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VA - A New Life: Private, Independent and Youth Jazz in Great Britain 1966-1990 (2015)

VA - A New Life: Private, Independent and Youth Jazz in Great Britain 1966-1990 (2015)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 394 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 169 MB
1:13:48 | Jazz, Post Bop, Modal | Label: Jazzman

Rare, obscure and esoteric UK jazz!
Thought you knew about British jazz? Think again. Diving into the unknown world of the private pressing, Jazzman Records presents some of the rarest and wildest British jazz ever recorded!
The major stars of British jazz such as Stan Tracey, Michael Garrick and Joe Harriott are now rightly recognised as the giants they were, and the legendary
Charles Mingus - The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 (2012) {7CD Box Set Mosaic Records MD7-253}

Charles Mingus - The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 (2012) {7CD Box Set Mosaic Records MD7-253}
XLD rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 2.16 Gb | MP3 @320 -> 1.05 Gb | Cover | 5% repair rar
© 1964-65, 2012 Mosaic Records | MD7-253
Jazz / Post Bop / Avant-Garde Jazz / Bass

We are pleased to announce "Charles Mingus - The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 (Town Hall, Amsterdam, Monterey '64, Monterey '65 & Minneapolis)." It chronicles the essential live performances of this genius of modern music as his compositions achieved a depth and complexity we would come to know as Mingus's most signature work. It includes (on the earlier recordings) the brilliant Eric Dolphy, along with Jaki Byard, Dannie Richmond, Johnny Coles, and Clifford Jordan – certainly one of the best assemblages of musicians ever. And the music, recorded across the world's concert stages and intended for release by Charles Mingus Enterprises, dashes once and for all every previously-held notion about what is, and isn't, jazz.
Soul Jazz Records presents CONGO REVOLUTION Revolutionary and Evolutionary Sounds from the Two Congos 1955-62 (2019)

Soul Jazz Records presents CONGO REVOLUTION Revolutionary and Evolutionary Sounds from the Two Congos 1955-62 (2019)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 1:01:09 | 183 Mb / 156 Mb
Genre: World; African Music / Label: Soul Jazz Records

Congo Révolution retrace l'explosion de la musique Congolaise dans les années qui ont précédé l'indépendance en 1960. La rumba congolaise, combinaison sauvage d'influences africaines, jazz et latines, a créé des stars désormais légendaires - Franco, Grand Kalle, Tabu Ley, Dr. Nico, Papa Wemba - et tous figurent ici dans leurs premiers groupes révolutionnaires tels que O.K.Jazz, Brazzos, Rock-A-Mambo, African Jazz et The Beguen Band. Congo Revolution (sorti à l’origine en coffret de 5 45T pour le RSD) comprend un livret de 50 pages/double pochette et des pochettes intérieures contenant un texte détaillé expliquant l'évolution de la musique et de l'histoire Congolaise. On y trouve également des images étonnantes du photographe congolais Jean Depara, qui a documenté la vie nocturne animée du Congo entre 1955 et 1965 et qui a été le photographe officiel de l'artiste superstar congolais Franco jusqu'à sa mort en 1989.

VA - Cristal Records Presents Jazz Guitar (2016)  Music

Posted by mark70 at Nov. 20, 2016
VA - Cristal Records Presents Jazz Guitar (2016)

VA - Cristal Records Presents Jazz Guitar (2016)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 68:38 min | 158 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: Cristal Records

Thème de ce quatrième opus, le « Jazz Guitar » ! Dès la fin des années trente, les guitaristes peuvent enfin, dans les orchestres de jazz, grâce à l’amplification, jouer à part entière leur rôle de solistes, à armes égales avec les trompettistes, trombonistes, saxophonistes, et pianistes. Dans le premier opus on retrouve donc bien évidemment le Solo Flight de Charlie Christian qui constitue un modèle idéal que suivent, analysent et respectent encore aujourd’hui nombre de guitaristes ; Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Raney, Billy Bauer - que l’on peut écouter ici - lui doivent beaucoup…

Pietro Lazazzara - Gypsy Jazz Style (2022)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Aug. 23, 2022
Pietro Lazazzara - Gypsy Jazz Style (2022)

Pietro Lazazzara - Gypsy Jazz Style (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 45:23 | 269 / 104 Mb
Genre: Jazz Folk / Label: Stradivarius

