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Houston Person - I'm Just a Lucky So and So (2019) Music

Posted by Domestos at Dec. 22, 2021

Perhaps tenor saxophonist Houston Person is indeed A Lucky So and So, as he professes on his newly recorded album of that name, but it has taken far more than luck to sustain a long and successful career that spans more than half a century and numbers more than sixty albums as leader of his own groups. Person's "luck," such as it is, has been bolstered by his remarkable ability to connect with listeners—call it charisma or whatever you will—while settling chameleon-like into almost any company or framework.

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David Preston - Purple / Black (Vol. 2) (2024) Music

Posted by Fizzpop at Oct. 1, 2024

This album is a companion to David Preston’s 2023 debut under his own name: a set of recordings that confounded expectations as much as they delighted audiences. He went into the studio with a coherent set of compositions that focused on texture and mood as much as improvisational virtuosity, and a band of front-rank players whose ability to work outside the confines of genre matched his own. The sessions were so productive that they yielded two albums worth of material, of which this is the second. Like its predecessor, Purple/Black Volume 2 combines the unique talents of Kit Downes, Kevin Glasgow and Seb Rochford into an intuitively coherent unit that explores the carefully crafted material in a way that impresses with its focus and control as much as with its spontaneity. The result is an album that combines the directness and accessibility of mainstream popular music forms with the depth and subtlety of jazz.

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Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain (1959) {2CD Set, 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition rel 2009} Music

Posted by ruskaval at Nov. 16, 2020

Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain (1959) {2CD Set, 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition rel 2009}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 570 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 276 Mb
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© 1959, 2009 Columbia / Legacy / Sony Music | 88697 43949 2
Jazz / Modal Music / Cool / Trumpet

As most readers familiar with Miles Davis' music will know, `Sketches of Spain' recorded in 1959-60 was his third and final collaborative project with orchestral arranger Gil Evans. The original album release, distilled from the recording sessions, explored the musical styles of the Iberian Peninsula and has a distinctive feel quite different from Miles' other work: listeners familiar with classical music who never previously connected with jazz often found SoS to be an accessible gateway to other innovative jazz compositions of the era.

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Dave Harrington - Skull Dream (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/48] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 10, 2024

Dave Harrington - Skull Dream (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 38:32 minutes | 418 MB
Contemporary Jazz, Modern Creative | Label: Many Hats Distribution, Official Digital Download

On his first solo billing in six years, the guitarist—a member of Darkside and Taper’s Choice—bids farewell to NYC. These patient, wistful explorations are heavy on both melody and collaborative spirit.

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Dave Harrington - Skull Dream (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/48] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 10, 2024

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Gauthier Toux Trio - The Biggest Steps (2022) Music

Posted by delpotro at Sept. 13, 2022

Gauthier Toux was, not long ago, a promising young artist. And here he is today, at barely 28 years old, knocking on the door of the big league, joining without any fuss the small world of those with whom we will have to count from now on.

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Tohpati Ethnomission - Mata Hati (2017) Music

Posted by Pisulik at March 10, 2017

For those of you who haven't forgotten Tohpati's electrifying emergence as a freshman bandleader in 2010 catapulting onto the global stage with the critically acclaimed initial offering of Tohpati Ethnomission, "Save The Planet" "Mata Hati" will come as a most welcomed follow-up. Although six years is a lengthy gap between recordings, it is obvious that the players involved have been doing anything but resting. On the contrary, the proceedings are highlighted by a vibrant, cohesive group dynamic where powerful individual performances are subtlety interwoven into the exotic fabrics of its nine acute, ambitious and amazingly diverse musical tapestries. The power and authority of its improvisational content doesn't steal the show, but works as a perfect compliment to the ingenious underlying framework; this is truly a group effort, and a most potent delivery.

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Gao Hong & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde - Alondra (2024) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Feb. 20, 2024

Gao Hong & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde - Alondra (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 40:46 minutes | 369 MB
World | Label: ARC Music, Official Digital Download

Alondra – the latest collaborative album from Chinese Pipa Master Gao Hong and featuring renowned Flamenco guitarist Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde – will see its global release on February 23rd, 2024.

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Gao Hong & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde - Alondra (2024) Music

Posted by delpotro at Feb. 23, 2024

Gao Hong & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde - Alondra (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 179 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 97 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:40:46
World | Label: ARC Music

Alondra – the latest collaborative album from Chinese Pipa Master Gao Hong and featuring renowned Flamenco guitarist Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde – will see its global release on February 23rd, 2024.

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Mick Karn - More Better Different (2002) {2016 Kscope label digipak CD edition KSCOPE416} Music

Posted by ruskaval at March 17, 2018

Mick Karn - More Better Different (2002) {2016 Kscope label digipak CD edition KSCOPE416}
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© 2002, 2016 Kscope / Mick Karn | KSCOPE416
Rock / Experimental / Art Rock / Electronic

Kscope label digipak CD edition of the sixth solo album from Mick Karn (originally released on the Invisible Hands label in 2004). More Better Different sees Karn utilising guitars, clarinet, samples and spoken word in nine mood pieces, which swing from the winningly funky The Jump to the cinematic noodling of The End Gag to the wah guitar and 80's sci-fi soundtrack stylings of Atyan B-Boot.

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