Mile Davis Xrcd

Wynton Kelly - Piano
EAC+LOG+CUE | WV: 211 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Victor # VICJ-60259 | Country/Year: Japan 1999, 1958 [XRCD2]
Genre: Jazz | Style: Hard Bop, Piano Jazz

This 1958 session by the Wynton Kelly Trio (aka the Miles Davis rhythm section) with special guests Kenny Burrell on guitar, captures fully the joy and blues feeling of Kelly at his best. (…) Kelly became a major influence on pianists of the '60s and '70s and one can hear the genesis of many other players in these swinging performances.

Miles Davis - First Miles (1995) {Savoy Jazz Japan CY-78995 rec 1945-1947}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 164 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 107 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 21 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1945-47, 1995 Savoy Jazz / Denon–Nippon Columbia Japan | CY-78995
Jazz / Bop / Trumpet

This unusual set includes Davis's first recording session and his initial date as a leader. The former is more historical than musical: four blues featuring singer Rubberlegs Williams, Herbie Fields's tenor and the noticeably nervous 18-year-old trumpeter who is actually only heard in ensembles. The latter recording finds him much more confident in 1947, heading the Charlie Parker Quintet (with Bird switching to tenor) on "Milestones," "Little Willie Leaps," "Half Nelson" and "Sippin' at Bells"; All of the alternate takes (both complete and partial) are included from both sessions. Since the later date has also been reissued on various Charlie Parker collections, this set is more for completists than for general listeners.

Norman Granz's idea to match Zoot Sims' lyrical, swinging tenor sax with Johnny Mandel's equally arresting compositions was a masterful one. Sims' tart, alternately lush and furious solos were wonderfully spotlighted on such tunes as "Cinnamon and Cloves," "Emily" and "Zoot." The six-tune session also contains effective piano solos from Mike Wofford. The date's tour-de-force was its final selection, the wonderful "Low Life," which Sims probed, illuminated and ultimately redefined via his solo.

Jacintha is a Singaporean jazz singer/torch singer and stage actress who has been well-known in parts of the Asia-Pacific region since the '80s and has been increasing her exposure in North America since the late '90s. Jacintha has never been the type of jazz artist who goes out of her way to be abstract, difficult, or complicated; her work has been quite accessible and easy to absorb, drawing on direct or indirect influences that have included Julie London and Shirley Horn as well as Brazilian star Astrud Gilberto. Jacintha has long been fluent in English, which is widely spoken in Singapore and is one of its four official languages along with Malay, Mandarin Chinese (as opposed to Cantonese Chinese), and Tamil.