The Sidney Bechet Story

Sidney Bechet - Four Classic Albums (1950-1951) [Reissue 2016] Music

Posted by gribovar at July 25, 2020

Avid Jazz continues with its Four Classic album series with a re-mastered 2CD release by Sidney Bechet, complete with original artwork and liner notes. “Favourites”; “Sidney Bechet with Claude Luter Et Son Orchestre - Vol 1”; “Sidney Bechet with Claude Lute Et Son Orchestre - Vol 2“ and “Souvenirs”.
As jazz legends go, they don’t come much bigger than the master clarinettist and soprano saxophonist, Sidney Bechet. Bechet’s story is, of course, well known to all jazz fans, born in New Orleans, recording with Clarence Williams in 1923, even before the great Louis Armstrong, playing with all the greats of the 1930’s and 40’s including Freddie Keppard, Bunk Johnson and King Oliver…

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Sidney Bechet - Five Classic Albums Plus (1952-1955) [Reissue 2017] Music

Posted by gribovar at June 10, 2020

As jazz legends go, they don’t come much bigger than the master clarinettist and soprano saxophonist, Sidney Bechet. Bechet’s story is, of course, well known to all jazz fans, born in New Orleans, recording with Clarence Williams in 1923, even before the great Louis Armstrong, playing with all the greats including Freddie Keppard, Bunk Johnson and King Oliver. Arrested in the UK for assault, returned to the States, left again for a world tour which included Russia before settling in France (where he also served 11 months for assault). And all the while making outstanding music and largely on his own, often very forceful terms. By the time the LP’s and EP’s on this second AVID set were recorded, Bechet had become something of an icon in France, his fame having spread far beyond the coterie of jazz lovers who were his core fans…

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Sidney Bechet - Quintessence 2 (New York - Paris - Boston 1944-1958) (2018) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Aug. 22, 2018

Sidney Bechet - Quintessence 2 (New York - Paris - Boston 1944-1958) (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) / MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 2:27:36 | 331 Mb / 630 Mb
Genre: Jazz / Label: Fremeaux Heritage

"We can see that he is crazy about his art, this man, that music is for him a vital function. How we wish all the musicians were like him."Alfred Loewenguth (violinist, prestigious performer of Ravel and Debussy, among others) the jazz and blues "the Quintessence" boxes, recognized for their quality throughout the world, are the subject of the best Analog transfers from the source discs, and a digital restoration using the most sophisticated technologies without ever resorting to a modification of the original sound that would hinder the exhaustiveness of the sound information, the dynamics and the coherence of the acoustics, and the authenticity of the original recording. Each sound work of the Brand "Frémeaux & Associés" is accompanied by an explanatory booklet in French and a guarantee certificate.

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VA - Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of American Music (2000) (22 CDs Box Set) Music

Posted by murena at Oct. 4, 2018

VA - Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of American Music (2000) (22 CDs Box Set)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks+.cue, log) | 22 CDs | Covers included | 3,23 Gb
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Big Band, Swing / Label: Verve Records

If you set out to create a single anthology that charted all the twists and tributaries of that uniquely American river we call jazz, you couldn't do better than this companion set to the PBS series-94 tracks on 5 CDs licensed from virtually every important label in the history of the music. Includes The Pearls Jelly Roll Morton; Charleston James P. Johnson; West End Blues Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five; The Mooche Duke Ellington; Singin' the Blues Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke; Moten Swing Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra; Strange Fruit Billie Holiday; Three Little Words Art Tatum; Body and Soul Coleman Hawkins; In the Mood Glenn Miller; Take Five Dave Brubeck; So What Miles Davis; Giant Steps John Coltrane; Desafinado Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd, and many more classics.

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VA - Jazz The Smithsonian Anthology (2011) Music

Posted by Rtax at Oct. 4, 2024

VA - Jazz The Smithsonian Anthology (2011)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, booklet) - 2.29 GB
7:46:39 | Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Ragtime, Big Band, Swing, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Latin Jazz | Label: Smithsonian Folkways

This lavish 111-track, six-CD box set attempts the impossible – to tell the whole story of jazz. Essentially an updated version of 1987’s out of print The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, this expanded anthology is wonderfully diverse in the story it tells, with tracks from jazz artists across the stylistic board, from Stan Kenton to Sun Ra, Bill Evans to Chick Corea, Louis Armstrong to Cecil Taylor, with stops everywhere in between, and any conceivable branch of the genre is represented by at least one selection. That’s the good news. The bad news is that whole phases of jazz’s complicated history are treated like three-minute whistle stops so that the train can stay on schedule and on track. That said, it’s an impressive survey, and wonderfully assembled and annotated.

