Artist - George Gershwin
     Album - The Essential
     Label - Colubia/Legacy
     Year - 2003
     Quality - MP3@192kbps
     Size - 200 mb

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This two-disc set features a wide variety of interpretations of one of the 20th century's best-known composers, George Gershwin, from Whispering Jack Smith's genteel rendering of "Funny Face" to a youthful Ella Fitzgerald performing "I Was Doing All Right," with the added bonus of a couple of performances from Gershwin himself, performing "Rhapsody in Blue" and "An American in Paris."

Video AVI : 352x288
Duracion : 26 min
Sonido MP3@192

Kurt Rosenwinkel group
Kurt Rosenwinkel : guitarra
Brad Mehldau : piano
Joshua Redman : saxophone
Larry Grenadier : contrabasse
Ali Jackson : drums

Use of Ligth
The Next Step

Album - Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back
Artist - Brent Spiner
Label: Dead Line
Release Date - 1991
Genre - Jazz
Format/Bitrate - MP3@192
Size 47,3 mb
Time - 34 min

Yes, this album is by "Data" of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Brent sings mostly standards here, with the exception of one recent song by Randy Newman. Brent has a decent tenor voice, but he can't really sustain a note. Any time he tries to hold a note, there is quite a bit of vibrato. Not Tiny Tim level, to be sure, but still a bit distracting. The main fault with the album is that arrangements by Dennis McCarthy are rather dull and unimaginative. The two songs here that were arranged by John McKinney, on the other hand, are lively and fun. Too bad he didn't arrange the whole album. This album will appeal to Star Trek fans only. Trekkies will be especially interested in "It's a Sin (To Tell a Lie)", which features back-up vocals by LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes and Patrick Stewart, plus a recitation by Stewart.

     Artist: Ketil Bjornstad
     Album: Rainbow sessions [Box set 3 cd]
     Original Release Date: 29 Jan 2007
     Label: Universal Jazz
     Quality: MP3 CBR 320 kbit/s
     Size: 298 MB

     Ketil Bjornstad is one of these unique composers whose bring inspiration to listeners with every new record they release. For me "Rainbow Sessions" is like that first swallow of wine, after you just crossed the desert. These compositions take you into the intimate travel to the world of reverie, where you'll discover sensitivity of your soul. It's impossible not to have this album.

    Artist: V A
    Album: The Platinum Collection
    Label: Blue Note
    Year: 2008
    Genre: jazz
    Tracks: 40
    Total time: 3 hs 33 min
    File: 5 x 95,8 mb + 17,8 mb
    Format: MP3, bitrate - 320kb/s

     Artist - Jorge Lopez Ruiz
     Album - De Prepo
     Label - whatmusic.com / Finetunes
     Year - 1972
     Quality - MP3@320
     Size - 80 MB
     Total time - 34:42

     This blast from the past, a 1972 classic from Argentinean bassist, Jorge López Ruiz, is hard, if not impossible to beat with its lush, 70's jazz harmonies intercepting something like an electric Miles Davis set in Buenos Aires. Though the psychedelic quality is undoubtedly present, there is an incredible richness, a remarkable dialogue between Ruiz and his quartet which lifts this disc way above its competitors, whether they be dated from the 1970's or today. All these colors and textures which wind and weave within dreamy layers of guitar, keyboards, bass, and drums are penetrated only (and artistically) by the outspoken if not entrancing cry of the sax. Bliss surely awaits you with "De Prepo". This is not to be missed. ~ CD Baby

Artist: Abby Lincoln & Stan Getz
Album:You Gotta Pay the Band
Label: Polygram Records
Year:October 22, 1991
Quality APE & CUE
Size: 284 Mb
Total time - 57:56

Stan Getz is featured on one of his final recordings on this excellent Abbey Lincoln CD; Getz's cool tenor fits in very well with Lincoln's voice, making one wish that they had met up previously. With pianist Hank Jones, bassist Charlie Haden, drummer Mark Johnson, and (on two songs) Maxine Roach's viola completing the group, it is not surprising that Lincoln sounds typically inspired. Actually, her version of "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" is a bit of a misfire with its dated lyrics (which should have been modified and altered to fit a female). However, "Bird Alone," Freddie Hubbard's "Up Jumped Spring" (given lyrics by Lincoln), and five of her originals more than compensate. Recommended. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

    Artist: VA
    Album: Thriller Jazz (Jazz Club)
    Label: Verve (Universal)
    Year: 2006
    Genre: Jazz
    Format: MP3@320
    Size:79,6 MB

   A corking selection of mainly cover versions (recorded in the 60s and 70s) of classic jazz tracks from movies and TV shows. Loads of different styles on here; big-band, latin/bossa, groovy and funky!

