Bob 1956

Mel Torme and The Marty Paich Dek-Tette - The 1956 Torme-Paich Legendary Sessions (1956) {Fresh Sound Records rel 2006}

Mel Torme and The Marty Paich Dek-Tette - The 1956 Torme-Paich Legendary Sessions (1956) {Fresh Sound Records rel 2006}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 299 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 176 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 263 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1956, 2006 Bethlehem / Fresh Sound Records | FSRCD 2230
Jazz / Vocal Jazz / Bop / Cool / West Coast Jazz

50th Anniversary Commemoration Edition of the TORMÉ-PAICH legendary sessions. A milestone in the history of vocal jazz, with fully illustrated booklet (rare & unpublished photos). The definitive edition. Fascinated by the sound of the 1953 Gerry Mulligan Ten-tette, Mel Tormé had always felt that these same patterns, re-worked for the proper vocalist, could blend voice and instrument to the mutual satisfaction of both. In 1956, this idea became a reality. The task of selecting musicians who could produce this sound was given to the versatile pianist-arranger Marty Paich who, in fact, co-featured with Mel on these recordings.

Bob Dorough - Devil May Care (1956) Remastered Reissue 2000  Music

Posted by Designol at Jan. 17, 2022
Bob Dorough - Devil May Care (1956) Remastered Reissue 2000

Bob Dorough - Devil May Care (1956) Remastered Reissue 2000
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 139 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 116 Mb | Scans included
Vocal Jazz, Bop, Cool | Label: Bethlehem/Avenue Jazz | # R2 75994 | Time: 00:48:06

This 1956 recording was Bob Dorough's debut, an introduction to one of the most unusual talents in jazz. He's a gifted songwriter and a fine pianist, but most of all, he's a unique lyricist and singer, rattling off hyperkinetic vocalese in an almost chirping, high-pitched voice that somehow retains hints of an Arkansas drawl and a conversational intimacy. He's as distinctive on Hoagy Carmichael's beautiful "Baltimore Oriole" as he is on the bop fanfares like Dizzy Gillespie's "Ow!" and Charlie Parker's "Yardbird Suite," with his own memorable lyrics. His boppish piano playing–with all the virtues of crisp articulation and an acute sense of time–is an oddly conventional complement to the vocals, and there are good contributions by Warren Fitzgerald on trumpet and Jack Hitchcock on vibes. Devil May Care's title tune has recently received fine covers by more conventional singers like Diana Krall and Claire Martin, but it's much more distinctive here. While Dorough has influenced generations of jazz singers, from Mose Allison to Kurt Elling, there's nothing quite like the original.
Shorty Rogers - West Coast Sounds: Shorty Rogers and His Orchestra, featuring the Giants 1950-1956 (2006) {Fresh Sound Records}

Shorty Rogers - West Coast Sounds: Shorty Rogers and His Orchestra, featuring the Giants 1950-1956 (2006) {Fresh Sound Records}
XLD rip | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 808 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 347 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 45 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1950-56, 2006 Capitol / RCA / Fresh Sound Records | FSR 2231
Jazz / Cool / West Coast Jazz / Trumpet

This 2-CD set truly demonstrates what was defined as the "West Coast style of jazz" but, in fact, was the Shorty Rogers style. We can hear arrangements of a loose variety, played by the most outstanding group of musicians of the Los Angeles jazz scene. The music presented here is a major example of Shorty Rogers' great talent, and a milestone in the orchestral idiom of modern jazz. Shorty's writing and playing were a pretty honest reflection of his own personality. If there was ever an individual to be selected as the head of the West Coast school, it definitely would have been Shorty Rogers.

Bob le Flambeur  Movies

Posted by at Feb. 16, 2025
Bob le Flambeur

Bob le Flambeur (1956)
In Paris, Bob Montagne is practically synonymous with gambling -- and winning. He is kind, classy and well-liked by virtually everyone in town, including police inspector Ledru. However, when Bob's luck turns sour, he begins to lose friends and makes the most desperate gamble of his life: to rob the Deauville casino during Grand Prix weekend, when the vaults are full. Unfortunately, Bob soon learns that the game is rigged and the cops are on to him.
Drama  Action  Crime 
Shorty Rogers & His Orchestra featuring The Giants - West Coast Sounds 1950-1956 (2CD Digipack Edition) (2006)

Shorty Rogers & His Orchestra featuring The Giants - West Coast Sounds 1950-1956 (2CD)
EAC V1.0 beta 1 | FLAC+CUE+LOG - 437 MB (CD1) 337 MB (CD2) | FULL SCANS - 60 MB (600dpi) + 3% Recovery
Genre: Jazz / Big Band | Label: Fresh Sound Records (Jazzology Series) | Catalogue No: FSR 2231
Filesonic & Fileserve

