Artist: John Coltrane
Title: My Favorite Things
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 1961/2013
Label: Rhino Atlantic
Duration: 40:45
Quality: FLAC 192kHz/24bit
Source: HDTracks

My Favorite Things is another landmark recording by John Coltrane. This 1961 classic is the first to feature Coltrane performing on soprano saxophone. Coltrane, joined by McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis and Elvin Jones, lends his inimitable style to pop standards including "Summertime," "Everytime We Say Goodbye" and the title-track. In 1998, the album was a recipient of the GRAMMY Hall of Fame Award.

Although seemingly impossible to comprehend, this landmark jazz date made in 1960 was recorded in less than three days. All the more remarkable is that the same sessions which yielded My Favorite Things would also inform a majority of the albums Coltrane Plays the Blues, Coltrane's Sound, and Coltrane Legacy. It is easy to understand the appeal that these sides continue to hold. The unforced, practically casual soloing styles of the assembled quartet --- which includes Coltrane (soprano/tenor sax), McCoy Tyner (piano), Steve Davis (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums) --- allow for tastefully executed passages la the Miles Davis Quintet, a trait Coltrane no doubt honed during his tenure in that band. Each track of this album is a joy to revisit. The ultimate listenability may reside in this quartet's capacity to not be overwhelmed by the soloist. Likewise, they are able to push the grooves along surreptitiously and unfettered. For instance, the support that the trio --- most notably Tyner --- gives to Coltrane on the title track winds the melody in and around itself. However, instead of becoming entangled and directionless, these musical sidebars simultaneously define the direction the song is taking. As a soloist, the definitive soprano sax runs during the Cole Porter standard "Everytime We Say Goodbye" and tenor solos on "But Not for Me" easily establish Coltrane as a pioneer of both instruments.

Tracklist:
01 -- My Favorite Things
02 -- Everytime We Say Goodbye
03 -- Summertime
04 -- But Not For Me

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Artist: John Coltrane
Title: Offering: Live At Temple University
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2014
Label: Verve
Duration: 01:32:02
Quality: FLAC 96kHz/24bit
Source: Pono

Offering: Live at Temple University is a 2014 live album released posthumously by John Coltrane on Resonance Records. The album was recorded from original master reels stored by WRTI-FM. Proceeds from the album benefit the John Coltrane Home.

Recorded eight months before his death from liver cancer, the concert album Offering: Live at Temple University features legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane performing with his quintet in his hometown of Philadelphia on November 11, 1966. Although it's been available in various incomplete bootleg forms over the years, Resonance's Offering is the first official, complete, and fully mastered version to be released. Produced from a set of long-lost master tapes rediscovered by Coltrane's son, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, Offering showcases the late jazz innovator's final ensemble featuring his wife, keyboardist Alice Coltrane, saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, bassist Sonny Johnson (sitting in for Jimmy Garrison), drummer Rashied Ali, and a coterie of local guest musicians. This was Coltrane's main lineup after the departure of pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones only a few months prior to this concert. However, rather than a lesser version of Coltrane's once classic quartet, this ensemble seems to have codified the spiritually infused free jazz, modal, and Indian raga influences Coltrane had been exploring since the early '60s. Gone was the internal band discord over the use of two drummers (Tyner and Jones' purported bugaboo), replaced by an ensemble of like-minded musicians unified as much by spiritual concerns as creative ones. Beginning with an epic version of his classic 1960 composition "Naima," Coltrane and his group perform with a sustained intensity and creative focus that would soon become a major element of Coltrane lore after his passing. Yet, here they are: the sheets of arpeggiated sound gushing from his saxophone in a burnished oaken moan, the frenetic squelch of Sanders and Coltrane's dual opening to "Leo," and the subsequent mid-track "vocalizations" --- long debated in almost mythological terms by fans who saw Coltrane live --- captured here in all their unnerving, otherworldly glory. And while there certainly is something otherworldly and transformative about Offering, it's also utterly tangible, visceral, and organically Technicolor in the way only the best live performances are. There's also a balance to the performances on Offering. By 1966, Coltrane had become infamous for his band's extended solos, purportedly shutting down clubs with cacophonous 20-minute improvisations. The longest song here, an inspired reworking of his indelible 1960 version of "My Favorite Things," clocks in at 23:20 and reveals an ensemble fully capable of guiding an audience on a logical, if no less adventurous, journey through well-charted musical territory. Listening to Alice Coltrane propel herself through "My Favorite Things," her sparkling, hard bop-inflected keyboard lines as generously abundant as her husband's, is to experience something strangely familiar yet completely new. By the time you get to 18-year-old college student Steve Knoblauch's utterly unhinged guest improvisation, you aren't so much confused as astounded that the group members lose none of their euphoric intensity while they buoy him, his throaty aggression bridging toward Coltrane's laser-fire soprano return. Ultimately, though we will never know where Coltrane would have taken his music had he lived, Offering works as a live culmination of Coltrane's musical journey, a homecoming and spiritual communion with the deep, creative forces that drove him right until the end of his life and, based on the music here, one can only assume beyond. ---AllMusic Review by Matt Collar

Tracklist:
1-1 Naima 16:28
1-2 Crescent 26:11
2-1 Leo 21:29
2-2 Offering 4:19
2-3 My Favorite Things 23:18

Pesrsonal
John Coltrane Quintet:
John Coltrane -- soprano and tenor saxophones, flute, vocals, bandleader
Rashied Ali -- drums
Alice Coltrane -- piano
Sonny Johnson -- upright bass
Pharoah Sanders -- tenor saxophone and piccolo

Additional:
Umar Ali -- percussion
Algie DeWitt -- percussion
Arnold Joyner -- alto saxophone
Robert Kenyatta -- percussion
Steve Knoblauch -- alto saxophone

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Artist: John Coltrane
Title: Sun Ship: The Complete Session
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 1965/2013
Label: Impulse Select
Duration: 01:47:21
Quality: FLAC 192kHz/24bit
Source: HDTracks

Coltrane's Sun Ship was one of the final and finest chapters in the story of his classic quartet. It features pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones. The work highlights the saxophonist in transition from the secular ("Dearly Beloved") to the sacred ("Amen"). Sun Ship: The Complete Session includes every recorded moment from this historic session including alternate takes, conversations between the musicians, their leader and their producer and more than one hour of unreleased music.

Recorded on August 26, 1965 (and not released until after his death in heavily edited form), Sun Ship was the final recording by John Coltrane's quartet with drummer Elvin Jones, pianist McCoy Tyner, and bassist Jimmy Garrison. After nearly four years together, this band had achieved a vital collective identity. When Coltrane moved toward metrically free styles of rhythm and melody (with tunes often based on one chord or a short series of notes as themes), the quartet's rhythmic pulse and collective interplay evolved accordingly. The title track opens with a splintered theme. Garrison and Jones group dramatically around the leader's call, then rhythmically abstract the pulse; they imply a central rhythm more than state one. Tyner crafts a monumental solo full of crashing modulations and heated single lines. Coltrane reenters at full tilt, alternating throttled upper-register cries with crunching bass declamations, using multiphonics and altissimo as the levitating rhythm boils around him. Garrison and Jones are featured on "Ascent" and "Attaining," where they unveil bold new solutions for coming in and out of tempo, and manipulating dynamics while maintaining an amorphous yet authoritative ebb and flow. The gyrating, oceanic waves of "Dearly Beloved" suggest earlier balladic explorations such as "Alabama," with Coltrane's keening tenor providing a taut melodic focus for the multi-layered, nearly ritualistic rhythms surrounding him. Tyner's great chordal waves and contrapuntal motion build to a surging climax before the saxophonist reenters to bring them all home. On "Amen," the saxophonist announces a spare modal theme that evokes swing, but refracts it through free jazz. While a summation for this quartet, Sun Ship is also an exciting if unfinished prelude to Coltrane's final period of transformation.

Tracklist:
CD1 #01 -- Dearly Beloved (Takes 1 & 2 / False Start And Alternate Version)
CD1 #02 -- Dearly Beloved (Take 3 / Breakdown)
CD1 #03 -- Dearly Beloved (Take 4 / Complete Version)
CD1 #04 -- Attaining (Take 1 / Alternate Version)
CD1 #05 -- Attaining (Take 2 / Breakdown)
CD1 #06 -- Attaining (Take 3 / Complete Version)
CD1 #07 -- Attaining (Take 4 / Insert 1)
CD1 #08 -- Sun Ship (Take 1 / Breakdown)
CD1 #09 -- Sun Ship (Take 2 / Complete Alternate Version)
CD1 #10 -- Sun Ship (Take 3 / Insert 1)
CD1 #11 -- Sun Ship (Take 4 / Complete Version)

CD2 #01 -- Studio Conversation
CD2 #02 -- Ascent (Take 1 / Complete Version)
CD2 #03 -- Ascent (Take 2 / Incomplete Version)
CD2 #04 -- Ascent (Take 3 / False Starts / Incomplete Version)
CD2 #05 -- Ascent (Takes 4-6 / Inserts / False Starts)
CD2 #06 -- Ascent (Take 7 / Complete Insert 4)
CD2 #07 -- Ascent (Take 8 / Complete Insert 5)
CD2 #08 -- Amen (Take 1 / Alternate Version)
CD2 #09 -- Amen (Take 2, released version)

Pesrsonal
John Coltrane -- tenor sax
McCoy Tyner -- piano
Jimmy Garrison -- bass
Elvin Jones -- drums

Note
Recorded August 26,1965 at RCA Victor Studios, 155 E. 24th St., New York, NY.
Original recordings produced by Bob Thiele and John Coltrane.
Recorded at RCA Victor Studios. Engineer: Bob Simpson.

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Artist: John Coltrane
Title: The Art Of John Coltrane: The Atlantic Years
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 1990/2011
Label: Rhino Atlantic
Duration: 01:13:56
Quality: FLAC 192kHz/24bit
Source: HDTracks

This ground-breaking anthology features Coltrane's greatest hits from his Atlantic period. The album compiled of originals and classic standards includes the massive hits "My Favorite Things," "Body and Soul" and "Giant Steps." This Hi-Res remastering is the only way to experience one of jazz's greatest tenor players.

Good anthology collecting several good tracks from Coltrane's Atlantic period, among them the earliest "My Favorite Things" and other standards and originals. Although these songs weren't as transcendent as the Impulse period, they were an important indicator of future directions.

Tracklist:
01 -- Syeeda's Song Flute
02 -- Aisha
03 -- Countdown
04 -- Mr. Knight
05 -- My Shining Hour
06 -- Blues To Bechet
07 -- The Invisible
08 -- My Favorite Things
09 -- Giant Steps
10 -- Central Park West
11 -- Like Sonny
12 -- Body And Soul

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Artist: John Coltrane
Title: The Coltrane Legacy
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 1970/2015
Label: Atlantic Records
Duration: 40:30
Quality: FLAC 96kHz/24bit
Source: HDTracks

Released posthumously in 1970, The Coltrane Legacy is a compilation album consisting of outtakes from the recording sessions for the albums Ol Coltrane, Coltrane Plays the Blues, Coltrane's Sound, and Bags & Trane. All selections were previously unreleased.

When this LP was released in 1970, it debuted some valuable Coltrane recordings covering a two-year period. Three of the selections are alternates taken from his Atlantic album with vibraphonist Milt Jackson, "Original Untitled Ballad" (later titled "To Her Ladyship") is from the session that resulted in Coltrane's Ole album with Eric Dolphy and Freddie Hubbard, and the remaining two numbers ("26-2 and "Exotica") find 'Trane meeting up with both pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones (along with bassist Steve Davis) on records for the first time. Historically significant music, it's generally quite enjoyable. --Scott Yanow

Tracklist:
1 26-2 07:09
2 Original Untitled Ballad 03:33
3 Untitled Original 09:05
4 Centerpiece 06:13
5 Stairway To The Stars 09:06
6 Blues Legacy 05:24

Pesrsonal
John Coltrane -- soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone
Freddie Hubbard -- trumpet on "Original Untitled Ballad"
Eric Dolphy -- flute on "Original Untitled Ballad"
Milt Jackson -- vibraphone on side two
McCoy Tyner -- piano on side one
Hank Jones -- piano on side two
Paul Chambers -- bass on side two
Steve Davis -- bass on "26-2 and "Untitled Original"
Art Davis -- bass on "Original Untitled Ballad"
Elvin Jones -- drums on tracks 1-3
Connie Kay -- drums on tracks 4-6

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Artist: John Coltrane
Title: Dakar
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 1957/2014
Label: Prestige Records
Duration: 39:27
Quality: FLAC 44.1kHz/24bit
Source: Qobuz

Dakar was one of the early albums from Prestige on which John Coltrane played. While not the lead musician on the recording, Prestige marketed the album as such due to Coltrane's rapidly-rising fame as a soloist.

Dakar (1957) presents half-a-dozen numbers recorded April 20, 1957 by an ensemble credited as the "Prestige All-Stars." On the bandstand for this date are John Coltrane (tenor sax), Cecil Payne (baritone sax), Pepper Adams (baritone sax), Mal Waldron (piano), Doug Watkins (bass), and Art Taylor (drums). Although at the time these were considered "leaderless" units, upon hearing the interaction of the participants, modern ears might desire to qualify that statement.

