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2009-06-18T15:09:00.000-07:00

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Giya Kancheli - Caris Mere

2009-04-16T10:23:00.000-07:00

Eduard Brunner: clarinet
Maacha Deubner: soprano
Kim Kashkashian: viola
Jan Garbarek: soprano saxophone
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Dennis Russell Davies: conductor

Tracklist:

Midday Prayers, for clarinet, soprano, & 19 players
Composed by Giya Kancheli
Performed by Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
with Maacha Deubner, Eduard Brunner
Conducted by Dennis Russell Davies
Caris Mere, for soprano & viola
Composed by Giya Kancheli
with Kim Kashkashian, Maacha Deubner
Night Prayers, for soprano saxophone & string orchestra
Composed by Giya Kancheli
Performed by Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
with Vasiko Tevdorashvili, Jan Garbarek
Conducted by Dennis Russell Davies

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David Darling - Cello (1992)

2008-11-24T14:49:00.000-08:00

Solo performer: David Darling (acoustic & 8-string electric cellos).
Recorded at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, Norway in November 1991 & January 1992.

Tracklist:

1. Darkwood I
2. No Place Nowhere
3. Fables
4. Darkwood II
5. Lament
6. Two Or Three Things
7. Indiana Indian
8. Totem
9. Psalm
10. Choral
11. Bell
12. In November
13. Darkwood III

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Collin Walcott - Cloud Dance (1976)

2008-08-30T06:43:00.000-07:00

Tracklist:

1. Margueritte (Walcott) - 8:25
2. Prancing (Walcott) - 3:23
3. Night Glider (Walcott) - 6:35
4. Scimitar (Abercrombie/Walcott) - 2:42
5. Vadana (Holland) - 6:59
6. Eastern Song (Walcott) - 2:32
7. Padma (Abercrombie/Walcott) - 2:43
8. Cloud Dance (Walcott) - 5:48

Artists:

John Abercrombie - Guitar
Jack DeJohnette - Drums
Dave Holland - Bass
Collin Walcott - Sitar, Tabla

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Manuel Barrueco - Brouwer, Villa-Lobos & Orbón

2008-04-30T10:24:00.000-07:00

"This disc, with Barrueco's Albéniz and Villa-Lobos discs, together demonstrate mastery of many different aspects of the guitar; a triptych of excellence that is surely without presedent."

Classical Guitar Magazine

Tracklist:


1. Preludes Nos. 1-5, For Guitar: Heitor Villa-Lobos - Prelude No. 1 In E Minor	Listen	Listen
2. Preludes Nos. 1-5, For Guitar: Heitor Villa-Lobos - Prelude No. 2 In E Major	Listen	Listen
3. Preludes Nos. 1-5, For Guitar: Heitor Villa-Lobos - Prelude No. 3 In A Minor	Listen	Listen
4. Preludes Nos. 1-5, For Guitar: Heitor Villa-Lobos - Prelude No. 4 In E Minor	Listen	Listen
5. Preludes Nos. 1-5, For Guitar: Heitor Villa-Lobos - Prelude No. 5 In D Major	Listen	Listen
6. Choros No. 1: Heitor Villa-Lobos - Choros No. 1 In E Minor		Listen
7. Leo Brouwer - Danza caracteristica		Listen
8. CANTICUM: Leo Brouwer - Canticum 1 Eclosion		Listen
9. CANTICUM: Leo Brouwer - Canticum 2 Ditirambo		Listen
10. Leo Brouwer - Cancion de cuna (Berceuse)		Listen
11. Elogio de la Danza: Leo Brouwer - Elogio de la danza - I. Lento		Listen
12. Elogio de la Danza: Leo Brouwer - Elogio de la danza - II. Obstinato		Listen
13. Leo Brouwer - Ojos brujos (Les yeux sorciers)		Listen
14. Leo Brouwer - Guajira criolla		Listen
15. Preludio Y Danza: Julian Orbon - Preludio y danza - I. Preludio		Listen
16. Preludio Y Danza: Julian Orbon - Preludio y danza - II. Danza		Listen