This 2-CD set truly demonstrates what was defined as the "West Coast style of jazz" but, in fact, was the Shorty Rogers style.The music presented here is a major example of Shorty Rogers' great talent, and a milestone in the orchestral idiom of modern jazz, played here by the most outstanding group of musicians of the Los Angeles jazz scene.Superb digipack edition with fully illustrated 24-page booklet (rare & unpublished photos).
Bob le flambeur (1956)[The Criterion Collection #150 - Out Of Print] [Re-UP]

Bob le flambeur (1956
A Film by Jean-Pierre Melville
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 4:3 | Covers+Booklet| 01:42:52 | 8,05 Gb
Audio: French AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English | Black & White
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | The Criterion Collection #150

Suffused with wry humor, Jean-Pierre Melville’s Bob le flambeur melds the toughness of American gangster films with Gallic sophistication to lay the road map for the French New Wave. As the neon is extinguished for another dawn, an aging gambler navigates the treacherous world of pimps, moneymen, and naive associates while plotting one last score—the heist of the Deauville casino. This underworld comedy of manners possesses all the formal beauty, finesse, and treacherous allure of green baize.

Bill Evans - 12 Classic Albums 1956-1962 (2014)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Oct. 20, 2023
Bill Evans - 12 Classic Albums 1956-1962 (2014)

Bill Evans - 12 Classic Albums 1956-1962 (2014)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 2.3 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1.05 GB
7:49:31 | Jazz, Cool Jazz, Post Bop | Label: Enlightenment

Born William John Evans on 16 August 1929, Bill Evans is widely considered to be one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time and is considered by some to have been the most influential post-World War II jazz keyboardist. Evans' use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines continue to influence jazz pianists today. Unlike many other jazz musicians of his time, Evans never embraced new movements like jazz fusion or free jazz. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Evans was classically trained and studied at Southeastern Louisiana University. In 1955 he moved to New York, where he worked with bandleader and theorist George Russell. In 1958, Evans joined Miles Davis' sextet, where he was to have a profound influence. In 1959, the band, then immersed in modal jazz, recorded Kind of Blue, the best-selling jazz album of all time. In late 1959, Evans left the Miles Davis band and began his career as a leader with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian, a group now regarded as a seminal modern jazz trio.

Canyon River (1956)  Movies

Posted by Notsaint at Oct. 24, 2011
Canyon River (1956)

Canyon River (1956)
DVD5 | 16:9 | 720x480 | NTSC | 5374 kbps | 01:19:00 | ISO | 3.07Gb
Audio: English , AC3 , 2ch , 192kbps
Genre: Western

They drive the cattle from Oregon to Wyoming in Canyon River – in other words, the wrong way. That, however, is about the only surprise in this pleasant, and pleasantly acted, Western melodrama from Allied Artists. Everything about the film is pleasant, including leading men (and onscreen rivals) George Montgomery and Peter Graves. Marcia Henderson makes a pleasant heroine, Alan Hale Jr. is pleasant as a reformed outlaw, and even villain Walter Sande is on the mild side. The color is by De Luxe (and is, needless to say, pleasant to look at) and the locations are on the grand scale – all of which, sadly, are somewhat lost in the pan-and-scan versions.
Bob Brookmeyer - The Dual Role of Bob Brookmeyer (1956) [Reissue 1989]

Bob Brookmeyer - The Dual Role of Bob Brookmeyer (1956) [Reissue 1989]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 166 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 93 MB | Covers - 4 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Cool Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: OJC/Prestige Records (OJCCD-1729-2 (P-7066))

This CD reissue has four selections apiece from two different bands, both of which feature subtle interplay and cool tones. Bob Brookmeyer plays valve trombone and piano on two songs apiece with his 1955 quartet, a group also including guitarist Jimmy Raney, bassist Teddy Kotick and drummer Mel Lewis. The other half of this disc is actually led by vibraphonist Teddy Charles who features Brookmeyer on both of his instruments along with bassist Teddy Kotick and drummer Ed Shaughnessy; Nancy Overton takes a vocal on "Nobody's Heart." Although the overall set is not all that essential, the music is pleasing and reasonably creative.

Bob Brookmeyer - Four Classic Albums (2012) [4LP on 2CD]  Music

Posted by Designol at Sept. 25, 2023
Bob Brookmeyer - Four Classic Albums (2012) [4LP on 2CD]

Bob Brookmeyer - Four Classic Albums (2012) [4LP on 2CD]
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 786 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 361 Mb | Scans ~ 30 Mb
Cool, Mainstream Jazz, West Coast | Label: Avid Jazz | # AMSC1054 | Time: 02:38:10

This 2-CD set presents the legendary valve trombonist acting as co-leader with Zoot Sims on the January 1956 album "Tonite's Music Today" and as leader of three separate studio groups on the self-titled "Brookmeyer" from October of the same year. He's leader of the BB Quartet on "The Blues - Hot and Cold" from June 1960, and finally shares leadership on "Stan Getz/Bob Brookmeyer" from September 1961.