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John Mayall - So Many Roads: An Anthology 1964-1974 (2010) 4CD Box Set Music

Posted by Designol at April 22, 2024

2010 four CD anthology from the British Blues legend. John Mayall's band, The Bluesbreakers, were undoubtedly a hot-house for the British Blues scene in the late '60s and early `70s and it's quite staggering when you examine the roll call of floating members who served their apprenticeship with John Mayall including Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Keef Hartley, John McVie, Mick Taylor and Steve Winwood. This lavish box set contains 74 tracks, all newly remastered from the original master tapes, including five tracks released in Europe on CD for the first time. The 40-page booklet features sleevenotes by Mark Powell with rare and previously unseen photographs.

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VA - Varese Sarabande: A 25th Anniversary Celebration, Volume Two (2003) 4CD Box Set Music

Posted by Designol at Dec. 10, 2023

In the 25 years since 1978, Varese Sarabande Records has released well over 1000 albums. Of those, nearly 900 are film scores. Averaging over fifty new soundtrack releases a year, Varese Sarabande's catalog features virtually every great name in film music: Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, John Barry, Thomas Newman, Alan Silvestri, Howard Shore, Randy Newman, Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, James Newton Howard, Mark Isham, Graeme Revell, Trevor Rabin, Georges Delerue, Henry Mancini, Patrick Doyle, James Horner, Carter Burwell, Rachel Portman, Randy Edelman and Marc Shaiman along with countless others and all the legendary composers of Hollywood's Golden Age. This four CD set features a total of five hours of music and becomes the biggest compilation we've ever assembled.

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Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra - Mr. B (1962) Music

Posted by Domestos at March 11, 2018

Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra - Mr. B (1962)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue, log) ~ 62.47 Mb + 18.45 Mb (Scans) | 27:20
Big Band, Swing, Bop | Country: USA | Label: Ember Records - EMBCD 3338

This Ember collection includes Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra's 1944 recordings for Deluxe Records. Eckstine's band featured some of the best sidemen of the big band era – Dizzie Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Sarah Vaughan, Art Blakey, Gene Ammons, Maxine Sullivan, Benny Carter, Oscar Pettiford – and they swung harder than anyone else on numbers like "Good Jelly Blues," "Blowing the Blues Away," and "I Got a Date with Rhythm." Unfortunately, the sound quality hasn't been remastered at all since this same sequence was first reissued (in 1962), and all of this material is also available on the superb 1944-1945 collection.

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The Frank Wess - Harry Edison Orchestra - Dear Mr. Basie (1989) Music

Posted by Domestos at Jan. 31, 2018

The Frank Wess - Harry Edison Orchestra - Dear Mr. Basie (1989)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 380.48 Mb + 23.41 Mb (Scans) | 1:06:25
Big Band, Swing | Country: USA | Label: Concrod Jazz - CCD-4420

Frank Wellington Wess (January 4, 1922 – October 30, 2013) was an American jazz saxophonist and flautist. In addition to his extensive solo work, Wess is remembered for his time in Count Basie's band from the early 1950s into the '60s. Critic Scott Yannow described him as one of the premier proteges of Lester Young, and a leading jazz flautist of his era – using the later instrument to bring new colors to Basie's music.

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D.D. Jackson - So Far (1999) Music

Posted by Domestos at March 9, 2020

D.D. Jackson - So Far (1999)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 245.70 Mb | 55:45 | Cover
Post-Bop, Contemporary Jazz | Label: RCA Victor/BMG Classics - 09026 63549-2

This solo recording from the Canadian pianist is dedicated to his many classical and jazz influences in quite the manner of his mentor, the late Don Pullen. But Jackson is emerging as an original expressionist in his own right, exploring dense harmonies, arpeggiated embellishments, and a fortuitous style of improvising that is nothing less than startling. Of the 12 tracks, the more powerful ones – "Camiliano," "I Mean You," "Round & Round," and "Poco-Loco-Moco," all sport quite different signatures. The first, dedicated to Michel Camilo, has Jackson literally hurtling at the piano, throwing himself into the flying double-time lines.

