Soul Bossa Trio - A Taste of Soul Bossa (1994) Hi-Res

 

Artist: Soul Bossa Trio
Title: A Taste Of Soul Bossa
Year: ℗ 1994 Bomba Recordings /  © 2022 99 Records
Genre: Bossa Nova / Latin Jazz / Acid Jazz
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1. Sally
2. Mambo Parisienne
3. Love For Sale
4. Bâyu-Bâyu
5. Vacaciones En Salvador
6. Green Peppers
7. Touch Of Your Eyes
8. A Bit Tricky
9. Hey, Look At You

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Rafael Martini, Antonio Loureiro - Ressonância (2022) Hi-Res

 

Artist: Rafael Martini / Antonio Loureiro
Title: Ressonância
Year Of Release: 2022 Antonio Loureiro e Rafael Martini [dist. Tratore]
Genre: Brazilian Jazz
Quality: Hi-Res / 24bit-48 KHz

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1. Universo
2. Aldeia Coração
3. Pêndulo
4. Imaginário
5. Sentimento
6. Canção Da Voz
7. Choro Pra Próxima Vida
8. Vórtice

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Composer and multi-instrumentalist Antonio Loureiro releases a new project in collaborative with Rafael Martini, entitled Ressonância. The 8-track offering features originals and covers, masterfully interpreted by these celebrated improvisers of Brazilian Jazz!

Bocato - Bocato Jazz Experience (2022) Hi-Res

 

Artist: Bocato
Title: Bocato Jazz Experience 2022
Year: ℗ 2022 Bocato [dist. Tratore]
Genre: Jazz
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1. Lockdown
2. Humilhação Em Americana
3. Escravidão Pelo Medo
4. Na Chapada
5. Ananda
6. Refugiados
7. Amordaçados
8. Povo Submisso
9. Baile Dos Mascarados
10. Fake News
11. Dulce Maria

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O mais recente trabalho do trombonista Bocato, o álbum Bocato Jazz Experience 2022, é composto por 11 faixas inéditas que se costuram numa profunda experiência sonora eletroacústica. Bocato conversa com o fazer musical contemporâneo e ousa voos na música eletrônica e os instrumentos convencionais ganham novos timbres e características digitais.

Allan Hirt - Moving Forward (2022) Hi-Res

 

Artist: Allan Hirt
Title: Moving Forward
Year: 2022 Megahirtz
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Hi-Res / 24bit-96 KHz

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1. Whisper Not
2. Bump/Cissy Strut
3. The Long Goodbye
4. 'Round Midnight
5. Beautiful Dancer
6. Moving Forward
7. Footprints (Tenor Version)
8. Steppin' Out
9. Hot 'N Spicy
10. Cherokee
11. Working Man
12. Footprints (Bari Version)

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Boston-based, Philadelphia-raised bassist, composer, and arranger Allan Hirt takes listeners on a musical journey with his first solo album. From straight-ahead, Latin, and ballads to funk and jazzed up rock classics, there is something for everyone. After years of being away from the studio and being a sideman along with a milestone birthday, Allan wanted to capture where he is today musically with the feel of a live band. Moving Forward reflects his diverse influences, big band sensibilities, and the fun the band had making it.

Caleb Wheeler Curtis - Heatmap (2022) Hi-Res

 

Artist: Caleb Wheeler Curtis
Title: Heatmap
Year: ℗© 2022 Imani Records
Genre: Jazz
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1. Heatmap
2. Tossed Aside
3. Surrounding
4. Limestone
5. Splinters
6. Trees for the Forest
7. Trembling
8. Whisperchant
9. C(o)urses
10. Spheres

