 Mb+ covers scan

     

     Artist Les Paul & Mary Ford
     Album: A Touch of Class
     Genre Swing Jazz Vocal & Guitars
     Release Date 1998
     Label Disky
     Time 44:39
     Type Compilation
     Format Mp3 320 Kbps / Flac
     Size:100431 KB ~ 531 KB

     In 1998, Touch of Class released Hummingbird/How High the Moon, which contained two complete albums -- Hummingbird and How High the Moon -- by guitarist and sonic innovator Les Paul on one compact disc. ~ Tim Sendra, All Music Guide

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     Artist: Herbie Hancock
     Album: My Point of View
     Year: 1963
     Label: Blue Note
     Quality: MP3 @320 kbps
     Time: 42:37
     Size: 107 mb, with 5% file recovery
     AMG Rating:


     In this 1963 recording session, pianist Herbie Hancock had a chance to work with a septet that could highlight his burgeoning skills as an arranger and composer. With Hancock's inventive sense of voicings already defined, it's a happy mix of inspired charts and spirited blowing that fuses the hard bop of trumpeter Donald Byrd and tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley with the bluesy approach of guitarist Grant Green and Hancock's own fluent soloing and incisive comping. Also notable is the explosive young drummer Tony Williams, who was already showing the distinctive fire that would soon ignite Miles Davis's band. The track "Blind Man, Blind Man" is a funky romp that clearly builds on Hancock's remarkable success with the earlier "Watermelon Man" and is a harbinger of the pop success he'd later enjoy with the Headhunters. - Amazon

     Format : DivX
     Video: 448x320, 1918 kb/s, 29fps
     Audio : MP3 128, 2CH
     Time: 49:17
     Size : 692 MB

     Artist: Sonny Criss
     Album: The Complete Imperial Sessions
     Year: 1956
     Label: Blue Note
     Number of Discs: 2
     Quality: MP3 @320kbps
     Size: 246 mb, with Covers + 5% file recovery

     This double disc reissue on Blue Note contains the three releases that alto saxophonist Sonny Criss did for Imperial: Jazz U.S.A., Go Man!, and Plays Cole Porter. These sessions were all recorded in 1956 at a time when Criss had honed his amazing bebop alto precision. These 34 performances contain only five of his originals and are surrounded by mainly standards. The bands consisted of solid lineups with Sonny Clark or Kenny Drew on piano; Barney Kessel on guitar; Leroy Vinnegar, Buddy Clark or Bill Woodson on bass; Larry Bunker on vibes; and Larance Marable or Chuck Thompson taking care of drumming duties. While Criss had a career that erratically spanned the '70s, these Imperial sessions (reissued in glorious mono) contained highly regarded performances of passionate blues, moving ballads, and energetic up- tempo pieces. - AMG

     Исполнитель: Аркадий Шилклопер
     Альбом: Портрет
     Год выпуска диска: 2008
     Жанр: Jazz [ Jass ]
     Битрейт аудио: MP3@320 kbps
     Продолжительность: 49:57
     Размер файла: 112.8 Mb


     Аркадий - явление уникальное, валторнист "тысячи лиц", "перевоплощений". Он не только полижанровый чудодей, но и совместитель-многостаночник; в его арсенале и альпийский рог, и флюгельгорн, и охотничьи рожки, и другое из медного арсенала.
Слушайте новый альбом Аркадия и будет полный jass (Если Вы знаете, то слово "jass" в негритянском фольклоре означает восклицание при достижении оргазма).

     Artist: Sidney Bechet
     Album: Planet Jazz
     Year: 1997
     Label: BMG - Vogue
     Format: EAC(WAV)+CUE+LOG or MP3@320 Kb/s Full scans
     Size: 358 Mb ; 103 Mb




     Лучшие композиции легендарного джазиста первой половины 20 века, которого Дюк Эллингтон называл "одним из талантливейших музыкантов в мире".
     Сидни Беше - автор бессмертного инструментального супер-хита "Маленький Цветок" ("Petite Fleur"). В 60-х и 70-х годах ХХ века записи Беше были для слушателей тем, чем сегодня являются мелодии Фаусто Папетти и Кенни Джи.

     Artist: Tubby Hayes
     Album: 1969 London Broadcasts London BBC Radio 1 + 2
     Quality: 256kbps
     Size: 109MB
     Total time: 100min.



     Edward Brian "Tubby" Hayes (30 January 1935 in St Pancras, London, England – 8 June 1973. Hammersmith, London, England [2] ) was a British jazz multi-instrumentalist, best known for his tenor saxophone playing in groups with fellow sax player Ronnie Scott and with trumpeter Jimmy Deuchar.

