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Posted by arundhati at April 10, 2020

Helen Forrest - The Complete Helen Forrest With Benny Goodman (3CD) (2001) Music

Posted by Domestos at Feb. 21, 2018

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."

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Quincy Jones - Milestones Of A Legend (2022) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Dec. 22, 2022

Quincy Jones - Milestones Of A Legend (2022)
MP3 320 kbps | 11:24:10 | 1.5 Gb
Genre: Jazz, Funk, Soul, Latin / Label: Intense Media – 600594

Quincy Delight Jones Jr.’s achievements as a multi Grammy- and Oscar-winning record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, as well as a film and television producer are the stuff of legends. His incredible career, which spans 70 years in the entertainment industry, began in the 1950s – when the young man from the South Side of Chicago started out as a Jazz trumpeter, soon becoming a popular arranger and successful band leader.

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The George Shearing Trio With Ray Brown And Marvin "Smitty" Smith - Breakin' Out (1987) Music

Posted by Domestos at Feb. 8, 2018

The George Shearing Trio With Ray Brown And Marvin "Smitty" Smith - Breakin' Out (1987)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 295.21 Mb | 54:09 | Covers
Bop, Cool | Label: Concord Jazz - CCD 4335

Most of George Shearing's recordings for Concord feature the pianist with his regular duo or trio. This release is different for the great pianist is matched up with bassist Ray Brown (who he had first played with in 1948) and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith. The nine songs they perform include four by Duke Ellington, Leonard Feather's "Twelve Tone Blues," Bud Powell's exciting "Hallucinations," two standards and Shearing's own down home "Break out the Blues." The music is as rewarding and swinging as one would expect from this lineup.

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Harrington, Thornton, Adderley - Remembering Dinah - A Salute to Dinah Washington (1996/2020) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at Feb. 5, 2022

Harrington, Thornton, Adderley, Betts, Blythe, Cobb - Remembering Dinah - A Salute to Dinah Washington (1996/2020) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 01:12:07 minutes | 741 MB
Jazz | Label: IN+OUT Records, Official Digital Download

Dinah Washington was at once one of the most beloved and controversial singers of the mid-20th century – beloved to her fans, devotees, and fellow singers; controversial to critics who still accuse her of selling out her art to commerce and bad taste. Her principal sin, apparently, was to cultivate a distinctive vocal style that was at home in all kinds of music, be it R&B, blues, jazz, middle of the road pop – and she probably would have made a fine gospel or country singer had she the time

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Dinah Washington - Give Me Back My Tears (Quadromania) [Recorded 1943-1954] [4CD Box Set] (2005) (Repost) Music

Posted by gribovar at June 11, 2018

Dinah Washington - Give Me Back My Tears (Quadromania) [Recorded 1943-1954] [4CD Box Set] (2005)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 1,15 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 577 MB | Covers - 13 MB
Genre: Vocal Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Membran Music (222492-444)

Dinah Washington was at once one of the most beloved and controversial singers of the mid-20th century - beloved to her fans, devotees, and fellow singers; controversial to critics who still accuse her of selling out her art to commerce and bad taste. Her principal sin, apparently, was to cultivate a distinctive vocal style that was at home in all kinds of music, be it R&B, blues, jazz, middle of the road pop - and she probably would have made a fine gospel or country singer had she the time. Hers was a gritty, salty, high-pitched voice, marked by absolute clarity of diction and clipped, bluesy phrasing. Washington's personal life was turbulent, with seven marriages behind her, and her interpretations showed it, for she displayed a tough, totally unsentimental, yet still gripping hold on the universal subject of lost love…

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Cannonball Adderley - 74 Miles Away / Walk Tall (1967) {2011 Japan 24-bit Remaster} [Jazz Masterpiece Best & More 999 Series] Music

Posted by ruskaval at Nov. 10, 2019

The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - 74 Miles Away / Walk Tall (1967) {2011 Japan 24-bit Remaster} [Jazz Masterpiece Best & More 999 Series]
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 227 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 83 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 11 Mb | 5% repair rar | 24-bit remaster
© 1967, 2011 Capitol / EMI Music Japan | TOCJ-50153
Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Saxophone

With the hit "Mercy Mercy Mercy" still reverberating on the sales charts, Capitol simply had the Quintet crank out one live club date after another at this point, hoping for another smash. They never really got one, but Cannonball and Nat Adderley, in league with pianist Joe Zawinul, bassist Victor Gaskin and drummer Roy McCurdy, left a strong legacy like this vigorous live Hollywood gig. One of Nat's best gospel-styled hip-shakers, "Do Do Do," opens the record, and Joe Zawinul comes up with another bluesy, catchy self-help tune in the vein of "Mercy" called "Walk Tall," prefaced by another of Cannonball's wryly inspirational talks.

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Jimmy Raney & Sonny Clark - Together! [Recorded 1954] (1986) [Reissue 1994] Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 12, 2024

Iconic guitarist Jimmy Raney and legendary pianist Sonny Clark’s paths crossed only during a European tour promoted by Leonard Feather in 1954, which included concerts in several countries and also allowed Feather time to organize a few studio dates here and there.
Jimmy Raney (guitar) and Sonny Clark (piano) are featured with Costa Theselius (tenor sax), Red Mitchell/Simon Brehm (bass) and Bobby White/Elaine Leighton (drums).

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Monty Alexander, Ray Brown and Herb Ellis - Trio (1981) [ADVD Reissue 2003] (Hi-Res FLAC 24 bit/96kHz) Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at Jan. 30, 2024

Monty Alexander, Ray Brown and Herb Ellis - Trio (1981)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 40:16 minutes | 766 MB
Source: ADVD, Reissue 2003 - LPCM Track | Front/Rear cover

The selections are a mixture of standards, most of them typical jazz springboards (though the 1940s pop hit "To Each His Own" seems to be new to the medium) with a Brown original and showcase, "Blues for Junior," and another original, "Captain Bill," that contains associations with Count Basie. Whether playing fast or slow, the three musicians interact well together, the younger Alexander holding his own with his veteran partners.

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J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Bennie Green & Willie Dennis - Four Trombones: The Debut Recordings (1953) {Prestige PRCD-24097-2} Music

Posted by ruskaval at Aug. 18, 2019

J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Bennie Green & Willie Dennis - Four Trombones: The Debut Recordings (1953) {Prestige PRCD-24097-2}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC+CUE+LOG -> 459 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 182 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 34 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1953, 1991 Prestige Records | PRCD-24097-2
Jazz / Bop / Trombone

J.J. Johnson, along with Bennie Green, was a founding father of bop trombone; Willie Dennis's promising career was cut short by an early death; "Jay and Kai" had successfully collaborated on several projects in the Fifties. But the unique and legendary meeting of these trombone giants, which first appeared on the Debut label and is reissued here, was unprecedented in jazz. Almost as remarkable is the rhythm section on this CD, with John Lewis making a rare appearance outside the Modern Jazz Quartet.

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