Paco de Lucía - The Montreux Years (Live) [FLAC-HD]

Beautifully restored and remastered: A showcase of Paco De Lucia’s mesmerising Montreux Jazz Festival live performances between 1984 to 2012. One of the world’s most celebrated flamenco guitarists, Paco De Lucía helped legitimize flamenco music across the world and was one of the first flamenco guitarists to have successfully crossed over into other genres of music including classical and jazz. Described by Eric Clapton as a ‘titanic figure in the world of flamenco music’, De Lucía was noted for his fast and fluent picados and was known for adding abstract chords and scale tones to his compositions with jazz influences. These innovations saw him play a key role in the development of traditional flamenco and the evolution of new flamenco and jazz fusion. At the age of 18 De Lucía recorded his first album ‘La Fabulosa Guitarra’ in Madrid. One of his greatest musical partnerships was with the Spanish singer Cameron de la Isla in the 1970s. Together the two men recorded 10 albums, which inspired a New Flamenco movement.

1. Vámonos (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2012) (10:54)

2. La Barrosa (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2006) (6:29)

3. Solo Quiero Caminar (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1984) (9:24)

4. Alta Mar (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1984) (10:29)

5. El Tesorillo (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2006) (9:48)

6. Buana Buana King Kong (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1984) (8:34)

7. Variaciones de Minera (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2012) (9:19)

8. Zyryab (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2006) (17:03) 

George Benson - Good King Bad (1976/FLAC)

Good King Bad is the thirteenth studio album by American guitarist George Benson featuring performances recorded in 1975 and released by CTI Records in 1976. 

Recorded: Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on July 1 (track 3), July 8 (track 6), Dec 4 (tracks 1 & 2) & Dec 5 (tracks 4 & 5), 1975

The Phil Woods Six - Live From The Showboat (2 CD, 1976/2014/FLAC)

 

Recorded at the Showboat Lounge, Silver Spring, MD.,

 November 1976.

• Phil Woods - alto, soprano sax
• Mike Melillo - piano
• Harry Leahey - guitar
• Steve Gilmore - bass
• Bill Goodwin - drums
• Alyrio Lima - percussion

 Disc 1

01. A Sleepin' Bee (7:38)

02. Rain Danse (8:20)

03. Bye Bye Baby (7:56)

04. Django's Castle (All Mine Almost) (5:55)

05. Cheek To Cheek (11:51)

06. Lady J (5:32)

07. Little Niles (13:04)

Disc 2

01. A Little Peace (8:24)

02. Brazilian Affair (Intriga Amorosa) (21:35)

03. I'm Late (7:26)

04. Superwoman (5:54)

05. High Clouds (5:55)

06. How's Your Mama (Phil's Theme) (5:32)

Eddie Harris - The Tender Storm (1966/2012) [24-192]

The Tender Storm is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1966 and released on the Atlantic label.

• Eddie Harris - tenor saxophone, varitone
• Ray Codrington - trumpet (track 5)
• Cedar Walton - piano
• Ron Carter - bass
• Billy Higgins (track 5), Bobby Thomas (tracks 1-4 & 6) - drums

01 - When a Man Loves a Woman 06:18

02 - My Funny Valentine 06:03

03 - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square 05:29

04 - On a Clear Day 07:11

05 - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square 04:28

06 - If Ever I Would Leave You 07:56

Tony Bennett & Dave Brubeck - The White House Sessions, Live 1962 (2013/FLAC)

Since both were performing their own sets at the White House Seminar American Jazz Concert on the Sylvan Theater grounds on August 28, 1962, Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck decided to perform an impromptu collaborative set together that day, and although one song from it was eventually released, a version of "That Old Black Magic," the rest of the hour-or-so-long tape ended up lost in the vast Sony catalog vault, filed, as it turned out, with several classical tapes, until it surfaced again shortly after Brubeck's death in 2012. Now finally available, it reveals two master performers at the very top of their respective games. Bennett's signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," had been released only a couple of weeks before the concert, while Brubeck's "Take Five" had just begun to take on its iconic significance. Brubeck and his quartet, Paul Desmond on alto sax, Eugene Wright on bass, and Joe Morello on drums, played a four-song set, followed by a six-song set from Bennett and his band, with Ralph Sharon on piano, Hal Gaylor on bass, and Billy Exiner on drums. Then came an unrehearsed and impromptu four-song set from Bennett and Brubeck, with Wright on bass and Morello on drums (alto saxophonist Desmond sat out) that included versions of "That Old Black Magic" (the only track previously released before this), "Lullaby of Broadway," "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)," and "There Will Never Be Another You," each of which purveys a loose, fun elegance that makes this archival find a true treasure. Bennett and Brubeck would not perform together again until both appeared and briefly reunited on-stage at the 2009 Newport Jazz Festival.

