Artist: Brad Mehldau
   Album: The Art Of The Trio, Vol. 1
   Release: 2001
   Label: EMI
   Format, bitrate: mp3, 320 kbs
   Size: 128mb
   Time: 55min

   At this point in time, pianist Brad Mehldau's style falls between Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans, being heavily influenced by the voicings of the latter and the free yet lyrical improvising of the former. With fine backup work by bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy, Mehldau explores five standards (including the Beatles' "Blackbird" and "Nobody Else but Me") and four originals, coming up with melodic yet adventurous ideas. Mehldau displays much potential for the future.
   ~ Scott Yanow, AMG

   Artist - Oscar Peterson
   Album - Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter
   Label - Clef Records
   Years: 1951-1952, release - 1954
   Quality - MP3@320 kbps
   Size - 83,8 mb
   Total time - 37:56





   This was one in a series of recordings pianist Oscar Peterson did showcasing the music of particular American composers. It was really hard to get up a great enthusiasm for this set with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen because there's so much superior Peterson available. An easy ballad approach mixed with the usual Peterson panache on the swingers. The relative quality of Peterson's playing was high and this reached that minimum. This was a "good" set of Cole Porter; there are many better Oscar Peterson outings.

   Artist: Igor Nazaruk
   Album: The Carpathian New Year: Kolyada [Jazz Composition]
   Label: Melodia [C60 18667 003]
   Year: 1983 [Orig. Year: 1982]
   Format: FLAC (cue+log)
   Time: 41:37
   Size: 202 Mb

   "Коляда" - трехчастная сюита для джазового ансамбля - первая большая самостоятельная работа московского музыканта, пианиста и исполнителя на электронных клавишных Игоря Назарука. Запись произведена на студии грамзаписи "Мелодия" в 1982 году в компании с Алексеем Зубовым (саксофон), Алексеем Исплатовским (бас), Андреем Чернышевым (ударные), Марком Пекарским (перкуссия) и Аркадием Укупником (фендер бас). Пластинка издана тиражом 15000 экз. Для молодых джазовых музыкантов по тем советским временам это совсем не плохо. Рецензировал пластинку Аркадий Петров. Вот краткая выдержка из рецензии:
   "Странный скользящий вниз аккорд-кластер ( своеобразное музыкальное отточие), и начинает петь тенор-саксофон Алексея Зубова. Нежная, ясная мелодия, простые, возвышенные чувства, свежесть, чистота… И снова загадочный аккорд, только на этот раз стремящийся не вниз, а в лучезарно-звончатый верхний регистр…"
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     Artist - Oscar Peterson
     Album - The Cole Porter Song Book
     Label - Verve
     Year - 1959
     Quality - MP3@320 kbps
     Size - 71,5mb
     Total time - 33:10
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     Artist: Superblue
     Album: Superblue 2
     Label: Blue Note
     Year: 1989
     Format, bitrate: mp3@320
     Size: 123 MB
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     To quickly figure out the style of music performed on this CD, all one has to do is note the composers of the songs: Duke Jordan, Horace Silver, Thelonious Monk, Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan, Elmo Hope, Hank Mobley and Sonny Clark. "Round Midnight" and "Blue Bossa" aside, many of these songs are not exactly performed on an hourly basis, particularly Mobley's "Take Your Pick," Morgan's "Desert Moonlight" and Hope's "Low Tide." Although the relatively young all-stars (trumpeters Don Sickler and Wallace Roney, trombonist Robin Eubanks, altoist Bobby Watson, Ralph Moore on tenor, pianist Renee Rosnes, bassist Bob Hurst and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith) all make inventive use of their solo space (an average of three musicians solo on each selection), it is Sickler's transcriptions and arrangements that are the most impressive aspect of the set; many of the performances are reminiscent of their initial obscure recordings. Often the background horn rhythms and harmonies are as interesting as the solos. Recommended to lovers of hard bop.
   ~ Scott Yanow, AMG

     Artist: Piotr Leschenko / Пётр Лещенко
     Album: Chanteurs Russes / Русские шансонье
     Year: 2003
     Label: Prolog-Music
     Genre: Tango
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kb/s
     Time: 01:18:37
     Size: 187,65 MB (+5% recovery)




     Лещенко Пётр Константинович (3 июля 1898 — 16 июля 1954) — румынский певец русского происхождения; руководитель эстрадного ансамбля. Один из наиболее популярных русскоязычных исполнителей 1930-х гг.
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     Artists - Stan Getz, J.J.Johnson
     Album - Stan Getz and J.J.Johnson at the Opera House
     Label - Verve
     Year - 1957, release - 1986
     Quality - MP3@320kb/s
     Size 156.8 mb
     Total time - 73:06



