Helen Henderson

VA - Compact Jazz: Best of the Jazz Vocalists (1992)  Music

Posted by Designol at Sept. 28, 2023
VA - Compact Jazz: Best of the Jazz Vocalists (1992)

VA - Compact Jazz: Best of the Jazz Vocalists (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 390 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 161 Mb | Scans included
Jazz, Vocal Jazz | Label: Verve/Polygram | # 845 466-2 | Time: 01:08:27

From a label with no shortage of first-rate jazz material come this very attractive vocal sampler. Staying true to the Compact Jazz ethos, Best of the Jazz Vocalists favors quality over hits and comes with a budget price tag. The majority of songs are from the label's prime '50s and '60s run, including a cloud-bound "Summertime" by Helen Merrill and one of the all-time great versions of "If You Could See Me Now," compliments of Billy Eckstine. Continuing with this balancing act between the sexes, the collection also includes fine work by Bill Henderson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Abbey Lincoln, Jon Hendricks, Shirley Horn, and Anita O'Day; latter-day entries include Lincoln's "I've Got Thunder and It Rings" from her 1990 Verve debut and Horn's "I Got Lost in His Arms" from 1988's Close Enough for Love. Nicely wrapped up with Nina Simone's Afro-percussion clarion call "Come Ye," this Verve roundup works as the perfect primer for more adventurous trips through the label's fertile stores of essential jazz.
«Letters to Helen / Impressions of an Artist on the Western Front» by Keith Henderson

«Letters to Helen / Impressions of an Artist on the Western Front» by Keith Henderson
English | EPUB | 0.1 MB
Helen Forrest - The Complete Helen Forrest With Benny Goodman (3CD) (2001)

Helen Forrest - The Complete Helen Forrest With Benny Goodman (3CD) (2001)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 571 Mb | 2:50:21 | Scans included
Big Band, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz | Country: USA | Label: Collector's Choice/Sony - A3 053840

Appearing with Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James during the late '30s and early '40s, Helen Forrest became one of the most popular swing era singers – even vocal authority Mel Tormé named her his favorite, male or female. Though her voice wasn't quite as clear as Doris Day's, Forrest was an excellent interpreter, and her sweet vocals proved a solid foil for the Benny Goodman band during 1940 and half of 1941. Collectors' Choice compiled her complete appearances with Goodman on three discs, though they're hardly overloaded at 55 tracks total. The package makes for a lot of great material, including her biggest hits while there, "How High the Moon" and "I Can't Love You Any More (Any More Than I Do)," the latter recorded with top swing guitarist Charlie Christian. Also featured is a previously unreleased track featuring Goodman's own competent vocal (reminiscent of Hoagy Carmichael) on "Jenny."

John Cale - Helen Of Troy (1975) [1994, Reissue]  Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Sept. 25, 2023
John Cale - Helen Of Troy (1975) [1994, Reissue]

John Cale - Helen Of Troy (1975) [1994, Reissue]
Rock, Art Rock, Proto-Punk | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 42:43 | 282,16 Mb
Label: Island Records (France) | Cat.# IMCD 177 (522 116-2) | Released: 1994-04-18 (1975)

"Helen of Troy" is the sixth solo studio album by Welsh musician John Cale, released in November 1975 by Island Records, his last of three albums for the label. Even though the other Island albums were issued in the US (June 1, 1974, Fear, Slow Dazzle, Guts), Helen of Troy was not. It was commonly sold as a UK import all over the US. No singles were released from the album.

VA - Eccentric Soul: The Renfro Label (2020)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Feb. 25, 2020
VA - Eccentric Soul: The Renfro Label (2020)

VA - Eccentric Soul: The Renfro Label (2020)
FLAC tracks | 01:33:12 | 430 Mb
Genre: Soul, R&B, Funk / Label: Numero Group

The only label financed from the proceeds of bagging groceries, Renfro Records operated at the fringe of the Los Angeles music business. “There was so much talent around in those days,” founder Anthony Renfro said. “Everyone could sing and they were literally singing on the street corners. Twenty dollars for drink or weed would get them into a studio at the click of the fingers.” Those clicks resulted in heavenly northern soul sides from Morris Chestnut, The Attractions, and Carl Henderson, alongside dreamy girl group pop from The Sequins, The Stunners, and Tender Loving Care. The label’s ten-year run is captured in its near-entirety across three virtual “discs,” sorted by tempo for talcum enthusiasts and steppers alike.

