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Blue Mitchell - Stablemates (1997) Reissue 2006

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Blue Mitchell - Stablemates (1997) Reissue 2006

Blue Mitchell - Stablemates (1997) Reissue 2006
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 252 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 108 Mb | Scans included
Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Trumpet Jazz | Label: Candid | # CCD 79553 | 00:42:37

This previously hard to find album was made in Hollywood some two years before Blue's premature death from cancer on May 21st, 1979. It is a worthy component of the Mitchell discography, and Blue's playing here stacks up nicely against the best work of his classic Riverside and Blue Note periods. Blue's front line partner in the accomplished band assembled for the date was his friend, saxophonist Dick Spencer. The two knew each other well from time spent together in the Louie Bellson Band, where Dick was lead alto. The piano chair went to Victor Feldman, Blue's colleague in the Adderley band, by now a seasoned participant in the L.A. scene, some 20 years since his move from London. Also features John Heard and Dick Berk.

The Marian McPartland Trio - Live at Yoshi's Nitespot (1996)

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The Marian McPartland Trio - Live at Yoshi's Nitespot (1996)

The Marian McPartland Trio - Live at Yoshi's Nitespot (1996)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 383 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 168 MB | Covers - 4 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Concord Jazz (CCD-4712)

Marian McPartland has continued to grow as a musician over her long career, constantly exploring new songs and new styles while rekindling standards and jazz classics with her own distinctive touch at the keyboard. This pair of 1995 sessions at the Yoshi's Nitespot in Oakland, CA, feature her in a trio setting with bassist Bill Douglass and drummer Glenn Davis. She slowly percolates a driving bop arrangement of "Like Someone in Love," and her striking approach to "If I Should Lose You" conveys the emotion of the song even though the lyric isn't heard. She also ventures into modern Broadway with a mesmerizing waltz interpretation of the ballad "Pretty Women" (from Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd)…

Oscar Peterson - Live At The Northsea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980) Remastered 1998

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Oscar Peterson - Live At The Northsea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980) Remastered 1998

Oscar Peterson - Live At The Northsea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980) Remastered 1998
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 387 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 187 Mb | Scans included | 01:18:57
Mainstream Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop | Label: Pablo/Fantasy | # 00025218211529

This double album matches and mixes together four masterful musicians: pianist Oscar Peterson, guitarist Joe Pass, bassist Niels Pedersen and harmonica great Toots Thielemans. Together they perform O.P.'s "City Lights" and ten veteran standards with creativity, wit and solid swing. There are a few miraculous moments as one would expect from musicians of this caliber and the results are generally quite memorable.

Horace Parlan - The Classic Blue Note Collection (2019)

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Horace Parlan - The Classic Blue Note Collection (2019)

Horace Parlan - The Classic Blue Note Collection (2019)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 1,84 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 741 Mb | 05:23:31
Mainstream Jazz, Hard Bop | Label: Enlightenment

Among the most revered and in-demand pianists of the post-bop era, Horace Parlan remains one of the most well represented jazz musicians of the 1950s and 1960s, having produced both an extraordinary array of albums as leader, and concurrently contributed to a quite staggering selection of highly regarded albums by other premier jazz musicians. This 4CD boxset collates all of Horace Parlan's solo-albums from the 1960s, on which he performed as leader, alongside his finest contribution to a fellow musician's record. A pioneer who adapted his disability into a distinctive style, Parlan remains one of the finest jazz-men of the age, and this superb collection of his best work serves as both a dynamic reminder of his prowess, and as a fully-formed starting point for any inquisitive beginner.

Shelly Manne & His Man - At The Black Hawk (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series / Remastered) (1960/2024)

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Shelly Manne & His Man - At The Black Hawk (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series / Remastered) (1960/2024)

Shelly Manne & His Man - At The Black Hawk (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series / Remastered) (1960/2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 286 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 108 Mb | 00:47:06
Mainstream Jazz, Cool, Bop | Label: Craft Recordings

Recorded live at the Black Hawk, San Francisco in September 1959, “At The Blackhawk, Vol 1” is the first of 4 volumes released in 1960. Featuring six cuts, Manne (drums), is joined by Joe Gordon (trumpet), Richie Kamuca (tenor sax), Victor Feldman (piano) and Monty Budwig (bass). This new edition features remastered hi-res audio from the original tapes.

