Washington’s End

Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle [Audiobook]  Audiobooks

Posted by tarantoga at Feb. 13, 2020
Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle [Audiobook]

Jonathan Horn, Arthur Morey (Narrator), "Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle"
English | ASIN: B082LZR7C9, ISBN: 1797111078 | 2020 | MP3@64 kbps | ~08:14:00 | 238 MB

Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by tarantoga at Feb. 11, 2020
Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle

Jonathan Horn, "Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle"
English | ISBN: 1501154230 | 2020 | EPUB | 352 pages | 73 MB

Kamasi Washington - Heaven And Earth (3CD) (2018)  Music

Posted by delpotro at June 22, 2018
Kamasi Washington - Heaven And Earth (3CD) (2018)

Kamasi Washington - Heaven And Earth (2018)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 1,11 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 420 Mb | 03:03:20
Jazz, Bebop, Fusion | Label: Young Turks

Heaven and Earth is a double album containing 2.5 hours of new music. The Earth side represents the world Kamasi sees outwardly, the world that he is a part of. The Heaven side represents the world he sees inwardly, the world that is a part of him. “The world that my mind lives in, lives in my mind.”

Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015) 3 CDs  Music

Posted by Designol at June 9, 2022
Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015) 3 CDs

Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015) 3 CDs
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 1.06 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 397 Mb | 02:53:37 | Scans ~ 14 Mb
Genre: Jazz-Funk, Fusion, Contemporary Jazz | Label: Brainfeeder | # BFCD050

The Epic is saxophonist Kamasi Washington's aptly titled, triple-length, 172-minute debut album for Brainfeeder. He is a veteran of L.A.'s music scene and has played with Gerald Wilson, Harvey Mason, Flying Lotus, and Kendrick Lamar (his horn is prominently featured on To Pimp a Butterfly), to name but a few. Most of his bandmates have played together since high school, and it shows. There are two drummers (including Ronald Bruner), two bassists (including Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner on electric), two keyboardists, trumpet, trombone, and vocals (Patrice Quinn). In various settings, they are supported by a string orchestra and full choir conducted by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Washington composed 13 of these 17 tunes; he also meticulously arranged and produced them. At just over six to nearly 15 minutes, the jams leave room for engaged improvisation. The Epic is based on a concept, though it's unnecessary to grasp in order to enjoy. The music reflects many inspirations – John Coltrane, Horace Tapscott's Pan-African People's Arkestra, Azar Lawrence's Prestige period, Donald Byrd's and Eddie Gale's jazz and choir explorations, Pharoah Sanders' pan global experiments, Afro-Latin jazz, spiritual soul, and DJ culture.
Grover Washington, Jr. - The Best Of Grover Washington, Jr. [Recorded 1971-1979] (1996)

Grover Washington, Jr. - The Best Of Grover Washington, Jr. [Recorded 1971-1979] (1996)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 897 MB | Covers - 19 MB
Genre: Jazz, Fusion, Jazz-Funk | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Motown (530 620-2)

While there can be no doubt that the late great Grover Washington, Jr. released his most commercially successful recordings for Columbia and Elektra, there is also no doubt that, critically and creatively, Washington's most visionary material, the stuff that virtually created the template for the smooth jazz generations that came after, were on the Kudu imprint and produced by Creed Taylor. Washington was a monster saxophonist on tenor as well as soprano, and a true stylist. Before coming to Motown and Kudu he had apprenticed with a number of soul-jazz masters, including Charles Earland and Johnny "Hammond" Smith. The material here focuses on the seminal eight years Washington recorded for Motown and Kudu, beginning with his early renditions of standards like "I Loves You, Porgy," from George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess…
Dinah Washington - Give Me Back My Tears (Quadromania) [Recorded 1943-1954] [4CD Box Set] (2005) (Repost)