VA - Kings of Swing Collection (2018)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at March 29, 2019
VA - Kings of Swing Collection (2018)

VA - Kings of Swing Collection (2018)
FLAC (tracks) / MP3 320 kbps | 1:57:42 | 260 Mb / 275 Mb
Genre: Jazz / Label: BnF Collection

Kings of Swing Collection contains the definitive Artists & Jazz Swing. The Best hits from Don Redman And His Orchestra, Luis Russell And His Orchestra, Cab Calloway And His Orchestra and many more.
Miles Davis - The Complete On The Corner Sessions (2007) {6CD Box Set Columbia 886970 6239 2 rec 1972-1975}

Miles Davis - The Complete On The Corner Sessions (2007) {6CD Box Set Columbia 886970 6239 2 rec 1972-1975}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 2.73 Gb | MP3 @320 -> 964 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 541 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1972-75, 2007 Columbia / Legacy / Sony BMG Music | 886970 6239 2 | 24bit remastering
Jazz / Fusion / Jazz-Funk / Jazz-Rock / Free Funk / Funk

From the opening four notes of Michael Henderson's hypnotically minimal bass that open the unedited master of "On the Corner," answered a few seconds later by the swirl of color, texture, and above all rhythm, it becomes a immediately apparent that Miles Davis had left the jazz world he helped to invent – forever. The 19-minute-and-25-second track has never been issued in full until now. It is one of the 31 tracks in The Complete On the Corner Sessions, a six-disc box recorded between 1972 and 1975 that centers on the albums On the Corner, Get Up with It, and the hodgepodge leftovers collection Big Fun. It is also the final of eight boxes in the series of Columbia's studio sessions with Davis from the 1950s through 1975, when he retired from music before his return in the 1980s. Previously issued have been Davis' historic sessions with John Coltrane in the first quintet, the Gil Evans collaborations, the Seven Steps to Heaven recordings, the complete second quintet recordings, and the complete In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew, and Jack Johnson sessions. There have been a number of live sets as well; the most closely related one to this is the live Cellar Door Sessions 1970, issued in 2005.

Miles Davis - On The Corner (1972) [MFSL Remastered 2016]  Music

Posted by Designol at Feb. 10, 2024
Miles Davis - On The Corner (1972) [MFSL Remastered 2016]

Miles Davis - On The Corner (1972) [MFSL Remastered 2016]
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 369 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 138 Mb | Scans included | 00:54:55
Fusion, Jazz-Funk, Jazz-Rock | Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | # UDSACD 2171

On the Corner is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis. It was recorded in June and July 1972, and released later that year by Columbia Records. The album continued Davis' exploration of jazz fusion, bringing together funk rhythms with the influence of experimental composer Karlheinz Stockhausen and free jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman. Recording sessions for the album featured a changing lineup of musicians including bassist Michael Henderson, guitarist John McLaughlin, and keyboardist Herbie Hancock, with Davis playing the electric organ more prominently than his trumpet.
Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972) {2006 DSD Japan Mini LP Edition Analog Collection SICP 1227}

Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972) {2006 DSD Japan Mini LP Edition Analog Collection SICP 1227}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 385 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 136 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (png) -> 313 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1972, 2006 Sony Music Japan / Columbia | SICP 1227 | DSD | HQD High Quality Disc
Jazz / Jazz Funk / Jazz Rock / Trumpet

Could there be any more confrontational sound in Miles Davis' vast catalog than the distorted guitars and tinny double-timing drums reacting to a two-note bass riff funking it up on the first track from On the Corner? Before the trumpet even enters the picture, the story has been broken off somewhere in the middle, with deep street music melding with a secret language held within the band and those who can actually hear this music – certainly not the majority of Miles' fan base built up over the past 25 years. They heard this as a huge "f*ck you." Miles just shrugged and told them it wasn't personal, but they could take it that way if they wanted to, and he blew on his trumpet.
Miles Davis - On The Corner (1972) [MFSL 2016] PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Miles Davis - On The Corner (1972) [MFSL 2016]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 54:44 minutes | Scans included | 1,57 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 1,39 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,29 GB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2171

On the Corner is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Miles Davis. It was recorded in June and July 1972 and originally released on October 11 of the same year by Columbia Records. The album continued Davis's exploration of jazz fusion, and explicitly drew on the influence of funk musicians Sly Stone and James Brown, the experimental music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, ideas by composer Paul Buckmaster, and the free jazz of Ornette Coleman.