Saxophone Story

Benny Goodman - The Benny Goodman Story (1955) [OST]  Music

Posted by DjangoTiger at Feb. 4, 2014
Benny Goodman - The Benny Goodman Story (1955) [OST]

Benny Goodman - The Benny Goodman Story (1955) [OST]
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 19 Tracks | 01:00:56 | 131,34 MB | Year: 1955; release: 1995 / 2001
Genre: Jazz, Swing | Label: Capitol Records / Blue Note Records

Benny Goodman Story album by Benny Goodman was released Oct 31, 1995 on the Blue Note label. Recorded for Capitol around the time of his 1955 Hollywood biopic, here's over an hour of Benny and very hot band revisiting his most swingin' hits. Benny Goodman Story CD music Digitally remastered by Jeff Rach. Benny Goodman Story songs Recorded at the Riverside Plaza Hotel, New York, New York on December 7, 8 & 14, 1955.

Сharles Mingus - The Impulse Story (2006) Repost  Music

Posted by SuniR at Nov. 22, 2018
Сharles Mingus - The Impulse Story (2006) Repost

Сharles Mingus - The Impulse Story (2006)
EAC | FLAC (log,image+cue) -> 366 Mb (5% Rec.)
Mp3 CBR320 Kbps -> 161 Mb (5% Rec.) | Scans included
Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Piano Jazz | Label: Verve Music / Impulse!, #:0602498551141 | 01:00:21

Charles Mingus recorded only three albums for the Impulse label, all in 1963. Two of those are bona fide classics: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, an album-length composition, and Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, a ferocious big-band set. The third, Mingus Plays Piano, is no less a revelatory work, but given that it is a solo recital of a man for whom the piano was a second instrument, he was less popular, though politely and even reverently in some circles, received at the time. This output has been compiled for the Mingus volume in the Impulse Story series of individual artist releases that accompany Ashley Kahn's book, The House That Trane Built: The Impulse Story, and the four-CD label history box set.

Albert Ayler - The Impulse Story (2006) Repost  Music

Posted by SuniR at Nov. 22, 2018
Albert Ayler - The Impulse Story (2006) Repost

Albert Ayler - The Impulse Story (2006)
EAC | FLAC (log,tracks+cue) -> 435 Mb (5% Rec.)
Mp3 CBR320 Kbps -> 181 Mb (5% Rec.) | Scans included
Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Soul-Jazz | Label: Verve Music / Impulse!, #:0602498551035 | 01:03:51

Albert Ayler was a lightning rod for criticism both from within the music community and from without. His free-thinking approach made him a bane for jazz traditionalists, and his incorporation of popular American musical styles like soul, R&B, and even rock made him a sellout to the free jazz crowd. His volume in The Impulse Story series – one of ten individual artist titles to accompany both the book The House That Trane Built: The Impulse Story by Ashley Kahn and the four-CD label history set of the same name from Universal, is in many ways the very evidence of both points on the scale.
The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool

Michael Segell, "The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool"
English | 2005 | ISBN: 0374159386, 0312425570 | 336 pages | EPUB | 1.1 MB

Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by IrGens at Dec. 6, 2022
Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins

Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins by Aidan Levy
English | December 6, 2022 | ISBN: 0306902796 | True EPUB | 784 pages | 52.9 MB
Bill Baron - West Side Story Bossa Nova (1963) {Dauntless DC 6004 rel 2004}

Bill Baron - West Side Story Bossa Nova (1963) {Dauntless DC 6004 rel 2004}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 234 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 81 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 17 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1963, 2004 Dauntless / Fresh Sound Records | DC 6004
Jazz / Hard Bop / Bossa Nova / Saxophone

This electrifying bossa nova version of ten great songs from the West Side Story admirably showcases Bill Barron's triple-threat talent as soloist, arranger, and leader. Bill's relaxed, long-lined solos on tenor saxophone confirm him as a member of that school of "hard-nosed" lyricism wich includes Miles Davis, Stan Getz and Bill Evans.
Richie Cole - West Side Story (1996) [Japan 2017] SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Richie Cole - West Side Story (1996) [Japan 2017]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 51:44 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 1,52 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,37 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 667 MB

On this enjoyable release, bebop altoist Richie Cole performs seven of the main themes from West Side Story, plus his own complex "West Side Blues." Cole teams up with his longtime guitarist Vic Juris, pianist Lou Forestieri, bassist Ed Howard, drummer Tommy Campbell and veteran percussionist Ray Mantilla to give the familiar melodies his "alto madness" treatment, being respectful of the themes while stretching out. Highlights include "America", "Maria" and "Tonight".
That Moaning Saxophone: The Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze

Bruce Vermazen, "That Moaning Saxophone: The Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze"
English | 2004 | pages: 317 | ISBN: 0195165926 | PDF | 2,2 mb

That Moaning Saxophone (repost)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by MoneyRich at Feb. 6, 2015
That Moaning Saxophone (repost)

That Moaning Saxophone: The Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze by Bruce Vermazen
English | Apr 1, 2004 | ISBN: 0195165926 | 320 Pages | PDF | 2 MB

Today, the saxophone is an emblem of "cool" and the instrument most closely associated with jazz. Yet not long ago it was derided as the "Siren of Satan," and it was largely ignored in the United States for well over half a century after its invention. When it was first widely heard, it was often viewed as a novelty noisemaker, not a real musical instrument. In only a few short years, however, saxophones appeared in music shops across America and became one of the most important instrumental voices. How did the saxophone get from comic to cool?
Nicholas May & Ellen Sommer - Tone Studies: The Saxophone Music of David Maslanka (2019)

Nicholas May & Ellen Sommer - Tone Studies: The Saxophone Music of David Maslanka (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 264 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 140 Mb | 01:00:23
Classical | Label: Albany Records

The much beloved and acclaimed composer David Maslanka (1943-2017) featured the saxophone in many of his compositions, including concertos, solo, and chamber works. Nicholas May has chosen two for his debut recording – the Sonata for Alto Saxophone (1989) and Piano and Tone Studies (2009). Maslanka's music requires not only tremendous technique but also a performer who is master of sound and color. The saxophone is an instrument of tremendous beauty and flexibility and Maslanka's works require a saxophonist capable of broad swaths of color, rich depths of contrast, and generous apportionment of the musical canvas. Nicholas May is such a saxophonist and this recording defines the works. May has been a finalist in numerous state, national, and international competitions. He received degrees from the University of Kansas and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is now on the faculty at Mid Plains Community College and a member of the Heartland Duo and the Sanders-May Duo. His collaborator, pianist Ellen Sommer is on the faculty at the University of Kansas School of Music.