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Cookin' With Jaws And The Queen: The Legendary Prestige Cookbook Albums (4 CD, 2023/FLAC-HD)

Newly remastered: Released to celebrate tenor jazz saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis' centennial, Cookin' with Jaws and the Queen showcases the influential soul-jazz partnership of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and organist Shirley Scott. Bringing together the Prestige albums Smokin' and Cookbook, Vol. 1-3.

• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: saxophone, tenor
• Shirley Scott: organ, Hammond B3
• Jerome Richardson: woodwinds
• George Duvivier: bass
• Arthur Edgehill: drums

Chet Baker – The Legendary Riverside Albums (5 CD, 2019) [24-96]

Craft Recordings is pleased to announce the release of Chet Baker’s The Legendary Riverside Albums. The deluxe album set presents the artist’s output as a leader for the renowned jazz label, recorded and released between 1958 and 1959: (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen To You, Chet Baker In New York, Chet and Chet Baker Plays The Best Of Lerner And Loewe. The recordings, which feature such icons as Bill Evans, Johnny Griffin and Kenny Burrell, have been cut from their original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.

Wayne Shorter - six Hi-Res albums 1965-1980

Few will dispute Wayne Shorter's importance as one of jazz's leading figures of the late 20th and early 21st centuries as both a composer and saxophonist. Though indebted to John Coltrane, with whom he practiced in the mid-fifties, Shorter developed his own voice and style on the tenor horn, retaining the tough tone quality and intensity and, in later years, adding elements of funk. On soprano, Shorter is almost another player entirely, his lovely tone attuned more to lyrical thoughts, his choice of notes more spare. As a composer, he writes complex, long-limbed tunes, many of which are now standards.

Wayne Shorter - 1965 - Speak No Evil    

Wayne Shorter - 1965 - The All Seeing Eye    

Wayne Shorter - 1965 - The Soothsayer    

Wayne Shorter - 1969 - Super Nova    

Wayne Shorter - 1970 - Odyssey Of Iska    

Wayne Shorter - 1980 - Etcetera    

Jo Stafford - The Portrait Edition (3 CD, 1994/FLAC)

 For over 30 years, Jo Stafford was one of America's top middle-of-the-road pop singers, admired for her ability to always sing in tune and to uplift every lyric she interpreted while actually singing very straight. This three-CD retrospective, which was released in 1994, has 76 selections covering a 40-year period, with most of the numbers dating from the 1940s and '50s. On the minus side, the music is not programmed in chronological order, and the complete personnel is not given, but since Stafford's style was unchanged through the years and she tended to be the main star of her records (except when sharing vocals with the likes of Frankie Laine, Vic Damone, Gordon McRae, Nelson Eddy, Gene Autry and even Liberace), these are minor faults. It is unfortunate that Stafford's odd hillbilly hit "Tim-tay-shun" was not included, but all of her other big sellers are here. As an extra "bonus" at the end of each CD are one or two selections from the Jo Stafford/Paul Weston alter-egos Darlene and Jonathan Edwards, which features satirical cocktail piano from Weston and remarkable singing by Stafford that is consistently just a little bit out of tune -- pretty painful stuff!

Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitous, Roy Haynes - Trio Music, Live In Europe (1986/FLAC)

 

• Bass - Miroslav Vitous
• Drums - Roy Haynes
• Piano - Chick Corea

Recorded September 1984 in Willisau and Reutlingen

A1 - The Loop 6:29  Written-By - Corea

A2 - I Hear A Rhapsody 6:40 Written-By - Gasparre, Fragos, Baker

A3 - Summer Night / Night And Day 14:23 Written-by  Porter / Dubin, Warren

Side 2

B1 - Prelude No. 2 / Mock Up 12:19 Written-by (Mock Up) - Corea / (Prelude No. 2) - Scriabin

B2 - Hittin' It 5:19 Written-By - Haynes

B3 - Mirovisions 11:30 Written-By - Vitous