The Latin-flavored title track "Dakar" finds Coltrane adapting his solo to faultlessly conform to Payne and Adams' comparatively fuller-bodied involvement. The brooding chord progressions take on dark overtones with Coltrane joining Waldron as they burst forth fuelled by the soulful brass section. "Mary's Blues" is a treat for sax lovers as Adams --- who penned the number --- almost immediately raises the musical stakes for Coltrane. The differences in their respective presentations offer a contrast that complements the cool refinement of Adams and Pepper when juxtaposed with Coltrane's frenetic flurries. Particularly engaging are the sequence of four-bar blasts from the horn players, just prior to Coltrane pushing the combo through their paces. On "Route Four" the strongest elements of each player surface, creating one of the platter's brightest moments. Right out of the box, Waldron unleashes line upon line of masterful lyricism. The driving tempo keeps the instrumentalists on their toes as Coltrane is sandwiched between the undeniably and equally inspired Payne and Adams. Here, the urgency of Coltrane's tenor sax clearly tests the boundaries of the Taylor/Watkins rhythm section. The moody and sublime ballad "Velvet Scene" is a Waldron composition containing some of the author's strongest individual involvement as he interjects his expressive keyboarding directly into the melody. If the album is flawed, that may well be due to Coltrane's inability to deliver during "Witches' Pit." Perhaps because he is the first soloist, there seems to be no immediate direction to his playing. In a highly unusual move, he simply trails off rather than concluding his portion with his usual command and authority. "Cat Walk" restores Coltrane's sinuous leads during a couple of jaunty double-time excursions that tread gingerly around the catchy tune. Jazz enthusiasts --- especially lovers of Thelonious Monk --- should easily be able to discern Adams' nod to "'Round Midnight." ~~AllMusic Review by Lindsay Planer

Tracklist:
1. Dakar 07:12
2. Mary's Blues 06:50
3. Route 4 06:57
4. Velvet Scene 04:54
5. Witches Pit 06:43
6. Cat Walk 07:10

Pesrsonal
John Coltrane -- tenor saxophone
Cecil Payne -- baritone saxophone
Pepper Adams -- baritone saxophone
Mal Waldron -- piano
Doug Watkins -- bass
Art Taylor -- drums

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Artist: John Coltrane
Title: Crescent
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 1964/2016
Label: Verve
Duration: 40:29
Quality: FLAC 192kHz/24bit
Source: AcousticSounds

John Coltrane's 1964 album Crescent features his classic quartet of McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on double bass and powerhouse drummer Elvin Jones. This acclaimed set of five Coltrane originals paved the way for Coltrane's next recording, the landmark A Love Supreme.

John Coltrane's Crescent from the spring of 1964 is an epic album, showing his meditative side that would serve as a perfect prelude to his immortal work A Love Supreme. His finest quartet with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones supports the somewhat softer side of Coltrane, and while not completely in ballad style, the focus and accessible tone of this recording work wonders for anyone willing to sit back and let this music enrich and wash over you. While not quite at the "sheets of sound" unfettered music he would make before his passing in 1967, there are hints of this group stretching out in restrained dynamics, playing as lovely a progressive jazz as heard anywhere in any time period. The highlights come at the top with the reverent, ruminating, and free ballad "Crescent," with a patient Coltrane acquiescing to swinging, while the utterly beautiful "Wise One" is accented by the delicate and chime-like musings of Tyner with a deeply hued tenor from Coltrane unrushed even in a slight Latin rhythm. These are the ultimate spiritual songs, and ultimately two of the greatest in Coltrane's storied career. But "Bessie's Blues" and "Lonnie's Lament" are just as revered in the sense that they are covered by jazz musicians worldwide, the former a hard bop wonder with a classic short repeat chorus, the latter one of the most somber, sad jazz ballad reflections in a world full of injustice and unfairness -- the ultimate eulogy. Garrison and especially Jones are put through their emotional paces, but on the finale "The Drum Thing," the African-like tom-tom sounds extracted by Jones with Coltrane's sighing tenor, followed by some truly amazing case study-frantic snare drumming, makes it one to be revisited. In the liner notes, a quote from Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka states John Coltrane was "daringly human," and no better example of this quality transferred to musical endeavor is available than on this definitive, must have album that encompasses all that he was and eventually would become.

Tracklist:
01 -- Crescent
02 -- Wise One
03 -- Bessie's Blues
04 -- Lonnie's Lament
05 -- The Drum Thing

Pesrsonal
John Coltrane -- band leader and tenor saxophone
McCoy Tyner -- piano
Jimmy Garrison -- double bass
Elvin Jones -- drums

Note
This album is a high-resolution digital transfer of material originating from an analogue recording. It may contain noise, distortion or other artifacts, and may also contain audio which is limited in bandwidth and dynamic range, due to the technology available at the time of its original creation. As such, it is offered as a high-resolution documentation of a historical release.

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Django Reinhardt-The Anthology-REMASTERED-3CD-FLAC-2009-DeVOiD

Release Name: Django_Reinhardt-The_Anthology-REMASTERED-3CD-FLAC-2009-DeVOiD
Artist: Django Reinhardt
Album: The Anthology
Genre: Jazz
Year: 2009
Tracks: 25
Duration: 03:34:57
Size: 528.9 MB

Tracklist:

1. Django Reinhardt - Dinah - 2:40 (355 kbps , 6.76 MB)
2. Django Reinhardt - Sweet Sue (Vocal: Jerry Mengo) - 2:58 (365 kbps , 7.73 MB)
3. Django Reinhardt - Limehouse Blues - 2:48 (362 kbps , 7.23 MB)
4. Django Reinhardt - Charleston - 2:54 (366 kbps , 7.6 MB)
5. Django Reinhardt - The Sheik Of Araby - 3:08 (298 kbps , 6.7 MB)
6. Django Reinhardt - Minor Swing - 3:18 (365 kbps , 8.63 MB)
7. Django Reinhardt - St. Louis Blues - 2:48 (328 kbps , 6.58 MB)
8. Django Reinhardt - Sweet Georgia Brown - 3:09 (251 kbps , 5.63 MB)
9. Django Reinhardt - Night And Day - 2:43 (251 kbps , 4.87 MB)
10. Django Reinhardt - Black And White - 3:06 (282 kbps , 6.25 MB)
11. Django Reinhardt - Honeysuckle Rose - 2:55 (268 kbps , 5.58 MB)
12. Django Reinhardt - Swing '39 - 3:19 (291 kbps , 6.91 MB)
13. Django Reinhardt - Improvisation No. 2 (Solo) - 2:42 (239 kbps , 4.61 MB)
14. Django Reinhardt - I'll See You In My Dreams - 2:35 (324 kbps , 5.99 MB)
15. Django Reinhardt - Rythme Futur - 2:40 (290 kbps , 5.55 MB)
16. Django Reinhardt - Les Yeux Noirs - 2:19 (357 kbps , 5.89 MB)
17. Django Reinhardt - All Of Me - 2:50 (390 kbps , 7.88 MB)
18. Django Reinhardt - Swing '42 - 2:49 (265 kbps , 5.34 MB)
19. Django Reinhardt - Blues En Mineur - 2:51 (383 kbps , 7.81 MB)
20. Django Reinhardt - Manoir De Mes Reves - 3:19 (248 kbps , 5.89 MB)
21. Django Reinhardt - Blues Clair - 3:07 (390 kbps , 8.71 MB)
22. Django Reinhardt - Douce Ambiance - 2:21 (281 kbps , 4.74 MB)
23. Django Reinhardt - Nuages (Take 2) - 3:20 (278 kbps , 6.65 MB)
24. Django Reinhardt - Melodie Au Crepuscule - 3:14 (260 kbps , 5.99 MB)
25. Django Reinhardt - Echos De France (La Marseillaise) - 2:47 (267 kbps , 5.32 MB)
26. Django Reinhardt - Django's Tiger - 2:40 (305 kbps , 5.84 MB)
27. Django Reinhardt - Embraceable You - 3:15 (289 kbps , 6.72 MB)
28. Django Reinhardt - Topsy - 3:07 (324 kbps , 7.2 MB)
29. Django Reinhardt - Songe D'Automne - 3:01 (236 kbps , 5.11 MB)
30. Django Reinhardt - Vette - 3:16 (345 kbps , 8.07 MB)
31. Django Reinhardt - Tiger Rag - 2:56 (268 kbps , 5.61 MB)
32. Django Reinhardt - Django's Dream - 3:50 (249 kbps , 6.81 MB)
33. Django Reinhardt - How High The Moon - 2:34 (277 kbps , 5.09 MB)
34. Django Reinhardt - Danse Norvegienne - 3:04 (353 kbps , 7.73 MB)
35. Django Reinhardt - Just One Of Those Things - 2:53 (255 kbps , 5.25 MB)
36. Django Reinhardt - Si Tu Savais - 2:42 (369 kbps , 7.15 MB)
37. Django Reinhardt - Belleville - 2:37 (315 kbps , 5.9 MB)
38. Django Reinhardt - Tears - 3:44 (264 kbps , 7.04 MB)
39. Django Reinhardt - Dinette - 3:03 (302 kbps , 6.6 MB)
40. Django Reinhardt - Place De Brouckere - 3:16 (321 kbps , 7.48 MB)
41. Django Reinhardt - La Mer - 4:24 (285 kbps , 8.96 MB)
42. Django Reinhardt - Where Are You My Love - 3:21 (260 kbps , 6.23 MB)
43. Django Reinhardt - Minor Swing - 2:37 (288 kbps , 5.4 MB)
44. Django Reinhardt - Daphne - 2:29 (270 kbps , 4.78 MB)
45. Django Reinhardt - Bricktop - 3:45 (296 kbps , 7.94 MB)
46. Django Reinhardt - Djangology - 2:49 (278 kbps , 5.6 MB)
47. Django Reinhardt - Stormy Weather - 4:13 (300 kbps , 9.05 MB)
48. Django Reinhardt - Double Whisky - 2:56 (496 kbps , 10.42 MB)
49. Django Reinhardt - Dream Of You - 3:16 (370 kbps , 8.63 MB)
50. Django Reinhardt - Impromptu - 2:45 (439 kbps , 8.63 MB)
51. Django Reinhardt - Vamp - 2:35 (459 kbps , 8.48 MB)
52. Django Reinhardt - Keep Cool - 3:05 (494 kbps , 10.91 MB)
53. Django Reinhardt - Fleche D'Or - 3:01 (489 kbps , 10.54 MB)
54. Django Reinhardt - Troublant Bolero - 3:32 (304 kbps , 7.66 MB)
55. Django Reinhardt - Nuits De St-Germain-Des-Pres - 3:07 (381 kbps , 8.48 MB)
56. Django Reinhardt - Crazy Rhythm - 3:11 (729 kbps , 16.55 MB)
57. Django Reinhardt - Anouman - 2:46 (344 kbps , 6.8 MB)
58. Django Reinhardt - Fine And Dandy - 3:12 (552 kbps , 12.61 MB)
59. Django Reinhardt - D.R. Blues - 3:09 (469 kbps , 10.59 MB)
60. Django Reinhardt - Deccaphonie - 3:17 (501 kbps , 11.76 MB)
61. Django Reinhardt - Chez Moi - 3:03 (543 kbps , 11.84 MB)
62. Django Reinhardt - I Cover The Waterfront - 3:26 (392 kbps , 9.61 MB)
63. Django Reinhardt - Le Soir - 2:58 (461 kbps , 9.75 MB)
64. Django Reinhardt - Blues For Ike - 3:23 (362 kbps , 8.76 MB)
65. Django Reinhardt - Insensiblement - 3:09 (346 kbps , 7.81 MB)
66. Django Reinhardt - September Song - 2:35 (352 kbps , 6.5 MB)
67. Django Reinhardt - Night And Day - 2:52 (358 kbps , 7.35 MB)
68. Django Reinhardt - Manoir De Mes Reves - 2:38 (336 kbps , 6.32 MB)
69. Django Reinhardt - Nuages - 3:17 (296 kbps , 6.96 MB)
70. Django Reinhardt - Brazil - 2:27 (366 kbps , 6.42 MB)
71. Django Reinhardt - Confessin' (That I Love You) - 3:39 (348 kbps , 9.1 MB)

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The Bad Plus-Its Hard-CD-FLAC-2016-NBFLAC

Release Name: The_Bad_Plus-Its_Hard-CD-FLAC-2016-NBFLAC
Artist: The Bad Plus
Album: It's Hard
Genre: Jazz
Year: 2016
Tracks: 11
Duration: 00:48:56
Size: 259.07 MB

Tracklist:

1. The Bad Plus - Maps - 4:21 (916 kbps , 28.54 MB)
2. The Bad Plus - Games Without Frontiers - 4:20 (852 kbps , 26.37 MB)
3. The Bad Plus - Time After Time - 6:15 (601 kbps , 26.85 MB)
4. The Bad Plus - I Walk The Line - 3:19 (671 kbps , 15.89 MB)
5. The Bad Plus - Alfombra Magica - 4:08 (731 kbps , 21.58 MB)
6. The Bad Plus - The Beautiful Ones - 3:32 (680 kbps , 17.21 MB)
7. The Bad Plus - Don't Dream It's Over - 5:22 (740 kbps , 28.41 MB)
8. The Bad Plus - Staring At The Sun - 4:27 (737 kbps , 23.49 MB)
9. The Bad Plus - Mandy - 6:14 (722 kbps , 32.21 MB)
10. The Bad Plus - The Robots - 3:31 (854 kbps , 21.44 MB)
11. The Bad Plus - Broken Shadows - 3:33 (674 kbps , 17.09 MB)

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Artist: Bobo Stenson Trio
Title: Cantando
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2008
Label: ECM Records GmbH
Duration: 01:17:59
Quality: FLAC 44.1kHz/24bit
Source: Qobuz
Recorded: December 2007 at Auditorium Radio Svizzera Italiana, Lugano

The reconfigured Bobo Stenson Trio in a performance of characteristically wide arc. Material this time includes original compositions, group improvising and pieces by Peter Eben, Alban Berg, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, and Silvio Rodriguez. Master pianist Stenson, long term bassist Anders Jormin and alertly responsive young drummer Jon Flt have developed a richly detailed sound-world like nothing else in modern jazz -- at once an extension of the jazz piano tradition and, with its windows opening onto classical music and world folklore, a force apart from it.

