Independent Black Jazz of America

VA - WaJazz: Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol 1-2 Deep, Heavy and Beautiful Jazz from Japan 1962-1985 (2022/2023)

VA - WaJazz: Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol 1-2 Deep, Heavy and Beautiful Jazz from Japan 1962-1985 (2022/2023)
FLAC (tracks) - 973 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 382 MB
1:24:55 + 1:21:39 | Free Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz-Funk, Jazz-Rock | Label: Deep Jazz Reality, Universounds, 180g

Universounds, HMV Record Shop and 180g team up for an exceptional release: from blazing hard bop to free jazz, to introspective saxophone solos and massive big band sounds, renowned Japanese jazz expert Yusuke Ogawa presents an essential 14 track collection of “WaJazz” music taken from the Nippon Columbia vaults. Featuring Jiro Inagaki, Minoru Muraoka, Hiroshi Suzuki, Hozan Yamamoto, Count Buffalo, Takeshi Inomata, and much more!
VA - Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (Vinyl) (2022) [24bit/96kHz]

VA - Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (Vinyl) (2022)
Vinyl Rip | FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 84:56 minutes | 1,73 GB
Jazz | Label: 180g

Universounds, HMV Record Shop and 180g team up for an exceptional release: from blazing hard bop to free jazz, to introspective saxophone solos and massive big band sounds, renowned Japanese jazz expert Yusuke Ogawa presents an essential 14 track collection of “WaJazz” music taken from the Nippon Columbia vaults. Featuring Jiro Inagaki, Minoru Muraoka, Hiroshi Suzuki, Hozan Yamamoto, Count Buffalo, Takeshi Inomata, and much more!

Jazz  TV Series

Posted by at May 4, 2024
Jazz

Jazz
Jazz is a ten part series that explores the evolution – and the genius – of America’s greatest original art form, focusing on the extraordinary men and women who could do something remarkable – create art on the spot. Jazz celebrates their profoundly enduring, endlessly varied, and infinitely alluring music in the context of the complicated country that gave birth to and influenced it, and was in turn transformed by it.
Documentary 
Kim Carnes - Mistaken Identity (1981) [1983, Japan, 1st Press] {Black Triangle CD}

Kim Carnes - Mistaken Identity (1981) [1983, Japan, 1st Press] {Black Triangle CD}
Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Electronic | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 40:22 | 610,01 Mb
Label: EMI America/Toshiba EMI Ltd. (Japan) | Cat.# CP35-3018 | Released: 1983 (1981)

"Mistaken Identity" is the 6th studio album by American singer Kim Carnes. It was released in April 1981 by EMI America Records. It was one of 1981's biggest albums and produced Billboard's number-one song for the entire year, "Bette Davis Eyes". It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The album spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200, and was subsequently certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album spawned three singles, "Bette Davis Eyes", "Draw of the Cards" and the title track, which peaked at # 1, 28 and 60 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. The Mistaken Identity Tour found Carnes at the peak of success, selling out arenas and large venues.
Javon Jackson - With Peter Bradley (Soundtrack and Original Score) (2023)

Javon Jackson - With Peter Bradley (Soundtrack and Original Score) (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 340 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 134 Mb | 00:58:26
Straight-Ahead Jazz, Post-Bop, Soundtrack | Label: Solid Jackson Records

In composing the music for With Peter Bradley, a brilliant new documentary on the abstract painter directed by Alex Rappoport, saxophonist Javon Jackson is also painting a series of pictures. The original music from the documentary, released on his own Solid Jackson Records, is like a full exhibit, an extended play expression of the lightheartedness and verve of the enigmatic Peter Bradley.
Grace Maffucci - Grace Maffucci's Senior Jazz Recital (2023) [Official Digital Download]

Grace Maffucci - Grace Maffucci's Senior Jazz Recital (2023) [ Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 56:37 minutes | 607 MB
Vocal Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Grace Maffucci ’22, a double major in music performance and Spanish, was supposed to be the first Providence College student to study in Cuba. She planned to spend this semester at the University of Havana, learning about Cuban and Caribbean culture.
VA - The Keynote Jazz Collection 1941-1947 (2013) (11CD Box Set)

VA - The Keynote Jazz Collection 1941-1947 (2013) (11CD Box Set)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks+.cue, log) | 13:04:40 min | 3,4 Gb | Scans->52 mb
Genre: Jazz / Label: Fresh Sound

Back in 1940, Keynote Recordings Inc. was a new, small and independent New York company with offices at 522 Fifth Ave., recently founded by Eric Bernay, the owner of a midtown Manhattan record store called The Music Room. Bernay was musically openminded and, looking for a place in the increasingly convulsed American record industry, he launched a catalog of varied music and performers.

VA - The Men In The Glass Booth (2017)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Jan. 27, 2017
VA - The Men In The Glass Booth (2017)

VA - The Men In The Glass Booth (2017)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 03:24:41 | 432 Mb
Genre: Funk, Disco, Soul / Label: BBE

In May 1976 a record was released that would have an unforeseen and lasting impact on the music industry “Ten Percent” by Double Exposure was an early release on the New York independent label Salsoul Records. America was in the grip of a disco explosion with new clubs opening on a weekly basis; Salsoul saw what was happening and swiftly created a sound for their label, heavily influenced by the music then coming out of Philadelphia, aimed directly at New York’s dance-floors. Records like “Salsoul Hustle,” “Tangerine” and “You’re Just The Right Size” by The Salsoul Orchestra borrowed heavily from the beautifully orchestrated Philadelphia International Records but added a more percussive, bass heavy depth that New York’s DJs loved.

Amanda Lear - Brief Encounters (2009)  Music

Posted by popsakov at Aug. 11, 2022
Amanda Lear - Brief Encounters (2009)

Amanda Lear - Brief Encounters (2009)
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 656 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 223 Mb
Covers Included | 00:40:31 + 00:51:00 | RAR 5% Recovery
Universo Multimedia / Just Good Music For Your Ears #US275/CD
Pop / Electronic / Dance / House / Contemporary Jazz

Brief Encounters is a studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 2009 by independent label Just Good Music for Your Ears. A two-CD set, Brief Encounters consists of downtempo pop songs and ballads on disc 1 ('For the Heart'), and uptempo dance tracks and remixes on disc 2 ('For the Feet'). The album included a number of cover versions of tracks like Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black", Lenny Kravitz's "I Belong to You" and Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" alongside new songs, written mainly by Enrico Petrelli and Amanda Lear.

VA - Afrobeat Sessions [2CD Set] (2004)  Music

Posted by JET 1 at May 18, 2022
VA - Afrobeat Sessions [2CD Set] (2004)

VA - Afrobeat Sessions [2CD Set] (2004)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 956 MB | Scans
Genre: Afrobeat, Funk, Soul, Jazz, Folk, Worldbeat | Label: Sessions Records | Catalog Number: SESHDCD219

Afrobeat’s rise to common musical currency has been mercurial during the last 5 years as dance music producers embrace more complex Afro rhythms and original West African pioneers like Fela Kuti and Tony Allen receive their dues. Featuring new hip hop from Ty alongside seminal house beats from Masters At Work and ultra-funky original music from Nigeria and Ghana courtesy of Fela Kuti, highlife God E.T. Mensah and more. 2 CD collection of 29 tracks then hits the groove straight away with Aslhley Beadle’s ‘Afrikans On Marz’ mix of Femi Kuti’s ‘Beng Beng Beng’, next up the classic Dennis Ferrer track ‘Funu’ which then leads us to a nicely different track with Tony Allen’sAfrobeat mix of Gigi’s ‘Gudfella’. So many more I could pick out too including DJ Food ‘Dub Lion’ and Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo De Cotonou Benin’s ‘Houe Towe Houn’. Suffice to say this does the job big time.