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Bunny Berigan - The Complete Brunswick, Parlophone and Vocalion Sessions (2003)

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Bunny Berigan - The Complete Brunswick, Parlophone and Vocalion Sessions (2003)

Bunny Berigan - The Complete Brunswick, Parlophone and Vocalion Sessions (2003)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 2.06 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1 GB
7:26:42 | Jazz, Swing , Big Band | Label: Mosaic

The selections presented here are all of Bunny Berigan's Brunswick, Parlophone and Vocalion sessions as a leader as well as the Mildred Bailey and Bud Freeman-led Parolophone dates in which he played a significant role. We have also included selected ARC sides where Berigan as a sideman, offers a significant solo passage or obbligato. We have not included a number of recordings where a short Berigan solo is strictly a paraphrase on the melody, regardless of whether it be from a commercial dance band arrangement or within a jazz context. Therefore you will not find in this collection such Berigan items as Let's Try Again by Smith Ballew or Was That the Human Thing To Do?by the Boswell Sisters. Although Love Letters in the Sand(session E) falls into this category, we have decided to include it for its rarity.

VA - Jazz The Smithsonian Anthology (2011)

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VA - Jazz The Smithsonian Anthology (2011)

VA - Jazz The Smithsonian Anthology (2011)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, booklet) - 2.29 GB
7:46:39 | Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Ragtime, Big Band, Swing, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Latin Jazz | Label: Smithsonian Folkways

This lavish 111-track, six-CD box set attempts the impossible – to tell the whole story of jazz. Essentially an updated version of 1987’s out of print The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, this expanded anthology is wonderfully diverse in the story it tells, with tracks from jazz artists across the stylistic board, from Stan Kenton to Sun Ra, Bill Evans to Chick Corea, Louis Armstrong to Cecil Taylor, with stops everywhere in between, and any conceivable branch of the genre is represented by at least one selection. That’s the good news. The bad news is that whole phases of jazz’s complicated history are treated like three-minute whistle stops so that the train can stay on schedule and on track. That said, it’s an impressive survey, and wonderfully assembled and annotated.

Art Farmer - Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962) Japanese Remastered 2002

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Art Farmer - Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962) Japanese Remastered 2002

Art Farmer - Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962) Japanese Remastered 2002
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 225 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 103 Mb | Scans included
Big Band, Bop, Hard Bop, Cool | Label: Mercury | # UCCM-9075 | Time: 00:34:52

This delightful LP features Art Farmer with a large orchestra not long after he switched from trumpet to flügelhorn. Oliver Nelson's arrangements provide great backdrops for the leader, as do the mix of dependable studio musicians and outstanding jazzmen assembled for the three sessions, including Tommy Flanagan, Phil Woods, Clark Terry, and Jim Hall, to name a few. The choice of material is inspiring: a snappy "Raincheck," and Farmer's moody "Rue Prevail," and a relatively (then) new work by John Coltrane, "Naima," which turns into a richly textured tour de force in the hands of Farmer & co.

Till Bronner - Till Bronner (2012) 2CD Deluxe Edition

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Till Bronner - Till Bronner (2012) 2CD Deluxe Edition

Till Brönner - Till Brönner (2012) 2CD Deluxe Edition
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 487 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 204 Mb | Scans ~ 15 Mb
Label: Verve/UMG/Bam Bam Music | # 06025 3719116 | Time: 01:28:37
Contemporary Jazz, Fusion, Crossover Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Orchestral Jazz

On his first instrumental album in over a decade, German jazz trumpeter/flügelhornist and pop star Till Brönner offers his own tribute to one of his earliest inspirations: the sound of Creed Taylor's CTI label. Co-produced by the artist with keyboardist Roberto Di Gioia and Samon Kawamura, these 12 tunes employ a crack studio band as well as strings, and evoke memories of the label's arrangers Don Sebesky, David Matthews, and Bob James, but with distinctly modern charts. The mood is relaxed, open, and fluid, and creativity runs high. The production is warm yet crystalline; though attention is paid to detail, nothing feels constrained by nostalgia. These 12 cuts wed hip, soulful jazz-funk grooves to modern jazz, sometimes infused with a subtly cinematic panache. "Will of Nature" has a tight front-line horn vamp (Brönner and saxophonist Magnus Lindgren) that invokes hard bop but sticks closer to spacy soul-jazz – Lindgren even quotes "A Love Supreme" in the intro to his solo. Di Gioia's Rhodes makes room inside the mix for exploration, while staying deep in the pocket provided by Wolfgang Haffner's drum kit and Albert Johnson's double bass. "The Gate" opens with lush, impressionistic strings that hover and float in the intro, highlighted by Lindgren's flute. They introduce Brönner's smoky flügelhorn melody, followed by double bass, rim-shot snare, and cymbals. The strings vanish and, in a nice timbral contrast, the slippery head is led by Lindgren's bass clarinet and the horn.

The Clare Fischer Big Band - Thesaurus (1969) [Japanese Edition 2013] (Repost)

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The Clare Fischer Big Band - Thesaurus (1969) [Japanese Edition 2013] (Repost)

The Clare Fischer Big Band - Thesaurus (1969) [Japanese Edition 2013]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 235 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 96 MB | Covers - 24 MB
Genre: Jazz, Big Band, Hard Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Warner Music Japan (WPCR-27243)

Clare Fischer's big-band release was only briefly available as an Atlantic LP but it has finally reappeared in the CD era after a brief appearance under another title on LP some ten years after its first release. Fischer's potent originals and first-rate arrangements bring out the best in his musicians, which include Warne Marsh and Conte Candoli (featured on "Miles Behind"), Bill Perkins on a work trumpeter Stewart Fischer specially composed for the baritone saxophonist ("Calamus"), and alto saxophonist Gary Foster featured with Marsh on Lennie Tristano's "Lennie's Pennies." A well-conceived chart of Billy Strayhorn's "Upper Manhattan Medical Group" swings mightily. The leader even makes a rare appearance on alto sax in the brief "In Memoriam" dedicated to the assassinated Kennedy brothers.

Chet Baker - Strings & Ensemble [Recorded 1953-1956] (2018)

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Chet Baker - Strings & Ensemble [Recorded 1953-1956] (2018)

Chet Baker - Strings & Ensemble [Recorded 1953-1956] (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 608 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 287 MB | Covers - 107 MB
Genre: Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Big Band | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Jazz Images (38060)

This release presents the complete original LPs "Chet Baker & Strings", which marked the trumpeter’s first experience recording with a string orchestra, and "Chet Baker Ensemble". Both albums feature important jazz luminaries, such as Zoot Sims, Herb Geller, Jack Montrose, Bud Shank and Bob Gordon, plus the rhythm section of Russ Freeman, Joe Mondragon, and Shelly Manne. As a bonus, this edition contains the complete LP "Chet Baker Sextet", featuring Bob Brookmeyer and Bud Shank, as well as a 1956 Chet Baker big band date.

Nina Simone - Live At Town Hall & The Amazing Nina Simone (2010) 2CDs

Posted By: Designol
Nina Simone - Live At Town Hall & The Amazing Nina Simone (2010) 2CDs

Nina Simone - 'Live At Town Hall' (1959) + 'The Amazing Nina Simone' (1959) 2CD, 2010
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 435 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 197 Mb | Scans ~ 13 Mb
Vocal Jazz, Jazz-Blues, Rhythm & Blues | Label: PLAY 24-7 | # PLAY 2-069 | 01:26:20

The two albums enclosed in At Town Hall/The Amazing Nina Simone bookend the remarkable summer of 1959 in the career of Nina Simone, when she recorded a studio session, The Amazing Nina Simone, in May, and in September appeared At Town Hall in a superlative performance that was recorded and soon issued. Just 26, Simone displayed great assurance, especially on the live date, casting off the cloak of the vocal jazz/standards singer and performing with her own trio featuring her lively piano. The studio date features an orchestra, but it too finds her early on in her recording career stamping her voice on standards "Willow Weep for Me" and "Blue Prelude".

Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington Presents… (Remastered 2014) (1956/2024)

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Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington Presents… (Remastered 2014) (1956/2024)

Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington Presents… (Remastered 2014) (1956/2024)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 139 MB | Cover | 43:01 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 101 MB
Jazz, Big Band, Swing | Label: Bethlehem Records

Duke Ellington Presents… is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Bethlehem label in 1956.

Bigband of the Deutsche Oper Berlin - Charles Mingus: Epitath (2024)

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Bigband of the Deutsche Oper Berlin - Charles Mingus: Epitath (2024)

Bigband of the Deutsche Oper Berlin - Charles Mingus: Epitath (2024)
XLD Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 783 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 321 MB | Covers - 40 MB
Genre: Jazz, Big Band | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: EuroArts Music (2017107)

At the finale of the "Musikfest Berlin" 2022, the musicians of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and their BigBand performed “Epitaph” as a tribute to the 100th birthday of Charles Mingus.
Under the energetic baton of Titus Engel, the musicians of the BigBand and the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Jazzinstitut Berlin explore the realms of expression of dark threat, profound songfulness, conflict and ecstasy with irrepressible joy of playing and remarkable clarity. Star trumpeter Randy Brecker lets his wonderfully clear tone soar to the highest heights. It becomes touching when Jorge Puerta sings "Freedom" with a powerful voice and the musicians hum along…

Ray Charles + The Count Basie Orchestra - Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006)

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Ray Charles + The Count Basie Orchestra - Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006)

Ray Charles + The Count Basie Orchestra - Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 282 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 114 Mb | Scans included
Label: Hear Music, Concord, Universal | # 0888072322262 | Time: 00:48:25
Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Jazz-Blues

Ray Sings, Basie Swings is a posthumous album that mixes previously unreleased Ray Charles vocal performances, recorded at live concerts in the mid-1970s, with newly recorded instrumental tracks by the contemporary Count Basie Orchestra.

