Artist: Grant Green
     Album: Iron City
     Label: Savoy Jazz
     Year:1967, release2003.
     Format, bitrate: mp3, 320
     Time:39:31
     Size: 94Mb

     Although his most famous records were made on Blue Note, Grant Green's IRON CITY, which was originally released on Cobblestone and later Muse Records, is ... Full Descriptionarguably the best of his mid-period output. Recorded in 1967, this is a trio session with Big John Patton showing some amazing skills on Hammond organ and Ben Dixon on drums. Together they form the consummate organ trio that was the basis of the soul-jazz movement.

     Green is masterful throughout, showing tremendous dexterity, expression, and fire. His dancing lines on exciting cuts like the nimble "Samba De Orpheus" and the ultra-funky "High Heeled Sneakers" are excellent examples of his influential single-line soling technique. Patton is exceptional as well; his powerful work on these and Nat Adderley's "Work Song" are prime examples of his own mastery of the organ. Of special note is the trio's moving rendition of the traditional "Motherless Child." In all, this is classic Grant Green, classic soul, and classic fun.

     Artist: Wes Montgomery
     Album: Road Song
     Label: A & M
     Year:1968 , release 1990
     Format, bitrate:mp3; 320kbps
     Time: 28.58
     Size: 62.7 MB


     ROAD SONG, originally issued as A&M SP 3012, CTI series, was recorded a month before Wes Montgomery died of a heart attack on June 15, 1968 at age 45 and relesed posthumously. The title song and "Serene," named in honor of his wife, were written by Wes. Other outstanding tracks are "Scarborough Fair" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?." Superb guitar playing, as always. Listening to this makes one wonder what more he would have accomplished had he not died so young. It's hard to name all the artists he's influenced. As the liner notes state: "This is the last one. Be glad we have it."

     Artist - Oscar Peterson
     Album - This Is Oscar Peterson 2CD
     Genre - swing, bop
     Label - RCA Victor
     Years - 1945-47, 1949 release - 2002
     Quality - MP3@192kb/s + MP3@320 & covers
     Size: 97,8 + 90,8mb
     Total time: CD1 - 75:57, CD2 - 71:18

    

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Oscar Peterson's style wasn't fully formed at the time the 78 rpm discs which make up this two-CD set were recorded early in his career, between 1945 and 1949. Sticking mostly to standards and blues, along with a few well-known jazz compositions such as "Flying Home" and "C Jam Blues," Peterson's sound runs the gamut from Tatum-influenced swing ("Sweet Lorraine" and "[Back Home Again] In Indiana") to a boogie-woogie-flavored "I Got Rhythm" and a driving original, "Oscar's Boogie Woogie." He's heard with several different trios, including his earliest regular working group with bassist Bert Brown and drummer Clarence Jones. This 2002 Bluebird compilation updates the earlier supposedly Complete Young Oscar Peterson issued in 1994 by RCA by adding 17 tracks that were originally the master takes issued commercially in the 1940s, but erroneously replaced by alternate versions on subsequent LP and CD reissues. This compilation is likely to be a thorough documentation of Oscar Peterson's recordings for the Canadian division of RCA, as all other music listed on the session logs seems to be lost. The wealth of rare music added to this collection of early Oscar Peterson should make this an essential purchase, even for fans who picked up the earlier edition. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

Artist: Dave Grusin
(His Piano, Trio and Quintet)
Album: Kaleidoscope
Label:Sony
Year:1964
Genre: Jazz
Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbit/s
Time: 00:46:07
Size: 100 MB


As a composer, pianist, arranger, producer, record label executive, and bandleader, Dave Grusin's imprint on popular music cannot be overestimated. This original 1964 Columbia album predates Grusin's noted soundtrack work, and it focuses on his terrific ensemble playing and composing. The twelve-bar blues number "Kaleidoscope," the gospel blues song "What's This," and Thelonious Monk's "Blue Monk" are among the highlights of this wonderfully diverse album.

     Artist: Fats Waller
     Album: Last Testament: His Final Recordings
     Label: Drive Archive
     Year: 1996 [Recording Date: 1943]
     Genre: Jazz, Jive, Classic Jazz, Stride
     Format, bitrate: MP3@256 kbps
     Time: 30:10
     Size: 52.7 Mb

     This CD contains most of pianist/vocalist Fats Waller's final recordings, V-Discs cut for servicemen overseas. These solo performances are priceless for Waller is often hilarious (his reworking of "Two Sleepy People" is classic) yet still playing at his prime; "Hallelujah" has a particularly heated stride solo. Other highlights include "Ain't Misbehavin '," "You're Slightly Less than Wonderful," "This Is So Nice It Must Be Illegal" and "That's What the Birdie Sang to Me." In addition there is a song taken from the movie Stormy Weather ("That Ain't Right" which has Waller giving plenty of backtalk to Ada Brown's vocal) and a rare organ solo, "Bouncin' on a V-Disc." Less than three months later Fats Waller was dead; he definitely went out on top. ~ AMG Scott Yanow

