Acoustic Sounds

Hampton Hawes, Harold Land, Scott LaFaro & Frank Butler - For Real! (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series) (1961/2024)

Hampton Hawes, Harold Land, Scott LaFaro & Frank Butler - For Real! (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series) (Remastered) (1961/2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 260 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 106 Mb | 00:45:50
Jazz, Hard Bop | Label: Craft Recordings

Hampton Hawes, “For Real!” was recorded in 1958 but not released on the Contemporary Records label until 1961. Featuring Hawes (piano) alongside Harold Land (tenor sax), Scott LaFaro (bass) and Frank Butler (drums) the album incudes a mixture of both jazz standards and originals. This new edition features remastered hi-res audio from the original tapes.
Hampton Hawes, Harold Land, Scott LaFaro & Frank Butler - For Real! (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds) (1961/2024) [24/192]

Hampton Hawes, Harold Land, Scott LaFaro & Frank Butler - For Real! (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series) (Remastered) (1961/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 45:50 minutes | 1,81 GB
Jazz, Hard Bop | Label: Craft Recordings, Official Digital Download

Hampton Hawes, “For Real!” was recorded in 1958 but not released on the Contemporary Records label until 1961. Featuring Hawes (piano) alongside Harold Land (tenor sax), Scott LaFaro (bass) and Frank Butler (drums) the album incudes a mixture of both jazz standards and originals. This new edition features remastered hi-res audio from the original tapes.
The Gil Evans Orchestra - Out Of The Cool (Acoustic Sounds Series Vinyl) (1961/2021) [24bit/192kHz]

The Gil Evans Orchestra - Out Of The Cool (Acoustic Sounds Series Vinyl) (1961/2021)
Vinyl Rip | FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time - 37:24 minutes | 1,3 GB | Arwork - 77 MB
Jazz, Cool, Big Band | Label: Impulse! Records

A groundbreaking jazz recording by the longtime Miles Davis collaborator Gil Evans highlights the latter's supreme and influential skills as a jazz orchestrator. This album is a brilliant example of Evans' ability to make a large orchestra sound like a smaller jazz combo using orchestrations that infuse the larger unit with the immediacy and spontaneity of the smaller.
Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz (Acoustic Sounds Series Vinyl) (1961/2021) [24bit/192kHz]

Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz (Acoustic Sounds Series Vinyl) (1961/2021)
Vinyl Rip | FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 37:04 minutes | 1,3 GB | Artwork - 68 MB
Soul, Blues, Jazz | Label: Impulse! Records

Ray Charles was best known for his work in the idioms of R&B, rock 'n' roll and even successful forays into country. But he also recorded influential jazz albums, including the groundbreaking Genius + Soul = Jazz originally released in 1961. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, in late 1960, Genius + Soul = Jazz was produced by Creed Taylor and includes arrangements by Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns.
Oliver Nelson - The Blues And The Abstract Truth (Acoustic Sounds Series Vinyl) (1961/2021) [24bit/192kHz]

Oliver Nelson - The Blues And The Abstract Truth (Acoustic Sounds Series Vinyl) (1961/2021)
Vinyl Rip | FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time - 36:38 minutes | 1,3 GB | Artwork - 105 MB
Jazz, Hard Bop | Label: Impulse! Records

As Oliver Nelson is known primarily as a big band leader and arranger, he is lesser known as a saxophonist and organizer of small ensembles. Blues And The Abstract Truth is his triumph as a musician for the aspects of not only defining the sound of an era with his all-time classic "Stolen Moments," but on this recording, assembling one of the most potent modern jazz sextets ever.
Art Pepper Quintet - Smack Up (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series) (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

Art Pepper Quintet - Smack Up (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series) (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/192]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 38:10 minutes | 1,45 GB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Smack Up is a 1960 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper playing with trumpeter Jack Sheldon, pianist Pete Jolly, bassist Jimmy Bond and drummer Frank Butler.
Hampton Hawes, Harold Land, Scott LaFaro & Frank Butler - For Real! (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds) (1961/2024) [24/192]

Hampton Hawes, Harold Land, Scott LaFaro & Frank Butler - For Real! (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series) (Remastered) (1961/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 45:50 minutes | 1,81 GB
Jazz, Hard Bop | Label: Craft Recordings, Official Digital Download

Hampton Hawes, “For Real!” was recorded in 1958 but not released on the Contemporary Records label until 1961. Featuring Hawes (piano) alongside Harold Land (tenor sax), Scott LaFaro (bass) and Frank Butler (drums) the album incudes a mixture of both jazz standards and originals. This new edition features remastered hi-res audio from the original tapes.
Helen Humes - Songs I Like To Sing! (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series / Remastered) (1961/2025)

Helen Humes - Songs I Like To Sing! (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series / Remastered) (1961/2025)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 237 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 91 Mb | 00:39:27
Vocal Jazz | Label: Craft Recordings

Jazz vocalist Helen Humes’ second album on Contemporary Records, “Songs I Like to Sing!” was released in 1961 and is conducted by Marty Paich. Backed by musicians including Art Pepper (sax), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Shelly Manne (drums), Barney Kessel (guitar) and Andre Previn (piano). This new edition features remastered hi-res audio from the original tapes.
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.
Hampton Hawes, Harold Land, Scott LaFaro & Frank Butler - For Real! (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series) (1961/2024)

Hampton Hawes, Harold Land, Scott LaFaro & Frank Butler - For Real! (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series) (Remastered) (1961/2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 260 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 106 Mb | 00:45:50
Jazz, Hard Bop | Label: Craft Recordings

Hampton Hawes, “For Real!” was recorded in 1958 but not released on the Contemporary Records label until 1961. Featuring Hawes (piano) alongside Harold Land (tenor sax), Scott LaFaro (bass) and Frank Butler (drums) the album incudes a mixture of both jazz standards and originals. This new edition features remastered hi-res audio from the original tapes.