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Jonathan Powell - Mambo Jazz Party (2024)  Music

Posted by varrock at Aug. 9, 2024
Jonathan Powell - Mambo Jazz Party (2024)

Jonathan Powell - Mambo Jazz Party (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 511 MB | Tracks: 12 | 75:32
Style: Jazz | Label: Circle 9 Records

From the first seconds of the opening track, trumpeter Jonathan Powell immediately signals that his new album Mambo Jazz Party is no ordinary record. With irresistible layers of groove and the indomitably danceable feels of Latin Jazz spurred eternally forward by the campana (cowbell), the audience is instantly hooked. Drawing on two decades of expertise as a sideman for Latin Jazz legends such as Eddie Palmieri, Arturo O’Farrill, Miguel Zenon, Oscar Hernandez and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, and Tito Puente Jr., Powell assembles a rotating 18-piece ensemble that brings the party of great, danceable Latin Jazz and Mambo and combines it with the aesthetic of modern electric jazz on Mambo Jazz Party, releasing August 9, 2024 via Circle 9.

Jonathan Powell - Mambo Jazz Party (2024)  Music

Posted by varrock at Aug. 9, 2024
Jonathan Powell - Mambo Jazz Party (2024)

Jonathan Powell - Mambo Jazz Party (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 511 MB | Tracks: 12 | 75:32
Style: Jazz | Label: Circle 9 Records

From the first seconds of the opening track, trumpeter Jonathan Powell immediately signals that his new album Mambo Jazz Party is no ordinary record. With irresistible layers of groove and the indomitably danceable feels of Latin Jazz spurred eternally forward by the campana (cowbell), the audience is instantly hooked. Drawing on two decades of expertise as a sideman for Latin Jazz legends such as Eddie Palmieri, Arturo O’Farrill, Miguel Zenon, Oscar Hernandez and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, and Tito Puente Jr., Powell assembles a rotating 18-piece ensemble that brings the party of great, danceable Latin Jazz and Mambo and combines it with the aesthetic of modern electric jazz on Mambo Jazz Party, releasing August 9, 2024 via Circle 9.
Jaco Pastorius - Truth, Liberty & Soul - Live in NYC: The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording (2017) 2CDs

Jaco Pastorius - Truth, Liberty & Soul (2017) 2CDs
Live in NYC: The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 810 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 301 Mb | Scans ~ 123 Mb
Post-Bop, Jazz-Funk, Fusion | Label: Resonance | # HCD-2027 | 02:11:18

Resonance Records goes out of its way again to unearth yet another significant chapter in jazz history, and once again, it's one that relatively few fans have ever heard. This performance of Jaco Pastorius' Word of Mouth Big Band was captured during George Wein's Kool Jazz Festival at Avery Fisher Hall. It was broadcast on NPR's Jazz Alive program, but this double disc contains the entire performance, with more than 40 minutes of additional music.
Antonio Sanchez, WDR Big Band & Vince Mendoza - Channels of Energy (2018)

Antonio Sanchez, WDR Big Band & Vince Mendoza - Channels of Energy (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 494 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 187 Mb | 01:21:26
Contemporary Jazz, Modern Big Band, Post-Bop | Label: CAM Jazz

Two stars of international jazz, an amazing orchestra, a truly fresh repertoire and outstanding arrangements developed for a unique event to take place: the meeting of Antonio Sanchez on drums, Vince Mendoza as conductor and arranger and the WDR Big Band. Two invaluable CDs packed with everything you may dream)when you are about to listen to such a stellar Big Band that is conducted by a genius like Mendoza and plays music by an undisputed giant like Sanchez.
Antonio Sanchez, WDR Big Band & Vince Mendoza - Channels of Energy (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Antonio Sanchez, WDR Big Band & Vince Mendoza - Channels of Energy (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 81:31 minutes | 1,52 GB
Contemporary Jazz, Modern Big Band, Post-Bop | Label: CAM Jazz, Official Digital Download

Two stars of international jazz, an amazing orchestra, a truly fresh repertoire and outstanding arrangements developed for a unique event to take place: the meeting of Antonio Sanchez on drums, Vince Mendoza as conductor and arranger and the WDR Big Band. Two invaluable CDs packed with everything you may dream)when you are about to listen to such a stellar Big Band that is conducted by a genius like Mendoza and plays music by an undisputed giant like Sanchez.