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Personnel: Caleb Wheeler Curtis – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, compositions; Orrin Evans – piano; Eric Revis – bass; Gerald Cleaver – drums >>>>>>> In simple layman’s terms, a heatmap is a way to show where the action is happening. If one were to represent the levels of communication, interplay and chemistry on Heatmap, the brilliant new album from saxophonist/composer Caleb Wheeler Curtis, the image would glow a consistent bright red. But take into account the range of dynamics, the span between explosive improvisation and sparse atmospherics, and you’d end up with a full spectrum of vibrant colors. Which should come as no surprise given the individual voices and shared histories of a quartet that teams Curtis with pianist Orrin Evans, bassist Eric Revis, and drummer Gerald Cleaver. Due out July 15, 2022 via Evans’ Imani Records imprint, Heatmap is another bold step forward for Curtis, who has released two previous albums as a leader on Imani – Brothers (2018) and Ain’t No Storm (2021). It’s also another example of the way he thrives on collaboration while fiercely retaining his individual vision. That aspect has been showcased on collective projects like the trio Ember, which recorded last year’s No One Is Any One with Evans as special guest; and the ensemble Walking Distance, whose 2018 album Freebird featured pianist Jason Moran and was acclaimed as one of the year’s best jazz albums by the New York Times, among other plaudits. Curtis composed the music for Heatmap amidst the natural splendor of the prestigious MacDowell Colony, where he enjoyed a four-week artist residency in 2021. Whether it was the inspirational setting, the solitude or simply his own instincts, Curtis emerged with a set of music that leaves ample space for the album’s remarkable improvisers to explore and invent. “Part of that was just recognizing that I like music with space in it,” Curtis says. “It's easy to get wrapped up in the idea of throwing everything at the wall, which – in theory – sounds bigger and more confident. But I wanted to appreciate the sound of the music in the air. You can hear the detail in the playing, and really hear the musicians as people. And I’m working with three singular musicians whose playing has real weight.” Heatmap represents Curtis’ latest venture into what he jokingly refers to as “the Orrin Evans extended universe.” The connection began through the Philly-based pianist’s Captain Black Big Band, with Curtis appearing on both of the band’s Grammy-nominated albums, Presence and The Intangible Between. He also performs on Evans’ 2016 release #knowingishalfthebattle alongside Kurt Rosenwinkel and Kevin Eubanks, among others. That connection led Curtis to Eric Revis. The renowned bassist shares a storied history with Evans, including the collective trio Tarbaby with drummer Nasheet Waits. Revis shared bass duties with Luques Curtis on Caleb’s Brothers and expressed his interest in working more extensively with the saxophonist. Revis and Gerald Cleaver have collaborated in the bassist’s own trio as well as that of pianist Aruán Ortiz, though the drummer has not crossed paths often with Evans, making for a thrilling new hook-up fueled by the underlying web of connections. The full range of hues is on display from the outset on the album’s title track, which begins with Evans’ alluring and mysterious solo piano, soon accented by Cleaver’s chattering cymbals; the tune builds in intensity and combustibility as the quartet engages in richly layered collective improvisation, culminating in Curtis’ muscular, sharp-angled melody. Each piece hints at its essential character in its title, a sensation or impression that is at the core of the minimal yet vivid ideas that the composer uses to spark the band. “Tossed Aside” self-deprecatingly references the insinuating, deceptively casual melody that ambles through the airy, floating rhythms. The Ornette Coleman-esque “Surrounding” is agitated and enveloping, while “Limestone” proceeds with the crawling pace and imposing force of erosion at work on a primeval foundation. “Splinters” abounds with thrusting barbs and piercing shards where “Trees for the Forest” luxuriates in the awe-inspiring beauty of towering trees, seeming to float in a fog-shrouded forest canopy. Motion and action shape many of the pieces on Heatmap – witness the way that Cleaver’s rumbling percussion threatens to shake loose his bandmates throughout “Trembling,” or closer “Spheres” revolves and rotates: circles within spirals, orbits and meshing gears. Then there’s the stark contrast between the hushed and elusive “Whisperchant” side by side with the wild, cathartic outbursts and eruptions of “C(o)urses.” “Heatmap is about the search for an essence,” Curtis concludes. “The construction of the music may be interesting, the concepts may be of deep conviction, the architecture may be important - but ultimately, the sound and its various qualities of timbre, texture and dynamics are what give this music its intimacy and vitality. The action is here – in the making of the music.”

Lee Konitz - All That Jazz, Vol. 83: Lee Konitz & Friends (2017) Hi-Res

 

Artist: Lee Konitz
Title: All That Jazz, Vol. 83: Lee Konitz & Friends
Year: ℗© 2017 Jube Legends
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Hi-Res / 24bit-48 KHz

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1. Subconscious-Lee
2. Progression
3. Retrospection
4. Judy
5. Marshmallow
6. Fishin' Around
7. Tautology
8. Sound-Lee
9. Rebecca
10. You Go to My Head
11. Ice Cream Konitz
12. Palo Alto
13. Crosscurrent
14. Intuition
15. Sax Of A Kind
16. Digression
17. Too Marvelous For Words

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He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz’s association with the cool jazz movement of the 1940s and 1950s includes participation in Miles Davis’s Birth of the Cool sessions and his work with pianist Lennie Tristano. He was one of relatively few alto saxophonists of this era to retain a distinctive style, when Charlie Parker exerted a massive influence. Like other students of Tristano, Konitz improvised long, melodic lines with the rhythmic interest coming from odd accents, or odd note groupings suggestive of the imposition of one time signature over another. Other saxophonists were strongly influenced by Konitz, such as Paul Desmond and Art Pepper. He died during the COVID-19 pandemic due to complications brought on by the disease. This collection of recordings by legendary alto saxophonist Lee Konitz highlights his unique approach to melody and rhythm and pays homage to his longtime collaborator and mentor, pianist Lennie Tristano. Collected here are some of Konitz’s best-loved compositions, including Subconscious-Lee, Ice Cream Konitz and Palo Alto, paired with his take on standards such as You Go to My Head and Too Marvellous for Words.