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Manos Hadjidakis - Ta tragoudia tis amartias (Songs of Sin)

2008-04-05T13:30:00.000-07:00

Artist: Andreas Karakotas (voice) / Dora Bakopoulou (piano)
Album: Ta tragoudia tis amartias (Songs of Sin)
Composer: Manos Hadjidakis (music) / Dinos Christianopoulos (poetry)

Tracklist:

1. Manos Hadjidakis - 01 - Eisagwgh (1:03)
2. Manos Hadjidakis - 02 - Typseis (2:05)
3. Manos Hadjidakis - 03 - Enoxh (3:07)
4. Manos Hadjidakis - 04 - Erwtas (2:37)
5. Manos Hadjidakis - 05 - Ais0hsiako (1:44)
6. Manos Hadjidakis - 06 - Antallagh (2:53)
7. Manos Hadjidakis - 07 - Fws Kai Skotadi (2:55)
8. Manos Hadjidakis - 08 - Paraklhsh (2:37)
9. Manos Hadjidakis - 09 - Apokosmos (4:05)
10. Manos Hadjidakis - 10 - Diadromh (2:13)
11. Manos Hadjidakis - 11 - Anamonh (1:40)
12. Manos Hadjidakis - 12 - To Gaidouraki (3:07)
13. Manos Hadjidakis - 13 - san tous aristerous (2:11)
14. Manos Hadjidakis - 14 - Nyxterino a' (1:56)
15. Manos Hadjidakis - 15 - Nyxterino g' (1:39)
16. Manos Hadjidakis - 16 - Neare Gie Tou Mpakalh (1:35)
17. Manos Hadjidakis - 17 - Enos Leptou Sigh (2:51)
18. Manos Hadjidakis - 18 - Typseis (1:41)

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Komitas Quartet plays Komitas

2008-03-27T13:34:00.000-07:00

Soghomon Gevorki Soghomonyan - Komitas Vardapet ("Սողոմոն Գևորգի Սողոմոնյան" - "Կոմիտաս Վարդապետ" in Armenian), by Western Armenian transliteration also Gomidas Vartabed, born on September 26 or October 8 (see discussion) 1869 in Kütahya, Ottoman Empire, died on October 22, 1935 in Paris, France, was an Armenian priest, composer, choir leader, singer, music ethnologist, music pedagogue and musicologist. Many regard him as the founder of modern Armenian classical music.

Tracklist:

1. Komitas - 01 - Habrban (1:17)
2. Komitas - 02 - Garun A (3:08)
3. Komitas - 03 - Shogher Djan (4:12)
4. Komitas - 04 - Krunk (2:26)
5. Komitas - 05 - Vagharshapati (2:13)
6. Komitas - 06 - Yerkinkn Ampel A (2:44)
7. Komitas - 07 - Keler-Tsoler (2:50)
8. Komitas - 08 - Shushiki (3:19)
9. Komitas - 09 - Al Aylughs (2:06)
10. Komitas - 10 - Hoy Nazan (1:58)
11. Komitas - 11 - Kele-Kele (1:44)

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Leo Brouwer - Miguel Trápaga y Cuarteto de Cuerdas de Moscú [Resubido]

2008-03-17T14:00:00.000-07:00

Tracklist:

1. Miguel Trápaga - 01 - Quinteto para guitarra y cuarteto de cuerda - Allegro (5:00)
2. Miguel Trápaga - 02 - Quinteto para guitarra y cuarteto de cuerda - negra = 60 (5:29)
3. Miguel Trápaga - 03 - Quinteto para guitarra y cuarteto de cuerda - Allegro Vivace (6:30)
4. Miguel Trápaga - 04 - Variaciones sobre un tema de Django Reinhardt (10:17)
5. Miguel Trápaga - 05 - Dos aires populares cubanos - Guajira criolla (2:27)
6. Miguel Trápaga - 06 - Dos aires populares cubanos - Zapateo (1:48)
7. Miguel Trápaga - 07 - Dos temas populares cubanos - Canción de cuna (3:22)
8. Miguel Trápaga - 08 - Dos temas populares cubanos - Ojos brujos (2:34)
9. Miguel Trápaga - 09 - Danza Característica (2:19)
10. Miguel Trápaga - 10 - Un día de noviembre (4:33)
11. Miguel Trápaga - 11 - Canticum - Eclosión (3:31)
12. Miguel Trápaga - 12 - Canticum - Ditirambo (1:38)
13. Miguel Trápaga - 13 - Sonata - 1 Fandangos y boleros (6:03)
14. Miguel Trápaga - 14 - Sonata - 2 Sarabanda de Scriabin (3:20)
15. Miguel Trápaga - 15 - Sonata - 3 La toccata de Pasquini (4:48)

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John McLaughlin - The Heart of Things (RESUBIDO)

2008-01-09T17:26:00.000-08:00

By this 1997 recording, John McLaughlin seemed far from the searing drive and intergalactic quest for Nirvana of his Mahavishnu Orchestra. But was he? Less youthfully optimistic, sure. At its heart, this music projects both mature contemplation and foreboding intensity. McLaughlin remains, undoubtedly, a giant master of supercharged single-note runs. His compositions' structures still emphasize braided interaction among the players, which his outfit here achieves to startling effect. Drummer Dennis Chambers is crucial. His shifting pace, color, and emphasis are charged with an astonishing authority and reserves of muscularity. That permits the band to dart and charge at one moment, then pause to float. In the open spaces, hornman Gary Thomas is at his anxious best, while keyboard giant Jim Beard grooves delightedly. --Peter Monaghan

Tracklist:


1. Acid Jazz	Listen	Listen
2. Seven Sisters	Listen	Listen
3. Mr. D.C.	Listen	Listen
4. Fallen Angels	Listen	Listen
5. Healing Hands	Listen	Listen
6. When Love Is Far Away	Listen	Listen

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Manos Hadjidakis - Gioconda's Smile (1964)

2007-12-31T22:00:00.000-08:00

Obra concertista no cinematográfica, en la que el compositor se explayó con bellísimas melodías en las que fusionaba música de raíz helena con barroca, dando lugar a una sucesión temaria de gran prestancia y elegancia.

Tracklist:

1. When The Clouds Come

2. Countess Esterhazy

3. Virgin In My Neighbourhood

4. Rain

5. Portrait Of My Mother

6. Concerto

7. Mr Noll

8. Assassins

9. Returning In The Evening

10. Dance With My Own Shadow

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NOTA: el archivo .rar (y la carpeta contenida) tiene un error en el nombre, se llama "Giagonda's" en vez de "Gioconda's", un pequeño error de tipeo; sólo corrijan el error cuando desconmpriman la carpeta. Me disculpo por el diminuto detalle.

Hugo Díaz - Recopilación (no oficial) de Tango/Folklore

2007-09-04T15:11:00.000-07:00

Maestro de la armónica

Fue un creador insuperable que elevó su instrumento predilecto, la armónica, a una jerarquía inigualada.
Hugo DíazAprendió a tocar siendo niño, iniciándose en la Orquesta Educacional Infantil, dirigida por el maestro Leopoldo Bonell.
Se hizo conocer en los ya desaparecidos Radio del Norte y Parque de Grandes Espectáculos de Santiago del Estero.
Emprendió luego la conquista de Buenos Aires con un conjunto folclórico que formó con su cuñado, el bombisto Domingo Cura y la voz de su esposa Victoria Cura.
Según los críticos el suyo fue un folclore de corte técnico, implementando variaciones de gran originalidad en cada interpretación.
Dedicó una serie de grabaciones de jazz junto a Duke Ellington y Ella Fitzgerald en Brusela, de Louis Armstrong en una gira por Alemania y Francia y con Sara Vaughan en América . Logró un disco de oro en Japón.
El popular y querido "Orejita", como le decían sus amigos, se fue de este mundo el 24 de octubre de 1979 en Buenos Aires.

Más info aquí.

Tracklist:

1. Hugo Diaz - 1-0-1 (3:09)
2. Hugo Díaz - Amor de Estudiante (2:39)
3. Hugo Díaz - Arrabal amargo (3:34)
4. Hugo Diaz - Chacarera Doble (2:37)
5. Hugo Diaz - Criollita Santiagueña (3:30)
6. Hugo Díaz - Cuesta abajo (4:23)
7. Hugo Díaz - Guitarra mia.mp3
8. Hugo Díaz - Inspiracion.mp3
9. Hugo Díaz - La Compañera (3:09)
10. Hugo Díaz - La Telesita (1:42)
11. Hugo Díaz - Mano a mano (3:50)
12. Hugo Díaz - Melodia de Arrabal (3:39)
13. Hugo Díaz - Mi Buenos Aires (2:28)
14. Hugo Díaz - Milonga de mis amores (4:18)
15. Hugo Díaz - Milonga para una armonica.mp3
16. Hugo Díaz - Milonga Triste (2:52)
17. Hugo Díaz - Silencio (3:08)
18. Hugo Díaz - Soledad (3:00)
19. Hugo Díaz - Sur (2:56)
20. Hugo Díaz - Volver (2:55)
21. Hugo Díaz - Volvio una Noche (2:55)

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Various Artists - Guitar Visions (2006)

2007-08-11T12:00:00.000-07:00

18 tracks selected by Bireli Lagrene pay tribute to jazz guitarists. Includes selections from Barney Kessel, Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian, John McLaughlin, Bireli himself, and others. Features "Minor Swing," "Bolero," "Isn't She Lovely," "La Vuelta," and more.

Tracklist:


1. Isn't She Lovely - Sylvain Luc	Listen	Listen
2. Bei Dir Was Es Immer So Schon - Birell Lagrene	Listen	Listen
3. Mundi - Tomatito	Listen	Listen
4. A Foggy Day - Barney Kessel	Listen	Listen
5. Truly Your Friend - Lucky Peterson	Listen	Listen
6. Bouncing Around (Rhythm In G Minor) - Django Reinhardt	Listen	Listen
7. La Vuelta - Luis Salinas	Listen	Listen
8. Minor Swing - Birell Lagrene	Listen	Listen
9. Summer Night - Philip Catherine	Listen	Listen
10. Eraldi - Sylvain Luo Trio Sud	Listen	Listen
11. Bolero - Charlie Haden	Listen	Listen
12. Vivaldi Tribute - Patrick Rondat	Listen	Listen
13. Si Tu Savels - Django Reinhardt	Listen	Listen
14. Mojo - Sylvain Luo	Listen	Listen
15. Swing To Bop (Charlie's Choice) (Topey) - Charlie Christian	Listen	Listen
16. Tones For Elvin - John McLaughlin	Listen	Listen
17. Recuerdos De La Alhambra - Sylvain Luc Trio Sud	Listen	Listen

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The Crimson Jazz Trio - King Crimson Songbook, Vol. 1

2007-08-07T13:30:00.000-07:00

Very, very few players have covered King Crimson repertoire and no-one of prominence (other than The Schizoid Band and Andrew Keeling’s orchestral arrangements) has attempted more than one or two pieces. There have been honourable renditions & representations but, until now, without significantly adding to my understanding of Crimson material.

The CJ3 have respectfully & irreverently taken 8 Crimson classics, repositioned them in the musical spectrum, and delivered their first Songbook with superb musicianship in service to wit & invention. I have heard, as if for the first time, Schizoid, TOAPP, Catfood, Starless, Ladies Of The Road, I Talk To The Wind, Red & Matte Kudasai.

Ian Wallace provides personal hotline & Crimson-juice authority to the Trio, although anyone unfamiliar with Ian’s jazz passion & experience may be surprised by what is going on here. O for a shabby & smoke-free jazz club to sit back & savour The CJ3 in living sonic colour. O for someone to persuade Ian, Jody Nardone & Tim Landers to climb into the back of a van and travel.

Tracklist:


1. 21st Century Schizoid Man	Listen	Listen
2. Three Of A Perfect Pair	Listen	Listen
3. Catfood	Listen	Listen
4. Starless	Listen	Listen
5. Ladies Of The Road	Listen	Listen
6. I Talk To The Wind	Listen	Listen
7. Red	Listen	Listen
8. Matte Kudasai	Listen	Listen

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Michel Camilo - Triangulo (2002)

2007-07-27T21:17:00.000-07:00

Born in the Dominican Republic, Michel Camilo's music is rich with Caribbean rhythms that are wedded to engaging harmonic and melodic sensibilities and draw on the whole of jazz over the 20th century. With complex chordal rhythms and melodies that evoke his homeland, Camilo reminds one of both McCoy Tyner and Chick Corea. Besides his own albums, he's also been an important presence on recordings by Paquito D'Rivera. Known for his work in the traditional trio format, Camilo has broadened the scope of the genre via his writing and arrangements, so that the three players take on qualities that are truly orchestral. Cuban drummer Horacio Hernandez and bassist Anthony Jackson are perfectly matched to Camilo's vision. Triangulo dazzles as Camilo's seven new compositions are joined by three well-chosen covers (including Dizzy Gillespie's "Con Alma"). Quietly nestled amidst the propulsive festivities is the gorgeous ballad "Just Like You," which finds all three players excelling at playing less and less, and at the volume of a whisper. --David Greenberger

Tracklist:


1. Piece Of Cake	Listen	Listen
2. La Comparsa	Listen	Listen
3. Mr. C.I.	Listen	Listen
4. Afterthought	Listen	Listen
5. Anthony's Blues	Listen	Listen
6. Con Alma	Listen	Listen
7. Las Dos Lorettas	Listen	Listen
8. Just Like You	Listen	Listen
9. Descarga For Tito (Puente)	Listen	Listen
10. dotcom-bustion	Listen	Listen

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Anastasia Bardina - GRAN-d Surprise (1996)

2007-07-26T14:52:00.000-07:00

Although not well-known in the West, Anastasia Bardina is one of the best Classical Guitar Players in the world. She is the only guitarist in Russia who plays both 7-string Russian and 6-string Classical guitar and is perfect in her mastership. She also plays GRAN Guitar (abbreviation for Guitar - Russian - Acoustic - New) which is almost the same as Classical guitar, but with twelve strings - 6 nylon and 6 steel.

Tracklist:

Seven-string Guitar

1. Napoleone Coste (1806-1883). Les Soirees d'Auteil
2. Dionisio Aguado (1764-1849). Fandango, Op.10
3. Ivan Khandoshkin (1747-1804). Sonata for Violin Solo in G Minor, arr. A.Bardina

Matvey Pavlov-Azancheyev (1888-1963):
4. Waltz "Dream"
5. Procession
6. Moth
7. Ancient Clock
8. Scherzo
9. Waltz "Snow-Flakes"

Six-string Guitar

Jorge Morel:
10. Danza Brasilera
11. Romance
12. Missionera

Nikita Koshkin (1956):

13. Wedding Waltz

Suite "Elves":
14. Gavotte
15. Waltz
16. March
17. Melody
18. Gallop

19. Usher-Waltz

GRAN-Guitar

20. Jorge Cardoso. Milonga, arr. J.Morel
21. Roland Dyens. Tango En Skai
22. Anatoly Olshansky. Down The Stream - Dedication to V.Ustinov

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Roland Dyens - Ao Vivo (1995)

2007-07-25T20:37:00.000-07:00

Roland Dyens guitarrista clásico y compositor nacido el 19 de octubre de 1955 en Francia. Su primer acercamiento a la guitarra fue a los 9 años. Posteriormente fue alumno del guitarrista español Alberto Ponce. A los 21 años consiguió la Licence de Concert de L’Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris.
Aprendió composición con Désiré Dondeyne (compositor y director de orquesta).
Es importante su gran valía como intérprete, arreglista, compositor y artista improvisador.

