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Ben Harper - Winter Is For Lovers (2020)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Jan. 7, 2022
Ben Harper - Winter Is For Lovers (2020)

Ben Harper - Winter Is For Lovers (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 143 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 81 Mb | 00:31:35
Acoustic Guitar, Americana | Label: ANTI‐ Records

Ben Harper’s love for the humble lap-steel comes to a bold (and incalculably beautiful) peak with this 15-track instrumental trawl down trails of smoky soul, melancholic Americana and slick, summery folk. It’s downright incredible how much artistic ground the Californian bluesman is able to cover unaccompanied on Winter – the whole LP is just his prized Monteleone lap-steel, inhumanly articulate fretting hands and unfettered love for music as a spoon with which to stir emotion.

Ben Webster - Ballads [Recorded 1954-1955] (1978) [Reissue 2019]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Oct. 31, 2024
Ben Webster - Ballads [Recorded 1954-1955] (1978) [Reissue 2019]

Ben Webster - Ballads [Recorded 1954-1955] (1978) [Reissue 2019]
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 515 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 187 MB | Covers - 6 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Mainstream Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: State Of Art (81264)

In the 1950s, tenor-saxophonist Ben Webster was at the peak of his powers. His musical personality really featured two separate emotions: harsh and tough on the faster pieces and surprisingly warm and tender on the ballads. Webster uses the latter voice throughout this set. On all but four of 20 selections, Ben is backed by a string section arranged by Ralph Burns (except for "Chelsea Bridge" which was arranged by Billy Strayhorn) and, although clarinetists Tony Scott and Jimmy Hamilton and pianists Teddy Wilson and Hank Jones are heard from, the focus is otherwise entirely on the great tenor. The final four numbers, which matches Webster with Wilson in a stringless quartet, also stick to ballads. Music that is both beautiful and creative.
Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster - The Complete Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster Sessions [Recorded 1959] (1997) (Repost)

Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster - The Complete Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster Sessions [Recorded 1959] (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 826 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 335 MB | Covers - 7 MB
Genre: Jazz, Cool Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (539 055-2)

Although an earlier CD added five previously unissued tracks to the original LP Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster, this Verve Master Edition two-CD set adds just about everything else recorded during the two sessions that produced the original record, and also features 20-bit sound. Even though Gerry Mulligan was outspoken against issuing material omitted from his original recordings, it is a treat to hear how the songs evolved in the studio. Webster and Mulligan seem mutually inspired throughout the sessions, and strong performances by pianist Jimmy Rowles, bassist Leroy Vinnegar, and drummer Mel Lewis are of considerable help. The music is presented in the order in which it was recorded, with each CD devoted to a separate session…

Ben Harper - Bloodline Maintenance (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Dec. 29, 2024
Ben Harper - Bloodline Maintenance (2022)

Ben Harper - Bloodline Maintenance (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 189 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 79 Mb | 00:32:07
Blues, Soul, Funk | Label: Chrysalis Records

It was like I was moving forward and venturing into places I had never been before. Taking everything I've learned from every other record and kind of setting fire to it all and starting over," Ben Harper says of his new album Bloodline Maintenance. "And I knew the sounds I was hearing in my head were so unorthodox that I had to do most of it myself." The result is a fearless and immensely soulful work largely inspired by the loss of a longtime friend and the lingering influence of a mercurial and charismatic father. Along with guitar and bass, Harper also played the drums including an eclectic assortment of percussions.

Jorge Ben - Salve Jorge! (2009) 15CD Box Set  Music

Posted by Designol at Dec. 28, 2024
Jorge Ben - Salve Jorge! (2009) 15CD Box Set

Jorge Ben - Salve Jorge! (2009) 15CD Box Set
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 4.31 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 1.57 Gb
Label: Universal Music Brazil | Time: 10:15:41 | Complete Scans
MPB, Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz, Samba Jazz, Samba Rock, Tropicalia, Funk

An amazing collection – every single Jorge Ben album recorded for Philips – one hell of a massive legacy in music, packaged here with a bonus CD of rare material too! The albums in the collection are the stuff of legend – amazing discs that forever changed the face of Brazilian music with Jorge's unique blend of samba and soul, plus a touch of funk as the 70s came on – and together, the music is a mindblowingly heavy batch of work that few other artists could ever match! Titles include Samba Esquema Novo, Sacudin Ben Samba, Ben E Samba Bon, Big Ben, Jorge Ben (1969), Forca Bruta, Negro E Lindo, Ben, 10 Anos Depois, A Tabua De Esmeralda, Solta O Pavao, Gil E Jorge, and Africa Brasil. Rarities disc is unique to this set, from what we can tell – and is filled with goodies too!

Ben Harper - Bloodline Maintenance (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Dec. 29, 2024
Ben Harper - Bloodline Maintenance (2022)

Ben Harper - Bloodline Maintenance (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 189 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 79 Mb | 00:32:07
Blues, Soul, Funk | Label: Chrysalis Records

It was like I was moving forward and venturing into places I had never been before. Taking everything I've learned from every other record and kind of setting fire to it all and starting over," Ben Harper says of his new album Bloodline Maintenance. "And I knew the sounds I was hearing in my head were so unorthodox that I had to do most of it myself." The result is a fearless and immensely soulful work largely inspired by the loss of a longtime friend and the lingering influence of a mercurial and charismatic father. Along with guitar and bass, Harper also played the drums including an eclectic assortment of percussions.

Ben Monder - Day After Day (2019)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 3, 2020
Ben Monder - Day After Day (2019)

Ben Monder - Day After Day (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 01:36:02 | 403 Mb
Contemporary Jazz, Modern Creative | Label: Sunnyside Records

Creating a distinctive voice and approach on a musical instrument is as difficult as it is rare. Guitarist Ben Monder has long been admired for his personal sound, remarkable command of the guitar, and stylistic versatility. His new recording, Day After Day (a two disc set), provides a look at two distinct sides of his artistic nature, the highly analytical, structural side and the more freely improvisational side, through a series of interpretations of cover material.
Ben Webster - Classic Jazz Archive: No Fool, No Fun [Recorded 1932-1945] (2004)

Ben Webster - Classic Jazz Archive: No Fool, No Fun [Recorded 1932-1945] (2004)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 548 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 350 MB | Covers - 22 MB
Genre: Jazz, Swing | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Membran Music (221987-306)

Ben Webster was considered one of the "big three" of swing tenors along with Coleman Hawkins (his main influence) and Lester Young. He had a tough, raspy, and brutal tone on stomps (with his own distinctive growls) yet on ballads he would turn into a pussy cat and play with warmth and sentiment. After violin lessons as a child, Webster learned how to play rudimentary piano (his neighbor Pete Johnson taught him to play blues). But after Budd Johnson showed him some basics on the saxophone, Webster played sax in the Young Family Band (which at the time included Lester Young). He had stints with Jap Allen and Blanche Calloway (making his recording debut with the latter) before joining Bennie Moten's Orchestra in time to be one of the stars on a classic session in 1932…

Ben Webster - Three Classic Albums Plus (2011) 2CD  Music

Posted by Designol at Sept. 22, 2023
Ben Webster - Three Classic Albums Plus (2011) 2CD

Ben Webster - Three Classic Albums Plus (2011) 2CD
'Blue Saxophones', 'Soulville', 'The Soul Of Ben Webster', selections from 'Sophisticated Lady'

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 847 Mb | Scans ~ 37 Mb | 02:36:41
Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Cool, Swing | Label: Avid Jazz | # AMSC 1038

AVID Jazz here presents three classic Ben Webster albums plus including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. 'Blue Saxophones'… Take the Oscar Peterson Trio with Alvin Stoller on drums, add two of the greatest tenor saxophonists who ever lived, Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster and voila… you have Blue Saxophones! Two masters together in 1957, one (Hawkins) a huge influence on the other (Webster), but now, both very much their own men. As the final paragraph of Charles Fox's liner notes attests 'This is tenor playing in the grandest of manners, unashamedly romantic, even sensuous, with both musicians constructing their solos firmly and audaciously'. 'Soulville'… Ben is once again joined by the Oscar Peterson Trio for another 1957 date. This time sitting in on drums is Stan Levey, in Bens own words 'he's improved since I heard him on the Street years ago.' Ben of course is a huge fan of Peterson…..'the guy can play a lot as a soloist but when it comes time for you to play a solo, he plays for you'. 'The Soul Of Ben Webster'… Here we find Ben joined by fellow tenor man Harold Ashby alongside among others Art Farmer on trumpet and Jimmy Jones on piano in a 1958 blowing date.

Ben Webster - That's All - Autumn Jazz (2022)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 20, 2022
Ben Webster - That's All - Autumn Jazz (2022)

Ben Webster - That's All - Autumn Jazz (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.4 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 679 MB
4:39:51 | Jazz | Label: UMG

Ben Webster was considered one of the "big three" of swing tenors along with Coleman Hawkins (his main influence) and Lester Young. He had a tough, raspy, and brutal tone on stomps (with his own distinctive growls) yet on ballads he would turn into a pussy cat and play with warmth and sentiment. After violin lessons as a child, Webster learned how to play rudimentary piano (his neighbor Pete Johnson taught him to play blues).