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VA - True Soul - Deep Sounds From The Left Of Stax Vol. 1 & 2 (2 CD, 2011/FLAC)

Now-Again Records presents the release of True Soul: Deep Sounds from the Left of Stax , collection of rare and unreleased funk and soul music from the fabled Arkansas indie. Over twelve years in the making, this anthology will be presented over the course of two volumes and one four LP box set.

True Soul: Deep Sounds from the Left of Stax Vol. 1

01. Thomas East - Slipping Around (45 Version) [03:00]

02. Albert Smith - Come Together [03:37]

03. John Craig - Doing My Own Thing [03:50]

04. York Wilborn's Psychedelic Six - Wheezin' [02:48]

05. Ren Smith - Smog (Full Version) [04:35]

06. Thomas East - Sister Funk (Original Full Version) [05:19]

07. York Wilborn's Psychedelic Six - Funky Football [04:08]

08. York Wilborn's Psychedelic Six - Psychedelic Hot Pants (Full Version) [04:13]

09. Classic Funk - Hard Times [03:10]

10. The Right Track - I Gotta Move With The Groove [03:43]

11. Thomas East - Funky Music [04:19]

12. The Conspiracy - The Real Thing [03:16]

13. The Leaders - (It's A) Rat Race (Instrumental) [04:11]

14. Thomas East - Follow The Rainbow (Alternate Mix) [03:28]

True Soul: Deep Sounds from the Left of Stax Vol. 2

01. Albert Smith - The Thrill Is Gone [04:15]

02. Thomas East - Just A Trip [02:07]

03. Larry Davis - Down Home Funk (Full Version) [05:12]

04. Thomas East - Sister Funk (Instrumental) [02:50]

05. Classic Funk - The Funk's Gonna Fly [03:22]

06. York Wilborn's Psychedelic Six - Thank You [03:48]

07. The Conspiracy - Conspiracy [03:45]

08. The Right Track - Maybe Yes, Maybe No [02:45]

09. The Leaders - (It's A) Rat Race [04:18]

10. The Conspiracy - I Believe (Our Love Has Gone Away) [04:36]

11. John Craig - I Don't Want To Do It [02:56]

12. John Craig - Doing My Own Thing (Interlude) [01:07]

13. The Right Track - You For Me and Me For You [06:14]

14. Portrait - Springtime Smile [05:18]

15. Portrait - Love You For Now On [05:09]

16. Le'Chance - Get Down [05:06]

17. Le'Chance - Gigolo [07:01]

18. Soul Mind and Body - I Took Your Love (To Be True) (Full Version) [03:37]

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4141-4150]

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series). Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###

BN.4141- Jimmy Smith- 1963- Rockin' the Boat {RVG Remaster}

BN.4142- Blue Mitchell- 1963- Step Lightly

BN.4143- John Patton- 1963- Blue John

BN.4144- Johnny Coles- 1963- Little Johnny C

BN.4145- Don Wilkerson- 1963- Shoutin'

BN.4146- Dexter Gordon- 1963- Our Man In Paris {RVG Remaster}

BN.4147- Herbie Hancock- 1963- Inventions and Dimensions {RVG Remaster}

BN.4148- George Braith- 1963- Two Souls in One

BN.4149- Hank Mobley- 1963- No Room for Squares {RVG Remaster}

BN.4150- Stanley Turrentine- 1963- A Chip Off The Old Block {RVG Remaster}

Wayne Shorter - JuJu (1965/FLAC)

JuJu is the fifth album by American jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter. It was released in July 1965 by Blue Note Records. It features a rhythm section of pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Elvin Jones, all of whom had worked extensively with Shorter’s fellow tenor saxophonist John Coltrane.

Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
McCoy Tyner – piano
Reggie Workman – bass
Elvin Jones – drums

Side One

"JuJu" – 8:30
"Deluge" – 6:49
"House of Jade" – 6:49

Side Two

"Mahjong" – 7:39
"Yes or No" – 6:34
"Twelve More Bars to Go" – 5:26

John Di Martino's Romantic Jazz Trio - The Beatles In Jazz 2 (2017/FLAC)

John Di Martino - piano
Boris Kozlov - bass
Alvin Atkinson - drums

01. For No One

02. Mother Nature’s Son

03. Something

04. You Never Give Me Your Money

05. If I Fell

06. She’s Leaving Home

07. Till There Was You

08. Hey Jude

09. I’ll Follow The Sun

10. Girl

11. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away

12. Oh! Darling

13. Why Don’t We Do It In The Road

14. Imagine

Johnny Dodds - Chronogical Classics 1926-1940 (4 CD/FLAC)

Johnny Dodds (April 12, 1892 – August 8, 1940) was an American New Orleans based jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist, best known for his recordings under his own name and with bands such as those of Joe "King" Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Lovie Austin and Louis Armstrong. Dodds (pronounced "dots") was also the older brother of drummer Warren "Baby" Dodds. The pair worked together in the New Orleans Bootblacks in 1926.

Born in Waveland, Mississippi, United States, he moved to New Orleans in his youth, and studied clarinet with Lorenzo Tio. He played with the bands of Frankie Duson, Kid Ory, and Joe "King" Oliver. Dodds went to Chicago and played with Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, with which he first recorded in 1923. Dodds also worked frequently with his good friend Natty Dominique during this period, a professional relationship that would last a lifetime. After the breakup of Oliver's band in 1924, Dodds replaced Alcide Nunez as the house clarinetist and bandleader of Kelly's Stables. He recorded with numerous small groups in Chicago, most notably Louis Armstrong's Hot 5 and Hot 7, and Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers.

Noted for his professionalism and virtuosity as a musician, and his heartfelt, heavily blues-laden style, Dodds was an important influence on later clarinetists, notably Benny Goodman.

Dodds did not record for most of the 1930s, affected by ill health. He died of a heart attack in Chicago, in August 1940.

In 1987, Dodds was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame.

John Paul Pizzarelli Jr. (born April 6, 1960, in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American jazz guitarist and vocalist. He has recorded over twenty solo albums and has appeared on more than forty albums by other recording artists, including Paul McCartney, James Taylor, Rosemary Clooney; his father, jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli; and his wife, singer Jessica Molaskey.

1985 Hit That Jive, Jack!

1990 My Blue Heaven

1991 All of Me

1993 Naturally

1994 Dear Mr. Cole

1994 New Standards

1994 The Best of John Pizzarelli - I Like Jersey Best

1996 After Hours

1996 Let's Share Christmas

1996 One Night With You - The John Pizzarelli Collection

1997 Our Love is Here to Stay

1998 Meets The Beatles

1999 P.S. Mr. Cole

2000 Kisses in The Rain

2000 Let There Be Love

2002 The Rare Delight of You

2003 Live at Birdland 2CD

2004 Bossa Nova

2005 Knowing You

2006 Dear Mr. Sinatra

2007 Blue Too (& Aaron Weinstein)

2008 With a Song in My Heart

2010 Rockin' in Rhythm - A Duke Ellington Tribute

2012 Double Exposure

2015 Midnight McCartney

2017 Sinatra & Jobim @ 50 (& Daniel Jobim)

2019 For Centennial Reasons- 100 Year Salute to Nat King Cole

2021 Better Days Ahead

VA - Boogie Woogie And Blues Piano (1935-41) [Mosaic Select 30] (3 CD, 2008/FLAC)

