Pan Alley

Sleepy John Estes - Live In Japan With Hammie Nixon (2014) Music

Posted by Pisulik at April 4, 2014

Spare live material from the legendary Sleepy John Estes – a set that was recorded in Tokyo in the mid 70s, but wasn't issued in the US for many decades! Estes plays guitar and sings in a duo with harp player Hammie Nixon – who also sings a fair bit too, and creates this excellent back/forth energy with Sleepy John – a very conversational approach to blues that's also augmented by Nixon's very cool work on kazoo and jug!

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Manhattan at Mid-Century: An Oral History eBooks & eLearning

Posted by tarantoga at April 8, 2014

Myrna Katz Frommer, Harvey Frommer, "Manhattan at Mid-Century: An Oral History"
ISBN: 1589799054 | 2013 | EPUB | 320 pages | 7 MB

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Sidney Bechet - Complete Edition Vol. 1 & 2 (1923-1925) [1995] Music

Posted by DjangoTiger at June 8, 2014

For generations, Sidney Bechet's legacy of great jazz recordings has been reissued carefully, both casually and haphazardly. One of several chronological options, the 12-volume Masters of Jazz "Complete Edition" takes a most exactingly thorough approach, mapping Bechet's every appearance in the recording studio, week by week and session by session, regardless of who was initially designated as the primary artist. 1923, Vol. 1 in the series covers a four-month period from late July to early November 1923…

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Billy Branch and The Sons Of Blues - Mississippi Flashback (1992) Music

Posted by TmanHome at May 20, 2014

Billy Branch and The Sons Of Blues - Mississippi Flashback (1992)
Blues | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 53 min | 124 MB
Label: GBW | Rel: 1992

Billy Branch in conjunction with The Sons Of Blues recorded an album Mississippi Flashback. As part uchastovuyut Billy Branch (Harmonica & Vocals), Carl Weathersby (Guitar & Vocals), Russell Wheeler (Keyboards), Tyson Bell (Bass Guitar), Mose Rutes (Drums), Dee Alexander & Manette Franks (Bckgr Vocals). Album was released on the label GBSH.

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V.A. - That's Where It's At: Soul On The West Coast (2013) Music

Posted by funkerman at July 16, 2014

There was so much musical activity on the West Coast in the 50s and early 60s that even such a mighty compilation as this can only scratch the surface of black musical production from that part of the US. The vibrant West Coast recording scene was where musical trends started, national hits were made and the very musical tastes of the nation were being developed. This collection brings together a varied selection of artists and styles blues, R & B, rock n roll, doo wop, ballads, girl groups and more from which soul emerged to be the dominant musical force of black America for the 60s and most of the 70s. It was Los Angeles that became the soul capital of the world as the 70s went on more recordings were made there than in any other city.

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Robert Plant - Glastonbury Festival 2014 [HDTV 1080i] Music

Posted by stfine at July 5, 2014

Rock legend Robert Plant (former Led Zeppelin) and the Sensational Space Shifters band give a massive performance on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, June 28, 2014.

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VA - Classic African American Songsters from Smithsonian Folkways (2014) Music

Posted by SERTiL at July 24, 2014

Drawing 21 classic tracks including four previously unreleased- from the deep well of Smithsonian Folkways archives. This connoisseur collection spotlights songs from ragtime, country, Tin Pan Alley, pre-blues songs, blues hybrids, and old-timey string band. Marquee-name artists Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, Lead Belly, Peg Leg Sam, Mississippi John Hurt,John Cephas, and more set the record straight that there has long been much more to the African American secular song tradition than just the blues.

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Alexis Cole - A Kiss In the Dark (2014) Music

Posted by mark70 at Sept. 9, 2014

Alexis Cole - A Kiss In the Dark (2014)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 53:26 min | 125 MB
Genre: Vocal Jazz | Label: Chesky Records

The darkly alluring, deep-toned voice that embraces these timeless melodies from the parlour song era and Tin Pan Alley days (roughly 1910 to the early 1920s) belongs to the wonderful Alexis Cole.
Called "one of the great voices of today", Alexis has been compared to classic jazz singers such as Sarah Vaughan and Anita O'Day. Cole is the recipient of a Swing Journal Gold Disc award, and has won the NY Jazzmobile and Montreux Jazz Festival vocal competitions.

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Amy Yassinger & Shout Section Big Band - Cruisin' (2014) Music

Posted by DjangoTiger at Sept. 19, 2014

Amy Yassinger & Shout Section Big Band - Cruisin' (2014)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 14 Tracks | 62:35 | 146 MB
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Swing, Big Band | Label: Shout Section Big Band

"Cruisin'" is a terrific new album by Chicago jazz singer extraordinaire, Amy Yassinger and one of the Midwest's top Big Bands, Shout Section Big Band. This Windy City team has created something truly special. The album features everything from Tin Pan Alley songs of the 1920's to a big band arrangement of 2012's biggest hit song. On this album the band features some of Chicago's top performers.

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Stevie Wonder - Legenden des Soul (2014) Music

Posted by DjangoTiger at Sept. 24, 2014

Stevie Wonder - Legenden des Soul (2014)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 20 Tracks | 1:00:23 | 140 MB
Genre: Rock & Roll, Soul, Funk, RnB, Jazz, Easy Listening | Label: Universal Music

Stevie Wonder is a much-beloved American icon and an indisputable genius not only of R&B but popular music in general. Blind virtually since birth, Wonder's heightened awareness of sound helped him create vibrant, colorful music teeming with life and ambition. Nearly everything he recorded bore the stamp of his sunny, joyous positivity; even when he addressed serious racial, social, and spiritual issues (which he did quite often in his prime), or sang about heartbreak and romantic uncertainty, an underlying sense of optimism and hope always seemed to emerge. Much like his inspiration, Ray Charles, Wonder had a voracious appetite for many different kinds of music…

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