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Stan Getz - Stan Getz The Bossa Nova Albums (2008)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 22 Jun 2023 11:21:55
Stan Getz - Stan Getz The Bossa Nova Albums (2008)

Stan Getz - Stan Getz The Bossa Nova Albums (2008)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:52:37 | 396 Mb / 1.02 Gb
Genre: Jazz Latin / Label: Verve

The Bossa Nova Albums collects five of the pinnacle recordings from the best American foray into Brazilian jazz, which began in 1962 with the Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd collaboration Jazz Samba and peaked one year later with the fourth album in the ad hoc series, Getz/Gilberto (which would have been better titled Getz/Gilberto/Jobim). Getz/Gilberto's high place in musical history would be assured even without the immense success of Astrud Gilberto's vocalizing on "The Girl from Ipanema."
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Johnny Hodges - Castle Rock (1955/2020)

Posted By: Pisulik
Date: 23 Feb 2020 06:25:22
Johnny Hodges - Castle Rock (1955/2020)

Johnny Hodges - Castle Rock (1955/2020)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 143 MB | Cover | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 86 MB | 00:36:36
Jazz | Label: Verve Reissues

Johnny Hodges surprised the jazz world by leaving Duke Ellington's band to go out on his own as a leader in 1951, and the early Castle Rock LP was one of his biggest successes, powered by the appeal of the very rhythmic blues title track (written by tenor saxophonist Al Sears, another Ellington veteran). Billy Strayhorn and trumpeter Emmett Berry are on hand on a few tracks. In spite of the presence of other Ellington alumni, including Lawrence Brown, trumpeter Nelson Williams, and drummer Sonny Greer, the pieces previously recorded by Hodges while he was still with Ellington just don't have the same impact with the smaller groups heard on these dates. Hodges was evidently trying to make somewhat of a break from his established sound with this recording, though the results are mixed. It's still worth acquiring, though there are a number of better recordings available under Hodges' name.
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Bill Evans - From Left To Right (Expanded Edition) (1971/2020)

Posted By: Pisulik
Date: 21 Feb 2020 12:21:15
Bill Evans - From Left To Right (Expanded Edition) (1971/2020)

Bill Evans - From Left To Right (Expanded Edition) (1971/2020)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 266 MB | Cover | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 122 MB | 00:52:08
Jazz | Label: Verve Reissues

In the '60s the jazz pianist Bill Evans would occasionally record an orchestral "easy listening" session to pay the bills, with predictably mediocre results. But From Left To Right, while certainly easy on the ears, is also one of Evans' most intriguing "lost" records, brought to us courtesy of Verve's winning "By Request" series. The novelty is that Evans plays both Fender Rhodes and acoustic piano simultaneously in real time, trading off themes and improvs with deliberative taste and, of course, rare skill. The sessions were produced by Evans' long-time, protective manager Helen Keane, so there was little danger of "selling out."
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Anita O'Day & The Gary McFarland Orchestra - All The Sad Young Men (1962/2020)

Posted By: Pisulik
Date: 8 Feb 2020 09:03:29
Anita O'Day & The Gary McFarland Orchestra - All The Sad Young Men (1962/2020)

Anita O'Day & The Gary McFarland Orchestra - All The Sad Young Men (1962/2020)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 223 MB | Cover | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 83 MB | 00:34:19
Jazz, Vocal Jazz | Label: Verve Reissues

When Creed Taylor took over the production reins from Norman Granz when the latter sold Verve to MGM, he continued to place Anita O'Day in imaginative settings that challenged her creativity. On this LP, she was served with a collection of brilliant, difficult big-band charts, courtesy of a 27-year-old emerging master named Gary McFarland who mixed instrumental voices and tempo changes in querulous, turbulent combinations. Even a truly odd pick like "You Came a Long Way From St. Louis" is enlivened with sprouting shafts of outlaw muted brass and reeds.
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Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker - Bird And Diz (Expanded Edition) (1952/2018)

Posted By: Pisulik
Date: 19 Dec 2019 14:09:39
Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker - Bird And Diz (Expanded Edition) (1952/2018)

Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker - Bird And Diz (Expanded Edition) (1952/2018)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 182 MB | Cover | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 120 MB | 00:46:24
Jazz | Label: Verve Reissues

This collection of 78 rpm singles, all recorded on June 6, 1950, was released in 1956. Several things distinguish this from numerous other quintet recordings featuring these two bebop pioneers. It was recorded during the period that Parker was working under the aegis of producer Norman Granz, whose preference for large and unusual ensembles was notorious. The end result in this case is a date that sounds very much like those that Parker and Gillespie recorded for Savoy and Dial, except with top-of-the-line production quality. Even more interesting, though, is Parker's choice of Thelonious Monk as pianist.
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