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VA - Electric Guitar Story 1935-1962 (Country Jazz Blues R&B Rock) (2014) Music

Posted by Rtax at March 23, 2022

VA - Electric Guitar Story 1935-1962 (Country Jazz Blues R&B Rock) (2014)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 906 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 471 MB
3:21:57 | Country, Jazz, Blues, R&B, Rock | Label: Frémeaux & Associés

The indispensable collection for all guitar players and anyone interested in the instrument. In chronological order, starting with the first historic recordings of an amplified lap steel guitar in 1935 up to the triumph of rock guitar, most of the best and most influential guitarists can be found here. They are heard showing astonishing musical diversity in this anthology recounting the evolution of the electric guitar. This highly-documented triple album is an essential work and features not only the pioneers and innovators but also the stylists who contributed to make the guitar the dominant instrument in western popular music for over five decades. Told by Bruno Blum, himself a guitarist, this epic includes truly dazzling recordings. Patrick FRÉMEAUX

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VA - The Norton Jazz Recordings (2009) Music

Posted by Rtax at Oct. 12, 2024

VA - The Norton Jazz Recordings (2009)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.3 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 682 MB
4:52:43 | Jazz | Label: W.W. Norton

The story of jazz for the general reader as it has never been told before, from the inside out: a comprehensive, eloquent, scrupulously researched page-turner. In this vivid history of jazz, a respected critic and a leading scholar capture the excitement of America’s unique music with intellectual bite, unprecedented insight, and the passion of unabashed fans. They explain what jazz is, where it came from, and who created it and why, all within the broader context of American life and culture. Emphasizing its African American roots, Jazz traces the history of the music over the last hundred years. From ragtime and blues to the international craze for swing, from the heated protests of the avant-garde to the radical diversity of today’s artists, Jazz describes the travails and triumphs of musical innovators struggling for work, respect, and cultural acceptance set against the backdrop of American history, commerce, and politics. With vibrant photographs by legendary jazz chronicler Herman Leonard, Jazz is also an arresting visual history of a century of music.

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VA - The Best Jazz Hits (2017) Music

Posted by TestTickles at March 31, 2018

VA - The Best Jazz Hits (2017)
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 852 mb
Genre: jazz

The Best Jazz Hits is a 2017 compilation focusing on jazz and all of its forms. It was made without authorization in Russia and features Seal, Norah Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Orbison, Nat King Cole, Voivod (!!!) and many more. Listening to the mood of the rest of this set, I think the inclusion of Voivod was an error but it is left here.

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Kid Ory, Bix Beiderbecke - Jazz Lips (The Cradle Of Jazz) (2008) Music

Posted by SuniR at July 19, 2017

Kid Ory, Bix Beiderbecke - Jazz Lips (The Cradle Of Jazz) (2008)
EAC | FLAC (log,tracks+cue) -> 458 Mb (5% Rec.)
Mp3 CBR320 Kbps -> 333 Mb (5% Rec.) | Scans included
Jazz, Swing | Label: History, 20.3013-HI | 02:01:53

This CD series contains tracks by some of the greatest Jazz musicians of all times.
These historic recordings have been digitally remastered to enhance the sound and reduce noise and crackle from the original recordings without manipulationg the character of the music.

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VA - Swingin Jazz Classics - Deluxe Edition (2014) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Sept. 14, 2023

VA - Swingin Jazz Classics - Deluxe Edition (2014)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless MP3 320 kbps | 5:15:08 | 708 Mb / 1.16 Gb
Genre: Jazz, Pop, RnB / Label: Jazz City Records

The most beautiful jazz & rnb songs by Eydie Gorme Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong Chubby Checker Stan Kenton Benny Goodman Glenn Miller and many more on one compilation!

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