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Blossom Dearie - Give Him The Ooh-La-La (1958/2016) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/192kHz] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at Nov. 3, 2023

Blossom Dearie's second album for Verve, released in 1958, continued a streak of success that began with her first LP the year before. The jazz vocalist and pianist covers standards including the title song by Cole Porter, along with less familiar but no less impressive tunes. Dearie is backed on this session by the same stellar musicians as on her debut: guitarist Herb Ellis, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Jo Jones.

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Helen Merrill - The Nearness Of You (1958/2019) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at April 28, 2023

Helen Merrill - The Nearness Of You (1958/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time - 37:47 minutes | 349 MB
Studio Mono Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

"The Nearness of You" is the fifth studio album by American jazz vocalist Helen Merrill. It includes performances of standards from two sessions with completely different lineups of accompanying musicians. The later session from February 21, 1958, features very notable jazz performers such as pianist Bill Evans and bassist Oscar Pettiford.

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Abbey Lincoln - It's Magic (1958/2019) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at May 27, 2024

Abbey Lincoln - It's Magic! (1958/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time - 36:35 minutes | 308 MB
Studio Mono Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Anna Marie Wooldridge, known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress. She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s. Lincoln made a career not only out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards but writing and singing her own material. "It's Magic" is her third album featuring tracks recorded in 1958 for the Riverside label.

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Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald & Billie Holiday At Newport (1958/2015) [Official 24-bit/192kHz] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at Sept. 25, 2024

Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald & Billie Holiday At Newport (1958/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time - 44:28 minutes | 2,24 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 44:28 minutes | 738 MB
Studio Mono Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

A live album from the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, this album combines individual performances recorded at separate shows two days apart from two of the most popular female singers of the era. Billie Holiday is backed by Mal Waldron on piano, Joe Benjamin on double bass and drummer Jo Jones; Ella Fitzgerald's band includes Don Abney on piano, Wendell Marshall on double bass and Jones again on drums.

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Saint Privat - Après La Bohème (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/48] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 28, 2024

Saint Privat - Après La Bohème (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 36:48 minutes | 452 MB
Easy Listening, Electronic, Nu Jazz, Bossa Nova, Female Vocal | Label: Dope Noir, Official Digital Download

Saint Privat is a story that began at a summer wedding in Vienna in 2003. Among the guests was electronic musician and producer Klaus Waldeck (known for his album Ballroom Stories). He was pretty impressed with the francophile singer Valerie Sajdik, who performed in the wedding band. Waldeck invited Valerie to his studio the following week and voila - Saint Privat was born. Their first track was a cover of Henry Mancini's composition "Nothing to Lose", which sort of became the unspoken motto of their collaboration.

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Blossom Dearie - Give Him the Ooh-La-La (1958) [Reissue 1998] Music

Posted by gribovar at Feb. 5, 2022

Of the six recordings Blossom Dearie did for the Verve label in the '50s, Give Him the Ooh-La-La is the third one to be released on CD. Three titles still remain in the vaults including a Betty Comden and Johnny Green tribute as well as a Broadway Hits collection. It's a shame because Dearie's girlishly dynamic voice, subtle piano playing, and rarified choice of contemporary material made her recordings unique among '50s jazz vocal outings. Give Him the Ooh-La-La is no exception, with stellar backing by regular bassist Ray Brown, drummer Jo Jones and guitarist Herb Ellis, and Dearie's taut arrangements of a set of glowing ballads and brisk swingers. Included are a few well-worn standards like "Just One of Those Things" and "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"…

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José Privat - Clin d'Œil (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/88] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at April 24, 2024

José Privat - Clin d'Œil (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 48:33 minutes | 944 MB
Soul Jazz | Label: Aztec Musique, Official Digital Download

For his solo album, José Privat naturally left the production and choice of musicians to his son Grégory Privat. The discreet virtuoso who has been playing with Malavoi for 30 years now has let his love of the organ invade his album supported by a driving rhythm by Tito Bertholo and Ralph Lavital. Two distinguished guests Tricia Evy and Grégory Privat. An album already recognized by Tsf or Jazz New as a classic.

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Eartha Kitt - St. Louis Blues (1958/2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at Aug. 8, 2021

Eartha Kitt - St. Louis Blues (1958/2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 34:58 minutes | 724 MB
Jazz | Label: RevOla, Official Digital Download

Eartha Kitt (born Eartha Mae Keith; January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American singer, actress, comedienne, dancer, and activist known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est si bon" and the Christmas novelty song "Santa Baby", both of which reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world".

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Jacques Schwarz-Bart & Grégory Privat - 22 (2025) (Hi-Res) Vinyl & HR

Posted by Rtax at May 2, 2025

Jacques Schwarz-Bart & Grégory Privat - 22 (2025) (Hi-Res)
FLAC (tracks) 24bit-96kHz - 797 MB
44:29 | Jazz, Contemporary Jazz | Label: Buddham Jazz

Il arrive que les planètes s’alignent et cet enregistrement en est la preuve éclatante. Alignement numérique d’abord puisque Jacques-Schwarz-Bart et Grégory Privat, tous deux nés un 22 décembre à 22 ans d’écart, se connaissaient depuis 22 ans lorsqu’ils ont décidé d’unir leurs sensibilités caribéennes dans un duo [1], qu’ils ont choisi, comme une évidence, de nommer 22. On ne pouvait trouver meilleur résumé - de surcroît lisible dans toutes les langues - d’une complicité qui éclate ici au grand jour, au long de dix compositions originales dégagées de tout impératif autre que l’expression d’une passion partagée.

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Maria Stader - Verdi - La traviata (1958/2023) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at May 14, 2025

Maria Stader - Verdi - La traviata (1958/2023) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 58:48 minutes | 485 MB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Supplementary to his legendary Beethoven cycles for Decca are Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt’s recordings for Philips, Mercury, Deutsche Grammophon and Accord.

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