Tracklist:


1. Un.provisation	Écouter
2. Etude N 6	Écouter
3. Thème Félin	Écouter
4. Round About Midnight	Écouter
5. Berimbau	Écouter
6. Gnossienne N 1	Écouter
7. Deux.provisation	Écouter
8. Jeu De Quartes	Écouter
9. Songe Modal	Écouter
10. Rondo	Écouter
11. Thème Félin	Écouter
12. Cuba Libre	Écouter
13. Scottish Madrilène	Écouter

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Agustín Carlevaro - Interpreta Piazzolla (1971-1991)

2007-07-23T22:16:00.000-07:00

Álbum doble que recoge una impecable colección de veintisiete versiones y arreglos a obras de Piazzolla creados e interpretados por el notable guitarrista, en registros que van desde 1971 a 1991. La personalidad y el talento de Agustín Carlevaro renuevan y presentan las bellezas de las partituras originales, descubriendo para el oyente nuevos ángulos. Escuchándolo, en más de una oportunidad Piazzolla felicitó efusivamente a Carlevaro y lo alentó a seguir arreglando sus obras.

Tracklist:

CD 1
1 Las estaciones porteñas - Primavera
2 Las estaciones porteñas - Verano
3 Las estaciones porteñas - Otoño
4 Las estaciones porteñas - Invierno
5 Retrato de Alfredo Gobbi
6 Sens unique
7 Contrastes
8 Chau París
9 Marrón y azul
10 Resurrección del ángel
11 Poema valseado, de María de Buenos Aires
12 Soledad
13 Luz y sombra
14 Tanguísimo
15 Calambre
16 Decarísimo

CD 2
17 Buenos Aires hora cero
18 Adiós Nonino
19 La mufa
20 Tema de María
21 Bandó
22 Libertango
23 Fracanapa
Segundas versiones:
24 Otoño, de las estaciones porteñas
25 Retrato de Alfredo Gobbi
26 Poema valseado, de María de Buenos Aires
27 Tanguísimo
Otras grabaciones
28 Alfonsina y el mar (Félix Luna - Ariel Ramírez)
29 Palabras sobre Atilio Rapat
30 Minueto (Ludwig Van Beethoven, arreglo de Atilio Rapat)
31 Canción (Federico Mompou)
32 Alfonsina y el mar, segunda versión

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Agradezco al blog "All That Tango" por su excelente colección y por haber compartido este disco.

Kostas Grigoreas - Guitar in the Greek Mode

2007-04-09T14:01:00.000-07:00

"I like this CD because on the one hand it flows over me like a torrent, and on the other, it pauses and contemplates the world all around: a world of its own, full of colours, sounds and immense skill. Bravo!" - Georgia Laimou

Tracklist:

1. Kostas Grigoreas - A FUNNY MOMENT (5:46)
2. Kostas Grigoreas - ARIA - TOCCATA - Aria (1:39)
3. Kostas Grigoreas - ARIA - TOCCATA - Epilogue (1:00)
4. Kostas Grigoreas - ARIA - TOCCATA - Toccata (2:34)
5. Kostas Grigoreas - IMAGES - Danza con fuoco (4:30)
6. Kostas Grigoreas - IMAGES - Paradoxical Ballad (3:11)
7. Kostas Grigoreas - IMAGES - Song with hidden words (4:02)
8. Kostas Grigoreas - IN TH GREEK MODE - Dance (2:56)
9. Kostas Grigoreas - IN TH GREEK MODE - Monologue (4:30)
10. Kostas Grigoreas - NOTURNO AFFETTUOSO (4:11)
11. Kostas Grigoreas - NOTURNO APPASSIONATO (4:44)
12. Kostas Grigoreas - SUITE FOR THE PASSING OF TIME - 1.Playing with a melody (1:48)
13. Kostas Grigoreas - SUITE FOR THE PASSING OF TIME - 2.Playing with a melody (2:39)
14. Kostas Grigoreas - SUITE FOR THE PASSING OF TIME - Nostalgic Habanera (3:34)
15. Kostas Grigoreas - SUITE FOR THE PASSING OF TIME - Prelude (2:39)
16. Kostas Grigoreas - SUITE FOR THE PASSING OF TIME - Spring, at last (3:06)
17. Kostas Grigoreas - SUITE FOR THE PASSING OF TIME - Youlee (2:02)
18. Kostas Grigoreas - SUMMER MOODS - Adagio espressivo (1:25)
19. Kostas Grigoreas - SUMMER MOODS - Allegro ritmico (2:54)
20. Kostas Grigoreas - SUMMER MOODS - Largo amabile (2:35)