Cantando marks the second time in as many albums that pianist and composer Bobo Stenson is making a personnel change in the drum chair of his trio. For many jazz artists this wouldn't even be a major consideration, as the transient nature of the music lends itself to such changes. But Stenson, along with longtime bassist Anders Jormin (20 years), has only made a total of six recordings in 37 years including this one, and former drummer Jon Christensen held that chair for 29 of them. Paul Motian stepped in for 2005's Goodbye and offered a different, mildly busier approach, though it too was rooted in the slow and deliberate spaciousness that has been at the heart of Stenson's music from the beginning. But 29-year-old drummer Jon Flt (Nordic Quintet) lends something else entirely to Stenson's brew as he may continue in Motian's footsteps as an elegant player but he is more physical dynamically, and more active in his sense of adventure. Another aspect of the change inherent in Stenson's approach to music-making would be the selection of material by other composers. Of the 11 pieces here, only one, "Pages," is an original; and it is a long improvisational work that sits dead-center on the album, compiled chop-up style from four demos by producer Manfred Eicher. It is credited to all three members. The other works here are by a highly divergent group of authors, from Ornette Coleman to Alban Berg, from Czech composer Peter Iben to the late Argentine nuevo tango composer Astor Piazzolla, from Don Cherry to Cuban vocalist Silvio Rodrguez. These choices are all impeccable. Rodrguez's "Olivia" opens the set with its insistent lyricism and tender melody line. The interplay between Jormin --- one of the greatest bassists ever to appear on ECM and one of the most technically gifted players in the music today --- and Flt, with his dancing cymbal work and beat-heavy brushes on the tom-toms, offers an uncharacteristically tight space for Stenson in the melody and in his solo. Of course he rises to the occasion with glorious ostinati and syncopated arpeggios. Cherry's "Don's Kora Song" begins with the rhythm section, in particular the held, clipped cymbal sound by Flt that accompanies the insistent, woody attack by Jormin in an insistent rhythm. Stenson begins by rumbling in the lowest register before gradually moving toward the center with a mysterious minor-key articulation of Cherry's lyric line and developing a solo of chords into the middle of that as Flt allows the cone of the cymbals to ring more with his attack. Jormin is dazzling as he propels the tune from underneath. Coleman's "A Fixed Goal" follows this, and the reading is wonderful. With its playful, staccato melody echoing a nursery rhyme ethos and decidedly marked harmonic lines and rhythmic shifts, it is the perfect number for this trio. Stenson's solo is dazzling. The real mettle of the trio is on "Pages," where the group plays freely --- for Stenson --- with time, space, and texture. Flt and Jormin are wonderful together, continually challenging and complementing, and Stenson's elastic melodic sense is given new elasticity. This is a stellar effort that announces --- hopefully --- an extended run for this trio. --AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek

Tracklist:
1. Olivia 06:38
2. Song of Ruth 06:42
3. Wooden Church 07:01
4. M 07:59
5. Chiquilin de Bachin 08:04
6. Pages 13:40
7. Don's Kora Song 05:08
8. A Fixed Goal 04:12
9. Love, I've Found You 03:12
10. Liebesode 08:36
11. Song of Ruth, Var. 06:47

Pesrsonal
Bobo Stenson: piano
Anders Jormin: double-bass
Jon Flt: drums

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Artist: Bobo Stenson Trio
Title: Indicum
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2012
Label: ECM Records GmbH
Duration: 01:08:35
Quality: FLAC 48kHz/24bit
Source: HDTracks

Bobo Stenson is one of the most influential Scandinavian jazz musicians and one of the very first ECM artists. Returning with his trio, Bobo Stenson has released his latest work, Indicum. Indicum explores a broad arc of music including tunes by Bill Evans, George Russell, Carl Nielsen, Ola Gjeilo and much more. Wide-ranging repertoire has become a hallmark of Bobo Stensen recordings. The trio dazzles with their stunning eclecticism and rich improvisation.

Any listener familiar with Bobo Stenson's work knows that extensive range is a trademark on his records. Indicum is no exception. With longtime bassist Anders Jormin and drummer Jon Flt, he takes on works by Bill Evans, George Russell, contemporary sacred composition, free group improv, traditional hymns, and jazz reads of Carl Nielsen on this 12-track set. Stenson opens with a brief solo reading of Evans' "Your Story," dedicated to the late Paul Motian, who had held the drum chair on the Trio's 2005 album, Goodbye. It's elegant, emotive, and bears the hallmarks of Stenson's sparse yet striking chords. "Indikon," the first of three group improvs, commences with Flt's solo. The pianist enters with an abundant lyricism, weighted by Jormin's slow, studied pulse. As the players engage and trade the foreground, an organic process emerges and begins its evolution. On "Indigo," dark minor keys emerge from the tune's body to create dramatic tension. Jormin's low end adds a force to Stenson's argument, but Flt's shimmering cymbals and flat snare counter it all, creating balance. The set includes version of Wolf Bierman's protest song "Ermutigung," which shimmers even as it swings; its melancholy overtones embraced and articulated fully in Jormin's song-like solo. The inclusion of Argentinian composer Ariel Ramirez's "La Peregrinacion" illustrates how subtle, even hidden aspects of rhythmic interplay are evoked inside this group's lyric improvisation. The other end of the folk spectrum is highlighted in the Norwegian traditional "Ave Maria." The sacred melody is pronounced, then shifted to find the margin. In its place, a haunting improvisation/dialogue illustrates the many harmonic possibilities in its formal architecture. Jormin's "Sol" is a fine vehicle for him and Flt. Stenson doesn't enter until two minutes into the conversation. When he does, it's via a series of carefully spaced triads that frame Jormin's arco. Before the tune gels, it hints at post-bop without indulging it, yet its graceful sense of swing is implicit. Album-closer "Ubi Caritas" is a choral piece by contemporary composer Ola Gjeilo. In intent, it walks a line between modern and medieval music. But Stenson uses its structural evocation of plain chant in his chords and allows Jormin a soprano-like quality with his bow. Flt skeletally and spaciously accents it all, keeping the tune's mysterious quality intact. The Stenson Trio is the rarest of bands, one that approaches its material as a series of queries to be summarily explored, rather than statements to be made. As such, Indicum succeeds in spades.

Tracklist:
01 -- Your Story
02 -- Indikon
03 -- Indicum
04 -- Ermutigung
05 -- Indigo
06 -- December
07 -- La Peregrinacion
08 -- Event VI
09 -- Ave Maria
10 -- Tit er jeg glad
11 -- Sol
12 -- Ubi Caritas

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Artist: Danilo Zanchi Trio
Title: Looking Ahead
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2013/2014
Label: Alfa Music
Duration: 36:50
Quality: FLAC 96kHz/24bit
Source: e-Onkyo
Recorded: Recordings, Mix and Mastering: Artesuono, Cavalicco (Ud), Italy

AreaB

DANILO ZANCHI (Guitars)
ARES TAVOLAZZI (Double bass)
JOHN B. ARNOLD (Drums)
Artesuono
Stefano Amerio

Tracklist:
1 Paunasia 4:26
2 Your Presence 6:09
3 Strange Time 4:29
4 My Farm 4:53
5 Arabian Spring 3:28
6 Night in the Park 5:16
7 The First Light 3:49
8 Bop Dizy 4:33

Pesrsonal
Danilo Zanchi -- guitar
Ares Tavolazzi -- double bass
John B. Arnold -- drums

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Artist: David Friedman
Title: Weaving Through Motion
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2014
Label: Traumton Records
Duration: 57:33
Quality: FLAC 44.1kHz/24bit
Source: Qobuz

An absorbing solo vibraphone session from jazz vet David Friedman, who went twenty years since his last solo outing. His newest, Weaving Through Motion, is likely to lead to some regret that he doesn't do the solo thing a bit more often. Along with a bunch of Friedman originals, there are four covers, including Monk's "'Round Midnight" and Michael Legrand's "The Windmills of Your Mind." Just a real intimate, patient set of tunes that gives the listener the sense that they are there in the room as Friedman works through his ideas.

