The Great American

The banjo was adopted by African and Anglo musicians who joined the violin to accompany dance music in rural communities across the North American continent. After World War II the banjo out of fashion, but with the passage of time has been rescued from oblivion for the music bluegrass country by legendary instrumentalists as Don Reno, Sonny Osborne and Eddie Adcock, who have managed to raise it to levels unimaginable a few decades ago. This double album features a collection of famous banjo instrumentals played by those teachers alongside other renowned figures.

This box set of three DVDs contains numerous television and filmed live performances by the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley. Included are Elvis Presley: Great Performances, Vol. 1 - Center Stage, Elvis Presley: Great Performances, Vol. 2 - The Man and the Music, and Elvis Presley: Great Performances, Vol. 3 - From the Waist Up. The clips are presented in standard full-frame transfers.

Still the Same… Great Rock Classics of Our Time is an album by Rod Stewart, released on 10 October 2006. After four years singing pop standards from the Great American Songbook with great success, this album continues the notion of singing old material, but now in his classic musical genre – rock. The album is produced by Clive Davis and John Shanks (the former also produced the American Songbook albums) and includes rock milestones from the last four decades, including "It's a Heartache", "Day After Day" and Creedence Clearwater Revival's classic "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?", which was picked as the first single from the album. The album debuted #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, making it his fifth Top 5 and second #1 debut in three years. Stewart said he was "extremely happy" with the accomplishment.

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Summit Complete Sessions (1961) {2CD Ron McMaster 24-bit Deluxe Edition}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 739 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 296 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 46 Mb | 5% repair rar
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Jazz / Mainstream Jazz

Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington were (and are) two of the main stems of jazz. Any way you look at it, just about everything that's ever happened in this music leads directly – or indirectly – back to them. Both men were born on the cusp of the 19th and 20th centuries, and each became established as a leader during the middle '20s. Although their paths had crossed from time to time over the years, nobody in the entertainment industry had ever managed to get Armstrong and Ellington into a recording studio to make an album together. On April 3, 1961, producer Bob Thiele achieved what should be regarded as one of his greatest accomplishments; he organized and supervised a seven-and-a-half-hour session at RCA Victor's Studio One on East 24th Street in Manhattan, using a sextet combining Duke Ellington with Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars.