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Chet Baker & Stan Getz - West Coast Live (1997) 2CDs Music

Posted by Designol at June 8, 2024

One of the most infamously acrimonious musical unions transpired between two of the leading purveyors of West Coast cool jazz: Chet Baker (trumpet) and Stan Getz (tenor sax). Their paths crossed only a handful of times and West Coast Live captures two of their earliest encounters in Los Angeles at the Haig on June 12, 1953, and the Tiffany Club on August 17, 1953. These recordings have been issued in Europe and Japan ad infinitum in varying degrees of quality, completeness, and often sporting erroneous data. However, enthusiasts should note that West Coast Live is the only release derived from producer/engineer Dick Bock's own master reels. For two men who purportedly would rather not be in the same room at the same time, Baker and Getz are able to create some legitimately brilliant improvisation. For the Haig set, Getz had been brought in to co-lead a quartet with Baker for an incarcerated Gerry Mulligan.

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VA - Swinging Jazz Violin (2007) Music

Posted by popsakov at April 29, 2021

The violin's an unlikely instrument for a jazz tune - but as you'll hear in this set, it's one that can sound pretty darn great when handled by the right artist! The collection has a strong focus on European use of the violin in jazz during the 60s and 70s - in a movement that took the instrument strongly past its older swing-based use in the US, and into hipper territory that really explored its sonic properties with a lot more depth! Some tunes have a rootsy feel, others are more open and electric - and a good bit of this material (nearly all of it) was recorded for the MPS label, and benefits from both the strong production and new freedoms allowed to its artists.

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VA - The Perfect Roots & Blues Collection (2015) Music

Posted by Rtax at July 5, 2022

VA - The Perfect Roots & Blues Collection (2015)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 3.8 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 2.9 GB
21:30:07 | Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Cajun, Hillbilly, Gospel | Label: Sony Music Canada

Amazon Review by Stuart Jefferson
If you're a blues fan chances are you're already familiar with (if you don't already own) some/many/all of these albums. But if you don't own these sets (or have only a few) this is a good way to own all 20 albums in one nice, neat box. The sound is the same as the individual albums which is very good for the various periods when these tracks were originally recorded. The jackets are fairly thick cardboard and are reproductions of the original covers. The outer box is also of good quality. There's a 34 page booklet that has a few paragraphs on each disc, and track lists, but no detailed liner notes to really put this music into some kind of perspective, but information on these artists and styles is available in various blues books/encyclopedias and on the internet.

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The Modernaires - The Mods Salute Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass (1966/2016) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at Sept. 18, 2024

The Modernaires - The Mods Salute Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass (1966/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time - 24:28 minutes | 867 MB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 24:28 minutes | 556 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass sold more albums than almost anyone else in the '60s, so it's no surprise that any goofball with a trumpet would try to cash in on their effortlessly enjoyable, upbeat, instrumental style. And, indeed, there were plenty of those. Making a vocal album, however, is another story. Who in their right mind would attempt an entire album of singing new words to famous instrumentals? But that is what Big Band veterans the Modernaires did, setting lyrics to Alpert & Co.'s numerous hit tunes. The tight-harmony vocal quintet used to sing with the likes of Glen Miller back in the '40s, so presumably this was their attempt to get, er, "mod".

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Starpoint - It's So Delicious (1983) [2007, Reissue] Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Jan. 3, 2023

A bit tighter and more conventional soul than earlier work by Starpoint, but still pretty darn great too - and great proof that the group were more on top of their bag than other funky combos of the type. Renee Diggs is strongly out front on vocals throughout - lending her sweet sound to the flurry of electro keys and beats that make up most of the instrumentation here. The instrumentation's almost got some echoes of the Minneapolis funky soul scene at the times, but echoes the group's older sound at other points - and although a few tracks are quite hook heavy, they're never too poppish or cloying. Titles include "Behind Your Back", "Don't Be So Serious", "Put Your Love On Me", "It's So Delicious", "Let Go", and "I Got The Love".

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Kylie Minogue - Golden (2018) {Deluxe Edition} Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Aug. 18, 2020

Kylie Minogue - Golden (2018) {Deluxe Edition}
Pop, Country Pop, Electronic, Dance | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 54:10 | 545,88 Mb
Label: BMG (EU) | Cat.# 538360772 | Released: 2018-04-06

"Golden" is the fourteenth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was released on 6 April 2018 by BMG Rights Management. A large portion of the record was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, where she found new inspiration with its music, and also recorded some material in London and Los Angeles, California. The album was co-produced by Minogue alongside a variety of producers including Ash Howes, Richard "Biff" Stannard, Sky Adams, Alex Smith, and Mark Taylor, among others. Each track was co-written by Minogue, making it her first album since Impossible Princess (1997) to do so.

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The Modernaires - The Mods Salute Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass (1966/2016) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at Sept. 18, 2024

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VA - Great Vocalists Of Jazz & Entertainment (2004) (40 CDs Box Set) Music

Posted by murena at Oct. 10, 2018

VA - Great Vocalists Of Jazz & Entertainment (2004) (40 CDs Box Set)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Image+.cue, log) | 40 CDs, 35:13:09 min | Covers included | 7,25 Gb
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop / Label: Membran Music

Aptly titled, 'The Great Vocalists Of Jazz & Entertainment', culls 748 of the absolute finest recordings by top singers of the pre-rock era of the '30s, '40s & '50s. All recordings are digitally remastered and over 20 top names are featured, including Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne and Perry Como. Each artist has at least one disc devoted to solely to their repertoire; most have two (Billie & Frank deservedly have three apiece). Hou sed in a sealed, full color 5' x 6' x 8' box, it contains 20 double slimline jewelcases.

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The High Llamas - Albums Collection: 'Beet Maize & Corn' (2003); 'Can Cladders' (2007); 'Talahomi Way' (2011) Music

Posted by Designol at Nov. 7, 2023

The High Llamas are a London-based musical group, formed by the Irish guitarist and songwriter Sean O'Hagan after the demise of his group Microdisney. The High Llamas' output (including the eponymous debut album, technically credited to "Sean O'Hagan") showed influences including pre-1950s American pop and folk, Brazilian jazz and bossa nova, film composers of the 1960s, and 1990s European electronic music. O'Hagan's work most frequently included references to Brian Wilson's psychedelic period and/or kitsch lounge revival. Collection includes: 'Beet Maize & Corn' (2003); 'Can Cladders' (2007); 'Talahomi Way' (2011).

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Corey Congilio's - 50 Blues Rhythms You MUST Know [repost] eBooks & eLearning

Posted by ParRus at Jan. 11, 2017

You're nursing your brew at the local blues jam waiting on your turn. You've got a solid six or so blues grooves under your belt but darn, someone already called the Stormy blues and that SRV jam. Next guy called the minor blues ala B.B. and then, as luck would have it, the Chicago shuffle groove in the same key you do it in. Fingers are crossed but of course cat number three calls both your slow blues and that uptempo straight-ahead thing you feel solid on.

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