Modern Jazz Voicings

VA - The Columbia Jazz Piano Moods Sessions (Remastered) (2000)

VA - The Columbia Jazz Piano Moods Sessions (Remastered) (2000)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 1.2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 897 MB
6:29:55 | Jazz, Swing, Bop | Label: Mosaic Records

This seven-CD collection exhaustively documents Columbia Records' first attempt at niche marketing with the Piano Moods series. Born out an impromptu marketing plan by a small Columbia Records staff in 1950, the Piano Moods series was hatched from the marketing discovery that there were more pianos than phonographs (that's record players for all you kids who don't remember vinyl LPs) in the homes of postwar America. The 12" LP had been launched a scant two years before and few titles were available. The Piano Moods series linked 20 albums of the same general type, all of them produced and sequenced by George Avakian, who had created the jazz and pop catalog on LP for Columbia beginning in 1948 – though they were originally released 33 rpm 10" discs to keep the folks with all those 10" 78 rpm discs happy when it came to storage. The sides were cut – usually – with no spirals (spaces) between tunes, giving the side a longer feel than its 17 minutes because the music was continuous. Most pianists preset their sequences and prepared introductions of the key of the preceding tune that modulated into the key of the next one.
VA - The Columbia Jazz Piano Moods Sessions (Remastered) (2000)

VA - The Columbia Jazz Piano Moods Sessions (Remastered) (2000)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 1.2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 897 MB
6:29:55 | Jazz, Swing, Bop | Label: Mosaic Records

This seven-CD collection exhaustively documents Columbia Records' first attempt at niche marketing with the Piano Moods series. Born out an impromptu marketing plan by a small Columbia Records staff in 1950, the Piano Moods series was hatched from the marketing discovery that there were more pianos than phonographs (that's record players for all you kids who don't remember vinyl LPs) in the homes of postwar America. The 12" LP had been launched a scant two years before and few titles were available. The Piano Moods series linked 20 albums of the same general type, all of them produced and sequenced by George Avakian, who had created the jazz and pop catalog on LP for Columbia beginning in 1948 – though they were originally released 33 rpm 10" discs to keep the folks with all those 10" 78 rpm discs happy when it came to storage. The sides were cut – usually – with no spirals (spaces) between tunes, giving the side a longer feel than its 17 minutes because the music was continuous. Most pianists preset their sequences and prepared introductions of the key of the preceding tune that modulated into the key of the next one.
VA - The Columbia Jazz Piano Moods Sessions (Remastered) (2000)

VA - The Columbia Jazz Piano Moods Sessions (Remastered) (2000)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 1.2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 897 MB
6:29:55 | Jazz, Swing, Bop | Label: Mosaic Records

This seven-CD collection exhaustively documents Columbia Records' first attempt at niche marketing with the Piano Moods series. Born out an impromptu marketing plan by a small Columbia Records staff in 1950, the Piano Moods series was hatched from the marketing discovery that there were more pianos than phonographs (that's record players for all you kids who don't remember vinyl LPs) in the homes of postwar America. The 12" LP had been launched a scant two years before and few titles were available. The Piano Moods series linked 20 albums of the same general type, all of them produced and sequenced by George Avakian, who had created the jazz and pop catalog on LP for Columbia beginning in 1948 – though they were originally released 33 rpm 10" discs to keep the folks with all those 10" 78 rpm discs happy when it came to storage. The sides were cut – usually – with no spirals (spaces) between tunes, giving the side a longer feel than its 17 minutes because the music was continuous. Most pianists preset their sequences and prepared introductions of the key of the preceding tune that modulated into the key of the next one.
McCoy Tyner Trio - Bon Voyage (1987) {2015 Japan Timeless Jazz Master Collection Complete Series}

McCoy Tyner Trio - Bon Voyage (1987) {2015 Japan Timeless Jazz Master Collection Complete Series}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 329 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 129 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (png) -> 274 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1987, 2015 Timeless Records / Solid Records Japan / Ultra-Vibe | CDSOL-6346
Jazz / Post Bop / Piano Trio

Reissue with the latest remastering. Features original cover artwork. Comes with a descripton in Japanese. McCoy Tyner’s Bon Voyage features his 1987 trio with Avery Sharpe and Louis Hayes in exciting form. Ever since he joined the John Coltrane Quartet in late-1960, McCoy Tyner has had his own distinctive voice on the piano. A master of modal jazz, Tyner developed his own chord voicings and percussive style. He was one of the major influences on other pianists by the time he left Coltrane in early 1966 and has led his own bands, usually trios, ever since. While his approach has not changed much since then, he has continued to grow within his own style and has made scores of high quality recordings while remaining a highly influential force.

