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Horace Silver - Senor Blues - 1955-1959 (1992) {Giants Of Jazz}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC+CUE+LOG -> 400 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 162 Mb
Full Artwork @ 400 dpi (jpg) -> 15 Mb
© 1992 Sarabandas / Giants Of Jazz | CD 53134
Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Piano

This Horace Silver CD compilation is yet another in the series of unauthorized reissues by the European bootleg label Giants of Jazz. With a dozen selections taken from five separate sessions originally recorded by the pianist for Blue Note, it is a good cross section of his early dates as a leader, though the mediocre sound, with its unexpected channel shifts and dropouts, is extremely annoying.

Miles Davis - Highlights From The Plugged Nickel (1965) {Columbia}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC+CUE+LOG -> 450 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 175 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 24 Mb
© 1995 Columbia / Legacy | 481434 2
Jazz / Hard Bop / Modal Music / Trumpet

Replacing the previous records Cookin' at the Plugged Nickel and Live at the Plugged Nickel, Highlights from the Plugged Nickel collects a handful of tracks from the mammoth eight-CD set The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965. Two of the tracks on Highlights are songs that were issued in their complete versions on the box, but that isn't what makes the album preferable to Cookin' and Live. On Highlights, the fidelity is stunning and the selection is first-rate – the disc flows like one of the original concerts captured on the box. For listeners who don't want to invest in the box, Highlights is a worthwhile purchase.

Miles Davis Quintet - The Great Prestige Recordings (2009) [24/96] {180g 45rpm 5x2LP BoxSet} [Analogue Productions APJ 035-45]
Vinyl rip @ 24/96 | FLAC (tracks) – 3.72 Gb | Full Scans – 75 Mb | Label: Analogue Productions / Prestige
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop | RAR 5% | Rec. CAT #APJ 035-45

One of Analogue Productions' most successful and collectible projects has been the Miles Davis Quintet/The Great Prestige Recordings deluxe box set on 33 1/3 LP. Now, that beautiful five-album set is being reintroduced. And at 45 RPM, it's more stunning than ever! Featuring a 12" x 12" 16-page gorgeous booklet, packaged with the LPs in a deluxe, heavy-duty box, this set is the end-all of Miles' work for the legendary Prestige label from 1951 through 1956. Stereophile awarded the first incarnation of this set Recording of the Month in their March 1997 issue, giving it five stars for both music and sonics. That was at 33 1/3 RPM. Imagine these same records at 45 RPM!

Frank Vignola feat. Frank Wess, Randy Sandke & Sir Roland Hanna. This album might be subtitled "Frank Vignola Plays the Music of Joe Ascione," as six of the tunes were penned by the talented drummer. Others in the group who collect royalties by having their compositions performed on this album are Randy Sandke and John Goldsby, as well as Vignola. There are also some standards on the 15-tune play list. This is the guitarist's first effort for the very active German company, Nagel-Heyer…

How many living female singers can say that they sang with the Lionel Hampton Big Band? Sylvia Bennett auditioned for Hampton in the early 1980s and was immediately signed as the band's singer. She then toured Florida and performed with the Hampton Orchestra at the second Reagan inaugural as well as the same event for George Bush. Hampton recorded Sentimental Journey in 1985 with Bennett as vocalist, which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1987. A second album, There Will Never Be Another You, was recorded two years later. It was never released and continued to languish in the vaults until Sylvia Bennett decided to bring it to the music industry's attention…