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Ben Harper - Winter Is For Lovers (2020)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Jan. 7, 2022
Ben Harper - Winter Is For Lovers (2020)

Ben Harper - Winter Is For Lovers (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 143 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 81 Mb | 00:31:35
Acoustic Guitar, Americana | Label: ANTI‐ Records

Ben Harper’s love for the humble lap-steel comes to a bold (and incalculably beautiful) peak with this 15-track instrumental trawl down trails of smoky soul, melancholic Americana and slick, summery folk. It’s downright incredible how much artistic ground the Californian bluesman is able to cover unaccompanied on Winter – the whole LP is just his prized Monteleone lap-steel, inhumanly articulate fretting hands and unfettered love for music as a spoon with which to stir emotion.
La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg - Britten: The Turn of the Screw (2022)

La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg - Britten: The Turn of the Screw (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 414 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 242 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:45:07
Classical, Opera | Label: Alpha Classics, Outhere Music

Nothing is as it appears in the old English manor house of Bly. A new governess takes up her post and discovers that the children who are her new charges are under the influence of the ghosts of the previous governess and her depraved lover. As one disturbing event unfolds after another, the questions become more pressing: What horrors happened here before her arrival? Are the children innocent? Do we really see what we are seeing?
Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster - The Complete Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster Sessions [Recorded 1959] (1997) (Repost)

Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster - The Complete Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster Sessions [Recorded 1959] (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 826 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 335 MB | Covers - 7 MB
Genre: Jazz, Cool Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (539 055-2)

Although an earlier CD added five previously unissued tracks to the original LP Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster, this Verve Master Edition two-CD set adds just about everything else recorded during the two sessions that produced the original record, and also features 20-bit sound. Even though Gerry Mulligan was outspoken against issuing material omitted from his original recordings, it is a treat to hear how the songs evolved in the studio. Webster and Mulligan seem mutually inspired throughout the sessions, and strong performances by pianist Jimmy Rowles, bassist Leroy Vinnegar, and drummer Mel Lewis are of considerable help. The music is presented in the order in which it was recorded, with each CD devoted to a separate session…

Ben Harper - Bloodline Maintenance (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Dec. 18, 2022
Ben Harper - Bloodline Maintenance (2022)

Ben Harper - Bloodline Maintenance (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 189 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 79 Mb | 00:32:07
Blues, Soul, Funk | Label: Chrysalis Records

It was like I was moving forward and venturing into places I had never been before. Taking everything I've learned from every other record and kind of setting fire to it all and starting over," Ben Harper says of his new album Bloodline Maintenance. "And I knew the sounds I was hearing in my head were so unorthodox that I had to do most of it myself." The result is a fearless and immensely soulful work largely inspired by the loss of a longtime friend and the lingering influence of a mercurial and charismatic father. Along with guitar and bass, Harper also played the drums including an eclectic assortment of percussions.

Ben Webster - That's All - Autumn Jazz (2022)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 20, 2022
Ben Webster - That's All - Autumn Jazz (2022)

Ben Webster - That's All - Autumn Jazz (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.4 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 679 MB
4:39:51 | Jazz | Label: UMG

Ben Webster was considered one of the "big three" of swing tenors along with Coleman Hawkins (his main influence) and Lester Young. He had a tough, raspy, and brutal tone on stomps (with his own distinctive growls) yet on ballads he would turn into a pussy cat and play with warmth and sentiment. After violin lessons as a child, Webster learned how to play rudimentary piano (his neighbor Pete Johnson taught him to play blues).

Ben E. King - Supernatural Soul (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Dec. 18, 2022
Ben E. King - Supernatural Soul (2022)

Ben E. King - Supernatural Soul (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 234 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 94 Mb | 00:38:39
R'n'B, Soul | Label: Goldenlane Records, Cleopatra Records

The great soul legend Ben E. King is joined by friends and admirers on these recut versions of King’s most beloved hits! King’s voice sounds as good as ever on this collection while funky bass icon Bootsy Collins breathes new life into “Supernatural Thing, Part 1” while up-and-coming R&B artist Bette Smith joins blues guitar phenom Ronnie Earl on a rousing version of “Stand By Me!” King’s influence can continue to be felt and heard in retro soul artists such as Black Pumas, Joss Stone and more!

