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Randy Ingram, Drew Gress, Billy Hart - Aries Dance (2024)  Music

Posted by Fizzpop at Oct. 17, 2024
Randy Ingram, Drew Gress, Billy Hart - Aries Dance (2024)

Randy Ingram, Drew Gress, Billy Hart - Aries Dance (2024)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 261 MB | Cover | 46:40 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 110 MB
Jazz | Label: Sounderscore Inc.

Aries Dance, pianist/composer Randy Ingram’s sixth record, is a celebration of musical motion and vital expression. Featuring legendary drummer Billy Hart alongside Ingram’s trusted collaborator, the first-call bassist Drew Gress, Aries Dance finds Ingram and his trio-mates interpreting a selection of Ingram’s original compositions alongside a few choice selections from Wayne Shorter and the Great American Songbook. It is a testament to Ingram’s authority at the keys, the elegance and commitment of his swing feel, that the sound of Aries Dance is definitively his own, even in such august company.

Randy Ingram, Drew Gress, Billy Hart - Aries Dance (2024)  Music

Posted by Fizzpop at Oct. 17, 2024
Randy Ingram, Drew Gress, Billy Hart - Aries Dance (2024)

Randy Ingram, Drew Gress, Billy Hart - Aries Dance (2024)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 261 MB | Cover | 46:40 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 110 MB
Jazz | Label: Sounderscore Inc.

Aries Dance, pianist/composer Randy Ingram’s sixth record, is a celebration of musical motion and vital expression. Featuring legendary drummer Billy Hart alongside Ingram’s trusted collaborator, the first-call bassist Drew Gress, Aries Dance finds Ingram and his trio-mates interpreting a selection of Ingram’s original compositions alongside a few choice selections from Wayne Shorter and the Great American Songbook. It is a testament to Ingram’s authority at the keys, the elegance and commitment of his swing feel, that the sound of Aries Dance is definitively his own, even in such august company.

Randy Johnston - Jubilation (1994)  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 26, 2025
Randy Johnston - Jubilation (1994)

Randy Johnston - Jubilation (1994)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 337 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 135 MB | Covers - 15 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Soul Jazz, Guitar Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Muse Records (MCD 5495)

Standards, a couple of competent originals and ballads are the menu for guitarist Randy Johnston's second album. He has a fluid style, plays in the full-toned, relaxed, taut fashion of Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell, and has the versatility to handle blues, soul-jazz and interpretations of show tunes. The nine-song program includes lengthy reworkings of "Willow Weep For Me" and "You Are Too Beautiful," a good treatment of Junior Mance's "Jubilation" and Johnston's own "9 W Blues" and "One For Detroit." Finely tuned, expertly performed light jazz with a touch of funk, soul and blues.

Randy Newman - Sail Away (1972) Expanded Remastered 2002  Music

Posted by Designol at Oct. 17, 2024
Randy Newman - Sail Away (1972) Expanded Remastered 2002

Randy Newman - Sail Away (1972) Expanded Remastered 2002
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 197 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 96 Mb | Scans ~ 127 Mb
Label: Rhino/Reprise | # 8122-78244-2 | Time: 00:41:51
Singer/Songwriter, Baroque Pop, Pop/Rock

For their expanded 2002 reissue of Randy Newman's classic Sail Away album, Rhino/Reprise unearthed five previously unissued gems. Of these, arguably the most notable is the studio version of "Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong," originally released on the stop-gap Randy Newman Live album; it was left off the album because Newman and his producers felt that he didn't capture the song but, decades later, this sounds every bit as good, if not better, than the issued live version. Of the remaining four bonus tracks, only "Let It Shine" isn't an alternate version or demo, and while it's not quite up to the high standards of the other songs on Sail Away, it's still quite strong. If the early version of "Dayton, Ohio – 1903" isn't radically different, the early version of "Sail Away" is – bouncy and bluesy, its humor more apparent. Finally, the demo of "You Can Leave Your Hat On" is a little rawer than the album version and wholly welcome. Though these five bonus tracks are the main attraction for Randy Newman fans, the remastered sound, the liner notes by David Wild, introduction by Randy, and rare photos make this another wonderful reissue in Rhino's line of Newman expanded editions.

Randy Crawford - Abstract Emotions (1986)  Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Oct. 19, 2023
Randy Crawford - Abstract Emotions (1986)

Randy Crawford - Abstract Emotions (1986)
R&B, Soul/Funk, Quiet Storm, Electronic | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 49:29 | 307,68 Mb
Label: Warner Bros. Records (Germany) | Cat.# 925 423-2 | Released: 1986

"Abstract Emotions" is the 8th studio album by American jazz and R&B singer Veronica "Randy" Crawford. It reached #178 on the US albums chart, #53 in the US R&B chart and #14 in the UK Albums Chart. On October 14, 2013 it was issued on CD together with the "Nightline" album.