          Artist: Herbie Mann
          Album: Memphis Underground
          Label: Atlantic
          Year: 1969
          Format: MP3@320 Kbps+flac
          Size: 86 Mb (covers incl.)+(231 MB, scans)

     

     Artist: James Cotton
     Album: High Compression
     Original Release Date: 1984
     Number of Discs: 1
     Label: Alligator Records
     Format: MP3 V0
     Size: 00:39:35
     Time: 67,23 MB


     One of James Cotton's best studio albums, HIGH COMPRESSION neatly splits the difference between traditional '50s and '60s Chicago blues and more contemporary funk influences. About half the cuts feature his '80s touring band, who put a modern on Bobby Bland's "Ain't Doing Too Bad" and have a ball covering Steve Miller's "Ying Yang."
     The other cuts feature veteran Chicago sidemen Magic Slim and Pinetop Perkins. The sound gets low down and Muddy Waters-esque, particularly on "23 Hours Too Long," which gives rise to one of Cotton's most impassioned performances ever, both vocally and on harp.

     Artist: Janis Joplin
     Album: Anthology
     Original Release Date: 1990
     Number of Discs: 2
     Format: MP3 320 kbits
     Label: Sony Music
     Size: 187,62 MB
     Time: 01:21:33


     Import only double-CD collection of vintage Janis Joplin culled from Big Brother and the The Holding Company albums as well as her later stellar solo performances. Tracks include 'Piece Of My Heart', 'Kozmic Blues', 'Trust Me', 'Ball And Chain' ... Full Description& 'Mercedes Benz'. 19 tracks in total. Slim-line double jewel case. Sony.

     Artist: Carmen McRae And Sammy Davis Jr
     Album: Boy Meet
     Year: 1955
     Genre: Vocal Jazz
     Label: Decca/released in 2005 by Verve
     Quality: MP3;128kbps
     Size: 34.5MB


     By the time they joined forces, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Carmen McRae had both fought long and hard to transcend their early influences-Frank Sinatra for Davis, Billie Holiday for McRae. With Boy Meets Girl and the Gershwins' magnum opus, Porgy and Bess, they emerged as distinctive voices in their own right, laying claim to everything from classic Tin Pan Alley material to one of the most socially relevant works in the American canon. From tender and touching to full-throttle exuberance, both sang as if their very lives were on the line.

     Artists - Various Artists
     Album - Female Tribute To Tom Waits, Vol.2
     Genre - Blues
     Label - Unknown
     Year - 2008
     Quality - MP3@256 kbs/s
     Size - 275 mb

     Вторая часть марлезонского женского трибьюта Тому Вэйтсу.

     Artist: Mose Allison
     Album: The Word From Mose
     Year: 1964
     Label: Atlantic
     Quality: mp3@320 + all covers
     Size: 75 mb

This iconoclastic performer has sometimes been described as a country blues player, perhaps leading to images of a blind man standing on a corner playing a guitar with a bottleneck slide. In reality, Mose Allison is from a much more cosmopolitan tradition, and the country blues adage comes from attempts to describe the sound he gets playing light, swinging jazz with... More a distinctly rural, Southern influence. This album, from one of many he recorded for Atlantic, actually contains examples of him taking material from the real country blues heritage and reworking it into his own style, to brilliant effect. His "New Parchman Farm" is a fantastic piece, as he changes what was once a stark, depressing prison blues into something else again. Perhaps this version would be more suited to white-collar criminals such as the Watergate mob, basking in upper-class prisons complete with tennis courts. At any rate, this is a performance that only the most hardened individual would be able to listen to without a smile cracking their face. Like most of Allison's releases, this one suffers from a handful of tracks that although not quite throwaway, surely lack the substance of the best songs here. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide

     Artists: Les Paul/Mary Ford
     Album: Guitar Wizard
     Label: Proper Pairs
     Release: 2002
     Format MP3 320 Kbps / Flac
     Size: 100431 KB ~ 53609 KB

     Since harmony and singing groups was my main interest in the '50's, Mary Ford was at the top of my list of incredible singers. Actually, I discovered Les Paul through hearing her! And more than his out of this world ability to play guitar, Les's knowledge of multi-tracked recording techniques pulled me in closer. I couldn't get enough of her (their) records. I, as a teenager, as young as 13, would sing the third part harmony to her "self" duets, I.E., Vaya Con Dios, Mockingbird Hill. She was as smooth as velvet. She still is a part of every vocal production I work on. She truly is an inspiration. I was deeply saddened by her passing and still feel robbed about not hearing more about her throughout her career and her life.
     When Mary died in 1977, not much was published about her. I've always been interested in what her relationship with Les was from a collaborating point of view. What must it have been like developing their sounds? What were Mary's interest's ? What caused their split and what did she go on to do?
     I know they had children. I once met Les with Les, Jr. at Harvey Radio on 45th Street in Manhattan in the '60's. Les was buying a mic for him, as I recall. I was just there buying some audio supplies at the time for Skitch Henderson (my other employer at Studio 3). And I worked with Gene Paul in the '70's at Atlantic Records during vocal group, The Manhattan Transfer's first Atlantic album.
     I guess my love of her work crossed the barriers of unknown forces because I've received a series of emails from one who had seen this site and I asked her about Mary. Here is was she's told me ~ Jim Reeves