     Artist:GEORGIE FAME
     Album: FAME AT LAST
     Label: COLUMBIA
     Year: , release 1965
     Genre: JAZZ VOCAL
     Format, bitrate: 320 khps
     Time: 61.15
     Size: 142 MB


     Following on from the blazing live set that was his debut, Georgie Fame's first studio album is one of those discs to which only one appellation can truly be applied -- it's dangerous. A blistering romp through Fame & His Blue Flames' live repertoire of the day, fast and loose and driving, it captures one of Britain's best-ever R&B troupes stepping so far beyond the customary precepts of the Beat Boom that, if you were to come to this record without knowing who it was, there's no way you'd ever guess a bunch of (predominantly) Londoners were responsible. To pull out any highlights is to indicate that there are any corresponding low-lights -- there aren't. But a "Green Onions" so sweet that you can taste it captures the group in full flame, while Willie Dixon's "I Love the Life I Live" has rarely sounded so supreme. Even the closing "I'm in the Mood for Love" -- not a song one normally associates with heads-down blues boogie -- is granted a cigarettes'n'alcohol ambience that could choke any passing puritan, and the whole disc adds up to one of the all-time great albums of its, or any other, R&B-blessed era. ~ Dave Thompson, All Music Guide

     Artist: B.B. King
     Album: Thrill is Gone [Jazz Hour]
     Label: Jazz Hour
     Year: 1983
     Release: 2006
     Genre: Blues
     Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s
     Size: 133MB

     This is a 1983 recording of the B.B. King band playing live in Cannes, France. The King show, which has not changed all that much in recent decades, is comprised of hits such as "The Thrill Is Gone" (a decent live version, not turgid like some of the ones form the '90s), "Payin the Cost to Be the Boss," a thirteen-minute band workout called "Jam," a swinging hot reading of Memphis Slim's "Everyday I Have the Blues," and a deeper than blue read of "All over Again," by Carl Adams and King. The sound is very good to excellent, and fans of the live B.B. material will count this among the better latter-day sets he's issued. Thom Jurek, AMG

     Artist: Deep Purple
     Album: Burn (30th Anniversary Edition)
     Label: Purple Records, EMI
     Year: 1974
     Released: Sep 28, 2004
     Genre: Hard Rock
     Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s
     Size: 165MB

     The departure of vocalist Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover seemed to rejuvenate Deep Purple, and 1974's Burn was a huge improvement over their previous effort, the lackluster Who Do We Think We Are. In an interesting twist, new recruits David Coverdale and ex-Trapeze bassist Glenn Hughes share lead vocals on virtually every track -- an enviable tag team, as both possessed exceptional pipes. The title track starts things off at full speed thanks to the phenomenal drumming of Ian Paice, and the intro to "Might Just Take Your Life" is one of organist Jon Lord's finest moments. Full of starts and stops, "Lay Down, Stay Down" features a fantastic solo from guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, who, as usual, serves as the band's primal force. "What's Going on Here" is about as good a single as Purple ever wrote; "You Fool No One" is compelling in its intensity; and the funky "Sail Away" is a sign of the band's future direction. "Mistreated," a fantastic slow blues, closes the album proper (if you ignore the boring instrumental "'A' 200," the record's only throwaway) and showcases Coverdale on his own for the first time. So impassioned is the singer's performance that the song would remain his concert trademark long into his post-Purple career with Whitesnake. [This 30th anniversary edition of the album includes five bonus tracks: an instrumental B-side plus remixes of "Burn," "Mistreated," "You Fool No One," and "Sail Away."] Ed Rivadavia, AMG

     Artist - Flip Phillips
     Album - Complete 1947-1951 Verve Master Takes
     Genre - swing, bop
     Label - Definitive Records
     Years: 1947 - 1951 release - 2001
     Quality - MP3@192kb/s
     Size: 155 mb
     Total tme: CD1 - 56:37, CD2 - 57:32



    

     Artist: The Boston Pops Orchestra
     Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
     Performer: Earl Wild (Piano)
     Album: Gershwin: Greatest Hits
     Label: Rca Catalog #: 60834
     Year: 1991
     Genre: Classical music, Easy Listening
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbps
     Time: 68:50
     Size: 151.5 Mb

     Artist:Mississippi John Hurt
     Album:Avalon Blues
     Year: rec. 1963/rel.February 14, 1992
     Label:Rounder / Umgd
     Format: MP@20 Kb/s
     Size: 75mb
     AMG rating:

     Product Details
      * Actors: Keith Jarrett
      * Format: Div-X
      * Language: English
      * Video Size: 640 x 480 (4/3) / 29,97 fps / mpeg-4 Visual (Divx 7) / 24 bits
      * Number of discs: 1
      * Audio: 48000hz, 128kbps, 2ch, mp3
      * Length: 1:41:47
      * Bitrate: 1240kbps
      * Size: 902Mb
      * Studio: Image Entertainment
      * DVD Release Date: October 8, 2002

     Captured live at Tokyo's Suntory Hall, renowned piano virtuoso Keith Jarrett performs some of his most memorable and haunting standards before an enthusiastic crowd. Performed entirely solo, these numbers clearly reveal the breadth and power of his immense musical skills. Tracks: The Night We Called It a Day, I Love You, Things Ain't What They Used to Be, Sound, I Loves You Porgy, There Is No Greater Love, Round About Midnight, Solar, Then I'll Be Tired of You, Sweet and Lovely, The Wind, Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me, I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, Summertime.

     Artist: Jutta Hipp
     Album: At the Hickory House Volume 2
     Label: Blue Note
     Quality: FLAC & MP3@320
     Size: 129 MB & 88 MB
     Time: 39:52

     Jutta Hipp at the Hickory House, Vol. 2 has the same infectious spirit and sense of fun as the first volume. Taken from the same date, this ten-track album features such standards as "Moonlight in Vermont," "After Hours," "If I Had You" and "My Heart Stood Still," all of which are given swinging, spirited interpretations by Hipp and her rhythm section of bassist Peter Ind and drummer Ed Thigpen. As with the first volume of At the Hickory House, Vol. 2 is another thoroughly enjoyable set of swinging soul-jazz and should appeal to fans of Horace Silver and the Three Sounds. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG

     Artist: Jutta Hipp
     Album: At the Hickory House Volume 1
     Label: Blue Note
     Quality: FLAC & MP3@320
     Size: 133 MB & 91 MB
     Time: 42:48

     At the Hickory House is a thoroughly appealing collection of lightly swinging small-combo jazz that draws equally from hard bop and soul-jazz. There's a soulful lilt to Jutta Hipp's playing that keeps it engaging and enjoyable. The rhythm section of Peter Ind (bass) and Ed Thigpen (drums) largely stay out of the way, letting Hipp dictate the tempo and mood of the pieces, and she has a knack for creating infectious, swinging interpretations of jazz and pop standards that are enjoyable and easy to listen to. Vol. 1 contains such staples as "Dear Old Stockholm," "Billie's Bounce," "Mad About the Boy," "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "These Foolish Things," all of which are performed with verve and style, making the record a wonderful little gem. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG

     Artist: Tony Scott & Horst Jankowski Trio
     Album: In Concert
     Format: FLAC & mp3 (320k/s)
     Size: 187 & 98 MB (scans)
     Label: Point (1991)
     Total time: 43:40


     This completely unknown recording (which is not even listed in discographies) from the Dutch Jazz Life label contains some brilliant music. Clarinetist Tony Scott and pianist Horst Jankowski match together very well, and the rhythm section (which is otherwise unidentified) is perfectly supportive of the lead voices. Recorded live in Ljubljana (former Yugoslavia), the music (three standards and four basic group originals) finds Scott in particularly inspired form. He romps through the uptempo pieces, and his tone is often at its coolest during the more thoughtful numbers. Although this 1990 CD is quite obscure and there are no significant liner notes, the music is quite rewarding and frequently exciting. ~ Scott Yanow, AMG

     Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
     Album: The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big Four
     Label: Pablo/OJC
     Year: 1980
     Genre: jazz
     Format, bitrate: Mp3 320 kb/s
     Time: 38:07
     Size: 88,00 Mb
     AMG Rating:

     To call this CD (a reissue of a Pablo date) an all-star session would be an understatement. Joining pianist Oscar Peterson, guitarist Joe Pass, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Bobby Durham are three classic trumpeters: Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, and Freddie Hubbard. They clearly inspire each other (Gillespie flew in from the East Coast specifically for this date) and the music ("Daahoud," "Just Friends," the new blues "Chicken Wings," and a torrid version of "The Champ") has plenty of exciting moments. Other performances from the same date can be heard on The Alternate Blues, another LP reissued on CD through the Original Jazz Classics imprint. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

     Artist: The Great Jazz Trio
     Album: Chapter II
     Label: Eastwind
     Year: , release 1980
     Genre: Jazz
     Format, bitrate: MP3 - 320 kbp/s
     Time: 42.03
     Size: 105 MB

     

     
     Artist:Michael Hill
     Album: Black Gold & Goddesses Bold!
     Label: JSP
     Year:2005
     Format: MP3@320 Kb/s
     Time: 51:26
     Size:114.59 Mb




     


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