Some notable tracks: "Turn Left" has the dreamy, uneasy stillness of the darkness just before sunrise. At the other end of the spectrum, "Ona" is all bright eyes and optimism, cheerily rattling of sunny statements. In like fashion, he takes "Almost Blue" for a spin with a pop music enthusiasm and hammers home the song's catchy melody with an infectious exuberance. And though he references a classic-turned-prog-rock band on "No (Changes) -- With Compliments to the Band 'Yes'," the mesmerizing rhythmic attack is more akin to the Krautrock school of ambient music, ala Cluster.

Tracklist:
1. Turn Left 06:36
2. Two Minds, One Thought 04:48
3. 'Round Midnight 04:52
4. Confession 03:20
5. Ona 04:21
6. Almost Blue 04:14
7. No (Changes) -- With compliments to the band 'Yes' 02:31
8. lom 05:16
9. Batuna 05:59
10. The Guilded Cage 03:50
11. The Windmills Of Your Mind 07:22
12. Waltz For Hannah 04:50

Pesrsonal
David Friedman: Vibraphon, Marimba

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Artist: David Helbock Trio
Title: Aural Colors
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2015
Label: Traumton Records
Duration: 49:51
Quality: FLAC 44.1kHz/24bit
Source: Qobuz

"...The David Helbock Trio is full of tricks...But this isnt really a gimmicky show. In fact, when Helbock shifts from frantic virtuosity to lyrical expansiveness the true mettle of his technique and musicality can be seen..."

David Washington -- InDaily Australia

The set-up here is letter perfect for what's being done: just piano, bass (and occasional ukelele...!), and drums, allowing tons of space for the trinity to get their groove on while sitting vividly in wide open spaces (Marton Offik engineered the gig like a Kurosawa movie, simultaneously open to the skies while so compressed so that not a note is a micron out of focus). Yellow Meets Red opens the date and is a constantly moving signature, piano dominant but with a upwelling bass going almost solo athwart ceaseless drumwork...and, man, that ending! Then comes the Schoenberg Meets Kandinsky Suite (though the CD cover actually more indicates Mondrian in a color wheel, as does the angularity of the music) in three movements, a good deal more fragmentary yet always mindful of the melody, as abstract as even that is.

Op. 19, No. 3 contains marvelous, even daring, negative spaces within a cerebrally loungey ambience you'd never have heard from Schoenberg's pen, yet Helbock knows just what he's doing, a prolific and depth-oriented composer (he published a 600-page book of music and in 2009 wrote a song a day), and so he carries things over to the next movement, albeit a bit more meatily and with sass. The main voice throughout of course is Helbock's, and the guy's inventive as hell, but Raphael Preuschl (bass) and Herbert Pirker (drums) were well appointed, their work more like two painters constantly limning in the dimensions surrounding the main man.

Aural Colors is jazz, avant-garde, neoclassical, serial caprriccio, and maybe even an unidentifiable mode or two, all in one, Virus Ukelelen Song a spirited example, Preuschl sounding like Percy Jones as Helbock meanders all over the place, Pirker keeping everything centered in a home environment they always return to. AM -- Anonymous Monkaholics is just as delirious' as it should be, given the hilarious title, but with a broad humor to it. I suspect the ensemble had the most fun with this one, they couldn't help but!, as it blends carny sideshow with midway promenade and speakeasy antics, even flashes of Guaraldi. There's a lot to hear here, so I suggest you dig a trench, hunker down, and let everything wash over you. It's not like you have a choice, these guys are in control.

Tracklist:
1. Yellow meets Red 6:36
2. Sechs kleine Klavierstcke op.19, Nr. IV 3:25
3. Sechs kleine Klavierstcke op. 19, Nr. III 4:06
4. Sechs kleine Klavierstcke op. 19, Nr. II 4:53
5. pfili, bist so kugelrund 5:48
6. Intro to the Myths 2:44
7. Horus and Jesus 6:45
8. AM -- Anonymous Monkaholics 4:02
9. Virus Ukulelen Song 3:06
10. Healing Colors 4:20
11. Para Hermeto 4:49

Pesrsonal
David Helbock: piano
Raphael Preuschl: bass, ukulele
Herbert Pirker: drums

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Artist: Dominique Pifarely
Title: Time Before And Time After
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2015
Label: ECM Records
Duration: 01:03:08
Quality: FLAC 88.2kHz/24bit
Source: Qobuz

French violinist Dominique Pifarly -- last heard on ECM a decade ago on Stefano Battaglia's Re: Pasolini -- returns to the label with an outstanding solo violin recital, drawn from performances at the Auditorium Saint-Germain in Poitiers and Cave Dimire in Argenteuil. The music is totally improvised -- apart from a free interpretation of the jazz standard "My Foolish Heart" by Victor Young -- and it roves through a range of moods and atmospheres, textures and tone colours, dynamically and unpredictably.

Tracklist:
01 -- Sur terre (Live At Cave Dimire, Argenteuil/2013)
02 -- Meu Ser Elstico (Live At Auditorium Saint-Germain, Poitiers/2012)
03 -- L'air soudain (Live At Auditorium Saint-Germain, Poitiers/2012)
04 -- D'une main distraite (Live At Cave Dimire, Argenteuil/2013)
05 -- Avant le regard (Live At Cave Dimire, Argenteuil/2013)
06 -- Gegenlicht (Live At Auditorium Saint-Germain, Poitiers/2012)
07 -- Violn Y Otras Cuestiones (Live At Auditorium Saint-Germain, Poitiers/2012)
08 -- L'oubli (Live At Auditorium Saint-Germain, Poitiers/2012)
09 -- My Foolish Heart (Live At Cave Dimire, Argenteuil/2013)

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Artist: Keiko Matsui
Title: Live In Tokyo
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2015
Label: Shanachie Entertainment
Duration: 01:13:19
Quality: FLAC 44.1kHz/24bit
Source: HDTracks

Iconic keyboardist/composer Keiko Matsui has been wowing audiences around the world. Billed as "The Soul Quest Tour," Keiko's dynamic performances have been filling concert halls and garnering standing ovations and rave reviews. On this magical night in Tokyo, fellow Smooth Jazz superstars Kirk Whalum, Chuck Loeb and Tom Braxton joined Keiko to make musical history! This brilliantly captured album features some of Keiko's biggest radio hits such as "Black Lion" and "Dream Seeker" as well as signature treasures "Deep Blue," "Forever, Forever" and much more.