Marian McPartland - Contrasts: Plays the Music of Alec Wilder (1974) & A Sentimental Journey (1994) [Reissue 2003]

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Marian McPartland - Contrasts: Plays the Music of Alec Wilder (1974) & A Sentimental Journey (1994) [Reissue 2003]

Marian McPartland - Contrasts: Plays the Music of Alec Wilder (1974) & A Sentimental Journey (1994) [Reissue 2003]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 608 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 248 MB | Covers - 28 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz, New Orleans Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: The Jazz Alliance (TJA2-12044-2)

Contrasts is a two-fer collection of work by pianist Marian McPartland featuring the albums Plays the Music of Alec Wilder and Marian and Jimmy McPartland: A Sentimental Journey. Showcasing the exquisite playing of the NPR jazz host, both albums are worth checking out. Disc one should appeal to longtime McPartland fans with the pianist working through the compositions of Alec Wilder in a straight-ahead trio style. Disc two, though, is the real revelation, with McPartland joining her cornetist/vocalist husband, Jimmy, and his New Orleans trad-style band for a live date. The music is much hotter than McPartland's solo work - she "comps" beautifully behind soloists - and it's a treat to hear her in this more bluesy, extroverted context.

Pat Bianchi - Something to Say: The Music of Stevie Wonder (2021)

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Pat Bianchi - Something to Say: The Music of Stevie Wonder (2021)

Pat Bianchi - Something to Say: The Music of Stevie Wonder (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 288 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 113 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:46:32
Soul Jazz, Bebop, Mainstream Jazz | Label: Savant Records

Perhaps no other instrument in jazz boasts such a classic and beloved status as the Hammond B3 organ. On stage it sits like a majestic relic from jazz's distant past, a slightly odd Rube Goldberg machine whose spinning speakers produce a saturated, unmistakable sound imbuing every performance with it's own recognizable style. That style has set deep roots in American music including, of course, jazz and blues, but it has also provided undeniable contributions to pop, funk and soul. So it should really be no surprise that organist Pat Bianchi would choose a program of Stevie Wonder's music for his second Savant Records release.

Marian McPartland - Twilight World (2008)

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Marian McPartland - Twilight World (2008)

Marian McPartland - Twilight World (2008)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 322 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 140 MB | Covers - 24 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Concord Jazz (CCD-30528)

With her long-running series on public radio, Marian McPartland has seemed to many fans to always be a part of jazz. Just a few months shy of celebrating her 90th birthday at the time of these 2007 sessions, the pianist demonstrates why she has been able to play with so many different guests on her program. But this is a regular trio date with her attentive, longtime rhythm section, bassist Gary Mazzaroppi and drummer Glenn Davis. It's hard not to be enchanted immediately with new versions of her upbeat "Twilight World" and the elegant "In the Days of Our Love," the latter played with a hint of looking back on life without getting overly sentimental. McPartland has long been praised as a masterful interpreter of ballads, so her lyrical takes of "Close Enough for Love" and "Alfie" only serve to reinforce her strength in that department…

Andrea Motis - Do Outro Lado Do Azul (2019) [Repost]

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Andrea Motis - Do Outro Lado Do Azul (2019) [Repost]

Andrea Motis - Do Outro Lado Do Azul (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 357 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 138 Mb | 00:59:15
Vocal Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Latin Jazz | Label: Verve Records, Universal Music

If the little world of jazz wasn't exactly slow to pick up on the outstanding talent of Andrea Motis — the great Quincy Jones in person told us all about her in 2012 when she was 17 (he'd invited her on stage at the Barcelona Festival) — there's no question that the 2017 release of Emotional Dance, her first real album as a leader on the prestigious Impulse! label, suddenly took the career of this young Catalan singer-trumpeter into another dimension altogether.

Marian McPartland & Friends - 85 Candles: Live in New York (2005)

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Marian McPartland & Friends - 85 Candles: Live in New York (2005)

Marian McPartland & Friends - 85 Candles: Live in New York (2005)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 692 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 294 MB | Covers - 54 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Vocal Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Concord Jazz (CCD2-2218-2)

Marian McPartland celebrated her 85th birthday in style by hosting a lively session at Birdland with many guests (both young and old) who have appeared on her long-running NPR series. Whether she's a part of the audience or on-stage jamming with her friends, it's apparent that everyone in the club is having a blast. The romp through "I Love You" features potent solos by Phil Woods, Dave Douglas, Ravi Coltrane, and McPartland. Woods captivates the audience with his impressive solo introduction to singer Karrin Allyson, and captures the essence of the pianist's gorgeous "Twilight World" in a duet with its composer. Norah Jones is at her very best with the pianist interpreting timeless ballads like "The Nearness of You" and "September Song"…

VA - Too Marvelous: A Collection Of Jazz Classics (2001)

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VA - Too Marvelous: A Collection Of Jazz Classics (2001)

VA - Too Marvelous: A Collection Of Jazz Classics (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 350 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 157 Mb | Scans included | 00:59:04
Vocal Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Cool, Bop | Label: Hear Music | # 314520769-2

A Collection Of Jazz Classics. 13 Tracks. Billie Holiday, Jimmy Smith, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Louis Armstrong, Stan Getz, Gene Ammons, Mose Allison, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Oscar Peterson Trio, Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster.

Marian McPartland - Windows: Portrait of Marian McPartland (1979) & At the Festival (1980) [2CD Reissue 2004]

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Marian McPartland - Windows: Portrait of Marian McPartland (1979) & At the Festival (1980) [2CD Reissue 2004]

Marian McPartland - Windows: Portrait of Marian McPartland (1979) & At the Festival (1980) [2CD Reissue 2004]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 479 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 204 MB | Covers - 16 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Mainstream Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Concord Jazz (CCD2-2233-2)

Most NPR listeners have heard of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, which has been on the air for over 25 years. As wonderful as the radio program is, however, her close association with the show has made it difficult for jazz fans to remember her full contribution to the genre. Though many McPartland recordings exist, Windows is a fine repackaging of two of her best, Portrait of Marian McPartland from 1979 and At the Festival from 1980. Both feature the pianist in snug quartets, the first featuring alto Jerry Dodgion, drummer Jake Hanna, and bassist Brian Torff, the latter with Torff, Hanna, and alto Mary Fettig. A quick glance at both set lists identifies McPartland as a player comfortable in a number of styles, from standards like Rodgers & Hart's "It Never Entered My Mind" and Duke Ellington's "Cotton Tail" to the post-bop of Chick Corea's "Windows" and Herbie Hancock's "Tell Me a Bedtime Story"…

Lester Young - Four Classic Albums (Second Set) (2020)

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Lester Young - Four Classic Albums (Second Set) (2020)

Lester Young - Four Classic Albums (Second Set) (Count Basie Kansas City Seven & Lester Young Quartet / Blue Lester / The Jazz Giants 56 / Count Basie At Newport) (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 661 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 321 Mb | 02:20:03
Jazz, Swing | Label: AVID Jazz

AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD second release from Lester Young. This time we have included not only a couple of classic Count Basie titles which heavily feature “Pres” at his absolute prime, but also the formidable classic “The Jazz Giants”.

Stan Getz - Four Classic Albums (Fourth Set) (2020)

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Stan Getz - Four Classic Albums (Fourth Set) (2020)

Stan Getz - Four Classic Albums (Fourth Set) (At The Opera House Chicago (Stereo) / At The Opera House (Mono) / Jazz Samba / Big Band Bossa Nova) (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 893 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 358 Mb | Covers included | 02:23:50
Jazz, Bop, Cool, Mainstream Jazz, Bossa Nova | Label: AVID Jazz

AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD fourth set release from Stan Getz, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.

Stan Getz - Four Classic Albums (Third Set) (2017)

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Stan Getz - Four Classic Albums (Third Set) (2017)

Stan Getz - Four Classic Albums (Third Set) (Stan Getz Plays / Diz And Getz / The Brothers / Cal Tjader - Stan Getz Sextet) (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 660 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 361 Mb | Covers included | 02:37:33
Jazz, Bop, Cool, Mainstream Jazz | Label: AVID Jazz

AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic album series with a re-mastered 2CD release and Third Set from Stan Getz, complete with original artwork and liner notes.