Ben Webster - Three Classic Albums Plus (2011) 2CD  Music

Posted by Designol at Sept. 22, 2023
Ben Webster - Three Classic Albums Plus (2011) 2CD

Ben Webster - Three Classic Albums Plus (2011) 2CD
'Blue Saxophones', 'Soulville', 'The Soul Of Ben Webster', selections from 'Sophisticated Lady'

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 847 Mb | Scans ~ 37 Mb | 02:36:41
Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Cool, Swing | Label: Avid Jazz | # AMSC 1038

AVID Jazz here presents three classic Ben Webster albums plus including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. 'Blue Saxophones'… Take the Oscar Peterson Trio with Alvin Stoller on drums, add two of the greatest tenor saxophonists who ever lived, Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster and voila… you have Blue Saxophones! Two masters together in 1957, one (Hawkins) a huge influence on the other (Webster), but now, both very much their own men. As the final paragraph of Charles Fox's liner notes attests 'This is tenor playing in the grandest of manners, unashamedly romantic, even sensuous, with both musicians constructing their solos firmly and audaciously'. 'Soulville'… Ben is once again joined by the Oscar Peterson Trio for another 1957 date. This time sitting in on drums is Stan Levey, in Bens own words 'he's improved since I heard him on the Street years ago.' Ben of course is a huge fan of Peterson…..'the guy can play a lot as a soloist but when it comes time for you to play a solo, he plays for you'. 'The Soul Of Ben Webster'… Here we find Ben joined by fellow tenor man Harold Ashby alongside among others Art Farmer on trumpet and Jimmy Jones on piano in a 1958 blowing date.
Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Ben Glassberg - Mozart: La clemenza di Tito (2022)

Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Ben Glassberg - Mozart: La clemenza di Tito (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 454 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 262 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:53:10
Classical, Opera | Label: Alpha Classics, Outhere Music

Flanked by a spectacular cast featuring the role debuts of Nicky Spence (named ‘Personality of the Year’ by BBC Music Magazine in 2022) and Simona Šaturová, the conductor Ben Glassberg (Music Director of the Opéra de Rouen Normandie) once again demonstrates his Mozartian temperament. This late masterpiece (written at the same time as Die Zauberflöte) places his musical genius at the service of a plot centred on the complexity of emotions, passionate love and the absurd disaster of betrayal.

Jorge Ben - Salve Jorge! (2009) 15CD Box Set  Music

Posted by Designol at Oct. 14, 2024
Jorge Ben - Salve Jorge! (2009) 15CD Box Set

Jorge Ben - Salve Jorge! (2009) 15CD Box Set
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 4.31 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 1.57 Gb
Label: Universal Music Brazil | Time: 10:15:41 | Complete Scans
MPB, Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz, Samba Jazz, Samba Rock, Tropicalia, Funk

An amazing collection – every single Jorge Ben album recorded for Philips – one hell of a massive legacy in music, packaged here with a bonus CD of rare material too! The albums in the collection are the stuff of legend – amazing discs that forever changed the face of Brazilian music with Jorge's unique blend of samba and soul, plus a touch of funk as the 70s came on – and together, the music is a mindblowingly heavy batch of work that few other artists could ever match! Titles include Samba Esquema Novo, Sacudin Ben Samba, Ben E Samba Bon, Big Ben, Jorge Ben (1969), Forca Bruta, Negro E Lindo, Ben, 10 Anos Depois, A Tabua De Esmeralda, Solta O Pavao, Gil E Jorge, and Africa Brasil. Rarities disc is unique to this set, from what we can tell – and is filled with goodies too!

Ben Webster - The Soul Of Ben Webster (1959) [Reissue 2019]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Nov. 10, 2023
Ben Webster - The Soul Of Ben Webster (1959) [Reissue 2019]

Ben Webster - The Soul Of Ben Webster (1959) [Reissue 2019]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 435 MB | Covers - 7 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Mainstream Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: MatchBall Records (48023)

Recorded in 1958 and released the following year on Verve, The Soul of Ben Webster is a superb example of swinging mainstream jazz and bop. Webster is in fine form throughout, as are his fellow musicians including trumpeter Art Farmer, bassist Milt Hinton, pianist Jimmy Jones, and others.
Two complete sessions featuring Webster with pianist Teddy Wilson, as well as a 1954 reading of Billy Strayhorn's wonderful ballad Chelsea Bridge (also included on The Soul of Ben Webster) have been added as a bonus.