Richard X. Heyman.

Friedrich Gulda - Genie und Rebell (Genius and Rebel) (2010) 10 CD Box Set

Friedrich Gulda - Genie und Rebell (Genius and Rebel) (2010) 10 CD Box Set
Mozart - Beethoven - Weber - Chopin - Debussy - Ravel - R. Strauss

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 1.59 Gb | Scans included | Time: 08:54:21
Genre: Classical | Label: Membran | # 233021

This compilation features recordings made between 1950 and 1959 and proves the outstanding pianist to be an equally brilliant and exciting performer of the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Chopin, Debussy, Ravel and Strauss. In addition the compilation boasts highlights from the legendary 1956 Birdland sessions.
Society for New Music Ensemble - American Masters for the 21st Century (2005)

Society for New Music Ensemble - American Masters for the 21st Century (2005)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 06:15:59 | 1,34 Gb
Classical | Label: Innova

Say you start a group called the Society for New Music, commission composer-stars-in-the-making and do it for thirty years straight, you might expect your scrapbooks to be quite interesting. What you might not realize is that your efforts now constitute a major segment of the backbone of contemporary American concert music and you have premiered a boatload of chamber works by composers who have gone on to distinguished careers. Such is the case with Syracuse’s Society for New Music founded by Neva Pilgrim, who opened their treasure chest of commissioned works from 1972 – 2002 and has put them together as the 5-CD set entitled “American Masters for the 21st Century.”
Max Roach - The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions (2000) (7 CDs Box Set)

Max Roach - The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions (2000) (7 CDs Box Set)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks+.cue, log) | 7 CDs, 08:12:24 min | 2,9 Gb | Scans->35mb
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop / Label: Mosaic

This seven-CD box set features 95 tracks from legendary drummer Max Roach's small group, consisting of the 1956-1960 recordings for Emarcy and Mercury Records, as these noteworthy sessions also represent the drummer's post Max Roach-Clifford Brown Quintet output. In 1956 the jazz world witnessed the tragic and untimely deaths of the great trumpeter Clifford Brown and pianist Ritchie Powell. Within these seven CDs, we find Roach maintaining his assault on jazz along with trumpeter Kenny Dorham, pianist Ray Bryant, and the drummer's bandmates from the Clifford Brown years, tenor saxophone giant Sonny Rollins and bassist George Morrow.
Helen Forrest - The Complete Helen Forrest With Benny Goodman (3CD) (2001)

Helen Forrest - The Complete Helen Forrest With Benny Goodman (3CD) (2001)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 571 Mb | 2:50:21 | Scans included
Big Band, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz | Country: USA | Label: Collector's Choice/Sony - A3 053840

Appearing with Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James during the late '30s and early '40s, Helen Forrest became one of the most popular swing era singers – even vocal authority Mel Tormé named her his favorite, male or female. Though her voice wasn't quite as clear as Doris Day's, Forrest was an excellent interpreter, and her sweet vocals proved a solid foil for the Benny Goodman band during 1940 and half of 1941. Collectors' Choice compiled her complete appearances with Goodman on three discs, though they're hardly overloaded at 55 tracks total. The package makes for a lot of great material, including her biggest hits while there, "How High the Moon" and "I Can't Love You Any More (Any More Than I Do)," the latter recorded with top swing guitarist Charlie Christian. Also featured is a previously unreleased track featuring Goodman's own competent vocal (reminiscent of Hoagy Carmichael) on "Jenny."

Benny Goodman - The Legendary Small Groups (2003) {Bluebird}  Music

Posted by tiburon at Oct. 20, 2018
Benny Goodman - The Legendary Small Groups (2003) {Bluebird}

Benny Goodman - The Legendary Small Groups (2003) {Bluebird}
EAC 1.3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 201MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 96MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Swing

Although the big bands gave the Swing Era its commercial popularity, much of its most inspired music was produced by intimate small group recordings such as the landmark Trio and Quartet performances Benny Goodman recorded for Victor between 1935 and 1939.

Les McCann - Les McCann Sings (1961) [Japan 2010]  Music

Posted by SuniR at Feb. 4, 2017
Les McCann - Les McCann Sings (1961) [Japan 2010]

Les McCann - Les McCann Sings (1961) [Japan 2010]
EAC | FLAC (log,tracks+cue) -> 241 Mb (5% Rec.) | Mp3 CBR320 Kbps -> 81 Mb (5% Rec.) | Scans -> 25 Mb
Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Swing | Label: Pacific Jazz / EMI Music, PJ-31/TOCJ-50084 | 2010 | 00:35:20

This album, this one right here, exposes a fugitive. It flips the lid off Les McCann the piano player to reveal Les McCann the singer. The hidden man behind the man. the McCann behind the McCann. But do not think that McCann's vocal merit lies in the not-so-novel fact that he's also a fine jazz pianist. No. This singer stands on his own two feet. The fact is that he could (if absolutely necessary) sing with his hands tied behind him. This album should demonstrate the fact that true talent (feeling, beauty, swing, soul, whatever you like to call it this season) lies in the creator himself — and the release of that talent is not always limited to one vehicle of expression. In other words: never mind how you say it. just get it said. Les McCann gets it said. And he sings so much the way he plays piano that sometimes it's difficult to tell the two apart. –Vicki Arnold
Rod Stewart - Fly Me To The Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V (2010)

Rod Stewart - Fly Me To The Moon… The Great American Songbook Volume V (2010)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2CD | J Records, 88697772092 | ~ 421 or 145 Mb | Artwork -> 11 Mb
Smooth Jazz, Swing, Vocal, Easy Listening

Rod Stewart has been mining the Great American Songbook for the better part of a decade, so it would only make sense that he would get a little bit better as time goes by. And, by some stroke of fate, Fly Me to the Moon – the fifth installment in this never-ending series and first since 2005, as Rod spent the back half of the 2000s taking songbook detours into rock and soul – is Stewart’s best album in the entire serie…

Billie Holiday - The Silver Collection (1984)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Jan. 21, 2020
Billie Holiday - The Silver Collection (1984)

Billie Holiday - The Silver Collection (1984)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue, log) ~ 285.73 Mb | 01:05:19 | Scans included
Vocal Jazz | Country: USA | Label: Verve Records - 823 449-2

Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), professionally known as Billie Holiday, was an African American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills.