Mahalia Jackson - The Queen Of Gospel (1996)

March 22, 2014, 9:16 am

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≪ Previous: Frank Bungarten - Cancion y Danza (2004)

"Mahalia Jackson was an American gospel singer. Possessing a powerful contralto voice, she was referred to as "The Queen of Gospel". Jackson became one of the most influential gospel singers in the world and was heralded internationally as a singer and civil rights activist. She was described by entertainer Harry Belafonte as "the single most powerful black woman in the United States". She recorded about 30 albums (mostly for Columbia Records) during her career, and her 45 rpm records included a dozen "golds"-million-sellers."

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Bessie Smith - Squeeze Me (2008)

March 22, 2014, 9:23 am

≫ Next: Bob James & Jack Lee - Botero (2009) {Truspace}

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"Nicknamed The Empress of the Blues, Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and, along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on other jazz vocalists."

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Bob James & Jack Lee - Botero (2009) {Truspace}

March 22, 2014, 9:35 am

≫ Next: Tristan Keuris [1946-1996] - Complete Works (Disc 4) [repost]

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Bob James & Jack Lee - Botero (2009) {Truspace}
EAC 0.99pb5 | FLAC Image | Cue+Log | Scans 300dpi | 328MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Fusion, Smooth Jazz

"Botero might be the most significant album Bob James has made in quite some time. Jack Lee has a way of inspiring the pianist in a way that very few have outside of such guitarists as Eric Gale, Earl Klugh - who waxed three memorable albums with James, One on One (1979), Two of a Kind (1982) and Cool (1993) - and Lee Ritenour (heard on James' Grand Piano Canyon and a co-founder of Fourplay on the quartet's first three discs). Lee and James are accompanied here by American bassists Nathan East - like Bob James, a founding member of Fourplay - and Melvin Davis and Asian drummer Lewis Pragasam."

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Tristan Keuris [1946-1996] - Complete Works (Disc 4) [repost]

March 22, 2014, 9:41 am

≫ Next: Alpha - Through the Looking Glass (2013)

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Tristan Keuris [1946-1996] - Complete Works (Disc 4) [repost]
Classical | EAC: FLAC+Cue+Log | 1 Cd, Covers + Notes (pdf) | 365 Mb
Label:Quattro Live - Date:2009

"This is the fourth CD of an 11CD's Boxset with the complete compositorian oeuvre of one of Netherlands greatest composers of the twentieth century, Tristan Keuris. This box is a reflection of mostly historical concerts and studio recordings of ensembles that played Keuris' music. Many different players, Radio4, Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, the Muziekcentrum van de Omroep and the NPS worked together on this project and its wonderful realisation......"

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Alpha - Through the Looking Glass (2013)

March 22, 2014, 9:46 am

≫ Next: Scythia - ...Of Conquest (2014)

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"
Denmark's four leading composers - Poul Ruders (b. 1949), Per Norgard (b. 1932), Bent Sorensen (b. 1958) and Hans Abrahamsen (b. 1952) - have allowed the experimental trio Alpha to take their music behind the looking glass and let their works re-emerge in the trio's very own sound world. Played and recorded entirely by heart, Alpha's close encounter with the musical essences of seven different works seems to reveal the form and richness of each composer's imagination in a new magical reflection.
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Scythia - ...Of Conquest (2014)

March 22, 2014, 10:00 am

≫ Next: Nelson Riddle & 101 Strings Orchestra - Spectacular Brass! Fantastic Reeds! (1971)

≪ Previous: Alpha - Through the Looking Glass (2013)

Scythia - ...Of Conquest (2014)
Canada | MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 142 MB
Folk Metal | Label : Self-released/independent

"Scythia marks it's 4th release with a powerful concept album that draws influences from folk metal, power metal, melodic death metal, and progressive rock. "...Of Conquest" blends these styles into a seamless storyline complete with an onslaught of memorable riffs, all-too-catchy choruses, instrumental virtuosity and a bold new production style that far exceeds any of their previous releases. "

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Nelson Riddle & 101 Strings Orchestra - Spectacular Brass! Fantastic Reeds! (1971)