     Artist: Bill Frisell
     Album: History, Mystery
     Label: Nonesuch Records
     Year: 2008
     Genre: Jazz
     Format: MP3@320
     Size: 208 MB

     History, Mystery is among Bill Frisell's most eclectic yet accessible projects. Produced by longtime ally Lee Townsend, this double-disc, 90-minute, 30-piece suite encompasses the full range of Frisell's musical past and his influences, obsessions, and storylike vision. It is performed by a star-studded octet that includes trumpeter Ron Miles, saxophonist Greg Tardy, and a string section featuring Eyvind Kang, Jenny Scheinman, and Hank Roberts, with bassist Tony Scherr and drummer Kenny Wollesen in the rhythm section.

     Artist: Guillermo Klein
     Album: Una Nave
     Label: Sunny Side
     Year: 2005
     Genre: Jazz Instrument, Keyboard / Synthesizer
     Format: mp3@256 kbit/s
     Size: 120 MB

     Disco editado en los Estados Unidos antes que en la Argentina, esta nave es más bien como un Arca de Noé de la música popular argentina: aparte de los “animales” que lleva, un verdadero seleccionado de instrumentistas locales, es como un reservorio de ritmos y estilos. Hay algo de milonga, algo del espíritu del rock argentino de los 70, muchos juegos inteligentes con el ritmo y un aroma urbano que se respira en cada tema.

     Keyboardist/guitarist/composer Guillermo Klein's set is certainly wide-ranging. His music includes post-bop soloing, most notably from saxophonist Rodrigo Dominquez and trumpeter Juan Urquiza, some haunting vocalizing, and a few eccentric if catchy rhythmic vamps. Most of the selections are brief, with some being little more than sketches. The singing is fine, although it does not always blend in with the solos, which tend to be more adventurous. The trumpet feature on "La Ultima," which is classical-oriented, is a highlight of this intriguing and unpredictable outing. -- Review by Scott Yanow, AMG.

    Artist: Stefano Bollani & Jesper Bodilsen & Morten Lund
    Album: Gleda Songs from Scandinavia
    Genre: Jazz
    Label: Stunt Records
    Year: 2004
    Format: MP3@224
    Size: 91,9 MB
    Total Time: 57:05

   Italian pianist Stefano Bollani has again partnered with the top-flight Danish rhythm section of bassist Jesper Bodilsen and drummer Morten Lund to create something very precious: an hour of emotive music that culminates in the blissful title cut, “Gleda (Joy).” While their previous release, Mi Ritorni In Mente (Stunt, 2004), featured standards with Bodilsen as leader, Gleda, by way of Bollani’s modern arrangements, turns a century of Scandinavian tunes into an improvisational delight.

     Artist: Fabrizio Bosso
     Album: Rome After Midnight
     Genre: Jazz
     Label: Sound Hills
     Year: 2004
     Format: MP3@192
     Size: 100 MB

     Italian post-bop trumpet sensation Fabrizio Bosso was born in Turin in 1973. He started playing at the age of five, studying under his father. The young prodigy graduated from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Turin only ten years later at fifteen. While in school Bosso discovered jazz, playing with a big band and in small combos. Upon graduating he was awarded a scholarship to study at St. Mary's College in Washington, where he continued to pursue his new love of improvisation. Starting in 1993, he garnered a national reputation for his flawless technique and exceptionally personal sound, touring under bandleaders like George Russell, Dave Liebman, and the great Steve Coleman. The next year he won Summertime Jazz's Best Band with his quintet, who were soon to make their recording debut. At the age of 26, Bosso's first album as a bandleader, Fast Flight, came out on Red Records. Impressing critics worldwide, Bosso won the "Miglior Nuovo Talento" (Best New Talent) award, chosen in a survey through the Musica Jazz magazine. His second outing as frontman would be for the Blue Note label in 2007. You've Changed furthered Bosso's reputation as one of the most technically impressive young jazz trumpet talents in the world. ~ Evan C. Gutierrez AMG

     Artist: Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian
     Album: Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian
     Genre: Jazz
     Label: Nonesuch
     Year: 2006
     Format: MP3@192
     Size: 93,7 MB

     Bill Frisell created his own terrain when he first combined the doleful sounds of country music with the improvised dialogue of modern jazz. Those elements are in optimum balance here, an empathetic encounter that builds on the chemistry developed between Frisell and drummer Motian in the latter's trio. A corresponding bond with Carter is apparent from the opening "Eighty-one" (co-composed by the bassist for Miles Davis' classic E.S.P.), the trio showing a relaxed yet precise way with time and Frisell and Carter matching pitch bends. That string-band intimacy extends to Frisell's postmodern country as well, adding new and dark dissonances to "You Are My Sunshine," "Pretty Polly," and Hank Williams' "I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry," while the group’s approach to Thelonious Monk is just as fresh on "Raise Four" and "Misterioso." More than just another superjam, this is a genuine band, the three musicians subtly commenting on and amplifying one another's nuances, and creating subtle transitions between solos. ~ Stuart Broomer

    Artist: Enrico Pieranunzi & Charlie Haden & Paul Motian
    Album: Special Encounter
    Genre: Jazz
    Label: Camjazz
    Year: 2005
    Format: MP3@320
    Size: 94 MB

