Jazz Hands

Bob James - Jazz Hands (2023)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 12, 2023
Bob James - Jazz Hands (2023)

Bob James - Jazz Hands (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 283 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 116 MB
50:08 | Jazz | Label: Evosound

Jazz Hands is Bob James' third outing for evosound, following in the wake of 2018's Espressoand 2022's Feel Like Makin' LIVE. Produced by the pianist with his manager Sonny Abelardo, the ten-track album was mostly recorded during the months of the Covid pandemic and featured James in a number of different musical settings. It also features a stellar cameo from the ex-Gnarls Barkley singer CeeLo Green on the sensuous title track and includes production input from the legendary hip-hop turntablist DJ Jazzy Jeff, who rose to fame as half of the hit-making '80s/'90s rap duo, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, early samplers of James' music. Blending cool jazz tropes with funky dance floor grooves, blues-tinged ballads, cinematic mood pieces, and sensuous slow jams, Jazz Hands is the Missouri pianist's most eclectic album of his long career. Simultaneously classic and contemporary, it's Bob James at his majestic, ground-breaking, and timeless best.
Herbie Hancock - Mr. Hands (1979) {2014 Japan Jazz Collection 1000 Columbia-RCA Series SICP 3997}

Herbie Hancock - Mr. Hands (1979) {2014 Japan Jazz Collection 1000 Columbia-RCA Series SICP 3997}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 263 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 94 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (png) -> 188 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1979, 2014 Columbia / Sony Music Japan | SICP 3997
Jazz / Post Bop / Fusion / Jazz Funk / Piano

Reissue with latest DSD remastering. Comes with liner notes. Herbie Hancock's lackluster string of electric albums around this period was enhanced by this one shining exception: an incorrigibly eclectic record that flits freely all over the spectrum. Using several different rhythm sections, Herbie Hancock is much more the imaginative hands-on player than at any time since the prime Headhunters period, overdubbing lots of parts from his ever-growing collection of keyboards. He has regained a good deal of his ability to ride in the groove.
VA - Membran Music's Jazz Ballads Series (2004) (40 CDs Box Set)

VA - Membran Music's Jazz Ballads Series (2004) (40 CDs Box Set)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks+.cue, log) | 40 CDs, 41:05:34 min | Covers included | 9,38 Gb
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz / Label: Membran Music

Jazz Ballads - the ultimate musical expression of feelings. A CD sets with the most beautiful ballads in the history of jazz. Lyrical, imaginative, sensuous and melodic jewels from the art of music. Precisely for those people who have maintained their taste for lasting musical values. Jazz in its most gentle form.

The Lewis Express - Clap Your Hands (2019)  Music

Posted by delpotro at June 7, 2020
The Lewis Express - Clap Your Hands (2019)

The Lewis Express - Clap Your Hands (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 00:35:34 | 205 Mb
Soul Jazz | Label: All Things Analogue

Primarily based in Leeds, The Lewis Express is comprised of many of the musicians that have graced previous ATA releases: George Cooper, Piano (Abstract Orchestra) Neil Innes, Bass (The Sorcerers, The Magnificent Tape Band, Tony Burkill), Sam Hobbs, Drums (Dread Supreme, Tony Burkill, Matthew Bourne) and Pete Williams, Percussion (The Sorcerers, The Magnificent Tape Band, Tony Burkill). Recorded over an intense two-day session by the band of the same name, “The Lewis Express” is a nod to the classic soul jazz recordings of The Young Holt Trio / Young Holt Unlimited and Ramsey Lewis, from who this group take their name. But, delivered with a distinctly European feel. As with many of the classic Ramsey Lewis cuts this album was recorded live, capturing the rich inter-relationship between the players and leaving in some of that chunky room noise, lending the album a sound that’s as thick as a steak and raw as a carrot.

Fire! - The Hands (2018)  Music

Posted by SERTiL at Feb. 9, 2018
Fire! - The Hands (2018)

Fire! - The Hands (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks)+cue, log, front cover | 219 MB
Label: Rune Grammofon – RCD2197 | Tracks: 07 | Time: 36:40 min
Jazz, Free Improvisation, Jazz Rock, Dark Jazz

For 20 years Rune Grammofon have made a habit of releasing music that is beyond easy classification, in later years typified by Swedish trio Fire!, consisting of Mats Gustafsson, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin. All three are highly accomplished musicians, but Fire! music is not "difficult" in the sense that jazz and especially free jazz is often perceived. Very much a tight knit unit with three equal players, Fire! has been likened to powerful guitar led trios such as Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, but with Berthling´s heavy, doom laden basslines being such a typical identifier, we can´t help but thinking of Black Sabbath´s debut album when it comes to hypnotic impact.