Chicago Underground Duo - Age of Energy (2012)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at March 29, 2023
Chicago Underground Duo - Age of Energy (2012)

Chicago Underground Duo - Age of Energy (2012)
XLD | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 42:10 | 284 MB
Genre: Avant-garde, Modern Creative | Label: Northern Spy | Catalog: NS 020

Because cornetist Rob Mazurek and drummer Chad Taylor both come from the jazz sphere, it's usually tempting to lump their collective work as Chicago Underground Duo in that particular genre. The problem is it is only one of the elements that CUD employs in the music they've made over the last 15 years together. Age of Energy, the group's debut on Northern Spy, is a case in point. In addition to a drum kit, Taylor plays a drum machine and other electronics.
The Modern Jazz Quartet - Plays George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess (1966) {Atlantic Jazz Masters--Rhino 8122-75445-2 rel 2004}

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Plays George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess (1966) {Atlantic Jazz Masters–Rhino 8122-75445-2 rel 2004}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 215 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 91 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 225 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1964-65, 2004 Atlantic / Rhino / Warner | 8122-75445-2
Jazz / Cool / Bop / Third Stream

The Modern Jazz Quartet, a group legendary for it's feats during their heyday in the cool bop period of jazz music, shares with the listener a brilliant effort encompassing their impression of composer George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess." Acclaimed by Encyclopedia Britannica as "the greatest American musical drama ever written," The Modern Jazz Quartet perform it at the highest level of creative flair to pay homage to a marvel of composition with the utmost degree of sincerity and respect. This is a piece that Gershwin took a full 11 months to compose and nine months to orchestrate, all based on the initial inspiration from a drama written by playwright Dorothy Heyward. Opening up the score is Gershwin's dazzling and seductive tune "Summertime," a landslide mark of musical brilliance.
VA - (I Got No Kick Against) Modern Jazz: A GRP Artists' Celebration Of The Songs Of The Beatles (1995)

Various Artists - (I Got No Kick Against) Modern Jazz:
A GRP Artists' Celebration Of The Songs Of The Beatles (1995)

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 430 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 186 Mb | Scans included
Jazz, R&B, Tribute | Label: GRP | # GRD-9827 | Time: 01:11:50

(I Got No Kick Against) Modern Jazz is a 1995 tribute album by various jazz artists and bands (George Benson, Diana Krall, Lee Ritenour, Chick Corea, David Benoit, Arturo Sandoval, Dave Grusin, and many others) from the GRP Records label. It consists of jazz cover versions of songs originally by The Beatles. The album's title comes from the lyrics of the Beatles's cover of the Chuck Berry song, "Rock and Roll Music", which was originally released on the studio album Beatles for Sale. Dave Grusin was nominated for a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for his cover of "Yesterday" on the album.

I Like To Sleep - Sleeping Beauty (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Jan. 12, 2024
I Like To Sleep - Sleeping Beauty (2022)

I Like To Sleep - Sleeping Beauty (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 188 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 84 Mb | 00:36:44
Jazz Fusion, Jazz Rock, Modern Creative | Label: Rune Grammofon

In 2021, the international contemporary music festival Only Connect commissioned an interpretation from I LIKE TO SLEEP of the first movement of Olivier Messiaen’s Turangalila symphony. A project which initially led to a 15-minute piece performed at the festival, with the trio re-writing the music of Messiaen, but also rewriting the music of their own. Messiaen as a reference and compositional tool may be heard in the album for those really listening for references. With “Sleeping Beauty” the trio also explore even heavier riffs than before, seasick grooves and tempi, and deeper ambient soundscapes. Through extensive improvisation, the effects and processing of the sounds are way more extreme than before, almost awakening the sleeping beauty.

Jeff Ballard - Fairgrounds (2019)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Jan. 23, 2021
Jeff Ballard - Fairgrounds (2019)

Jeff Ballard - Fairgrounds (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 276 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 131 Mb | Covers included | 00:52:31
Contemporary Jazz, Modern Creative, Jazz Fusion | Label: Edition Reocrds

Jeff Ballard ranks among the most inventive and adventurous drummers of his generation. He makes music that feels like the 21st century – open, fluid, ever-developing; a sound informed by jazz but truly coming to life where musical worlds collide: acoustic and electric, swinging and ambient, analogue and digital, accessible and experimental. The virtuoso drummer, who made his name playing with Ray Charles, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau, is not inhibited by convention. His music is honest, original and adventurous with a ceaseless desire and energy to move people emotionally, physically and intellectually. Jeff’s latest project and album ‘Fairgrounds’, released on Edition Records, provides a freedom to explore and to express himself with musicians who are close to his heart and mind.