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Count Basie & Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955) Reissue 1993

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Count Basie & Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955) Reissue 1993

Count Basie & Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 129 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 98 Mb | Scans ~ 59 Mb
Vocal Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Standards | Label: Verve | # 519 852-2 | Time: 00:42:56

Joe Williams' debut as the featured vocalist in Count Basie's band was one of those landmark moments that even savvy observers don't fully appreciate when it occurs, then realize years later how momentous an event they witnessed. Williams brought a different presence to the great Basie orchestra than the one Jimmy Rushing provided; he couldn't shout like Rushing, but he was more effective on romantic and sentimental material, while he was almost as spectacular on surging blues, up-tempo wailers, and stomping standards. Basie's band maintained an incredible groove behind Williams, who moved from authoritative statements on "Every Day I Have the Blues" and "Please Send Me Someone to Love" to brisk workouts on "Roll 'Em Pete" and his definitive hit, "All Right, OK, You Win".

Joe Williams - Four Classic Albums (1957-1960) [Reissue 2021]

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Joe Williams - Four Classic Albums (1957-1960) [Reissue 2021]

Joe Williams - Four Classic Albums (1957-1960) [Reissue 2021]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 841 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 363 MB | Covers - 46 MB
Genre: Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Vocal Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Avid Jazz (AMSC1389)

Avid Jazz continues with its Four Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD set release from Joe Williams complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.
“A Night At Count Basie’s”; “A Man Ain’t Supposed To Cry”; “Everyday I Joe Williams was born Joseph Goreed in Georgia 1918 but was raised by his mother and grandmother on the south side of Chicago. His early years were spent singing gospel in church choirs and he began his professional solo career in 1937. Joe played with many of the big bands of the era including Lionel Hampton and Jimmy Noone as well as touring with Coleman Hawkins in 1941. From 1954 to 1961 Joe was to play with the man whose name he is perhaps synonymous with, the legendary Count Basie…

VA - Male Jazz Singers: Milestones of Jazz Legends (2017) [10CD Box Set]

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VA - Male Jazz Singers: Milestones of Jazz Legends (2017) [10CD Box Set]

VA - Male Jazz Singers: Milestones of Jazz Legends (2017)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
The Intense Media, 600419 | ~ 4.45 or 1.87 Gb | Artwork -> 97 Mb
Vocal Jazz

"What A Wonderful World Of Jazz Singing" one would like to exclaim about the content of this gathering of 21 top jazz singers and their recordings made between 1946 and 1962. A musical spectrum spreads out that comes across as dazzling and multi-layered as these singing personalities, who come from all sources of the infamous American melting pot and have driven their roots deep into all ingredients of American popular music: into the blues of the Mississippi and the metropolises, the swing of the Jazz Age and the black ghettos and the New York ballrooms, the effervescent bebop and the cool jazz of the Californian West Coast…

Joe Williams - Feel the Spirit (1995)

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Joe Williams - Feel the Spirit (1995)

Joe Williams - Feel the Spirit (1995)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 257 MB | Covers - 22 MB
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Gospel | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Telarc (CD-83362)

Joe Williams had been wanting to record an album of spirituals since 1957 and this is it. The veteran singer gives a blues feeling and swing to the traditional pieces which range from the rollicking title cut to "Go Down Moses," "I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray" and "The Lord's Prayer." He is assisted by Marlena Shaw (a particularly effective partner on three of the numbers) and a five-piece chorus on four other songs. The backing usually features Patrice Rushen getting organ sounds out of her synthesizer. Despite the one-message content, the music has more variety than one might expect and Joe Williams acquits himself very well on this sincere and heartfelt effort.

Joe Williams - Music For Lovers [Recorded 1957-1961] (2006)

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Joe Williams - Music For Lovers [Recorded 1957-1961] (2006)

Joe Williams - Music For Lovers [Recorded 1957-1961] (2006)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 205 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 86 MB | Covers (6 MB) included
Genre: Vocal Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (0946 3 79559 2 5)

The Music for Lovers series from EMI and Blue Note spotlights the balladic nature and romantic side of artists who have recorded for its associated labels. Joe Williams, of course, was a superb ballad singer whose rich voice and patient interpretations usually brought a maximum of feeling to the standards he sang. His Music for Lovers volume includes songs from three sessions for the EMI-owned Roulette - all but one from either 1959 or 1961 - and it features Williams in a comfortable setting with musicians who knew how to swing the Joe Williams way; two of the tops, trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison and tenor Ben Webster, join him on the highlights, "I Only Have Eyes for You" and "You Are Too Beautiful"…

VA - Jazz Me Tonight (2019)

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VA - Jazz Me Tonight (2019)

VA - Jazz Me Tonight (2019)
WEB Rip | FLAC with auCDtect | scans | 645 mb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 262 mb
Genre: jazz, vocal jazz

Jazz Me Tonight is a 2019 compilation of soothing jazz to get you to the right place. This is a digital release which doesn't have a label attached to it but it's all the original versions by the original artists.

Joe Williams - Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (1966) [Reissue 1994]

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Joe Williams - Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (1966) [Reissue 1994]

Joe Williams - Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (1966) [Reissue 1994]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 250 MB | Covers (17 MB) included
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Big Band | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (CDP 7243 8 30454 2 6)

This CD reissues one of Joe Williams' finest recordings. Accompanied by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, the singer is heard at the peak of his powers. The big band primarily functions as an ensemble (Snooky Young gets off some good blasts on "Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning"), but the inventive Thad Jones arrangements ensure that his illustrious sidemen have plenty to play. Many of the selections (half of which have been in the singer's repertoire ever since) are given definitive treatment on this set (particularly a humorous "Evil Man Blues," "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You," and "Smack Dab in the Middle"), and Williams scats at his best on "It Don't Mean a Thing."

Joe Williams & Count Basie - Memories Ad-Lib (1959)

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Joe Williams & Count Basie - Memories Ad-Lib (1959)

Joe Williams & Count Basie - Memories Ad-Lib (1959)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 181 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 90 MB | Covers (3 MB) included
Genre: Vocal Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Roulette Records (RCD 59037)

This unusual session appeared on LP in 1959, featuring Count Basie exclusively on organ accompanying Joe Williams' vocals over a dozen numbers, mostly standards. Although Basie's recordings on the instrument were sporadic, his style was not at all different from the one he utilized at the piano, filling in the holes and providing just enough backing for his very fine singer. Williams' vocals seem effortless throughout the date, though excessive reverb is frequently added. The unidentified rhythm section is anchored by longtime Basie guitarist Freddie Green, bassist Eddie Jones, and drummer Sonny Payne (who sticks mostly to brushes); what's rather unusual about the date is that Green actually takes several brief solos on his unamplified instrument…