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VA - Blue Note Plays the Beatles

2007-03-25T17:49:00.000-07:00

John Lennon & Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach and Stevie Wonder have been among the most original, influential and prolific songwriters to emerge after the advent of rock and roll. Jazz musicians have always had a keen ear for pop tunes of lasting quality since Coleman Hawkins covered "Body And Soul." Blue Note celebrates the work of these great songwriters with three collections that gather inventive, defining versions of some of their finest compositions.

Tracklist:


1. Can't Buy Me Love - Stanley Turrentine	Listen	Listen
2. Yesterday - Lee Morgan	Listen	Listen
3. Norwegian Wood - Buddy Rich	Listen	Listen
4. Hello Goodbye - Bud Shank	Listen	Listen
5. A Day In The Life - Grant Green	Listen	Listen
6. Eleanor Rigby - Stanley Jordan	Listen	Listen
7. Blackbird - Tony Williams	Listen	Listen
8. I've Just Seen A Face - Holly Cole	Listen	Listen
9. And I Love Her - Kevin Hays	Listen	Listen
10. Come Together - C. Wilson	Listen	Listen
11. Drive My Car - Bobby McFerrin	Listen	Listen

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Jason Vieaux - Sevilla: The Music of Isaac Albéniz

2007-03-17T15:29:00.000-07:00

Tracklist:

Suite española No. 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7 No. 3. Sevillanas
Composed by Isaac Albeniz
with Jason Vieaux
Sérénade espagnole, for piano, Op. 181
Composed by Isaac Albeniz
with Jason Vieaux
Recuerdos de viaje, pieces (7) for piano, Op. 71, B. 18 No. 6
Composed by Isaac Albeniz
with Jason Vieaux
Cantos de España, pieces (5) for piano, Op. 232, B. 44 No. 4
Composed by Isaac Albeniz
with Jason Vieaux
Suite española No. 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7 No. 1. Serenata
Composed by Isaac Albeniz
with Jason Vieaux
Suite española No. 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7 No. 2. Curranda
Composed by Isaac Albeniz
with Jason Vieaux
España, album leaves (6) for piano, Op. 165, B. 37 No. 2
Composed by Isaac Albeniz
with Jason Vieaux
Mallorca, barcarola for piano in F sharp minor, Op. 202, B. 41
Composed by Isaac Albeniz
with Jason Vieaux
Suite española No. 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7 No. 4. Capricho / Nocturno
Composed by Isaac Albeniz
with Jason Vieaux
España, album leaves (6) for piano, Op. 165, B. 37 Excerpt
Composed by Isaac Albeniz
with Jason Vieaux
Cantos de España, pieces (5) for piano, Op. 232, B. 44 No. 1. Preludio
Composed by Isaac Albeniz
with Jason Vieaux
Piezas características (12), for piano, Op. 92, B. 29 No. 12. Serenata
Composed by Isaac Albeniz
with Jason Vieaux
España, album leaves (6) for piano, Op. 165, B. 37 No. 5
Composed by Isaac Albeniz
with Jason Vieaux

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John Scofield - Meant To Be

2007-03-16T07:33:00.000-07:00

John Scofield Quartet: John Scofield (guitar); Joe Lovano (tenor saxophone, alto clarinet); Marc Johnson (bass); Bill Stewart (drums). Recorded at Power Station, New York, New York in December 1990.

Excellent - "..Scofield has a talent for producing a seemingly endless stream of clever jazz compositions...his guitar has seemed to find the ideal foil in Joe Lovano's notably original sax, the relationship between the two growing with each album..." Down Beat (6/91) - 4 Stars - "...one of the brightest and meatiest jazz guitarists..."

