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Ivan Lins, Dianne Reeves, Jane Monheit, Tawanda & Randy Brecker - My Heart Speaks (2023)

Posted By: delpotro
Ivan Lins, Dianne Reeves, Jane Monheit, Tawanda & Randy Brecker - My Heart Speaks (2023)

Ivan Lins, Dianne Reeves, Jane Monheit, Tawanda & Randy Brecker - My Heart Speaks (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 335 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 121 Mb | Covers included | 00:52:33
Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop, Latin Jazz | Label: Resonance Records

Ivan Lins is one of the most treasured and recorded Brazilian composers in the world and a melodist with few equals. The winner of four Latin Grammy Awards, Lins has recorded nearly fifty albums since 1970; they contain countless songs, notably “Madalena” and “Começar de Novo” (To Begin Again), that have become standards in his country. “Love Dance,” cowritten with his longtime arranger, Gilson Peranzzetta, and lyricist Paul Williams, is Lins’s English-language classic. Its performers include Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Mark Murphy, Shirley Horn, Blossom Dearie, Carmen McRae, George Benson, Nancy Wilson, Barbra Streisand, and Quincy Jones, who helped maneuver Lins’s U.S. breakthrough in the early ‘80s.

Lyle Mays - Street Dreams (1988) {Warner}

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Lyle Mays - Street Dreams (1988) {Warner}

Lyle Mays - Street Dreams (1988) {Warner}
EAC 0.99pb4 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 274MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 125MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Fusion

Lyle Mays' second solo album ventures even further afield than his acclaimed first record, into areas not associated with Mays nor his employer Pat Metheny. This time, the personnel list is far more varied, with several guest luminaries from the world of jazz-rock, as well as a big band and full chamber orchestra on some selections. Again, the main thrust of the album is bound up in a lengthy suite with new age atmospheric elements, juxtaposing fleet Brazilian grooves with a chamber orchestra, voluble Mays piano solos, and electronic interpolations by Mays and Frisell reminiscent of early classical electronic music.

Curtis Stigers - Baby Plays Around (2001)

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Curtis Stigers - Baby Plays Around (2001)

Curtis Stigers - Baby Plays Around (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 313 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 134 Mb | Scans included
Contemporary Jazz, Vocal Jazz | Label: Concord Jazz | # CCD-4944-2 | 00:55:59

Those who think of singer/saxman Curtis Stigers as a pop/rock artist and associate him with "I Wonder Why" and "Peace, Love and Understanding" will be surprised to learn that Baby Plays Around is very much a jazz album – not jazzy pop, but straight-ahead acoustic jazz. Not that there is any reason why someone with pop/rock credentials can't embrace jazz if his heart is really in it; after all, jazz and rock are both part of the blues family. And even though some pretentious individuals in the jazz world love to state that jazz is "America's classical music," the fact is that jazz has more in common with rock and R&B than with Beethoven or Mozart. Stigers thrived on that blues feeling as a pop/rock singer in the early '90s, and he thrives on it as a jazz singer.

Hal Galper Quintet - Live At The Berlin Philharmonic 1977 (2021)

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Hal Galper Quintet - Live At The Berlin Philharmonic 1977 (2021)

Hal Galper Quintet - Live At The Berlin Philharmonic 1977 (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 498 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 201 Mb | 01:27:41
Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: Origin Records

Captured during a pivotal, trailblazing period of his five decade career, pianist Hal Galper had come off the road with the Cannonball Adderley Quintet looking to establish his new working band. Pulling in Michael & Randy Brecker, whom he had recorded & worked with in the early '70s, along with bassist Wayne Dockery and drummer Bob Moses, Galper set up Sunday matinees at NY's Sweet Basil jazz club for a year to woodshed the group concept and new compositions. In the studio, 1977's "Reach Out" displayed an astonishingly original collective, all matching Galper's chance-taking, high-spirited, free-wheeling approach to music making. 1979's "Speak with a Single Voice" captured the energy of the quintet live, but on this 1977 Berlin Jazz Festival performance, the band shifts into an other-wordly overdrive. From the opening salvos of Galper's "Now Hear This," the mission is defined - jazz giants, in the prime of their youth, set free to blow, pushed to the limits by Galper's facility, full-bodied sound, and fertile imaginatio.

David Liebman, Randy Brecker, Marc Copland, Drew Gress & Joey Baron - Quint5t (2020)

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David Liebman, Randy Brecker, Marc Copland, Drew Gress & Joey Baron - Quint5t (2020)

David Liebman, Randy Brecker, Marc Copland, Drew Gress & Joey Baron - Quint5t (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 330 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 139 Mb | 01:00:25
Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop, Modern Creative | Label: Innervoice Jazz

David Liebman, Marc Copland, Ralph Alessi, Drew Gress and Joey Baron are well known contemporary jazz masters–each a player, composer, and bandleader in his own right. Grounded in the jazz tradition, they are also committed to stretching the boundaries of the possible. These musicians have years of experience touring and recording together– Baron and Copland in Gary Peacock's trio; Gress and Baron in Copland's trio; NEA Master David Liebman and Copland in duo, quartets, and quintets; Drew Gress in Ralph Alessi's ECM groups; and Alessi in Copland's quartet. All the members contribute tunes to the band's repertoire.

Eddie Gomez - Street Smart (1989) {Epic}

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Eddie Gomez - Street Smart (1989) {Epic}

Eddie Gomez - Street Smart (1989) {Epic}
EAC 0.99pb5 | FLAC tracks level 5 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 251MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 108MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Fusion, Latin Jazz

Legendary bassist EDDIE GOMEZ has been on the cutting edge of music for over four decades. The Latin GRAMMY® award-winner’s impressive resume includes performances with jazz giants such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans, Gerry Mulligan and Benny Goodman. Eddie’s unique sound and style can be heard on hundreds of recordings spanning the worlds of jazz, classical, Latin jazz, rhythm & blues, popular and contemporary music.

Ron Carter - Yellow & Green (1976) {CBS ZK 40928}

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Ron Carter - Yellow & Green (1976) {CBS ZK 40928}

Ron Carter - Yellow & Green (1976) {CBS ZK 40928}
EAC 0.95pb3 | FLAC tracks | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 254MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 116MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz

Always one of the most in demand bassist and session men. He does not have a large body of work as a featured artist, but here you can catch him in a rare environment. This time he gets to lead and pick the tracks. A great find.This needs to be added to a serious jazz library, as the important jazz figure he is.

Marc Copland, Randy Brecker - Both / And (2006)

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Marc Copland, Randy Brecker - Both / And (2006)

Marc Copland & Randy Brecker - Both / And (2006)
EAC | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:02:57 | 417 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: Nagel Heyer | Catalog: NHCD 2067

In recent years Marc Copland has been honing an introspective approach to the piano that's as heavy on substance as it is on style. But with the exception of his ongoing trio with bassist Drew Gress and drummer Jochen Ruchert, he's concentrated on solo work, duets and an unconventional trio with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler and guitarist John Abercrombie. As a result, this recording, where he shares top billing with veteran trumpeter Randy Brecker, comes as something of a surprise.

Bob James - Two (1975) Japanese Remastered Reissue 2015

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Bob James - Two (1975) Japanese Remastered Reissue 2015

Bob James - Two (1975) Japanese Remastered Reissue 2015
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 285 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 137 Mb | Scans included
Fusion, Jazz-Funk, Smooth Jazz | Label: Tappan Zee | # VICJ-61715 | Time: 00:41:53

This album is the second of a series of jazz-funk classics (along with One, Three and BJ4). Released in 1975, this album charted at number two on the Jazz Album Charts. The track "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" is one of the most widely used tracks in hip-hop breakbeat samples.

Eliane Elias ‎– So Far So Close (1989) {Blue Note}

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Eliane Elias ‎– So Far So Close (1989) {Blue Note}

Eliane Elias ‎– So Far So Close (1989) {Blue Note}
EAC 1.0b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 200dpi | 251MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 96MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Post-Bop, Fusion, Brazilian Jazz

So Far So Close is the fourth studio album by Brazilian jazz artist Eliane Elias. This album is great. It is mainly straight ahead jazz with touches of fusion due to the use of synthesizers along with her fantastic piano playing. Like most of her earlier albums her signing is minimal and mainly adds another musical sound more than anything else. Surprisingly, this album has barely a hint of Latin or Brazilian flavor.

Idris Muhammad - My Turn (1993)

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Idris Muhammad - My Turn (1993)

Idris Muhammad - My Turn (1993)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 331 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 127 Mb | Scans included | 00:50:05
Crossover Jazz, Soul-Jazz, Jazz Pop, Jazz-Funk | Label: Lipstick | # LIP 8902-2

Although Idris Muhammad was employed as a sideman on his share of soul-jazz sessions in the '70s, the drummer hasn't been terribly visible as a leader. So it came as a pleasant surprise when, in 1993, he sat in the driver's seat for My Turn, a decent collection of jazz-pop, soul-jazz, and R&B employing such big names as Grover Washington, Jr. (tenor and soprano sax), Randy Brecker (trumpeter and flügelhorn), Hiram Bullock (electric guitar), and Bob James (electric keyboards). Not unlike the type of project Muhammad would have gone for in the '70s, My Turn is far from straight-ahead hard bop but isn't a so-called "elevator jazz" date either. R&B, pop, and funk considerations are emphasized, but not at the expense of improvisational freedom. Washington and Brecker get in some inspired solos on tunes ranging from pianist Neal Creqe's funky "Dracula" to Washington's congenial "Happenstance," and Muhammad does a nice job combining pop and soul's accessibility with jazz's spontaneity. Those who like their crossover meaty instead of fluffy should enjoy this CD.

Randy Brecker - Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1987 (2022)

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Randy Brecker - Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1987 (2022)

Randy Brecker - Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1987 (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 359 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 155 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:06:30
Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: Jazzline

October 18, 1987 was a very special day for the two brothers Michael Brecker& Randy Brecker. For years both had conquered the stages of the world together with their band Brecker Brothers and earned the reputation of being among the world´s leading jazz musicians on their instruments, the saxophone and the trumpet. On that evening in the legendary Hamburg factory, both were on stage together for the first time, each with their own band.

Rhythmstick (CTI Records All-Stars) - Rhythmstick (1990)

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Rhythmstick (CTI Records All-Stars) - Rhythmstick (1990)

Rhythmstick (CTI Records All-Stars) - Rhythmstick (1990)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 364 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 138 Mb
Label: CTI Records | # 847 188-2 | Time: 01:00:19 | Scans ~ 90 Mb
Afro-Cuban Jazz, Bop, Contemporary Jazz, World Fusion

One of the best all-star sessions ever produced by the legendary Creed Taylor. Actually, this album represented the ressurrection of the CTI label in 1990. Digitally recorded and filmed (in High Definition) "live" at Van Gelder's studio, features such stars as Dizzy Gillespie, Airto, Flora Purim, Anthony Jackson, Art Farmer, John Scofield, and Phil Woods, who play together in such outstanding tracks like Michel Camilo's "Caribe" and Salif Keita's "Wamba", all arranged by Benny Golson.