Cole Porter - Essential Classics, Vol. 44: Cole Porter (2022) Flac

 

Artist: Cole Porter
Title: Essential Classics, Vol. 44: Cole Porter
Year: ℗© 2022 Essential Classics Ltd.
Genre: Jazz / Oldies / Soundtrack
Quality: FLAC 16-bit / 44.1kHz

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1. Anything Goes
2. Night And Day
3. I Love Paris
4. So In Love
5. You're The Top
6. What Is This Thing Called Love
7. C'est Magnifique
8. It's Alright With Me
9. Be like The Bluebird
10. I'm A Gigolo
11. True Love
12. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
13. Begin The Beguine
14. Wunderbar
15. Thank You So Much, Mrs. Lowsborough-Goodbye
16. 2 Little Babes In The Wood Two Little Babes In The Wood
17. Never Give Anything Away
18. Live And Let Live
19. Her Heart Was In Her Work
20. Everybodee Who's Anybodee

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Cole Porter was born the grandson of wealthy Indiana entrepreneur J.O. Cole and demonstrated musical talent from an early age. Porter entered Yale in 1913, joined the glee club and composed fight songs, some of which are still sung at Yale today. Porter's attempt to make it through Harvard Law School proved disappointing, and by 1916 he was in New York trying out his first Broadway show, which closed after only 15 performances. Porter would soon follow it with yet more failures. In 1917 Cole Porter move to Paris and lived there for much of the 1920s. Though bisexual, in 1919 Porter married, and in 1923 composed his only large-scale "serious" work, the ballet Within the Quota, a piece that anticipated the symphonic jazz genre. In Paris, Porter met songwriter and producer E. Ray Goetz, brother-in-law of Irving Berlin. The first show they wrote together, Paris (1928), finally broke Porter's long losing streak and provided him with his first hit song, "(Let's Do It) Let's Fall in Love." Porter's next production, Fifty Million Frenchman (1929), was a smash and established his reputation. For this show Porter provided both lyrics and music, which would remain his working method for the rest of his career. Throughout the 1930s Porter maintained a steady stream of Broadway successes, including The Gay Divorce (1932), Anything Goes (1934), Jubilee (1935), and Red, Hot and Blue (1936). Many of the songs for which Porter is best known were written for these productions, such as "Night and Day," "Begin the Beguine," "You're the Top," and "I Get a Kick Out of You." In 1937 Porter was injured in a riding accident, which resulted in the loss of a leg. For Porter this was a devastating setback and it resulted in his withdrawal from the active social life he had previously known. Nonetheless, Porter enjoyed his greatest Broadway successes afterward, with Du Barry Was a Lady (1939), Panama Hattie (1942), and Kiss Me, Kate (1948), which broke all standing box-office records with an unheard of 1,077 performances. Porter also wrote for motion pictures and lived for many years in Hollywood. With the death of his wife in 1954 Porter began to slow down, and when he lost his other leg in 1958 Porter stopped writing altogether, living out his remaining years in seclusion. Cole Porter was an enormously prolific songwriter; a published collection of his lyrics contains words for more than 800 songs.

Buddy Rich - The Classic Collaborations (2022) Flac

 

Artist: Buddy Rich
Title: The Classic Collaborations
Year: © 2022 Enlightenment
Genre: Jazz
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1. Let's Fall In Love
2. Me And My Jaguar
3. Just Blues
4. Sweets' Opus No. 1
5. Strike It Rich
6. Sportin' Life (a.k.a. Sweetie Pie)
7. Sonny And Sweets
8. Willow Weep For Me
9. The Two Mothers
10. Yellow Rose Of Brooklyn
11. Easy Does It
12. All Sweets
13. Nice Work If You Can Get It
14. Barney's Bugle
15. Now's The Time
16. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
17. Back To The Land
18. I've Found A New Baby
19. I Cover The Waterfront
20. Somebody Loves Me
21. I Want To Be Happy
22. The Man I Love
23. Mean To Me
24. Peg O' My Heart
25. Buddy's Blues
26. Bernie's Tunes
27. Gene's Blues
28. Sweethearts On Parade
29. I Never Knew
30. What Is This Thing Called Love
31. I'll Never Be the Same
32. Makin' Whoopee
33. Hallelujah
34. Perdido
35. More Than You Know
36. How High The Moon
37. Lover, Come Back To Me
38. Topsy
39. Undecided
40. Broadway
41. Jumpin' At The Woodside
42. Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing)
43. The Casbah
44. Sleep
45. Figure Eights
46. Yesterdays
47. Big Foot
48. Limehouse Blues
49. Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye
50. Jumpin' At The Woodside
51. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
52. Duet
53. Night Train
54. King Porter Stomp
55. Perdido
56. Evolution
57. Hawaian War Chant

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American jazz drummer and bandleader Buddy Rich, born September 1917, is still considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he discovered his affinity for jazz music at a young age and began drumming at two years old! He began playing jazz in 1937, working with acts such as Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, and Harry James. From 1942 to 1944, Rich served in the U.S. Marines. From 1945 to 1948, he led the Buddy Rich Orchestra. In 1966, he recorded a big-band style arrangement of songs from West Side Story. He found lasting success in 1966 with the formation of the Buddy Rich Big Band, also billed as the Buddy Rich Band and The Big Band Machine. Rich was known for his virtuoso technique, power, and speed.] He was an advocate of the traditional grip, though he occasionally used matched grip when playing the toms. Despite his commercial success and musical talent, Rich never learned how to read sheet music, preferring to listen to drum parts and play them from memory. Since Rich's death, a number of memorial concerts have been held. In 1994, the Rich tribute album Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich was released. Produced by Rush drummer/lyricist Neil Peart, the album features performances of Rich staples by a number of jazz and rock drummers such as Joe Morello, Steve Gadd, Max Roach, Billy Cobham, Dave Weckl, Simon Phillips, Steve Smith and Peart, accompanied by the Buddy Rich Big Band. A second volume was issued in 1997. Phil Collins was featured in a DVD tribute organized by Rich's daughter, A Salute to Buddy Rich, which included Steve Smith and Dennis Chambers.