   Even for seasoned jazz veterans who place a premium on originality, formulas can exert a great appeal. The formula at work on Special Encounter can pretty much be summed up by the name Bill Evans, whose legend as an architect of the modern piano trio rests on the kind of lyrical, bop-tinged ballads and mid-tempo numbers offered here. Joined by a pair of decorated Americans, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Paul Motian (a member of Evans' groundbreaking turn-of-the-1960s trio), Italian pianist Enrico Pieranunzi brings his usual elegance and insight to a smart mix of standards such as "You've Changed," Haden staples such as "Waltz for Ruth" and Pieranunzi originals such as the evocative "Secret Nights." If not all that special an encounter, it's certainly an agreeable one: the players, who have hooked up in different settings before, bond as a trio. The mood builds as the musicianship deepens. --Lloyd Sachs

    Artist: Jon Balke
    Album: Book of Velocities
    Genre: Jazz
    Label: ECM
    Year: 2006
    Format: MP3@256
    Size: 70,2 MB

   Una serie de composiciones mínimas en las que explora las posibilidades del piano, por ejemplo utilizando las cuerdas, para crear texturas, paisajes. Se escucha con mayor facilidad que la mayoría de los discos de piano solo. Recomendado.

     Artist: Pierre-Laurent Aimard
     Album: J S Bach Art of Fugue
     Genre: Clasic
     Label: Deutsche Grammophon
     Year: 2008
     Format: APE
     Size: 273 MB

     New York Times:
     "Staggering technique, searching intellect and fantastical imagination"
     Pierre-Laurent Aimard's debut on Deutsche Grammophon is the first recording of the mystical The Art of Fugue by a world-renowned pianist in 25 years. As a pre-eminent performer of modern music, Aimard brings a unique and exciting approach to his first ever Bach recording also serving as his first recording of Baroque repertoire.
     Given his links to many of the great contemporary composers, the high-profile Aimard is certain to generate much interest in the musical press with his first Bach recording. Aimard will perform The Art of Fugue in many musical venues around the world, in cities including New York, Paris, Vienna, Berlin and Tokyo.

     Album: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6
     Artists: Bruggen, Kuijkens, Bylsma, van Asperen; Leonhardt Ensemble
     Label: Sony Seon SB2K 62946.
     Year: 1997
     Format: APE
     Size: CD1 234 MB - CD2 277 MB

     This was one of the first Brandenburgs to use period instruments, and as its roster of performers demonstrates, it utilized the talents of some of the foremost names in the period-instruments movement. Recorded in Europe in 1976 for the early-music Seon label, the set first appeared in the U.S. in 1977 under the Philips banner and several years later on ABC Seon. Then when CDs came out, the set was issued in America by Pro Arte and in Europe by German RCA.

     Composer: J. S. Bach
     Album: Morimur
     Artists: Christoph Poppen & The Hilliard Ensemble
     Label: ECM Records
     Year: 2000, release: 2001
     Format: APE
     Size: 262 MB

     Amazon.com's Best of 2001
     In 1994, explains the booklet that accompanies Morimur, Professor Helga Thoene made the surprising discovery that the monumental "Ciaccona" from Bach's Partita in D minor for solo violin was built around various chorale themes hidden in the music. From the texts of these "secret" chorales and other symbolic musical devices, she deduced that the "Ciaccona" was an epitaph for Bach's wife, Maria Barbara. The revelation might have remained an intriguing (and touching) footnote to Bach scholarship if baroque violinist Christoph Poppen hadn't had the bright idea of taking Professor Thoene's discovery off the library shelves and placing it triumphantly in the concert hall. On this disc, his performance of all five movements of the whole Partita (BWV 1004) is interspersed with the various chorales hidden inside the "Ciaccona," sung with breathtaking precision by the Hilliard Ensemble. The double whammy comes at the end when the "Ciaccona" is performed again, this time with the singers bringing out the secret melodies. Poppen's playing is excellent, both sweet-toned and vibrant, while the Hilliards have never sounded better: the combination of the two is spine-tingling. It is as if Maria Barbara's proper epitaph has finally been realized, and a moving and wonderfully stimulating recording created in the process. --Warwick Thompson

   Artist: Joe Farrell
   Album: Moon Germs
   Year: 1972
   Release: 2002
   Label: Sony
   Format, bitrate: Flac
   Size: 235 MB
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   Joe Farrell's Moon Germs was recorded in a single session in 1972, and was the third of six albums Farrell cut for CTI. Farrell had already played with Chick Corea's original Return To Forever group, contributing to the first two albums by what became one of fusion's seminal groups. Interestingly, Farrell plays no tenor at all on this album, opting instead for soprano sax on three tracks and flute on the remaining one.

   Artist: Los Swing Timer
   Album: Tributo a Cortazar
   Label: El Pie
   Year: 2004
   Genre: Jazz
   Format, bitrate: MP3@320
   Time: 1:00:00
   Size: 128 MB

   El líder de los Swing Timers cuenta cómo decidieron editar un disco con las canciones preferidas del escritor de "Rayuela".