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VA - The Roots of Dixieland Jazz (1973/2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Posted By: Pisulik
VA - The Roots of Dixieland Jazz (1973/2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

VA - The Roots of Dixieland Jazz (1973/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 30:39 minutes | 544 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

The Dixieland style of jazz is based on the music that developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century – and became the precursor to jazz as we know it today. One of the first uses of the term "Dixieland" with reference to music was in the name of the Original Dixieland Jass Band (which shortly thereafter changed the spelling of its name to "Original Dixieland Jazz Band"). Their 1917 recordings fostered popular awareness of this new style of music.

Teddy Wilson - Teddy Wilson and the Dutch Swing College Band (1976/2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Posted By: Pisulik
Teddy Wilson - Teddy Wilson and the Dutch Swing College Band (1976/2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Teddy Wilson - Teddy Wilson and the Dutch Swing College Band (1976/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 38:45 minutes | 713 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

For several decades, the Dutch Swing College Band was one of Europe's top regular groups, able to play both Dixieland and swing with equal skill. This LP contains some full band selections (including a Dixieland-ish "Riverboat Shuffle"), combo numbers with the band's two clarinetists, solos, and features for pianist Teddy Wilson with the rhythm section. This celebratory occasion (thus far only available on LP) resulted in some highly enjoyable music that deserves to be reissued on CD.

Earl Hines - Earl "Fatha" Hines (1970/2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Posted By: Pisulik
Earl Hines - Earl "Fatha" Hines (1970/2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Earl Hines - Earl "Fatha" Hines (1970/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 29:19 minutes | 549 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Earl Hines is accompanied by Ralph Carmichael's orchestra as he revisits a dozen standards and originals which he had recorded earlier in his career. In spite of the liner-note praise from both Nat King Cole and Stan Kenton (both of whom were also Capitol artists at the time), Carmichael's rather bland, unadventurous arrangements do not seem to inspire Hines very much, as his playing takes on a conservative, easy listening sound that isn't generally associated with him. Hines is in full steam tackling his landmark composition "Rosetta" and shows off a taste of his tremendous chops in "Little Girl," but these tracks ends up being the exception rather than the rule. The music is pleasant for background listening, but serious fans of Earl Hines are advised to get the pianist's own big band recordings or his solo and small-group dates as a leader, as these 1963 sessions for Capitol will doubtlessly disappoint most jazz fans.

Benny Carter - The Early Benny Carter (1968/2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Posted By: Pisulik
Benny Carter - The Early Benny Carter (1968/2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Benny Carter - The Early Benny Carter (1968/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 29:41 minutes | 494 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

This budget LP just contains ten short selections and does not give personnel or exact recording dates. Recorded in London during 1936-37, the brief program does contain more than its share of rewarding moments, most notably the debut recording of Carter's "When Lights Are Low," the advanced "Waltzin' the Blues" (performed at a time when jazz waltzes were unheard of), the atmospheric "Nightfall," "Just a Mood" and a fine version of "Royal Garden Blues." Carter is heard throughout, switching between alto, clarinet, tenor and trumpet.

Freddie Hubbard - Hot Horn (1981/2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

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Freddie Hubbard - Hot Horn (1981/2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Freddie Hubbard - Hot Horn (1981/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 47:32 minutes | 869 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

The album jacket of this budget LP contains many mistakes (Cedar "Watton" on piano?) and the recording quality of the live (bootleg?) session is erratic but trumpeter Freddie Hubbard was at the peak of his powers in the early '70s, making this set worth picking up by his true fans. Hubbard stretches out on long versions of "Intrepid Fox" and "Pensativa" with his quintet (which includes Junior Cook on tenor, pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Wayne Dockery and drummer Billy Hayes) and the rhythm section led by Watton, uhh Walton gets The Beatles' "Yesterday" as a feature.

Pee Wee Russell - Pee Wee Russell (Remastered) (1958/2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

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Pee Wee Russell - Pee Wee Russell (Remastered) (1958/2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Pee Wee Russell - Pee Wee Russell (Remastered) (1958/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 38:51 minutes | 782 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front Cover

Pee Wee Russell is one of those unique players that comes along only once in a lifetime. Known as much for his unique style consisting of squeaks and overtones as for the mournful expression on his face, Pee Wee was born in St. Louis and began playing clarinet in Muskogee Oklahoma which is famous for giving the jazz world pianist Jay McShann.