Jean-Luc Ponty - Sunday Walk (1967) Hi-Res

 

Artist: Jean-Luc Ponty
Title: Sunday Walk (Remastered)
Year: ℗© 1971 - 2022 MPS Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Hi-Res / 24bit-88.2kHz | FLAC 24-bit / 192kH

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1. Sunday Walk
2. Carol's Garden
3. Cat Coach
4. You've Changed
5. Suite Аor Claudia

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Bass – Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen; Drums – Daniel Humair; piano – Wolfgang Dauner; violin – Jean-Luc Ponty >>>>>>> Although there were two earlier dates led by violinist Jean-Luc Ponty (for Palm in 1963 and Philips in 1964), this was the first album to get much circulation. Originally recorded for the German Saba label and made available in the U.S. on this Pausa LP, Ponty is heard performing in a quartet also including pianist Wolfgang Dauner, bassist Niels Pedersen and drummer Daniel Humair. The music, much more straight-ahead than Ponty's output of the 1970s, is quite advanced, looking toward John Coltrane at times. In addition to "You've Changed" (one of the few standards ever recorded by the violinist), the band performs Denny Zeitlin's "Carole's Gordon" and three group compositions, including Ponty's "Suite for Claudia." Already at this time, Jean-Luc Ponty was a highly original and brilliant player. >>>>>>> Legendary drummer Kenny Clarke compared Jean-Luc Ponty to Dizzy Gillespie. Fellow violinist Stuff Smith marveled, “He plays violin like Coltrane plays saxophone.” Born in 1942, the French violinist transported jazz violin playing into the world of modern jazz. On Frank Zappa’s urging, Ponty moved to the States in 1970. Over the next years he toured with Zappa, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Chick Corea’s “Return to Forever”. On the 1967 Sunday Walk the band saunters through two blues, a waltz, and a standard before reaching Suite for Claudia which begins at a blistering pace with Ponty’s saxophone-like “brilliance and fire” playing. It then settles into a medium swing groove with Wolfgang Dauner’s infectious piano play followed by a smoldering Ponty. Daniel Humair’s crisp drum solo segues into a heart-felt waltz. After all, this was written for Ponty’s wife. Ponty is here with a group of Europe’s finest at their youthful best. The way they play, it’s all a walk in the park. >>>>>>> "This is the pre-prog, unplugged Ponty, which may or may not be your cup of pomegranate tea. I bought a used copy of this years ago, loaned it to someone, never got it back and never really cared. I’ve always felt it was a mixed success, maybe because the idea of a jazz violin seemed revolutionary at the time and yet the bebop arrangements of Sunday Walk were anything but. I guess it’s a new wine in an old wineskin kind of a thing, he wrote, further confounding readers with one of the more obscure parables. In a year or two, this music would be trumped by King Kong anyway. The album has been released many times over the years (I would take the discographical data below with a few grains of salt), often credited to The Jean-Luc Ponty Quartet, which has more to do with loose licensing than popular demand. The supporting players are solid, if a little academic in their approach; jazz always seemed like some pickled curio in the mouth of Europe, but that may be my personal bias. I suppose I could point out individual tracks in the interest of providing some value today, although I honestly don’t have any “favorites” on here. The closing “Suite For Claudia” is at least pretty, and the opening “Sunday Walk” is exciting. (There, I can check off an imaginary checkbox that says “discussed individual songs” next to it.) If I seem uninspired today, Ponty’s probably not to blame. I’m not a big fan of bop; it all sounds the same to me, and the existence of vexing offspring (hardbop, postbop) makes me feel like I’m on the outside of something important looking in. The music on Sunday Walk probably sounded fresh in 1967, but the moment you say something is “fresh,” it isn’t. (Oddly, this rule also seems to apply to packaged salads and most of your vegetables except for potatoes and the hard squashes.)"

George Lernis Feat. John Patitucci - Between Two Worlds (2022) Flac

 

Artist: George Lernis Feat. John Patitucci
Title: Between Two Worlds
Year: ℗ 2022 George Lernis
Genre: Jazz / World
Quality: FLAC 16-bit / 44.1kHz

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1. Prayer
2. The Passage
3. Sailing Beyond
4. Between Two Worlds (Origins)
5. Between Two Worlds (Zikir)
6. Interlude
7. Between Two Worlds (Arrival)
8. Kalinihta (Goodnight)

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George Lernis, drums, percussion; Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, piano, voice, oud; John Patitucci, acoustic and electric bass; Bruno Raberg, acoustic bass; Burcu Güleç, voice; Emiel de Jaegher, trumpet >>>>>>> Drummer, percussionist and composer George Lernis presents a musical allegory of his journey from Cyprus to America. The album was recorded with the participation of jazz icon John Patitucci.