Mammal Hands - Captured Spirits (2020)  Music

Posted by delpotro at March 19, 2022
Mammal Hands - Captured Spirits (2020)

Mammal Hands - Captured Spirits (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 291 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 111 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:48:31
Contemporary Jazz, Jazz Fusion | Label: Gondwana Records

Captivating, ethereal and majestic, Mammal Hands (saxophonist Jordan Smart, pianist Nick Smart and drummer and percussionist Jesse Barrett) has carved out a refreshingly original sound from a disparate array of influences: drawing on spiritual jazz, north Indian, folk and classical music to create something inimitably their own. Hailing from Norwich, one of Britain's most isolated and most easterly cities, they have forged their own path away from the musical mainstream and their unique sound grew out of long improvised rehearsals. All three members contibute equally to the writing process: one that favours the creation of a powerful group dynamic over individual solos. Their records are entrancing and beautiful affairs, while their hypnotic live shows have seen them hailed as one of the most exciting bands in Europe as they push their unique line-up to the outer limits of its possibilities.
Cyrus Chestnut, Peter Washington & Lewis Nash - My Father's Hands (2022)

Cyrus Chestnut, Peter Washington & Lewis Nash - My Father's Hands (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 270 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 122 Mb | 00:49:27
Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: HighNote Records

There have been a number of famous jazz artists whose offspring have followed their father's footsteps into music, think only of Ellis Marsalis and his sons, Dewey and Joshua Redman, Papa John and Joey DeFrancesco, Bucky and John Pizzarelli, Walter and Nicholas Payton and Harry Connick Senior & Junior.

Mammal Hands - Floa (2016) {Gondwana}  Music

Posted by shamanicus at April 12, 2017
Mammal Hands - Floa (2016) {Gondwana}

Mammal Hands - Floa (2016)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Covers | RAR | 277 mb
Jazz, Contemporary Jazz | Label: Gondwana Records - GONDCD014

Mammal Hands are a trio of like-minded musicians: Nick Smart piano, Jesse Barrett drums and tabla, and Jordan Smart saxophones. Floa is their second album for Gondwana Records and in the 18 months since their debut, Animalia, they have carved out a growing following both here and abroad for their hypnotic fusion of jazz, folk and electronica: winning fans from Bonobo and Gilles Peterson to Jamie Cullum. Landmark live performances have included shows at King's Place in London and the RNCM in Manchester, as well as a barn-storming debut at the Montreal Jazz Festival (where they debuted as part of the BBC Introducing showcase).

Renegades Of Jazz - Nevertheless (2019)  Music

Posted by varrock at June 8, 2019
Renegades Of Jazz - Nevertheless (2019)

Renegades Of Jazz - Nevertheless (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 320 MB | Tracks: 12 | 53:31 min
Style: Acid Jazz, Nu-Jazz, Funk | Label: Agogo Records

Were David Hanke to pass on from this mortal coil tomorrow, Nevertheless might prove his perfect epitaph. It’s a refreshingly honest and somewhat autobiographical long-player that harks back to his early twenty first century musical influences but actually has its route much earlier in this self-styled Renegade Of Jazz’s life.
The album’s appellation refers back to Hanke’s first live concert experience when in 1984, at the age of six, he went to see a Blues-rock band called Nevertheless whose guitarist was none other than his own father. With music clearly already running through Hanke’s D.N.A. this was the moment that, perhaps subconsciously, triggered his life long love affair with soulful sonic creativity.
Rosemary Clooney - Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie! (1960) & Fancy Meeting You Here (1958) [Reissue 2000]

Rosemary Clooney - Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie! (1960) & Fancy Meeting You Here (1958) [Reissue 2000]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 454 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 179 MB | Covers (15 MB) included
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Pop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Taragon Records (TARCD-1060)

Two of Clooney's late-'50s/early-'60s RCA Victor albums on one CD. Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie! is an upbeat session from 1960 on which Clooney, superbly fronting a band conducted by Bob Thompson, tackles standards like "Give Me the Simple Life," "Bye Bye Blackbird," and "Makin' Whoopee." Fancy Meeting You Here is a 1958 duet album with Bing Crosby on which the duo runs through a set of place-themed songs ("Calcutta," "Hindustan," "It Happened in Monterey") with a band splendidly conducted by Billy May. Two of Rosie's best on one disc - a real bargain.