Dinah Washington - Give Me Back My Tears (Quadromania) [Recorded 1943-1954] [4CD Box Set] (2005)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 1,15 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 577 MB | Covers - 13 MB
Genre: Vocal Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Membran Music (222492-444)

Dinah Washington was at once one of the most beloved and controversial singers of the mid-20th century - beloved to her fans, devotees, and fellow singers; controversial to critics who still accuse her of selling out her art to commerce and bad taste. Her principal sin, apparently, was to cultivate a distinctive vocal style that was at home in all kinds of music, be it R&B, blues, jazz, middle of the road pop - and she probably would have made a fine gospel or country singer had she the time. Hers was a gritty, salty, high-pitched voice, marked by absolute clarity of diction and clipped, bluesy phrasing. Washington's personal life was turbulent, with seven marriages behind her, and her interpretations showed it, for she displayed a tough, totally unsentimental, yet still gripping hold on the universal subject of lost love…
Grover Washington, Jr. - All The King's Horses (1972) [Reissue 2008]

Grover Washington, Jr. - All The King's Horses (1972) [Reissue 2008]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 194 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 82 MB | Covers (6 MB) included
Genre: Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve Records (0602517822894)

Grover Washington, Jr.'s sophomore date for Creed Taylor's Kud imprint was released in late 1972. Like its predecessor Inner City Blues, this session was produced by the label boss himself and was arranged and conducted by Bob James. Assembled for the date were large horn and string sections. The former contained stalwart talents like Detroit's Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, and trumpeters Marvin Stamm and Ernie Royal. Other players on the session included what would become the heart of the CTI session crew: guitarists Cornell Dupree and Eric Gale, bassists Ron Carter and Gordon Edwards (who only appears on the opening cut), drummer Idris Muhammad (though Billy Cobham is also here), and percussionists like Airto Moreira and Ralph MacDonald…

Government's End: Why Washington Stopped Working  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by free4magazines at July 17, 2017
Government's End: Why Washington Stopped Working

Government's End: Why Washington Stopped Working
Language: English | EPUB | ISBN-10: 1891620495 | 1999 | 304 pages | 0.8 MB

An earlier edition of this extraordinarily prescient, elegantly written book created a sensation among Washington media insiders when it was published more than five years ago under the title Demosclerosis. In it, Jonathan Rauch, a former correspondent for The Economist and a columnist for National Journal, showed with startling clarity the reasons why America's political system (and, in fact, other political systems as well) was becoming increasingly ineffective. Today, as Rauch's predictions continue to manifest themselves in a national politics of "sound and fury" and little effective legislation, and in increasing voter cynicism, this book has achieved renown as the classic and essential work on why politics and government don't work.

Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring [Repost]  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by IrGens at March 16, 2017
Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring [Repost]

Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring by Alexander Rose
English | April 25, 2006 | ISBN: 0553804219, 055339259X | EPUB | 384 pages | 5.9 MB

Grover Washington, Jr. - A Secret Place (1978) [Reissue 2009]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 29, 2022
Grover Washington, Jr. - A Secret Place (1978) [Reissue 2009]

Grover Washington, Jr. - A Secret Place (1978) [Reissue 2009]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 187 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 79 MB | Covers - 5 MB)
Genre: Smooth Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz-Funk | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (0602517995666)

Tenor and soprano saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr. was faced with an almost impossible task in 1976: following up his two 1975 critically acclaimed and wildly successful commercial recordings Mister Magic and Feels So Good. Both recordings crossed over to R&B on the radio and on the charts. A Secret Place was produced by Creed Taylor and issued on his Kudu imprint, while the versatile David Matthews arranged the horn section. The players include pianist Dave Grusin, drummer Harvey Mason, Ralph MacDonald on percussion, bassist Anthony Jackson, guitarist Eric Gale, trumpeter John Gatchell, and alto saxophonist Gerry Niewood. Guests include bassist George Mraz and guitarist Steve Khan, who appear only on a reading of Herbie Hancock's "Dolphin Dance"…