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Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra - Skyliner: 1940-1945 (1996) featuring Lena Horne, Kay Starr & Peanuts Holland

Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra - Skyliner: 1940-1945 (1996)
featuring Lena Horne, Kay Starr & Peanuts Holland

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 343 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 170 Mb | Scans included
Big Band, Swing | Label: Giants Of Jazz, Promo Sound | # CD 53280 | Time: 01:08:32

Skyliner was one of Charlie Barnet's most exciting hit records, and quickly became as closely identified with his big band as was Ray Noble's Cherokee. This 1996 EPM Musique Jazz Anthology compilation is one of at least six Barnet albums with the word "Skyliner" in the title. Tracks one through twelve were recorded for the Bluebird label between June 19, 1940 and April 30, 1942. Tracks thirteen through twenty follow Barnet's progress through the turbulent wartime years with a trail of Decca sides cut between July 1942 and February 1944. "Skyliner" comes from a V-Disc recorded on July 13, 1944; "E-Bob-O-Lee-Bob," like "Oh Miss Jaxon" a vocal feature for trumpeter Peanuts Holland, was harvested from a Jubilee broadcast on December 6, 1945. Some of this band's arrangements were written by Horace Henderson, Billy May and by the leader himself. Most Charlie Barnet albums are well worth investigating. This one lives somewhere near the top of the heap.
Charlie Rich - Too Many Teardrops: The Complete Groove & RCA Recordings (Remastered) (2018)

Charlie Rich - Too Many Teardrops: The Complete Groove & RCA Recordings (Remastered) (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, log, scans) - 641 MB
1:37:39 | Country, Pop, Rockabilly | Label: Ace

The Silver Fox’s complete Groove and RCA recordings in one place for the first time, including several new-to-CD tracks and one previously unissued. A high-class fusion of R&B, Country, Pop, Jazz and Easy Listening, produced by Chet Atkins in Nashville 1963-1965.
Charlie Rich looked and sang like Elvis’ brother – his mature older brother, hair a silver grey, and more into jazz than the jumped-up country sound that had taken over the world in the mid-50s. Like Elvis, Charlie Rich started out his recording career with Sam Phillips in Memphis. And like Elvis, he was an incredibly versatile performer, with a seemingly effortless style and a soulful vibrato; Greil Marcus once said he “could make it on all the charts at once: R&B, Pop, Easy Listening and Country. [He has] that much range.”

Charlie Musselwhite - Rough News (1997)  Music

Posted by Designol at Feb. 29, 2024
Charlie Musselwhite - Rough News (1997)

Charlie Musselwhite - Rough News (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 279 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 107 Mb | Scans ~ 93 Mb
Label: Pointblank | # 7243 8 42856 2 3 | Time: 00:46:57
Modern Electric Chicago Blues, Harmonica Blues

Harmonica ace Charlie Musselwhite falls between the more obvious generations of blues players, younger than its elder statesmen but considerably senior to young hot-shots like Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. How, then, can he find a fresh hook to his music without resorting to attention-grabbing gimmicks? Except for two songs featuring producer/guitarist Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos, Charlie Musselwhite's 1997 album, Rough News, doesn't have any famous guests, but it stands out from the harmonica whiz's long and deep discography nonetheless. Musselwhite has pared down his sound so radically that every instrument has become a rhythm instrument. When these lean, groove-based arrangements are applied to tunes as simple and catchy as "Both Sides of Fence," "I Sat & Cried" and "Natural Born Lover," the results jump at the listener with the bare-basics excitement of early rock & roll.
Charlie Musselwhite - Takin Care Of Business (1968) {1995, Reissue}

Charlie Musselwhite - Takin Care Of Business (1968) {1995, Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 229 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 88 Mb
Full Scans | 00:34:19 | RAR 5% Recovery
Modern Electric Blues, Harmonica Blues | Kent Music Inc. #KCD-8001

Re-issue of "Louisiana Fog". This album was originally released in 1968 by Cherry Red Records and later re-released by Kent Music without the liner notes or personnel information as "Takin' Care Of Business". It was re-released again on CD in 1995, complete with Barry Levinson's liner notes. In them he says: "These sides were recorded live in the studio, the way it's played on stage." He closes with: "This is the true blues, a must for any fan of the blues."
John Tchicai, Charlie Kohlhase, Garrison Fewell - Good Night Songs (2006) 2CDs

John Tchicai, Charlie Kohlhase, Garrison Fewell - Good Night Songs (2006) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 383 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 211 Mb | Scans included
Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz | Label: Boxholder Records | # BXH 050/051 | Time: 01:25:08

Good Night Songs documents a 2003 concert by a trio of two saxophonists—John Tchicai and Charlie Kohlhase—with guitarist Garrison Fewell. Though the lineup is unusual, the results are mesmerizing throughout this two-disc set. Tchicai rose to prominence in the 1960s avant-garde scene in New York. He recorded with Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, John Coltrane, and even John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Forty years later he continues to produce music that is pure, passionate and beyond categorization.
Charlie Parker - The Immortal Charlie Parker (Bonus Track Version) (2021)

Charlie Parker - The Immortal Charlie Parker (Bonus Track Version) (2021)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 1:16:52 | 344 / 177 Mb
Genre: Jazz / Label: Shake It Up! Records

The most beautiful jazz songs by Charlie Parker on one compilation!
Charlie Mariano - Charlie Mariano Plays (1956) [Japanese Edition 2013]

Charlie Mariano - Charlie Mariano Plays (1956) [Japanese Edition 2013]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 166 MB | Covers (5 MB) included
Genre: Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Solid Records (CDSOL-6064)

In the 1950s, Charlie Mariano was one of the most promising of the bop-oriented altoists. His personnel here is consistent, with Mariano joined by pianist Claude Williamson, bassist Max Bennett, drummer Stan Levey, trombonist Frank Rosolino, and the cool-toned trumpeter Stu Williamson. The repertoire mixes together fairly basic group originals and swinging standards with many fine solos by the horns. An excellent example of Charlie Mariano's playing in the '50s.
Charlie Mariano - A Jazz Portrait Of Charlie Mariano (1963) [Reissue 2005]

Charlie Mariano - A Jazz Portrait Of Charlie Mariano (1963) [Reissue 2005]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 219 MB | Covers (12 MB) included
Genre: Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Fresh Sound Records (FSR 1632)

Jim Hall's masterful playing is something we have all come to expect from him. Phil Bodner, whose complete mastery of all the redd instruments makes him a one man section, and as such, he is an invaluable asset. Mel Lewis' consistently fine musicianship and his fiery propulsion to the big band tracks is more thanworthy of comment Charlie's gospel-tinged "The Shout", the Sebesky title tune of the album, and Rolf Ericson's delightful jazz waltz, "Pretty Little Nieda", coupled with the standards, make for above average programming, something of a novelty in a business.
Charlie Parker - The Complete Live Performances on Savoy 1947-1950 (1998)

Charlie Parker - The Complete Live Performances on Savoy 1947-1950 (1998)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
4CD | Savoy Jazz, SVY-17021-24 | ~ 891 or 651 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 6.41 Mb
Jazz / Bop

This four-CD set contains a somewhat streamlined presentation of Parker's complete known live broadcasts from New York's Royal Roost, dating during 1948 and 1949, augmented with five of the live September 29, 1947, Carnegie Hall recordings and one lower-quality tape made in Chicago during 1950…
Charlie Poole - Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers and The Highlanders (2005) 4CD Set

Charlie Poole - With The North Carolina Ramblers and The Highlanders (2005) 4CD Set
XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 595 Mb | Scans included
Label: JSP | # JSP7734 | Time: 04:52:35
North American Folk, Appalachian, String Bands, Oldies, Country

Charlie Poole wasn't a particularly brilliant banjo player (although his later three-finger-style picking would set the table for the advent of bluegrass banjo a couple of decades after his death), and he wasn't the world's greatest vocalist either, but he had a certain devil-may-care charisma that made him a superstar in the string band era of the 1920s. Poole's greatest talent – aside from an ability to go on long drinking sprees and to manage to be at the center of things even in his absence – was in his song adaptations, which drew from sources outside the standard Appalachian fiddle tunes and reels, including pop, ragtime, and blues. This extensive 96-track, four-disc box set from Britain's JSP Records collects the lion's share of his recordings on Columbia, Poole's label from 1925 until his death in 1931 at the age of 39. Also included are a handful of cuts Poole made under the table for Paramount (where his North Carolina Ramblers were called the Highlanders) and Brunswick (which saw the band disguised as the Allegheny Highlanders).