March 22, 2014, 10:11 am

≫ Next: Morton Feldman - Violin and Orchestra (2013) {ECM New Series}

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Nelson Riddle & 101 Strings Orchestra - Spectacular Brass! Fantastic Reeds! (1971)
1 LP | time: 28 m 35 s | Scans 300 dpi | tags | MP3 320 CBR > 68,87 MB
Big Band, Jazz, World / Label: Alshire S-5229

"Nelson Riddle extended his musical career since the late 40s (essentially working for the Capitol label) until the mid-80s. During the 70s he devoted primarily to cinema and TV and was reborn only slightly in the 80s, until his death, with the collaboration project with singer Astrud Gilberto. This album offers a short repertoire but with orchestral brilliance as a 'big band' with collaboration of some of the best American soloists, who confer a spectacular showcasing of brass and reeds, with strings and percussion."

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Morton Feldman - Violin and Orchestra (2013) {ECM New Series}

March 22, 2014, 10:18 am

≫ Next: Rossini - Overtures (Orchestre Symphonique de Bamberg, Giusseppe Patane) [1995]

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Morton Feldman - Violin and Orchestra (2013) {ECM New Series}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 213 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 121 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 16 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2013 ECM New Series | ECM 2283
Classical / Avant-Garde / Modern Composition

"Carolin Widmann's widely acclaimed ECM recordings have traversed a broad arc of music - from Schubert to Xenakis. Here she turns her attention to one of the pivotal compositions of Morton Feldman. Violin and Orchestra, composed in 1979, marked a new direction, with an almost painterly attention to detail in slowly unfolding music."

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Rossini - Overtures (Orchestre Symphonique de Bamberg, Giusseppe Patane) [1995]

March 23, 2014, 7:13 am

≫ Next: Rodney Green Quartet - Live At Smalls (2013)

≪ Previous: Morton Feldman - Violin and Orchestra (2013) {ECM New Series}

Rossini - Overtures (Orchestre Symphonique de Bamberg, Giusseppe Patane) [1995]

Rossini - Overtures (La Gazza Ladra, L'Italiana in Algeri, Guillaume Tell, Semiramide, Il Signor Bruschino, Il Turco in Italia, La Scala di Seta) (Orchestre Symphonique de Bamberg, Giusseppe Patane) [1996]
EAC Rip | FLAC, IMG+CUE, LOG | Covers | 1cd, 265 MB
Classical | Label: RCA | Catalog Number: 74321650602 | TT: 58:54

"Giuseppe Patane (1 January 1932 - 29 May 1989) was an Italian opera conductor.
Giuseppe Patane was born in Naples, the son of the conductor Franco Patane (1908-1968), and studied in his native city. He made his debut there in 1951. He was principal conductor at the Linz opera from 1961 until 1962. He also was chief conductor of the Munich Radio Orchestra from 1985 until 1989.
Patane collapsed suddenly from a heart attack while conducting a performance of Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, on 29 May 1989. He was taken to hospital where he died. He and his wife Rita, from whom he was separated at the time of his death, had two daughters."

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Rodney Green Quartet - Live At Smalls (2013)

March 23, 2014, 7:18 am

≫ Next: Peacock Palace - Man In The Moon [CD-S] (1993)

≪ Previous: Rossini - Overtures (Orchestre Symphonique de Bamberg, Giusseppe Patane) [1995]

Rodney Green Quartet - Live At Smalls (2013)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 7 Tracks | 01:04:24 | 147,85 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: SmallsLIVE

"Rodney Green Quartet: Live at Smalls was recorded in October, 2012 with Seamus Blake on tenor sax, pianist Luis Perdomo and Joe Sanders on bass, and features Green's own compositions, a Will Vinson piece, and Monk."

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Peacock Palace - Man In The Moon [CD-S] (1993)

March 23, 2014, 7:23 am

≫ Next: Chet Baker - The Complete Tokyo Concert (1987/2006)

≪ Previous: Rodney Green Quartet - Live At Smalls (2013)

Peacock Palace - Man In The Moon [CD-S] (1993)

"Peacock Palace war eine zeitweise recht erfolgreiche Pop-Band aus Berlin mit Wurzeln im Protest Folk eines Bob Dylan und der kalifornischen Flower Power Bewegung der spaten sechziger Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts..."