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VA - L'Histoire du Piano Jazz (The History of Piano Jazz) (2009) (25 CDs) Music

Posted by murena at Oct. 7, 2018

VA - L'Histoire du Piano Jazz (The History of Piano Jazz) (2009) (25 CDs)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks+.cue, log) | 25 CDs, 31:56:53 min | 7,6 Gb | Scans->246 mb
Genre: Jazz; Swing, West-Coast Jazz, Bop, Free Jazz / Label: Le Chant du Monde

In this magnificent collection presented melodies performed by these masters of jazz piano: Scott Joplin, James P. Johnson, Eubie Blake, Mandy Randolph, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Joe Sullivan, Teddy Wilson, Count Basie, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Nat King Cole and many, many others …

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VA - Jazz Piano History (2006) (20 CDs Box Set) Music

Posted by murena at Oct. 5, 2018

VA - Jazz Piano History (2006) (20 CDs Box Set)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Image+.cue, log) | 20 CDs, 24:04:07 min | 5,76 Gb | Scans (.png, 400 dpi)->2,9 Gb
Genre: Jazz, Ragtime, Boogie-Woogie, Swing, Modern Jazz / Label: Documents

A wonderful collector's edition of jazz pianists' records in almost all styles from the first ragtimes to modern jazz.

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VA - 100 Hits: Jazz (2016) Music

Posted by delpotro at May 12, 2019

The much loved 100 Hits range is back in a brand new sleek slim digipak housing 5 discs of your favourite tracks from the Golden age of Jazz featuring incredible tracks from the finest of the era such as Chet Baker, Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstong and many more in this timeless collection.

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Michael Kamen - Die Hard (30th Anniversary Remastered Edition) (3CD) (1988/2018) Music

Posted by Domestos at Dec. 21, 2018

Michael Kamen - Die Hard (30th Anniversary Remastered Edition) (3CD) (1988/2018)
MP3 CBR 320kbps ~ 434 Mb + 60.51 Mb (Scans) | 3:02:44
Score | Label: La-La Land Records

La-La Land Records, Twentieth Century Fox and FOX Music proudly commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the immortal 1988 action blockbuster DIE HARD with DIE HARD: 30TH ANNIVERSARY REMASTERED EDITION, a 3-CD remixed, remastered and expanded soundtrack re-issue of legendary composer Michael Kamen’s (LETHAL WEAPON 1-4, THE LAST BOY SCOUT, LICENCE TO KILL) original motion picture score to the landmark film starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman and Bonnie Bedelia, and directed by John McTiernan. Finally, Kamen’s action masterpiece is given the deluxe presentation worthy of its legacy – a 3-CD assembly sourced from recently rediscovered original digital multi-track tapes.

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McCoy Tyner - The Impulse Albums Collection (2019) Music

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 3, 2022

McCoy Tyner - The Impulse Albums Collection (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 1,42 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 666 Mb | 04:50:41
Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: Enlightenment

Born in Philadelphia on 11th December 1938, as a youth McCoy Tyner was encouraged to study piano by his mother and began lessons at age 13. Within two years music had become the focal point in his life and Tyner was playing on his neighbor's instrument, but his family soon invested in one of his own for the budding musician, following which he began hosting jam sessions at home. Among his friends were a number of other young musicians who would go on to make their mark in the field of jazz, including Lee Morgan, Archie Shepp, Bobby Timmons, Reggie Workman, and most notably, fellow pianist Bud Powell and his brother Richie. McCoy later said, Bud and Richie Powell moved into my neighborhood. Bud was a major influence on me during my early teens. He was very dynamic. Tyner later attended the West Philadelphia Music School and the Granoff School Of Music.

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