This album represents an innovative and renewed production path started in 2020 with my first album "My Art of Gypsy Jazz" published by Stradivarius Music label with which a solid collaboration has been established. Already in the previous work, my aim was to immediately highlight in the title a personal vision of the Gypsy style, starting from it's stylistic peculiarities, and adding "color" in a harmonic and stylistic combination with my experience. Despite maintaining the basic staff of guitars and bass, with "Gypsy jazz Style", it was necessary to complete my compositions, depending on the need, with the valuable collaboration of many friends / musicians who, with enthusiasm have been involved. Even the desired sounds are more modern than the previous album. Each note is meaningful! At the root of this collection of unpublished works there is the "contamination" and "inclusion" of music styles that have occurred in the journey of my artistic life. The unmistakable touch and sound of the Manouche guitar and the sound, creative and emotional impacts that Django Reinhardt had on me, have inevitably influenced my vision and my path, in summary: "Gypsy Jazz style".
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble - ...dreaming in lions... (2021)

Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble - …dreaming in lions… (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 337 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 149 Mb | 01:05:04
Latin Jazz, Big Band | Label: Blue Note Records

GRAMMY-winning composer, bandleader, and pianist Arturo O’Farrill has fulfilled what he calls “a lifelong dream” with his signing to Blue Note Records and the release of his Blue Note debut …dreaming in lions… The album finds O’Farrill leading a colorful 10-piece assemblage he calls The Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble, a scaled-down edition of his renowned Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. The program encompasses two inspired multi-movement suites that O’Farrill has conceived in collaboration with the Cuban Malpaso Dance Company: “Despedida,” a meditation on farewells, and “Dreaming in Lions,” inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s novella The Old Man and the Sea.
VA - The Best Of Black Jazz Records 1971-1976 (1996)

VA - The Best Of Black Jazz Records 1971-1976 (1996)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 463 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 176 MB
1:17:23 | Soul-Jazz, Space-Age, Contemporary Jazz | Label: Universal Sound / Black Jazz Records

When Los Angeles-born, Oakland-based pianist-turned-producer Gene Russell co-founded Black Jazz in 1971, the 39-year-old journeyman was just two years removed from a small-trio release on Decca that landed squarely in the lighthearted, pop-friendly, ‘Up-Up And Away’ and ‘Born Free’-covering world of cocktail-bar jazz. But with the turn-of-the-seventies emergence of revolutionary developments from electric Miles to the spiritual directions of Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane – and all sorts of funky mutations in Russell’s soul-jazz wheelhouse, to boot – the tight-knit collection of artists he assembled took full advantage of all the possibilities that lay ahead for jazz in the young decade.
Canadian Jazz Collective - Septology - The Black Forest Session (2023)

Canadian Jazz Collective - Septology - The Black Forest Session (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 360 MB | Tracks: 8 | 58:40
Style: Jazz | Label: HGBSBlue

HGBS Blue Records is proud to announce the March 31, 2023 release of Septology – The Black Forest Session by the newly assembled all-star ensemble, the Canadian Jazz Collective. The CJC is fronted by three of Canada’s most acclaimed and accomplished jazz treasures: saxophonist Kirk MacDonald, guitarist Lorne Lofsky and trumpeter Derrick Gardner. Augmented by clarinetist Virginia MacDonald and supported by a noted rhythm section comprised of pianist Brian Dickinson, bassist Neil Swainson and drummer Bernd Reiter, this innovative septet takes a collaborative approach to the presentation of original Canadian jazz, and blends the unique artistic visions of the leaders into one creative and cohesive voice.
VA - Spiritual Jazz: Esoteric, Modal & Deep Jazz From The Undergound 1968-77 (2009)

VA - Spiritual Jazz: Esoteric, Modal & Deep Jazz From The Undergound 1968-77 (2009)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 471 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 178 MB
1:15:01 | Free Jazz, Space-Age, Modal, Soul-Jazz | Label: Now-Again Records

Now-Again Records, in conjunction with Jazzman Records, presents an expanded version of the compilation that introduced many listeners to the sound of the unsung musicians who, in the midst of the Vietnam War and the fallout of the Civil Rights struggle, created some of the most beautiful spiritual and meditative music of the era. The music was at times funky, at times contemplative, but it always strived to say something about the world in which the musicians lived.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, Bryan Stevenson, Josh Evans, Endea Owens - Freedom, Justice, and Hope (2024)

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, Bryan Stevenson, Josh Evans & Endea Owens - Freedom, Justice, and Hope (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 362 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 176 Mb | 01:16:31
Jazz, Modern Big Band | Label: Blue Engine Records

Blue Engine Records proudly releases Freedom, Justice, and Hope, the live recording of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s multidisciplinary concert that contextualizes jazz within Black Americans’ pursuit of equality. Featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis in creative collaboration with social justice activist and founder of The Equal Justice Initiative Bryan Stevenson, the recording features new arrangements of some of the most important protest songs in jazz history and new works by featured guest artists Endea Owens and Josh Evans.