On two Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz and trombonist J.J. Johnson (backed by the Oscar Peterson Trio plus drummer Connie Kay) performed an identical repertoire during the two sets of music, one recorded in mono and the other in stereo. All of the music from those dates (with the exception of one number left out due to lack of space) is included on this very exciting release: two versions apiece of "Billie's Bounce," "My Funny Valentine," "Crazy Rhythm," and "Blues in the Closet" plus one try at "Yesterdays" and "It Never Entered My Mind." Surprisingly Oscar Peterson and guitarist Herb Ellis do not solo at all but Getz and Johnson make a perfect combination and are in peak form. Bebop at its best, it has plenty of up-tempo jamming and no shortage of ideas.

    Artist: Thelonious Monk
    Album: Thelonious Monk, Vol. 2: Epistrophy
    Label: A Jazz Hour With JHR 73546
    Year: 1961/1964
    Release: 1990
    Format, bitrate: mp3@320 kbps
    Time: 62:41
    Size: 150 MB

    A collection of live concert recordings from 1963-1964, this is Monk's excellent quartet shining brightly. Tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse in particular is playing at a very high level, and Monk is inspired, playing a handful of his compositions and standards in extended form. The sound is as good as it gets. Highly recommended.
   ~ Michael G. Nastos AMG

     Artist: Roy Buchanan (Рой Бьюкенен)
     Album: In The Beginning
     Label: Polydor
     Year: 1974
     Total Time: 34:16
     Format, bitrate: mp3, 256 kBit/s
     Size: 80 MB



     Несмотря на то, что его влияние признавали такие исполнители как Джефф Бек, Робби Робертсон ("The Band") и Билли Гиббонс ("ZZ Top"), Рой Бьюкэнэн (р. 23 сентября 1939) является одним из самых недооцененных блюз-роковых гитаристов. Подтверждением этому является также и почти полное отсутствие его альбомов в нашем клубе. Давайте исправлять такое, не побоюсь этого слова, ненормальное положение! Лично я считаю Бьюкенена музыкантом из первой пятерки блюз-гитаристов. Предлагаю вашему вниманию третий альбом из его дискографии. Уверен, он понравится многим. А ведь это не самый лучший его альбом! Дальше будет лучше и лучше! Слушайте, дамы, господа и товарищи (никакой политики, под "товарищами" я понимаю, не побоюсь и этого слова, "камрадов-блюзолюбов").

    Artist: Roy Buchanan
    Album: Live In Cleveland
    Label: bootleg
    Year: 1978
    Format, bitrate: mp3, 190 kb/s
    Time: 52:04
    Size: 71,6 Mb


   A great Roy Buchanan concert that took place at Agora Ballroom in Chicago, Cleveland on the 15th of May 1978 and broadcasted on FM. The sound is fair for a bootleg but the performance is quite exceptional. Best tracks: "Delta Woman", "I'm Evil" & "Hey Joe" (of course). Recommended to all Buchanan and rock-blues fans. If you enjoyed this live bootleg, you have two bonus links for other two concerts: 1988 - Virginia and Club Soda Montreal. . . .

   Artist: Jackie & Roy
   Album: East of Suez
   Label: Concord Jazz [CJ-149]
   Year: 1981
   Release: 1996
   Format: FLAC (cue+log)
   Time: 39:46
   Size: 114+109 Mb


      Jackie Cain and Roy Kral are incapable of sounding down or being blue. East of Suez is another batch of delightfully upbeat material featuring their distinctive two-part vocal harmony, guaranteed to "turn your frown upside down." The program alternates between songs with lyrics and wordless vocal romps. Michael Franks' opening "Don't Be Blue" sets the tone and is followed by "D'Light," a Kral original featuring his piano, Paul Johnson's vibes, and the duo's "doo-dop-ooo-dah" scatting. The Johnny Mandel-Paul Williams composition, "Close Enough for Love," gives Cain an opportunity to demonstrate her beautiful way with a ballad. The title track is another wordless workout, while "Wings of Love" is a gorgeously swinging piece of romantic wistfulness. Bassist Brian Torff kicks off the Cain-Johnson collaboration, "Travelin'," a marvelously melodic invitation to hit the road, full of surprising musical curves and swerves. After the Alec Wilder pop tune "It's So Peaceful in the Country," East of Suez wraps up with a bebop finale, Bird and Dizzy's "Anthropology."
   ~ Jim Newsom, All Music Guide

     Artist: Oscar Peterson
     Album: A Royal Wedding Suite
     Year: 1981
     Release: 1998
     Label: Original Jazz Classics (OJC)
     Format/Bitrate: MP3/320
     Size: 102 MB
     Time: 44:36

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     Oscar Peterson paid his respects with this 1981 orchestral album marking the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana...