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Chet Baker - The Complete Tokyo Concert (1987/2006)

March 23, 2014, 7:28 am

≫ Next: Kalevi Aho - Symphony No. 12, "Luosto" (Storgards) [repost]

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Chet Baker - The Complete Tokyo Concert (1987/2006)
Genre: Jazz | MPEG2 NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR 29.97fps 5400kbps
Audio: PCM 48000Hz stereo 1536kbps (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 5.34 GB (DVD5) | 5% Recovery
Length: 01:28:56

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Kalevi Aho - Symphony No. 12, "Luosto" (Storgards) [repost]

March 23, 2014, 7:33 am

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Kalevi Aho - Symphony No. 12, "Luosto" (Storgards) [repost]
Classical | EAC: FLAC+Cue+Log | 1 Cd, Covers + Booklet | 307 Mb
Label:BIS - Date:2008

"Within such an extraordinary body of works, Kalevi Aho's Symphony No.12, ‘Luosto', holds a very special place. Written for a performance on the slopes of Mount Luosto in Finnish Lapland, it makes use of two orchestras, two vocal soloists and a number of brass players and percussionists placed at various distances from each other and the conductor, surrounding the audience. The primary inspiration for this four-movement work came from the natural surroundings and traditions of Lapland, and parts of ......."

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Bernward Koch - Studio Albums 1989-2013 (10CD) [Upgrade]

March 23, 2014, 7:38 am

≫ Next: Pee Wee Russell - New Groove + The College Concert (1962-66) {2013 Solar Records 24-bit Remaster}

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Bernward Koch - Studio Albums 1989-2013 (10CD) [Upgrade]

"Bernward Koch is a German composer, pianist and keyboardist. Additionally he plays percussion, bass, and guitar. His music mainly evokes a soothing and calming style, with a clearly recognizable melody from the piano, enriched with keyboards, flute, guitar,and percussion. His first release, 1989's Flowing, was successful, especially in the USA (and Asia),and achieved top positions on the Billboard New Age Chart. His tracks contributed to several US-Aids-benefit compilations among others together with Sting, Bonnie Raitt, Al Jarreau, Ottmar Liebert, Dave Grusin, Dave Stewart."

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Pee Wee Russell - New Groove + The College Concert (1962-66) {2013 Solar Records 24-bit Remaster}

March 23, 2014, 7:44 am

≫ Next: Sandor Veress - Musica concertante, Clarinet Concerto, 4 Danze transilvane

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Pee Wee Russell - New Groove + The College Concert (1962-66) {2013 Solar Records 24-bit Remaster}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 497 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 182 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 308 Mb | 5% repair rar | 24-bit remaster
© 2013 Solar Records | 4569938
Jazz / Bop / Clarinet

"This edition contains two amazing original albums by the great Pee Wee Russell. New Groove (Columbia CS-8785) presents him fronting his own quartet accompanied by trombone, and a piano-less rhythm section of bass and drums. The second LP, The College Concert of Pee Wee Russell and Henry Red Allen (Impulse AS-9137), appears here for the first time ever on CD. It features the clarinettist in a quintet format co-led by Allen, backed by an impressive modern rhythm section composed of Steve Kuhn on piano, Charlie Haden on bass, and Marty Morell on drums. As a bonus, "Mariooch", which marks the only quartet song featuring Russell from the larger group album Jazz Reunion."

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Sandor Veress - Musica concertante, Clarinet Concerto, 4 Danze transilvane

March 23, 2014, 7:49 am

≫ Next: Ronnie Laws - Pressure Sensitive (1975) {Blue Note}

≪ Previous: Pee Wee Russell - New Groove + The College Concert (1962-66) {2013 Solar Records 24-bit Remaster}

Sandor Veress - Musica concertante, Clarinet Concerto, 4 Danze transilvane
Classical | EAC: FLAC+Cue+Log | 1 Cd, Covers + Booklet | 304 Mb
Label:Musikscene Schweiz - Date:1997

"Sandor Veress (1 February 1907 - 4 March 1992) was a Swiss composer of Hungarian origin. He was born in Kolozsvar/Klausenburg, then Austria-Hungary, later Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and died in Bern. The first half of his life was spent in Hungary; the second, from 1949 until his death, in Switzerland, of which he became a citizen in the last months of his life."