Gal Costa - Rio Revisited (1986) Flac

 

Artist: Gal Costa
Title: Rio Revisited
Year: ℗© 1986-2008 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Genre: Jazz
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1. Gal Costa - One Note Samba
2. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Desafinado
3. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Agua De Beber
4. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Dindi
5. Gal Costa - Wave
6. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Chega De Saudade
7. Gal Costa - Two Kites
8. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Samba De Soho
9. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Sabia
10. Gal Costa - Samba Do Aviao
11. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Aguas De Marco
12. Gal Costa - Corcovado

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Antonio Carlos Jobim - piano, vocals; Gal Costa - vocals >>>>>>> Recorded at a video taping in the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles as part of the Jazzvisions series, this was Jobim's live act shortly after he resumed touring in the mid-'80s. At the time, Jobim struck an avuncular, almost casually anti-show-business presence seated before a grand piano, presiding over a large ensemble composed of friends and family, singing in his endearingly rough, now-threadbare voice. Some of the performances here are little more than pro-forma run-throughs of standard Jobim oldies but things perk up when Jobim digs into some lesser-known compositions like his "Song of the Jet" and son Paulo's catchy "Samba do Soho." In any case, the material is always superb and the cool-voiced, always in-pitch Brazilian singer Gal Costa turns up on a few numbers.

Dutch Jazz Collective - Generations (2022) Hi-Res

 

Artist: Dutch Jazz Collective
Title: Generations
Year: © 2022 ZenneZ Records
Genre: Jazz
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1. Malcolm Part I & II
2. Aboriginal Blues
3. Song For Silver
4. Catatonics
5. Mucho Más
6. Westkreuz
7. Neral
8. Leave Me Alone
9. Consultation

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The Dutch Jazz Collective is a big band that embodies the best of ‘young jazz cats’ from the cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Generations is their smashing debut, featuring guests Benjamin Herman on saxophone and Jan van Duikeren on trumpet. The Dutch Jazz Collective performs compositions by the fore mentioned Herman and Van Duikeren, as well as from their own band members and ‘good old’ jazz teacher Ab Schaap. This way work from three generations of Dutch jazz composers is being recorded.

Bennink / Gjerstad - Han & Frode (2009) Flac

 

Artist: Bennink / Gjerstad
Title: Han & Frode
Year: © 2009 Cadence Jazz Records
Genre: Free Jazz / Free Improvisation
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2. Inderøy part 2
3. Inderøy part 3
4. Inderøy part 4
5. Inderøy part 5
6. Inderøy part 6

 

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Drums, Percussion – Han Bennink; Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Clarinet [Bb] – Frode Gjerstad >>>>>>> Il bello dell'improvvisazione è che basta "poco". Un sax e un clarinetto, una batteria, due come Frode Gjerstad e Han Bennink, una serata primaverile in riva a un fiordo [...Scandinavia da cartolina...], un registratore acceso e un'etichetta disposta a pubblicare il tutto. Che altro... Ah, sì, la fatidica scintilla. E quella scatta o non scatta, soprattutto in situazioni inedite. Già, perchè Frode e Han prima del 2007, strano a dirsi per due giramondo tanto prolifici, non avevano mai calpestato lo stesso palco. Poi l'invito a suonare insieme arrivato dal MaiJazz di Stavanger [Norvegia], e, un anno dopo, il breve tour nella terra che fu dei vichinghi, culminato nel concerto al Nills Aas Museum di Inderoy [sempre Norvegia, in riva al succitato fiordo], finito su disco grazie alla Cadence Jazz Records. Dicevamo qualche riga sopra della fatidica scintilla. Beh, ci sarebbe stato da stupirsi se tra Frode il norvegese e Han l'olandese non fosse scattata. E non tanto per la comprovata "affidabilità" dei due, ma per una particolare virtù che li accomuna al di là di ogni considerazione squisitamente musicale: la generosità. Generosità intesa come totale devozione e dedizione all'arte dell'improvvisare, che poi si traduce in un continuo mettersi e rimettersi in discussione [musicalmente e umanamente], in un concedersi senza riserve, in una profonda predisposizione al confronto. Insomma, questione di attitudine, questione di cuore verrebbe da dire, lo stesso che batte nel drumming proteiforme di Bennink e lo stesso che palpita nei soli strazianti di Gjerstad. Il confronto è serrato, trascinante, a tratti entusiasmante; musica d'impatto, energica, (ri)bollente. ~ AAJ Italy Staff

Anteloper - Pink Dolphins (2022) Hi-Res

 

Artist: Anteloper
Title: Pink Dolphins
Year: © 2022 rings
Genre: Jazz / Psychedelic / Space
Quality: Hi-Res / 24bit-44.1 KHz

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1. Inia
2. Delfin Rosado
3. Earthlings
4. Baby Bota Halloceanation
5. One Living Genus

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jaimie branch - trumpet, electronics, percussion, vocals; Jason Nazary - drums, synths; Jeff Parker - guitar, bass guitar, percussion, Korg MS-20; Chad Taylor - mbira (track 2) >>>>>>> It's not exactly clear where Chicago duo Anteloper is headed on their third release, or what path on their electro-psychedelic improvisational journey they're taking to get there, but the trip itself is proving to be a blast. While there are once again elements of jazz, post-rock, krautrock, fractured electronica, and a general potpourri of "let's try something" musical styles here, Pink Dolphins is aggressively genre-agnostic, blithely combining sonic signatures in a wooly, loose-limbed fashion that feels like the result of a large group of improvisers. Anteloper is still just Jaimie Branch and Jason Nazary (along with, on this album, producer Jeff Parker [Tortoise]) and the two are still doing exactly whatever the hell occurs to them. The result is an album that stretches in all directions, combining experimentation with a groove-oriented rootedness which makes the whole affair very, very fun. From the record's start—"Inia," a magnificent collision between bleepy-bloopy electronics and psychedelic trumpets—it's clear that Branch and Nazary are traveling the spaceways, pushing themselves and the listener into uncharted territories of sound that are both organically improvised and mercilessly manipulated. The vocals that pop up on "Earthlings" are something of a surprise for this largely instrumental project, but Branch's voice is less about singing and more about vibe-maintenance. “I was lightly tripping on LSD and checking out Jeff’s loop when the melody came to me,” she says, and that definitely checks out with the song's trippy impression. That un-fussy approach to improvisation is what makes Pink Dolphins such an appealing listen. Most of the tracks are rooted in subtle, elongated iterations on melody and groove, and sometimes the changes that the duo works through are inscrutable in the moment but clearer when taking a wider view. The result is a fuzzily prismatic record that is absolutely unafraid to wander around in its own mind for a while. That said, "tight" is absolutely not an adjective that could be applied to any of these tracks; the briefest song here is "Baby Bota Halloceanation," a four-minute blast wound around a dense, syncopated rhythm and some blistering trumpet work. The rest of the album is similar to a cut like the eight-minute "Earthlings," which just kinda forgets where it is about halfway through, leaving just the bass groove and loop. However, album closer "One Living Genus" is unapologetically shaggy. Clocking in at nearly 15 minutes, the cut is front-loaded with its best, most mind-expanding sounds, leaving the last five minutes to simply fade into the ether. To be clear, these observations are not critiques, as the after-echoes of their sounds are as important as their primary impact, giving each of the cuts a full presence that's a little unwieldy but an absolute joy to listen to. Anteloper is making defiantly psychedelic music that's unbound by either genre or structural formality, and one hopes they never decide that they need to start following the rules. © Jason Ferguson/Qobuz

Golden Slumbers: A Father's Lullaby (2002) Flac

 

Artist: VA
Title: Golden Slumbers: A Father's Lullaby
Year: ℗© 2002 Rendezvous Entertainment, LLC
Genre: Jazz / Smooth Jazz
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1. Blackbird - Featuring Dave Koz And Jeff Koz
2. Isn't She Lovely - Featuring John Stoddart
3. Charlotte's Song - Featuring Peter White
4. Brahms' Lullaby - Featuring Brian Culbertson
5. You'll Be In My Heart (Kala's Lullaby) - Featuring Steve Kujala, Grant Geissman, And Brad Cole
6. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - Featuring Dave Koz And Jeff Koz
7. When You Wish Upon A Star - Featuring David Benoit
8. Hush Little Baby - featuring Bruce Watson
9. Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Featuring Rick Braun
10. Lullaby For Isabella - Featuring Dave Koz And Jeff Koz
11. Afro Cuban Lullaby - Featuring Bruce Watson
12. All The Pretty Horses/Scarborough Fair - Featuring Grant Geissman And Brad Cole
13. You Can Close Your Eyes - Featuring Norman Brown
14. Golden Slumber - Featuring Dave Koz And Jeff Koz

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Take that, snobby straight-ahead jazz purists! Finally, the elite of smooth jazz have put together a project where it would be a compliment to hear that it put you to sleep -- or rather, your children. The mastermind of saxman Dave Koz and his brother, Jeff Koz, and the first release from Koz's Rendezvous Entertainment, this beautifully conceived and crafted recording has two modes: slow and slower. But that's intentional, as many of the genre's new dads (Peter White, Rick Braun, David Benoit) find quietly eloquent ways to lull their babes to sleep via their primary instruments. Some, like Benoit ("When You Wish Upon a Star") and Braun ("Somewhere Over the Rainbow"), pick the tried and true, while others, like White, write their own classic (the graceful, mystical "Charlotte's Song"). The Koz boys also contribute a new piece and bookend the project with soft-hearted soprano sax-driven takes on Beatles classics, including the title track. Perhaps the most unexpected treat is the fairy dusty take on Phil Collins' "You'll Be in My Heart" by flutist Steve Kujala and acoustic guitarist Grant Geissman. Others participating in the brigade of happy dads (and those who play music for and like dads) are Norman Brown, Brian Culbertson, Bruce Watson, and Brad Cole. Parents will be dreaming sweet long after the child is off to slumberland.~Jonathan Widran