Los Angeles, CA: On October 2, Shanachie Entertainment will release "Live In Tokyo," the definitive concert experience from contemporary jazz icon Keiko Matsui. Recorded during a sold-out stop on her 2014 Soul Quest World Tour, the CD/DVD release showcases her stunning live show like never before.
Captured in a state-of-the-art theater in the TV Asahi EX Tower building in the vibrant nightlife district of Roppongi in Minato, Tokyo, the extraordinary 74-minute journey showcases the prowess of a truly transcendent artist at her peak powers. Deftly leading the bristling affair, Matsui hypnotically gallops through electrifying extended excursions of "Dream Seeker," "Black Lion," and "Stingo," all from her critically-acclaimed album Soul Quest.
Joining the improvisational mastery is long-time collaborator Chuck Loeb who adds soaring guitar on "Caricias" and "Proof" while saxophonist Kirk Whalum reprises his guest appearance on "Affirmation," from Matsui's album The Road... Elsewhere, Keiko delights the crowd with fan favorites "Forever, Forever," "Safari" and "Bridge Over The Stars" before Loeb & Whalum re-join the ensemble for a show-stopping encore of "Antartica: A Call to Action" and "A Night with Cha Cha," both cornerstones of Soul Quest.
With over 1.2 million units sold in the U.S. over her 25-year recording career, Keiko Matsui is one of the most recognized artists in contemporary jazz. Her elegant piano melodies and spell-binding grooves have universal appeal, cementing her legacy as one of the preeminent entertainers in the world.

Tracklist:
1 Dream Seeker 06:39
2 Black Lion 05:03
3 Forever Forever 04:23
4 Caricias (ft. Chuck Loeb) 07:15
5 Proof (ft. Chuck Loeb) 07:08
6 Affirmation (ft. Kirk Whalum) 07:03
7 Soul Quest 04:18
8 Safari 04:38
9 Stingo 04:47
10 Bridge Over The Stars 04:32
11 Antarctica: A Call To Action (ft. Kirk Whalum & Chuck Loeb) 07:14
12 A Night With Cha Cha (ft. Kirk Whalum & Chuck Loeb) 05:52
13 Deep Blue 04:27

Pesrsonal
Keiko Matsui, piano, keyboard
Carlitos Del Puerto, bass
Jimmy Branly, drums
Kotaro Saito, cello
Special Guests:
Chuck Loeb, guitar
Kirk Whalum, Tom Braxton, saxophon

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Artist: Logan Richardson
Title: Shift
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2015/2016
Label: Blue Note Records
Duration: 59:42
Quality: FLAC 96kHz/24bit
Source: HDTracks

Alto sax player, bandleader and composer Logan Richardson recruited the amazing talent of Pat Matheny (guitar), Jason Moran (piano), Harish Raghavan (bass), and Nasheet Waits (drums) for his first album for Blue Note.

Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Logan Richardson hails from a city with a rich historical lineage of improvised music. By the age of 16 Richardson had begun performing professionally, and at 19 he left for Boston to attend the Berklee School of Music, followed by a move to New York City to attend the New School University. In NYC Richardson began performing, recording, and touring internationally with artists including Joe Chambers, Billy Hart, Butch Morris, Greg Osby, Stefon Harris and Jason Moran. Richardson has released two prior albums as a leader -- 2007's Cerebral Flow (Fresh Sound, New Talent) and 2008's Ethos (Inner Circle Music) -- and was part of NEXT Collective which released the album Cover Art (Concord Jazz) in 2013. --bluenote.com

Shift, Logan Richardson's Blue Note debut, fulfills the promise offered on the alto saxophonist's two previous albums. On 2007's Cerebral Flow and 2008's Ethos, he seemed more invested in compositional acumen than improvisational flow and was somewhat restrained. Not so here. Richardson surrounds himself with a heavyweight band that no doubt tested his mettle: drummer Nasheet Waits, Jason Moran on piano and Rhodes, bassist Harish Raghavan, and guitarist Pat Metheny -- who makes a rare appearance in a sideman role. Ten of these 11 tunes are the saxophonist's, all artfully articulating his complex harmonic and rhythmic ideas that bridge the frontiers of modern creative jazz and his native Kansas City's traditions. All are deeply melodic, yet refuse to be reined in by rhythmic constraints. "Mind Free" begins tentatively with luxuriant atmospheric textures, but unhurriedly opens onto wide harmonic vistas while never losing an innate sense of groove. Metheny joins in unwrapping the melodic line before Richardson's solo -- equal parts post-bop, soul, and blues -- flows with strident yet breezy confidence. Moran's solo gently teases open the harmony before giving way to Metheny's more aggressive, knotty extrapolations. "Creeper" initially offers a lithe Latin tinge. Moran, playing Rhodes, colors in Richardson's soulful lyric as Metheny lays down chunky chords and vamps before Waits adds double-timed breaks and, with Raghavan driving the accents, prompts the band on toward more open terrain. "Slow" begins as a dirge but transforms -- in no small part due to Metheny's gritty, rockist soloing -- into a sprint, with fleet-fingered runs from Moran as the rhythm section whirls around the three principals. The denser "Imagine" offers multiple melodic lines, all enfolding one another from the inside; the interplay between Richardson and the guitarist is breathtaking. Bruno Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven" -- the lone cover -- is inside out, full of shadows and crevices painted by Moran's spaced-out chords and runs. The collective finds itself illuminating the tune's dark harmonics and discovers new expression there. Closer "Untitled" commences as a midtempo ballad with glorious playing from Raghavan and Waits. As Richardson and Metheny play two phrases in repetition, Moran adds dimension and texture; his playing is at once silky, ambiguous, and exploratory. It creates a bridge between Metheny's increasingly taut, rock-flavored roughness and Richardson's innate bluesy swing. Eventually, they end up somewhere else together, a pronounced elastic beat providing support, so the inexact yet hummable structure accompanies the fine soloing even as the tune collapses on itself. Richardson clearly challenged himself with these sidemen. Individually and collectively they offer him a force of reckoning. On Shift, Richardson brings his best game, particularly as a composer and arranger. His democratic songs and charts allow each man to be fully himself while being an irreplaceable part of the collective.

Tracklist:
01 -- Mind Free
02 -- Creeper
03 -- In Your Next Life
04 -- Locked Out Of Heaven
05 -- Slow
06 -- When I Wake
07 -- Imagine
08 -- Alone
09 -- In Between
10 -- Time
11 -- Untitled

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Artist: Mette Henriette
Title: Mette Henriette
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2015
Label: ECM Records
Duration: 01:40:53
Quality: FLAC 96kHz/24bit
Source: Qobuz

The untitled ECM double-album debut of young Norwegian saxophonist, composer and improviser Mette Henriette Martedatter Rlvg is an arrestingly original musical statement. 'Jazz' players and 'classical' players are drawn together in her ensembles, but the music shapes its own world, outside genre definitions.

Mette Henriette is a Norwegian composer, saxophonist, and bandleader. At 25, she is well established in Europe and the United States. She has collaborated with Tom Rainey, Tim Berne, Christian Wallumrd, and Sidsel Endresen, to name a few. Her debut album as a leader is double length; she leads a different band on each disc. The first features her trio with pianist Johan Lindvall and cellist Katrine Schiott. Henriette wrote 12 of its 15 pieces (the pianist wrote the remainder). These short compositionally economical works focus primarily on the sound of the group rather than Henriette as a soloist. The first three pieces are so skeletal that, taken together, they barely seem to create a whole. "All Ears" broods with tense cello and the piano's percussive statement in the lower middle register. Henriette's horn rumbles; she threatens to shout, but stays inside the lines. The ballad "Once" finds the saxophonist and pianist playing airy tones and mournful, repetitive lines. Schiott's entry adds weight to the bottom; Henriette uses it to express -- briefly -- immense emotion. She doesn't fully "speak" until Lindvall's "3-4-5," with longer lines in her tender solo. The second disc showcases a 13-piece ensemble that includes her trio, brass, drums, bandoneon, the Cikada String Quartet, and bass. She composed all 20 works. Though most here are also brief -- some are well under a minute -- there are middle-length and extended selections among them. Henriette claims more of the center stage as a soloist. Check the opening folk-inspired "Pass" or the droning, dissonant "Wildheart" for evidence of her muscular tone and physical attack. "Pearl Rafter" is a chamber piece without other accompaniment; the sprightly "Veils Ever After" follows and adds upright bass. The humorous "Late la Carte" touches on vanguard big-band and marching music -- la Carla Bley -- and contains an excellent tenor solo. "I," the set's longest track, commences as an abstract, tensely formulated study in strings and piano, but two minutes in it becomes a swirling free interaction between brass, saxophone, and rhythm section before it ratchets down. "Wind on Rocks," another longish work, is largely textural in the first half, but following Henriette's solo -- answered in the backdrop by taut brass -- shifts the foundation toward jazz. Disc two is especially focused. Henriette builds on fragmentary ideas and integrates them into strategic wholes. (The suite-like segment from "But We Did" through "Breathe" and the back-to-back chamber works "Bare Blacker Rum" and "& the Silver Fox" are examples.) As a whole, this is an auspicious, provocative debut. For all the restraint and space on disc one, the second is remarkably diverse, providing excellent contrast. ECM's considerable faith in this young musician is well founded.

Tracklist:
CD1 #01 -- So
CD1 #02 -- .oOo.
CD1 #03 -- The Taboo
CD1 #04 -- All Ears
CD1 #05 -- But Careful
CD1 #06 -- Beneath You
CD1 #07 -- Once
CD1 #08 -- We Were To
CD1 #09 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5
CD1 #10 -- Hi Dive
CD1 #11 -- A Void
CD1 #12 -- The Lost One
CD1 #13 -- In Circles
CD1 #14 -- I Do
CD1 #15 -- O

CD2 #01 -- Pass
CD2 #02 -- Pearl Rafter
CD2 #03 -- Veils Ever After
CD2 #04 -- Unfold
CD2 #05 -- Wildheart
CD2 #06 -- Strangers By Midday
CD2 #07 -- Late la carte
CD2 #08 -- So It Is
CD2 #09 -- ?
CD2 #10 -- True
CD2 #11 -- This Will Pass Too
CD2 #12 -- But We Did
CD2 #13 -- I
CD2 #14 -- Breathe
CD2 #15 -- Off The Beat
CD2 #16 -- Wind On Rocks
CD2 #17 -- Bare Blacker Rum
CD2 #18 -- & The Silver Fox
CD2 #19 -- Behold
CD2 #20 -- Better Unheard (Yet To Be Told)

Pesrsonal
Disc One ("O")
Mette Henriette -- saxophone
Johan Lindvall -- piano
Katrine Schitt -- violoncello

Disc Two ("")
Mette Henriette -- saxophone
Henrik Nrsteb -- trombone
Eivind Lnning -- trumpet
Sara vinge -- violin
Karin Hellqvist -- violin
Odd Hannisdal -- violin
Bendik Bjrnstad Foss -- viola
Ingvild Nesdal Sandnes -- violoncello
Katrine Schitt -- violoncello
Andreas Rokseth -- bandoneon
Johan Lindvall -- piano
Per Zanussi -- bass
Per Oddvar Johansen -- drums, saw

Note
Produced by Manfred Eicher. Engineer: Jan Erik Kongshaug.
Recorded in 2013-2014 at Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway.
Mixed November 2014 in Oslo by Manfred Eicher, Mette Henriette and Jan Erik Kongshaug.

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Quality: lossless
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz / 16 Bit
Source: CD
Artist: Paul Brown
Title: One Way Back
Label, Catalog: Time Blues
Genre: Smooth Jazz / Pop Jazz
Release Date: 2016
Scans: included
Size .rar: ~ 288 mb

Tracklist

01. Paul Brown - Put It Where You Want It [00:03:42]
02. Paul Brown - Sexy Thang (feat. Darren Rohn) [00:03:58]
03. Paul Brown - Hush [00:03:50]
04. Paul Brown - Piccadilly Circus (feat. Chris Standring) [00:03:47]
05. Paul Brown - River Walk (feat. Marc Antoine) [00:03:50]
06. Paul Brown - Well Alright (feat. Don Bryant) [00:04:07]
07. Paul Brown - Take Flight (feat. Peter White) [00:04:28]
08. Paul Brown - One Way Back [00:03:23]
09. Paul Brown - Rear View Mirror (Feat. Chuck Loeb) [00:03:49]
10. Paul Brown - Heaven [00:04:39]

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Format: FLAC (tracks)
Quality: lossless
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz / 16 Bit
Source: Digital download
Artist: Slim Gaillard
Title: Searching For You - The Lost Singles Of McVouty 1958-1974
Label, Catalog: Sunset Blvd.
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2016
Scans: not included
Size .rar: ~ 139 mb

Tracklist

01. Slim Gaillard - Baked Beans and a Bottle of Beer [00:02:51]
02. Slim Gaillard - I Love You [00:02:29]
03. Slim Gaillard - Frank Rhoads Round [00:02:50]
04. Slim Gaillard - Dr. Free [00:02:40]
05. Slim Gaillard - Frim Fram Sauce [00:02:40]
06. Slim Gaillard - Cha Cha Enchilada [00:02:23]
07. Slim Gaillard - Searching for You [00:02:30]
08. Slim Gaillard - Flat Foot Floogie [00:02:47]
09. Slim Gaillard - Many Things [00:02:19]
10. Slim Gaillard - Darktown Strutters Ball [00:02:41]
11. Slim Gaillard - Cement Mixer Putti-Putti [00:02:11]
12. Slim Gaillard - Linda Cara [00:02:43]
13. Slim Gaillard - I Don't Know Why [00:02:26]
14. Slim Gaillard - Peanut Vendor [00:02:14]
15. Slim Gaillard - Kahlua [00:01:09]

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