VA - The Rough Guide To Brazilian Jazz (2016)  Music

Posted by SERTiL at Feb. 7, 2017
VA - The Rough Guide To Brazilian Jazz (2016)

VA - The Rough Guide To Brazilian Jazz
World, Jazz | FLAC (tracks)+cue, front & back cover | 68:27 min | 386 MB
Label: World Music Network | Tracks: 13 | Rls.date: 2016

Mention Brazilian jazz to most music fans and the inevitable bossa nova images flood into view: the beach, the female whisper-vocal, the rimshot snare drumming, the chord-plucked acoustic guitar, possibly a little muted batucada percussion, breathy alto saxophone and cabaret-vamp piano. It's an image ineluctably stuck in the 1960s, when most aspiring Brazilian musicians looked to America's West Coast 'cool jazz' scene for inspiration, listening to artists such as the Modern Jazz Quartet, Chet Baker, Paul Winter, Jimmy Giuffre and Stan Getz.
Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans - The Ivory Hunters (1959) Japanese Remastered 2003

Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans - The Ivory Hunters (1959) Japanese Remastered 2003
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 217 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 119 Mb | Scans included
Label: United Artists Jazz/Toshiba-EMI | # TOCJ-9486 | Time: 00:42:46
Genre: Cool, Post-Bop, Piano Jazz

When Bill Evans agreed to do a two piano date with Bob Brookmeyer, eyebrows surely must have raised. Pairing a rising superstar of modern jazz with a gentleman known for playing valve trombone and arranging charts might have been deemed by some as a daunting task. Fortunately for the keyboardists, this was a good idea and a marvelous concept, where the two could use the concept of counterpoint and improvisation to an enjoyable means, much like a great chess match. For the listener, you are easily able to hear the difference between ostensible leader Evans in the right channel of the stereo separation, and the accompanist Brookmeyer in the left.

Pietro Beltrani - Textures (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]  Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 3, 2024
Pietro Beltrani - Textures (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Pietro Beltrani - Textures (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 21:31 minutes | 353 MB
Piano Jazz | Label: Dream Records, Official Digital Download

Pietro Beltrani is a pianist, composer, and arranger based in Italy. He graduated from the Conservatorio Rossini with full marks and honors, and later obtained a diploma at the International Piano Academy "Incontri col Maestro" in Imola, studying with Franco Scala and Piero Rattalino. Being awarded over 20 prizes in national piano competitions, he has played in all the most important Italian halls and theaters. In 2021, he released his classical debut album with Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and founded the Beltrani Modern Piano Trio. His discography ranges from classical music to jazz, and original compositions that bridge these two worlds.

Pietro Beltrani - Textures (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]  Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 3, 2024
Pietro Beltrani - Textures (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Pietro Beltrani - Textures (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 21:31 minutes | 353 MB
Piano Jazz | Label: Dream Records, Official Digital Download

Pietro Beltrani is a pianist, composer, and arranger based in Italy. He graduated from the Conservatorio Rossini with full marks and honors, and later obtained a diploma at the International Piano Academy "Incontri col Maestro" in Imola, studying with Franco Scala and Piero Rattalino. Being awarded over 20 prizes in national piano competitions, he has played in all the most important Italian halls and theaters. In 2021, he released his classical debut album with Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and founded the Beltrani Modern Piano Trio. His discography ranges from classical music to jazz, and original compositions that bridge these two worlds.

John Surman - Words Unspoken (2024)  Music

Posted by popsakov at July 3, 2024
John Surman - Words Unspoken (2024)

John Surman - Words Unspoken (2024)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 340 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 185 Mb
Full Scans | 01:01:45 | RAR 5% Recovery
Modern Creative / Contemporary Jazz / Post-Bop / Avant-Garde Jazz
ECM Records #ECM 2789 / 586 2035

British saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer John Surman turned 80 in 2024. During six decades of laudable achievement, he has recorded and performed in dozens of configurations from solo to big band, chamber quintet to orchestra conductor. Words Unspoken is Surman's first ECM date since 2018's trio offering, Invisible Threads. It marks a reunion with the remarkable, Oslo-based American vibraphonist Rob Waring. Award-winning British guitarist Rob Luft (whose solo albums on Edition have won international praise) and Norwegian drummer Thomas Strønen balance the quartet. The bandleader brought some sketches into the studio and passed them out without specific instructions as to who would play what when. He wanted the recording to sound like the band created it spontaneously by wedding modern jazz, avant improv, and folk music in the moment.

John Surman - Words Unspoken (2024)  Music

Posted by popsakov at July 3, 2024
John Surman - Words Unspoken (2024)

John Surman - Words Unspoken (2024)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 340 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 185 Mb
Full Scans | 01:01:45 | RAR 5% Recovery
Modern Creative / Contemporary Jazz / Post-Bop / Avant-Garde Jazz
ECM Records #ECM 2789 / 586 2035

British saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer John Surman turned 80 in 2024. During six decades of laudable achievement, he has recorded and performed in dozens of configurations from solo to big band, chamber quintet to orchestra conductor. Words Unspoken is Surman's first ECM date since 2018's trio offering, Invisible Threads. It marks a reunion with the remarkable, Oslo-based American vibraphonist Rob Waring. Award-winning British guitarist Rob Luft (whose solo albums on Edition have won international praise) and Norwegian drummer Thomas Strønen balance the quartet. The bandleader brought some sketches into the studio and passed them out without specific instructions as to who would play what when. He wanted the recording to sound like the band created it spontaneously by wedding modern jazz, avant improv, and folk music in the moment.