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Blue Mitchell - The Complete Blue Note Blue Mitchell Sessions (1963-67) [4 CD, 1998/FLAC]
Three albums are by his quintet, which included tenor saxophonist Junior Cook and usually the young pianist Chick Corea and was formed shortly after he left Horace Silver, and the three others are with larger groups, two of which have arrangements by Duke Pearson. Among the other key sidemen are tenor great Joe Henderson, altoist Leo Wright, baritonist Pepper Adams, and pianists Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner. There are just two previously unreleased cuts (both alternate takes), but most of the sets have been somewhat rare for years, and taken as a whole, the swinging hard bop and boogaloo performances are Blue Mitchell's finest recordings as a leader.
Return To Forever - Live At Yomiuri Land Open Theatre, 1983 (2022) [FLAC]
- Chick Corea fender rhodes, piano, synthesizer, composer
- Stanley Clarke electric bass, composer
- Al Di Meola guitar
- Lenny White drums
- Overture 6:59
- No Mysyery 10:53
- Romantic Warrior 22:13
- Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant 10:13
- Vulcan Worlds 4:44
- Song to the Pharoah Kings 24:24
Miles Davis - The Lost Quintet [2019]
Recorded on 11th May 1969 in Rotterdam, the recordings were lost for years and now available remastered as a CD.
- Bass – Dave Holland
- Drums, Marimba – Jack DeJohnette
- Electric Piano – Chick Corea
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
- Trumpet – Miles Davis
01. Directions
02. Bitches Brew
03. Sanctuary
04. Mastuero
Dexter Gordon - Soul Sister (2022/FLAC)
In September 1962, Dexter Gordon left for Europe, and two months later he was recorded at the Metropole Jazz Centre in Oslo, Norway. In February 1963, he appeared in concert in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was recorded by Danish radio. These two dates were released on Soul Sister by SteepleChase Records.
HR-Bigband (featuring Billy Cobham) - Meeting of the Spirits (A Celebration of the Mahavishnu Orchestra) [2006/FLAC]
Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald - The Complete Decca Sessions (1934-1941) [8 CD, 2013/FLAC]
A massively comprehensive look at the earliest years of Ella Fitzgerald on record – the legendary recordings she made with the Chick Webb orchestra at the end of the 30s and start of the 40s! Ella was way more than just another singer with a band – as her presence in the Webb group really dominated its recording history, so much so that there were nearly five times as many Chick Webb singles with vocals by Ella as there were instrumentals by the group! Fitzgerald's placement was for good reason, too – as her singing abilities were landmark – almost more with the deftness of an instrument than most other singers who'd come before, and developed amazingly over the course of the seven years presented in the set. If you only know Ella from all her later famous sides – and plenty of those are wonderful, too – you'll find even more to love here – a beautifully remastered presentation of 187 titles that were originally issued on 78rpm singles, all collected here for the first time ever – with amazing notes, photos, and details on all the music. The set's not only a great illustration of the strength of the Webb and Fitzgerald team, but also of the way that Mosaic's talents for compilation can work especially well for the pre-LP years of jazz!
Norah Jones — Come Away with Me (Super Deluxe Edition) [3 CD, 2022/FLAC]
Jan Garbarek discography [1969-2009]
Garbarek's sound is one of the hallmarks of the ECM Records label, which has released virtually all of his recordings. His style incorporates a sharp-edged tone, long, keening, sustained notes, and generous use of silence. He began his recording career in the late 1960s, notably featuring on recordings by the American jazz composer George Russell (such as Othello Ballet Suite and Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature). If he had initially appeared as a devotee of Albert Ayler and Peter Brötzmann, by 1973 he had turned his back on the harsh dissonances of avant-garde jazz, retaining only his tone from his previous approach.
Sonny Rollins Quartet With Don Cherry - Complete Live At The Village Gate 1962 [6 CD, 2015/FLAC]
The 1962 live engagement at the Village Gate marked Sonny Rollins’ first recording ever with Don Cherry, as well as one of th earliest made by the saxophonist following his three-year long selfimposed musical exile. It was all recorded in a piano-less quartet format with Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums.
While only three tunes from the gig (“Dearly Beloved” in a highly edited form) were included on the famous LP "Our Man in Paris" (RCA Victor LPM 2612), this 6-CD collection adds all existing music taped during those live sessions, totaling more than five hours of previously unreleased material in brilliant stereo sound.
Among the many highlights here are the unedited "Dearly Beloved" (which is 10 minutes longer than the LP version), the issued Oleo with an extra minute at the beginning, Rollins’ only known reading of "Alexander’s Ragtime Band", and "Home Sweet Home", plus extended renditions of songs he only rarely recorded, such as "Solitude" and "Love Walked In".