Guy Strazzullo Trio - The Riddle (1998) Flac

 

Artist: Guy Strazzullo Trio
Title: The Riddle
Year: © 1998 ABC Jazz
Genre: Jazz
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1. The Riddle
2. Blues For Russell
3. Twister
4. Let's Look
5. Creology
6. Biru
7. Artful Dodger
8. Drum Drum

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Guitar – Guy Strazzullo; Drums, Percussion – David Jones; Electric Bass – Steve Hunter >>>>>>> Guy Strazzullo aka Guy Strazz was born in Bari, Italy in a musical family. Guy received his early musical training from his mother and studied jazz at 14 at the Turin Conservatorium, and later with renowned guitarist George Adie in London, where he also became a professional musician at age 17. After moving to Australia and studying at the NSW Conservatorium, he eventually became the most broadcast jazz guitarist in Australia between 1992-2008 with albums on labels such as ABC jazz, Tall Poppies, Underscore and Rufus. Guy has performed with an impressive list of Australian and international luminaries in jazz and World music fusion, including Roger Frampton, Matt McMahon, Dale Barlow, Don Burrows, Sandy Evans, guitarists Slava Grigoryan, Mike Stern, Martin Taylor, and George Golla, singer Vince Jones, Andy Gander, Steve Hunter, David Jones, Miro Bukowski, indigenous didgeridoo players Mark Atkins and Matt Doyle, Japanese flute master Riley Lee, Italian bassist Furio Di Castri, Indonesian pianist Dwiki Darmawan, and Krakatau. Guy has studied with legendary jazz guitarists Pat Martino and Mike Stern, and has engaged in Indo-Jazz fusion since the early 90s, working with Pandit Ashok Roy, Grammy winner Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, and santoor master Sandip Chatterjee in Calcutta Express. Guy is a recipient of an Australian Independent Recording Jazz Nomination (AIR 2008), an Indie Acoustic Project “Runner Up” (USA 2006). Australia Council for the Arts Music Fellowship, a Jazz APRA Award, and two APRA Nominations. Other awards include a PhD Macquarie Research Excellence Scholarship and a UNICEF Thank You certificate for humanitarian work. Strazz has performed at major festivals and venues around the world and has released 10 albums as a leader featuring his compositions (Universal Music Publishing Australia). His current creative music collaborations include a new album with singer Anna Salleh, and Passionfruit Trio. Formal Studies/Research Creative PhD (Macquarie University) – the dissertation explored and challenged the perception, and function of improvisation in the context of performance and composition. Creative components: 1) Works exploring jazz-blues and Indian classical music aesthetics – Eastern Blues (Rufus 2012). 2) Silk Road double concerto for piano, guitar, and mixed contemporary ensemble listen to M2. M.Arts (UWS) (by research) Intercultural improvisation and composition. He is currently Head of Guitar at the Central Coast Conservatorium and senior lecturer in ethnomusicology and composition at Avondale College. His book “Modern Guitar Workbook” for guitar will be published on Indie Mosh this in 2019.

Elias Ransom - Luna Land (2022) Flac

 

Artist: Elias Ransom
Title: Luna Land
Year: © 2022 30 Mile Records
Genre: Vocal Jazz
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1. Introduction
2. Letters From Hermann
3. The Back Field
4. Time's The Only Thing
5. Luna Land Ballet (Movement I)
6. Luna Land Ballet (Movement II)
7. The Curtis Mansion
8. Mystery Of The Hollywood Phantom
9. Wendy The Witch
10. Themes From Luna's Wedding March

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Producers - Elias Ransom; Writers - Elias Ransom; Background Vocals - Luna Moreland; Mixing Engineer - Elias Ransom; Vocals - Elias Ransom

California Guitar Trio - On Tour With King Crimson (Live In Scottsdale) (2022) Flac

 

Artist: California Guitar Trio
Title: On Tour With King Crimson (Live In Scottsdale)
Year: ℗ 2022 California Guitar Trio
Genre: Jazz / Rock / Fusion
Quality: FLAC 16-bit / 44.1kHz

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1. Andromeda
2. Yamanashi Blues
3. Alva
4. Punta Patri
5. The Marsh
6. Echoes 

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Six-panel digisleeve. Recorded live at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, AZ, USA on August 7th 2021. Personnel — Bert Lams: guitar, Tom Griesgraber: chapman stick and Paul Richards: guitar. Due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions Hideyo Moriya was unable to travel from Japan to the USA and be part of the California Guitar Trio for their 2021 shows. Track 5 is a live cover of the Pink Floyd instrumental 'Echoes'

Bett Butler - Winter Lullaby Songs For The Christmas Child (2016) Flac

 

