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Alberto Martini, Accademia I Filarmonici - Antonio Vivaldi: Dresden Concertos Vol. 1-4 (1997,1999)

Alberto Martini, Accademia I Filarmonici - Antonio Vivaldi: Dresden Concertos Vol. 1-4 (1997,1999)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 1,23 Gb | Total time: 60:20+56:23+50:16+67:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.553792/8.553793/8.553860/8.554310 | Recorded: 1995,1998

This series concentrates on Concertos which survive in manuscript in the Dresden Saxony Landesbibliothek, and which were used by the Court Orchestra. They do not derive from the composer’s residence in the city, and the sleeve note suggests that their existence may be connected with Vivaldi’s association with an influential group of Dresden musicians, most notably the violinist, Johanne Pisendel who visited and studied under the composer during the latter part of 1716, and to whom Vivaldi dedicated a number of his Concertos. The quality of these works is often remarkably high, reflecting the caliber of the orchestra and indeed Pisendel’s virtuosity and musicianship. They sound extremely well in these excellent modern-instrument performances.

Isao Tomita - Different Dimensions [Recorded 1974-1984] (1997)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Nov. 11, 2023
Isao Tomita - Different Dimensions [Recorded 1974-1984] (1997)

Isao Tomita - Different Dimensions [Recorded 1974-1984] (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 373 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 174 MB | Covers - 20 MB
Genre: Modern Classical, Electronic | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: BMG (74321 535812)

This anthology, which tries to sum up Isao Tomita's recordings for the Red Seal Label, actually managed to give a fairly complete panorama of his work. Tomita can be thought of as the precursor of ambient music - but unlike people who think that ambient is a sustained 23 minute sine wave, here music has Direction. Granted, most of the stuff is synthesized renditions of "impressionistic" classical works, but the imaginative use Isao makes of his array of synths (most of this stuff was recorded in the early 70's, so we're talking about modular synths mainly - long before computer programming was available). The sonic pallete fits perfectly, and he makes good use of repetitive arpeggiator sequences to get a pulse going - and then he works his magic, specially in the arranging department. A truly unique - and sadly underestimated - artist.

Karin Krog - One On One [Recorded 1977-1980] (1997)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Sept. 24, 2024
Karin Krog - One On One [Recorded 1977-1980] (1997)

Karin Krog - One On One [Recorded 1977-1980] (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 261 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 158 MB | Covers - 7 MB
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Contemporary Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Meantime Records (MR7)

Not overwhelmed with the song now playing on this album? Be patient, the next track may be something more to your liking. This album is a musical smogarsboard of songs cutting across a variety of vocal genre. The play list runs from the traditional "Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child," through Hoagy Carmichael's ultimate standard "Stardust" through John Coltrane's poem-song "A Love Supreme" with a little of 1960s popsters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller thrown in. It would be unkind to say that the singer is simply trying out everything until she finds something she does well. Not so with Karen Krog, one of the finer and more inventive jazz singers of the last three decades. One on One is a compilation of three different recording sessions Krog made as part of a duo performances…

Johnny B. Moore - 911 Blues (1997)  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 4, 2022
Johnny B. Moore - 911 Blues (1997)

Johnny B. Moore - 911 Blues (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 429 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 159 MB | Covers - 5 MB
Genre: Blues, Chicago Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Wolf Records (120.873 CD)

If absence truly makes the heart grow fonder, then there’s as whole lotta love waiting out there for blues virtuoso Johnny B. Moore. After an eight year gap between solo albums, Moore is back - with a vengeance - with 911 Blues, an eclectic mix of tunes in his strong, vibrant style. The last of a generation of transplanted Mississippi bluesmen, Moore choose his title well: recording became his personal emergency. 911 Blues includes a wide variety of blues styles - everything from Delta to funk to R&B to country flavors this fresh offering from one of Chicago’s living legends.

Karin Krog - One On One [Recorded 1977-1980] (1997)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Sept. 24, 2024
Karin Krog - One On One [Recorded 1977-1980] (1997)

Karin Krog - One On One [Recorded 1977-1980] (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 261 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 158 MB | Covers - 7 MB
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Contemporary Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Meantime Records (MR7)

Not overwhelmed with the song now playing on this album? Be patient, the next track may be something more to your liking. This album is a musical smogarsboard of songs cutting across a variety of vocal genre. The play list runs from the traditional "Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child," through Hoagy Carmichael's ultimate standard "Stardust" through John Coltrane's poem-song "A Love Supreme" with a little of 1960s popsters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller thrown in. It would be unkind to say that the singer is simply trying out everything until she finds something she does well. Not so with Karen Krog, one of the finer and more inventive jazz singers of the last three decades. One on One is a compilation of three different recording sessions Krog made as part of a duo performances…

Janie Jones - We're In Love With The World Of Janie Jones (1997)  Music

Posted by Designol at Sept. 2, 2022
Janie Jones - We're In Love With The World Of Janie Jones (1997)

