The Jazz Workshop Series

Soft Machine - NDR Jazz Workshop: Hamburg, Germany 1973 (2010) CD+DVD Music

Posted by Designol at Oct. 10, 2023

Soft Machine were one of the very first groups to fuse Jazz with Rock in the late 60s and were hugely appreciated in Europe for their unique sound. This previously unreleased show was recorded for Germany's famous NDR Jazz Workshop series featuring the line-up of Mike Ratledge, Karl Jenkins, Roy Babbington and John Marshall with Art Themen and Gary Boyle. This long sought-after performance has never been seen since its original broadcast in 1973 and is the highest quality video document that exists of the group, featuring clear and beautiful visuals and superb live stereo sound!

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John Surman - Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop, April 1969 (2011) {CD + DVD5 NTSC Set, Cuneiform RUNE 315/316} Music

Posted by ruskaval at May 5, 2021

John Surman - Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop, April 1969 (2011) {CD + DVD5 NTSC Set, Cuneiform RUNE 315/316}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 262 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 98 Mb
DVD5 -> 3.12 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 4:3 | LinearPCM, 2 ch | ~ 47 min | ISO Image
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 25 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1969, 2011 Norddeutscher Rundfunk / Cuneiform Records | RUNE 315/316
Jazz / Post Bop / Modal Music / Saxophone

Cuneiform Records has unearthed a hidden treasure of British jazz. Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop—April '69 is a stunning discovery. Featuring unreleased material executed by a unique ten-piece line-up of European jazz luminaries, it provides a fascinating window into the development of British saxophonist John Surman at the very beginning of his career.

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Cannonball Adderley - Cannonball Adderley In San Francisco (1959) {2007 Riverside} [Keepnews Collection Complete Series] Music

Posted by ruskaval at Nov. 17, 2019

Cannonball Adderley - The Cannonball Adderley Quintet In San Francisco (1959) {2007 Riverside} [Keepnews Collection Complete Series] (Item #4of27)
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 555 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 188 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 95 Mb | 5% repair rar | 24-bit remastering
© 1959, 2007 Concord / Riverside | 0888072301313
Jazz / Post Bop / Hard Bop / Saxophone

Remastered in 24-bit from the original master tapes. Part of our Keepnews Collection, which spotlights classic albums originally produced by the legendary Orrin Keepnews. Recorded live at the Jazz Workshop in San Francisco, this hit album captures the bluesy alto saxophonist and his band (featuring brother Nat on cornet and Bobby Timmons on piano) during their triumphant four-week run. It not only wowed the city’s jazz aficionados but also introduced Russian classical composer Dmitri Shostakovich to his first dose of live jazz.

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Lou Levy - Jazz In Four Colors (1956) {RCA--BMG Ariola ND74401 rel 1995} Music

Posted by ruskaval at July 31, 2020

Lou Levy - Jazz In Four Colors (1956) {RCA–BMG Ariola ND74401 rel 1995}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 237 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 94 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 17 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1956, 1995 RCA / BMG Ariola | ND 74401
Jazz / Bop / Cool / Piano

On Nov. 5, 1955, Billboard reported that RCA's jazz department signed Conte Candoli , Jack Montrose and Lou Levy. The move was made by Jack Lewis, RCA's pragmatic head of jazz A&R. Larger LPs meant more vinyl to fill, which, in turn, required studio pros who could get the job done in one or two takes. What's more, RCA was setting ambitious production goals for 1956, which meant a need for a longer list of releases. Discount record stores were popping up throughout the country and they had 12-inch racks to fill. During that same week, Lewis announced plans for RCA's now beloved Jazz Workshop series.

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George Duke - The Best of the MPS Years (2022) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at June 16, 2022

George Duke - The Best of the MPS Years (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:24:36 | 466 Mb
Genre: Funk, Jazz, Fusion / Label: MPS

The Best Of The MPS Years presents you all the classics and highlights of George Dukes time at the Black Forest label on one album.<> <> A curious happenstance in 1966 triggered the partnership between MPS head Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer and George Duke. Brunner-Schwer was in San Francisco to record the Art van Damme Quintet. After finishing the recording session one evening, he and his team strolled over to a club called the Jazz Workshop. Les McCann was supposed to be playing, but this particular day was his day off. Instead, a 20 year old pianist, still involved in his studies, was performing with his quartet. The musics freshness so enthralled the German that he set up a recording session on the spot. This encounter between George Duke and Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer in sunny California was both accidental and noteworthy. It turned out to be the jazzy prologue to future events: five years later the American began his fusion-infused sessions for the man from Germanys Black Forest. The six albums of this series still count as a fascinating and essential part of George Dukes lifes-work and canon of the genre.

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Don Mock's Jazz Guitar Masterclass: Three Critical Jazz Guitar Concepts and Techniques, Book & CD (Audio Workshop Series) eBooks & eLearning

Posted by IrGens at Jan. 22, 2019

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Vinnie Riccitelli & The Westchester Workshop - Unique Jazz from the Westchester Workshop (1957/2019) Official Digital Download Vinyl & HR

Posted by Pisulik at Nov. 26, 2019

Vinnie Riccitelli & The Westchester Workshop - Unique Jazz from the Westchester Workshop (1957/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 34:54 minutes | 573 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

To introduce its Jazz LP series, Unique Records spent several months in the careful screening of young composers, arrangers and musicians before a final decision could be made in the ultimate selection of just the right men and material. It took only one "hearing" of The Westchester Workshop group and Unique had its inaugural album. Giving the album a title was a simple task since the sounds created here are a unique marriage between two styles of jazz.

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Marty Paich - The Jazz City Workshop (1955/2014) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at March 29, 2023

Marty Paich - The Jazz City Workshop (1955/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 35:34 minutes | 761 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Pianist and arranger Marty Paich gets the credit on the cover, but this 1955 album is indeed a true collaboration between Paich and his sidemen: the great trombonist Herbie Harper, Larry Bunker on vibes, Curtis Counce on bass, Jack Costanzo on bongos, Frankie Capp on drums and vocalist Mickey Lynne who sings on one track. This recording was intended to be the first in a series of albums named after the Hollywood jazz club Jazz City.

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Don Mock's Modal Mojo: The "No Mystery" Approach to Modal Improvising, Book & CD (Audio Workshop Series) eBooks & eLearning

Posted by IrGens at Jan. 21, 2019

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V.A. - Future Sounds Of Jazz Vol. 15 (2022) Music

Posted by gribovar at Feb. 12, 2022

V.A. - Future Sounds Of Jazz Vol. 15 (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 958 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 345 MB | Front cover
Genre: Downtempo, House, IDM, Future Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Compost Records

Cool - calm - collected: chapter 15 of this superlative series, compiled by Compost’s head honcho Michael Reinboth. 21 tracks, 8 exclusive, previously unreleased tracks.
The exclusives by Aera (guess you all know his brilliant Innervisions release), Arnau Obiols & KAYYAK (recently featured by Gilles Peterson in his “watch out for 2021” top five list), Ron Deacon (officially belongs to the Workshop-Crew together with other artists like Move D, Even Tuell and Kassem Mosse), Class Compliance my gosh - what a killer tune, Mille & Hirsch (operators of the fine Polish Records), All Is Well (Fred Everything), Ben Sturm (watch out talent of Leipzig’s viral underground scene) and Oliver Kieser (best known as Kieser & Velten with their releases on G-Stone)…

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