Artist: Bett Butler
Title: Winter Lullaby: Songs For The Christmas Child
Year: © 2016 Dragon Lady Records
Genre: Vocal Jazz
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1. Angels We Have Heard On High (Feat. Joel Dilley)
2. Are You Alone For Christmas Day (Feat. Joel Dilley)
3. No Place Like Home For Christmas (Feat. Joel Dilley)
4. Pat-A-Pan (Feat. Joel Dilley)
5. Gesu Bambino (Feat. Joel Dilley)
6. Cantique De Noël (O Holy Night) [Feat. Joel Dilley]
7. Someone’s Child
8. La Virgen Fue Lavandera (Feat. Joel Dilley)
9. Un Flambeau (Bring a Torch), Jeanette Isabella [Feat. Joel Dilley]
10. El Noi De la Mare (Feat. Joel Dilley)
11. Shine (Feat. Joel Dilley)
12. Winter Lullaby (Feat. Joel Dilley)

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In her eclectic fourth album, Bett Butler mixes originals with beloved holiday standards in multiple languages, many with her own English translations. Her bouncy bossa nova “Are You Alone for Christmas Day” recalls Astrid Gilberto and Stan Getz, with an elegant sax solo by Rene Saenz; and in “No Place Like Home for Christmas,” also featuring Saenz, Coltrane meets Clooney (Rosemary, not George). “Pat-a-Pan” veers firmly into Klezmer territory, and Butler’s four-octave range becomes a boys’ choir on “Gesu Bambino.” “O Holy Night” and “Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella” blend classical and jazz in intimate, lively chamber ensembles. Producer/arranger Joël Dilley sets the album’s title song “Winter Lullaby” in the kind of rhythmic and ethereal landscape familiar to fans of his Mandala Meditation Series, lushly underpinning the chorus: “Even angels have to sleep sometime, but they’re never far away.” Writes Austin music critic Michael Corcoran: “A true artist....Her forte is creating rich story songs…we have to call jazz because the right word hasn’t been invented.” In historic and culturally rich San Antonio, Texas, she co-owns Mandala Music Production with bassist/composer/ producer Joël Dilley, where they play fetch with their boxer Mingus and create music licensed for use on HBO, Discovery Channel, Cooking, Travel, and Playboy Channels, and more.

Bernie McGann - Solar (2009) Flac

 

Artist: Bernie McGann
Title: Solar
Year: © 2009 Rufus Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC 16-bit / 44.1kHz

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1. Birthday Blues
2. Spirit Song
3. D. Day
4. Blues For Pablo Too
5. Lover Man, Oh Where Can You Be?/Where Are You/My Old Flame
6. Salaam

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Acoustic Bass – Lloyd Swanton; Alto Saxophone – Bern McGann; Drums – John Pochee; Tenor Saxophone – Roger Manins; Trumpet – Warwick Alder >>>>>>> There are plenty of thrilling solar flairs in this complete live performance, recorded with energy and ecstatic crowd reactions intact. Who is the sergeant major who shouts "Yes! Yes sir!" through the second set? He is often at The Sound Lounge. On this special double CD you are too. When superb tenor saxophonist Roger Manins made one of his return trips from New Zealand to Sydney, his second home, he was asked if he wanted to play as guest with the great Bernie McGann Quartet. ‘Bernie is my hero’, he replied. And both saxophonists are right up there throughout this performance. Their solos are tough, fiery and inventive and their overlapping lines are like heated conversations. And so is the superb rhythm team of bassist Lloyd Swanton and drummer John Pochée up there. Free, interactive, erupting in all the right places, pulsing and driving at all times: a curious pairing of personalities who have given us some of the most exciting music of the past twenty years. This is also some of the very best of trumpeter Warwick Alder on record. His flying runs, high torrid repetitions and surprise skips and jabs are deployed with a feverish edge. There are some great McGann tunes and everything you could want from a live jazz performance: the McGann originals - Birthday Blues, Spirit Song, D. Day, Blues for Pablo Too and Salaam - and a Ballad Medley - Lover Man (Oh, where can you be?) Jimmy Davis, Roger ‘Ram’ Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman, Where are you? Jimmy McHugh, My Old Flame Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow.

Emily Mazzella - Awakening (2022) Flac

 

Artist: Emily Mazzella
Title: Awakening
Year: ℗© 2022 Emily Mazzella
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC 16-bit / 44.1kHz

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1. Awakening
2. Freddie Freeloader
3. Lady Bird
4. Don't Explain
5. Giant Steps
6. Body And Soul
7. Yesterdays
8. Only Love Can Say
9. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
10. Visions 

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Victor Le Masne - May 20th (2022) Hi-Res

 

Artist: Victor Le Masne
Title: May 20th
Year: ℗© 2022 Chien Bleu
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Hi-Res / 24bit-44.1 KHz

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1. Waiting For Ezra Pt.1
2. Waiting For Ezra Pt.2
3. Waiting For Ezra Pt.3
4. 1956
5. DoDo (Pt. 1)
6. DoDo (Pt. 2)
7. Cycles

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Victor Le Masne, the ex-drummer of Housse de Racket, releases his second solo album May 20th, alongside producer Bastien Doremus. The album moves away from Le Masne's previous pop and electro-inspired works toward jazz, recruiting Adrien Soleiman on saxophone and synthesizer, Adrian Edeline on guitar, Maxime Daoud on bass and Moog and by Louis Delorme on drums.