Mingus Big Band - Tonight At Noon... Three Or Four Shades Of Love (2002)

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Mingus Big Band - Tonight At Noon... Three Or Four Shades Of Love (2002)

Mingus Big Band - Tonight At Noon… Three Or Four Shades Of Love (2002)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 427 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 170 MB | Covers - 81 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Big Band | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Disques Dreyfus (DRY-CD-36633)

Tonight at Noon: Three of Four Shades of Love marks the 80th anniversary of Charles Mingus' birth and is the seventh recording in a series that pays tribute to his music. The CD features the talents of the Mingus Big Band, a 14-piece rotating ensemble launched in 1991 by the widow of the composer/arranger/bassist, Sue Mingus. The thematic focus of the CD is love and its ten love songs also mark the debut of the Charles Mingus Orchestra, which is featured on four of the songs. The previously unreleased "Love's Fury" features a stellar arrangement by Syl Johnson as well as the very lyrical compositions Charles Mingus never quite received recognition for…

Sebastian Sternal & hr-Bigband - Turning Point (2024)

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Sebastian Sternal & hr-Bigband - Turning Point (2024)

Sebastian Sternal & hr-Bigband - Turning Point (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 364 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 140 Mb | 01:00:55
Jazz, Bop, Big Band | Label: Intuition

Pianist and composer Sebastian Sternal (*1983) is a musical jack-of-all-trades with many creative faces. Sternal not only plays piano in this project, but also wrote all nine compositions and conducted the band during the recording. As his trademark, the music here also combines influences from classical music and jazz and impresses with dazzling tonal colours, catchy melodies and energetic grooves. The outstanding soloists of the hr-Bigband shine with contrasting improvisation and interactions.

Mingus Big Band - Que Viva Mingus! (1997)

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Mingus Big Band - Que Viva Mingus! (1997)

Mingus Big Band - Que Viva Mingus! (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 447 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 174 MB | Covers - 54 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Latin Jazz, Big Band | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Disques Dreyfus (FDM 36593-2)

Que Viva Mingus! is an album dedicated to Mingus' considerable output of Latin-influenced jazz. The selections here include well-known Mingus compositions like "Los Mariachis," "Dizzy Moods," "Ysabel's Table Dance," and "Cumbia and Jazz Fusion," as well as some more obscure titles like "Slippers" and "Moods in Mambo," the album's oldest number, dating from 1949. Among the standout soloists are Randy Brecker on trumpet, John Stubblefield on tenor sax, Steve Slagle on soprano and alto saxes, Ronnie Cuber on baritone sax, and Dave Kikowski on piano. This is exciting, joyous, raucous, and still modern-sounding music, as fresh and challenging as the day it was written. And you can even dance to some of it.

The Four Freshmen - Voices in Latin (1958) + The Freshman Year (1961) [2LP in 1CD, 1999]

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The Four Freshmen - Voices in Latin (1958) + The Freshman Year (1961) [2LP in 1CD, 1999]

The Four Freshmen - Voices in Latin (1958) + The Freshman Year (1961) [2LP in 1CD, 1999]
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 385 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 168 Mb | Scans included
Label: Collectors' Choice Music | # CCM095-2 | Time: 01:08:00
Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop, Harmony Vocal Group

In 1999, Collectors' Choice released Voices in Latin/The Freshman Year, which contained two complete albums – Voices in Latin (1958, originally released on Capitol) and The Freshman Year (1961, originally released on Capitol) – by the Four Freshmen on one compact disc.

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Concert in the Virgin Islands (1965) [Japanese Edition 2012]

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Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Concert in the Virgin Islands (1965) [Japanese Edition 2012]

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Concert in the Virgin Islands (1965) [Japanese Edition 2012]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 234 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 88 MB | Covers - 25 MB
Genre: Jazz, Big Band, Swing | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Warner Music Japan (WPCR-27193)

One of the great entries in Duke Ellington's "exotic" albums of the 60s - records that aren't exactly exotica by any stretch of the imagination, but which have musical themes that were inspired by the international travels of the Ellington band at the time! In this case, the locale is the Virgin Islands - where Ellington performed in 1965, and returned home to record this set as a memory of tunes played by the band in St Croix and St Thomas. The core of the set is the initial Virgin Islands suite - made up of four new tunes that include "Island Virgin", "Virgin Jungle", "Fiddler On The Diddle", and "Jungle Kitty" - all nicely rhythmic numbers that explore some fresh themes with especially nice horn solos from the members of the group. Other tracks are older numbers performed on the tour, given a bit of a new twist here.