Janie Jones - We're In Love With The World Of Janie Jones (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 362 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 154 Mb | Scans included
Rock, Pop, Cabaret, Comedy/Spoken | Label: RPM | # RPM 177 | 01:02:41

The full story of the incredible Janie Jones recording career, from her first big hit "Witches brew" in 1965 to her 1983 punk comback supported by "The Clash", who wrote "The House of the Ju Ju Queen" specially for Janie (and backed her on the single). As bizarre and eclectic set of singles as you would imagine from the woman dubbed "London's Vice Queen" by the News Of The World and jailed in 1973, this fascinating CD includes all her a and b sides plus several unissued numbers. The CD concentrates on her musical career with the likes of Jimmy Webb, Marc Bolan and others, and includes detailed notes plus loads of great pictures and cuttings, and a discography. The sixties have never swung quite like this before!

J.J. Johnson - The Brass Orchestra (1997)  Music

Posted by gribovar at July 2, 2022
J.J. Johnson - The Brass Orchestra (1997)

J.J. Johnson - The Brass Orchestra (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 400 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 167 MB | Covers - 29 MB
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (314 537 321-2)

J.J. Johnson finds himself at the helm of a dream band here - a full brass orchestra with French horns, euphoniums, tubas, and a harp - and gets to exploit its possibilities wherever they might lead. The results are beyond category, where the veteran trombonist's writing has a feathery richness, urbanity, and a depth charge in the bass reminiscent of, but not really indebted to, Gil Evans. There is plenty of straight-ahead jazz grooving but also several episodes of formal, almost classical writing, as in the suitably joyous "If I Hit the Lottery," and rigorous combinations of both, like the angular tribute to Béla Bartók, "Canonn for Bela." The generous Johnson doesn't even appear on a piece he commissioned from Robin Eubanks called "Cross Currents" - Eubanks performs the sputtering trombone solo - nor on Slide Hampton's blazing "Comfort Zone"…

Adriana Evans - Adriana Evans (1997) {Loud Records}  Music

Posted by tiburon at Feb. 14, 2024
Adriana Evans - Adriana Evans (1997) {Loud Records}

Adriana Evans - Adriana Evans (1997) {Loud Records}
EAC 1.0b1 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 600dpi | 336MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 138MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Soul, Vocal Jazz

Despite some jazz and hip-hop touches here and there, Adriana Evans' promising debut album leaves no doubt that her primary inspiration is the sleek "uptown" soul music of the 1970s. Indeed, smooth yet earthy gems like "Heaven," "Looking for Your Love" and "Love Is All Around" sound like they could have been recorded 20 years earlier by the Emotions, Minnie Riperton or Jean Carn. Evans, an expressive and charismatic singer, is the daughter of jazz belter Mary Stallings, and her exposure to jazz has left is mark. The seductive "Reality," in fact, isn't unlike something jazz vibist turned soul and funk singer Roy Ayers would have done in the late '70s. But make no mistake: Evans is an R&B artist first and foremost. In contrast to the homogenized nature of so much of the urban contemporary music recorded in 1997, this CD sounds consistently organic and heartfelt.

Rolf Kühn & Friends - Affairs (1997)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Aug. 25, 2021
Rolf Kühn & Friends - Affairs (1997)

Rolf Kuhn & Friends - Affairs (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 296 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 133 MB | Covers - 29 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Intuition (INT 3211 2)

This is a delightful record that features the woody clarinet of Rolf Kuhn in a variety of amicable settings. There’s an ethereal group with Dave Liebman's soprano sax and Chuck Loeb's guitar, raucous collaborations with Randy Brecker's groups, clarinet pairings with Buddy DeFranco and Eddie Daniels on boppish runs and ballads, the angular abstraction of a duet with Albert Manglesdorf, and the closer, a sweet harmolodic dance with Ornette Coleman.

Govinda - Atom Heart Madras (1997)  Music

Posted by gribovar at June 5, 2023
Govinda - Atom Heart Madras (1997)

Govinda - Atom Heart Madras (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 349 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 145 MB | Covers - 35 MB
Genre: New Age, World, Downtempo, Ambient | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: EMI/Chimes (8 59801 2)

Govinda start their activities in 1994, when original members of Keshava (Satya Mana, Pandit Ananda and Yasodanandana), that had some of their new age tracks released on Klaus Schulze label Innovative Сommunication” decided to change. Everything started when the three Keshava members met DJ Om, who was quite well known in the Los Angeles area, Balearic Islands and Barcelona, so they decided to start a new project, Govinda, along with the support of Indian and Sri Lankan singers, plus the singer/dancer "Chandra". The new project gets immediate interest, and Govinda release their first album "Selling India by the pound" and their first 12" single "Trascendental Ecstasy" which also includes a long and uptempo version of "Awaken"…