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Tito Puente - Quatro: The Definitive Collection (2012) {5CD Box Set, Sony Music Latin 88725469882 rec 1956-1960} Music

Posted by ruskaval at Dec. 25, 2019

Tito Puente - Quatro: The Definitive Collection (2012) {5CD Box Set, Sony Music Latin 88725469882 rec 1956-1960}
XLD rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 1.02 Gb | MP3 @320 -> 401 Mb
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© 1956-60, 2012 Sony Music Latin | 8872 546988 2
Jazz / Latin / Cuban Traditions / Mambo / Afro-Cuban Jazz

Quatro: The Definitive Collection assembles four truly classic Tito Puente albums recorded between 1955 and 1960 for RCA, and adds a disc of outtakes, alternate takes, and rarities in a lavishly designed limited-edition box set. The box is 6" x 6" with each album housed individually in a thick cardboard sleeve with back and front facsimile cover art. These four albums were cut in chronological order: Cuban Carnival (1956), Night Beat (1957), Dance Mania (1958), and Revolving Bandstand (1960), the last recorded in collaboration with the Buddy Morrow Orchestra.

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VA - Putumayo Presents: Carnival (2001) Music

Posted by Pisulik at Feb. 15, 2017

VA - Putumayo Presents: Carnival (2001)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +cue, log, covers - 308 MB | 00:43:57
Latin Jazz, Funk, Soul, World | Label: Putumayo World Music | Release Year: 2001

Putumayo Presents Carnival is a rousing collection of world music suited for the purpose of annual street parades, large-scale block parties, and whooping it up in all the festooned finery of Mardi Gras. Only two songs here, Eddie Bo's "I Know You Mardi Gras" and Kermit Ruffins's "Kermit's Second Line," hail from New Orleans. The other eight tracks come from such carnival traditions as the world-famous Brazilian Rio de Janiero throw-down represented by Martinho Da Vila's "Canta Canta, Minha Gente" and Cuba's shindig celebrated here by the Cuarteto Patria, led by guitarist Eliades Ochoa, renowned for his Buena Vista Social Club contribution. Haitian band King Posse turn in one of the most fun performances with "Retounen," a booty-busting blend of reggae, hip-hop, and Haitian compas. With few exceptions, these cuts haven't been released outside their native countries, and as with all Putumayo compilations, Carnival comes with fantastic liner notes detailing both the artists and the carnivals of their homelands.

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Michael Franks - Rendezvous In Rio (2006) Music

Posted by Designol at Nov. 25, 2022

No chance Franks is going to change the formula now after all these years, but what a great formula it is. Michael Franks delivers another superb collection of idiosyncratic pop songs as only he can - this time out with a bit of a Brazilian flavored twist. Features Chuck Loeb (guitar, keyboards, programming), David Sancious (piano, keyboards), Jeff Lorber (keyboards, programming), Michael White (drums) and Eric Marienthal.

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VA - Chill Brazil (Chosen By the Legendary Marcos Valle) (2002) Music

Posted by delpotro at May 6, 2024

VA - Chill Brazil (Chosen By the Legendary Marcos Valle) (2002)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 881 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 325 Mb | 02:21:41
MPB, Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Easy Listening | Label: Warner Records

A collection of sexy, steamy soul bossa tracks with the sounds of Brazil. With some of the most-recognizable names, not to mention many of the others present from the many wonders of Brazilian music, this is the perfect compilation to chill out to!

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Duke Ellington - The Best Of Duke Ellington (1932-1939) [4CD Box Set] (2008) Music

Posted by gribovar at Nov. 16, 2019

Duke Ellington - The Best Of Duke Ellington (1932-1939) [4CD Box Set] (2008)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 716 MB | Covers - 13 MB
Genre: Jazz, Big Band, Swing | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Sony BMG (88697302362)

This collection of Ellington's Thirties recordings is generous in that it offers 95 selections and meagre in that there is no discographical information at all (no recording dates, no personel, no matrix numbers). The liner notes give some information but leave one pining for more too. There the criticism ends. Audio restoration by Dutchman Harry Coster (who is attached to the Dutch Jazz Archive and has an outstanding reputation for painstaking restoration of old material) is beyond reproach and the recordings never sounded so good before. And of course there is the music itself, which is formidable, both in musical content and in execution by that peerless group of proud individuals that constituted the Duke Ellington orchestra…

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