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Ronnie Laws - Pressure Sensitive (1975) {Blue Note}

March 23, 2014, 7:54 am

≫ Next: Frank Zappa - Fillmore East, June 1971 (1971) + 200 Motels (1971) [2CD] {1995 Ryko Remaster Complete Series}

≪ Previous: Sandor Veress - Musica concertante, Clarinet Concerto, 4 Danze transilvane

Ronnie Laws - Pressure Sensitive (1975) {Blue Note}
EAC 0.99pb4 | FLAC Image | Cue+Log | Full Scans 300dpi | 208MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Fusion, Jazz-Funk

"Ronnie Laws has always been an R&B-oriented saxophonist miscast in the jazz world, starting with his early association with the rapidly declining Blue Note label. His debut album (reissued on CD) has a couple of decent melodies (the opening "Always There" is the most memorable), some soulful tenor and soprano playing by the leader in a style heavily influenced by Grover Washington, Jr., and vocals on only one of the eight selections; Laws's attempts to make it as a singer were still in the future. However this obviously commercial effort (every song fades out before it hits the five-minute mark) can only be recommended in comparison to Ronnie Laws's later more inferior recordings."

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Frank Zappa - Fillmore East, June 1971 (1971) + 200 Motels (1971) [2CD] {1995 Ryko Remaster Complete Series}

March 23, 2014, 8:00 am

≫ Next: Diana Krall - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 [HDTV, 720p]

≪ Previous: Ronnie Laws - Pressure Sensitive (1975) {Blue Note}

Frank Zappa - Fillmore East, June 1971 (1971) + 200 Motels (1971) [2CD] {1995 Ryko Remaster Complete Series}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 820 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 320 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (tiff) -> 955 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1995, 1997 Rykodisc / The Zappa Family Trust / MGM | RCD 10512 / RCD 10513~14
Rock / Experimental Rock / Jazz Rock

"This live record was recorded with the Flo & Eddie incarnation of the ever-changing Mothers line-up. The vocal duo, which had considerable chart success as the Turtles, parodied their success as "rock stars" here, and Zappa utilized their soul and doo-wop-style vocals for maximum comedic effect. The set works as a comedy record as much as anything else. They perform their huge hit "Happy Together," but it's done as a goof. Zappa and Flo & Eddie talk over the backbeat like standup comics."

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Diana Krall - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 [HDTV, 720p]

March 23, 2014, 8:06 am

≫ Next: 3 Cohens - Tightrope (2013) {Anzic}

≪ Previous: Frank Zappa - Fillmore East, June 1971 (1971) + 200 Motels (1971) [2CD] {1995 Ryko Remaster Complete Series}

Diana Krall - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 [HDTV, 720p]

Diana Krall - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013
TS, MPEG4 Video 1280x720, 50fps, 9881Kbps | Dolby AC3, 48000Hz, 6ch, 448kbps
Jazz / Vocal Jazz | 00:48:26 | ~ 3.88 Gb

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3 Cohens - Tightrope (2013) {Anzic}

March 23, 2014, 8:12 am

≫ Next: Bike For Three! - So Much Forever (2014)

≪ Previous: Diana Krall - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 [HDTV, 720p]

3 Cohens - Tightrope (2013) {Anzic}
EAC 1.0b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 275MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz

"The best jazz groups are made up of kindred spirits, but the rare family band has something more - an intuitive feel for each other that goes beyond words and gestures to a kind of bred-in-the-bone telepathy. The 3 Cohens are that sort of uncommon collective, a trio of siblings - tenor saxophonist/clarinetist Anat Cohen, trumpeter Avishai Cohen and soprano saxophonist Yuval Cohen - whose sense of improvisational interplay is both uncannily fluent and wonderfully, infectiously warm. In Tightrope the group digs deep to explore this connection in an unaccompanied setting. Stellar guests Fred Hersch, Christian McBride and Jonathan Blake individually add their voices to the conversation."

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