Randy Newman - Born Again (1979) Reissue 1990  Music

Posted by Designol at Oct. 4, 2024
Randy Newman - Born Again (1979) Reissue 1990

Randy Newman - Born Again (1979) Reissue 1990
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 186 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 81 Mb | Scans ~ 68 Mb | 00:35:20
Singer/Songwriter, Rock, Pop Rock, Avant-Pop | Label: Warner Bros. | # 7599-25917-2

Born Again is the sixth album by American composer Randy Newman. Newman later said he thought the album, "was great and would create a big stir. I was looking forward to it coming out so much that I didn't fly any small planes before it was released. It's a weird album full of peculiar songs like the one about an ELO fan getting everything wrong. It's very idiosyncratic, with small subjects. If it had been a hit to follow it might have been different but I have always written the same way."
Randy Brecker with Michael Brecker - Some Skunk Funk (2005) MCH PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Randy Brecker with Michael Brecker - Some Skunk Funk (2005)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 67:27 minutes | Scans included | 4,49 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Scans included | 1,98 GB
or FLAC Stereo (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Scans included | 887 MB
Features Stereo and Multichannel surround sound | Telarc # SACD-63647

In the mid '70s, trumpeter Randy Brecker and his saxophonist brother Michael were the Wynton and Branford Marsalis of their jazz fusion day. This live date features the brothers performing with the WDR Big Band in Koln, Germany in 2003. Augmented by conductor/arranger Vince Mendoza, bassist Will Lee, and drummer Peter Erskine, the Breckers revive some of their hits from their classic LPs Back to Back, Don't Stop the Music, Heavy Metal Be-Bop, Detente, and Strap-Hangin'. Randy's full-bodied trumpet tones and Michael's Tranish sheets-of-sound sax appeal reveal their tradition-born technique applied to funk, world, and pop-oriented soundscapes. The peppery title track and the mid-tempo backbeat on "Sponge" reveal their mainstream jazz cred, and the oblique "Wayne Out" is a tribute to Wayne Shorter. The Latin-tinged "Shanghigh" is a shout-out to Randy's former boss Horace Silver, while the percussive "For Barry" reveals Michael's type of tenor madness. Contrary to some critics, these fusion cats could swing.
Randy Brecker with Michael Brecker - Some Skunk Funk (2005) MCH PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Randy Brecker with Michael Brecker - Some Skunk Funk (2005)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 67:27 minutes | Scans included | 4,49 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Scans included | 1,98 GB
or FLAC Stereo (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Scans included | 887 MB
Features Stereo and Multichannel surround sound | Telarc # SACD-63647

In the mid '70s, trumpeter Randy Brecker and his saxophonist brother Michael were the Wynton and Branford Marsalis of their jazz fusion day. This live date features the brothers performing with the WDR Big Band in Koln, Germany in 2003. Augmented by conductor/arranger Vince Mendoza, bassist Will Lee, and drummer Peter Erskine, the Breckers revive some of their hits from their classic LPs Back to Back, Don't Stop the Music, Heavy Metal Be-Bop, Detente, and Strap-Hangin'. Randy's full-bodied trumpet tones and Michael's Tranish sheets-of-sound sax appeal reveal their tradition-born technique applied to funk, world, and pop-oriented soundscapes. The peppery title track and the mid-tempo backbeat on "Sponge" reveal their mainstream jazz cred, and the oblique "Wayne Out" is a tribute to Wayne Shorter. The Latin-tinged "Shanghigh" is a shout-out to Randy's former boss Horace Silver, while the percussive "For Barry" reveals Michael's type of tenor madness. Contrary to some critics, these fusion cats could swing.

Randy Newman - Randy Newman's Faust (1995)  Music

Posted by popsakov at July 23, 2024
Randy Newman - Randy Newman's Faust (1995)

Randy Newman - Randy Newman's Faust (1995)
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 470 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 266 Mb
Full Scans | 00:58:28 | RAR 5% Recovery
Symphonic Rock, Musical, Rock Opera | Reprise #9 45672-2

In Randy Newman’s musical version of Faust, not even God is safe from the poison baton. Newman has rounded up a bunch of his friends to sing the parts — James Taylor, Don Henley, Elton John, Bonnie Raitt and Linda Ronstadt. And that’s pretty close to the roster of the band playing in my idea of hell. Yet Faust turns out to be the best work in years for all involved. The musical poses a question Newman first raised in “God’s Song (That’s Why I Love Mankind),” from 1972’s Sail Away, one that Christianity can’t adequately answer.

Randy Weston - Blue Moses (1972) [Reissue 2011]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Sept. 20, 2023
Randy Weston - Blue Moses (1972) [Reissue 2011]

Randy Weston - Blue Moses (1972) [Reissue 2011]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 224 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 87 MB | Covers - 2 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Big Band | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: CTI/Masterworks Jazz (88697 93201 2)

Recorded in 1972, Blue Moses, the most commercially successful album in pianist/composer Randy Weston's catalog remains one of his most controversial due to his conflicted feelings about the final product, which he feels is too polished and too far from his original intent for the project. Indeed, appearing on Creed Taylor's CTI imprint was an almost certain guarantee of polished production. Weston plays both acoustic and Rhodes piano here; he was backed by a band of CTI's star-studded stable: trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, tenor saxophonist Grover Washington, flutists Hubert Laws and Romeo Penque, drummer Billy Cobham, alternate bassists Ron Carter and Bill Wood, and percussionists Phil Kraus, Airto Moreira, and Weston's son Azzedin…