While most Mosaic limited-edition boxed sets concentrate on recordings by an individual bandleader or a single record label, Boogie Woogie and Blues Piano features sessions by a number of different artists from several labels active in the 1930s and early '40s, when boogie-woogie was very popular. Fifteen different pianists are featured (if one counts Lionel Hampton playing two fingered-duo piano in a band setting), though it is the giants of the genre, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons, and Jimmy Yancey who are given the most exposure. The first three are individually paired (Johnson and Ammons) and play together as a trio, occasionally accompanying blues vocalist Joe Turner or adding a superfluous rhythm section. Lewis is clearly the most inventive of them all, especially when performing his hit "Honky Tonk Train Blues" (revived in a big-band setting by rocker Keith Emerson during the '70s) or his lesser-known "Whistlin' Blues." Ammons has the strongest rhythmic sense, as displayed in the two takes of "Shout for Joy." Johnson is heard in several small group sessions as well, featuring Turner along with alto saxophonist Buster Smith and trumpeter Hot Lips Page. Yancey, who was recorded more sporadically than Lewis, Johnson, and Ammons, is extensively featured, playing solo, accompanying singer Faber Smith and occasionally singing himself. Yancey's slower, blues-drenched style is unmistakable for anyone else, highlighted by his own "Yancey Stomp" and the two takes of "Yancey's Bugle Call." There is a sampling of other pianists, including Joe Sullivan, Mary Lou Williams (who played nearly every style that appeared during her lifetime with authority), Teddy Wilson (who never considered himself a talented boogie-woogie player), Nat King Cole, and Sir Charles Thompson (each of whom duets with Hampton and the more commercial Freddie Slack. The blues piano sessions of Cripple Clarence Lofton wrap this enjoyable collection with a flourish. The sound restoration and Dan Morgenstern's excellent liner notes add to the value of this limited-edition compilation.

Jimmy Raney was the definitive cool jazz guitarist, a fluid bop soloist with a quiet sound who had a great deal of inner fire. He worked with local groups in Chicago before spending nine months with Woody Herman in 1948. From then on he was in the major leagues, having associations with Al Haig, Buddy DeFranco, Artie Shaw, and Terry Gibbs. His work with Stan Getz (1951-1952) was historic, as the pair made for a classic musical partnership. Raney was also very much at home in the Red Norvo Trio (1953-1954) before spending six years primarily working in a supper club with pianist Jimmy Lyon (1954-1960). After playing with Getz during 1962-1963, he returned to Louisville and was outside of music until resurfacing in the early '70s.

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4126-4140]

BN.4126- Herbie Hancock- 1963- My Point Of View {RVG Remaster}
BN.4127- Kenny Dorham- 1963- Una Mas {RVG Remaster}
BN.4129- Stanley Turrentine- 1963- Never Let Me Go {RVG Remaster}
BN.4130- John Patton- 1963- Along Came John
BN.4131- Horace Silver- 1963- Silver's Serenade {RVG Remaster}
BN.4132- Grant Green- 1962- Feelin' The Spirit {RVG Remaster}
BN.4133- Dexter Gordon- 1962- A Swingin' Affair {RVG Remaster}
BN.4134- Horace Parlan- 1963- Happy Frame of Mind
BN.4135- Freddie Hubbard- 1962- Here To Stay {RVG Remaster}
BN.4136- Solomon Ilori- 1963- African High Life
BN.4137- Jackie McLean- 1963- One Step Beyond {RVG Remaster}
BN.4139- Grant Green- 1963- Am I Blue {RVG Remaster}
BN.4140- Joe Henderson- 1963- Page One {RVG Remaster}

Sphere discography [1982-1997/FLAC]

Sphere was an American jazz band which began as a tribute to pianist Thelonious Monk, whose middle name was "Sphere".

The band consisted of pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Buster Williams, and two members who had been Monk's bandmates, drummer Ben Riley and saxophonist Charlie Rouse. After Rouse died in 1988, Sphere disbanded but reunited ten years later with Gary Bartz taking Rouse's place.

Sphere recorded its first album on the day that Monk died, February 17, 1982. This was a tribute album of tunes by Monk. The band recorded several more albums which included jazz standards and original compositions.

1982 - Four In One

1983 - Flight Path

1985 - On Tour (Live)

1986 - Pumpkins Delight (Live At Umbria Jazz)

1987 - Four For All

1988 - Bird Songs

1997 - Sphere