     Artist: Howard Roberts
     Album: Antelope Freeway
     Label: Impulse LP
     Year: 1971
     Format, bitrate: mp3@192 kbps
     Size: 60mb
     Time: 41:10



     The name Antelope Freeway came from a L.A. freeway that was destroyed by an earthquake. This also seems to have something to with the Firesign Theatre's How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All. ~
   Patty Roberts

    Artist: Brad Mehldau Trio
    Album: Live
    Release: 2008
    Label: Nonesuch
    Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kbs
    Size: 320mb
    Time: 140min
    AMG Rating:

    The fingers on pianist Brad Mehldau's hands are possessed by a sentient intelligence quick and inventive enough to inspire slack-jawed wonder. That intelligence is on prodigious display on the Brad Mehldau Trio's 2008 double-disc live outing. ... Full DescriptionRecorded over four evenings at New York City's Village Vanguard, LIVE captures the pianist's elegant, thoughtful, exploratory style within a dynamic, dazzling trio setting.
    Bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard exhibit supernatural sympathy with Mehldau, creating surging pockets of rhythm and open, shifting frameworks for melodic improvisation. The program consists of originals mixed with wildly eclectic covers (including Oasis's "Wonderwall," the Tin Pan Alley standard "More Than You Know," Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun," and John Coltrane's "Countdown"). This all makes for thoroughly engaging listening, and a testament to one of the finer talents in contemporary jazz.
    ~ cd.universe

    Artist: Roy Buchanan
    Album: The Prophet (The Unreleased First Polydor Album)
    Label: Hip-O Select
    Year: 1969 - 1971
    Release: 2004
    Format, bitrate: mp3, 256 kb/s
    Time: 1:14:45
    Size: 151 Mb (full covers)
    AMG Rating:

    In 1969 — some three years before his self-titled debut solidified his stature as a pre-eminent string bender — Roy Buchanan (guitar/vocals) signed with Polydor Records and began work on his first full-length platter. In 2004, three-and-a-half decades later, the audio archivists at Hip-O Select (located online at hip-oselect.com) finally issued The Prophet: The Unreleased First Polydor Album (2004). . . .

     Artist: Various Artists
     Album: Jazz Masters 60 CD Collection
     Year: 1994 - 1996
     Label: Verve
     Format, bitrate: mp3, 160 - 320 Kbps
     Time: 64:36:27
     Size: 4,65 GB (+ 5% recovery info)

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     Прекрасное пособие для тех, кто хочет приобщиться к джазу и определиться в своих музыкальных пристрастиях.

    Artist: Roy Buchanan
    Album: Dancing On The Edge
    Label: Alligator Records
    Year: 1986
    Format, bitrate: mp3, 320 kb/s
    Time: 38:45
    Size: 95,6 Mb (full covers)

   This release truley capture's the man's playing and influences. Peter Gunn smokes as does Jungle Gym,Pedal to the Metal and You can't Judge A Book.Cream of the Crop is buchanan magic and Drowning On Dry Land---enjoy the crack band too with Donald Kinsey,Larry Exum and co.
   - Gregory A. Lobeck (Eagan, Minnesota) at Amazon.com

     Artist: Aretha Franklin
     Album: Yeah!!! (In Person With Her Quartet)
     Label: Columbia
     Year: 1965
     Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbps
     Time: 35:52
     Size: 81,2 MB


     Aretha Franklin is the greatest singer of her generation and one of the most important and influential female soul singers of the 20th century. Franklin’s work is as impressive and influential as any artist, not only as a singerbut also as a pianist. Her first recordings were gospel tracks but in 1959, she signed with Columbia where sherecorded pop, blues and jazz. ”YEAH” IN PERSON WITH HER QUARTET comes from that period before her big break in 1967 with Atlantic where she together with producer Jerry Wexler redefined soul music. ”YEAH” shows Franklin in excellent form as a jazz artist.

     Artist:Erroll Garner
     Album:Jazz Masters 7
     Label:Polygram Records
     Years: 1953-54, release - 1994
     Format:mp3, 160kbs
     Size:80mb




     

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