Tracklist:


1. Big Fan	Listen	Listen
2. Keep Me In Mind	Listen	Listen
3. Go Blow	Listen	Listen
4. Chariots	Listen	Listen
5. The Guinness Spot	Listen	Listen
6. Mr. Coleman To You		Listen
7. Eisenhower		Listen
8. Meant To Be		Listen
9. Some Nerve		Listen
10. Lost In Space		Listen
11. French Flics		Listen

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John Scofield - Time on My Hands

2007-03-13T19:43:00.000-07:00

John Scofield (guitar); Joe Lovano (saxophone); Charlie Haden (bass); Jack DeJohnette (drums). Recorded at Power Station, New York, New York on November 19-21, 1989.

Recommended as one of the five best jazz albums of 1990 - "...Scofield's best record yet, not just for his own bluesy muscularity but for the strength of his compositions, this time flavoured with a powerful taste of Mingus..." Down Beat - 5 Stars - Excellent

Tracklist:


1. Wabash III	Listen	Listen
2. Since You Asked	Listen	Listen
3. So Sue Me	Listen	Listen
4. Let's Say We Did	Listen	Listen
5. Flower Power	Listen	Listen
6. Stranger To The Light		Listen
7. Nocturnal Mission		Listen
8. Farmacology		Listen
9. Time And Tide		Listen
10. Be Hear Now		Listen
11. Fat Lip		Listen

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John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane

2007-03-03T20:53:00.000-08:00

Personnel: John Coltrane (soprano & tenor saxophones); Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, flute); Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); McCoy Tyner (piano); Reggie Workman, Art Davis (bass); Elvin Jones (drums). Recorded at A&R Studios, New York, New York on May 25, 1961. Includes liner notes by Ralph J. Gleason. Having explored all sorts of country cousins of the blues, John Coltrane evokes the spirit of mother Africa and Moorish Spain on this, his final Atlantic recording. Fellow crusaders McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones are joined by Reggie Workman as well as fellow bass virtuoso Art Davis, while Trane's new front-line collaborator Eric Dolphy and trumpeter Freddie Hubbard give him an immense sonic canvas upon which to reinvent jazz. OLE COLTRANE extends the forms, anticipating the freedom and far reaching spiritual pilgrimages of the Impulse! years. Miles' KIND OF BLUE and the music of Ornette Coleman suggested new improvisational possibilities. For Trane, they represented a way out of his harmonic labyrynth, a pursuit of simpler, more expressive modalities--offering even greater rhythmic/melodic complexity. "Ole" is electrifying, one of Coltrane's greatest collective achievements. Elvin Jones' hypnotic six-beat cymbal pulse, the strummed ostinatos of Workman and Davis, and Tyner's murmuring chordal drone form a syncopated wall of sound--equal parts Iberian dance, desert sirocco and evening raga. Coltrane's soprano emerges to enunciate the meditative theme, and with each successive solo--Dolphy's flute, Hubbard's toreador song, Tyner's impassioned strumming, the bassists' flamenco reverie--the rhythm becomes darker and more impassioned. Then Trane re-enters on his magic carpet, his soprano ablaze in a song of praise. Coltrane follows with "Dahomey Dance," a tippling blues in the manner of "Freddie Freeloader." Tyner's ringing accompaniment and lyric thunder clothes Elvin's triplet-inflected swing in vibrant raiment, as Hubbard's bumblebee trumpet and Dolphy's tangled bass clarinet yelping answer Coltrane's garrulous tenor in kind. Tyner's "Aisha" is an intricate romantic ballad, moving from a waltzing repeated figure to an evocative 4/4 groove bathed in Jones' luminous brushwork. The way Tyner anticipates each horn's lyric design and echoes Elvin's rhythms, the manner in which he orchestrates single-note melodies and immense two-handed harmonies into song-like choruses, all mark him as the decade's most dominant piano stylist.

Tracklist:


1. Ole'	Listen
2. Dahomey Dance	Listen
3. Aisha	Listen
4. To Her Ladyship	Listen

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Bill Frisell - Live (1995)

2007-02-26T08:38:00.000-08:00

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Bill Frisell had been working regularly with bassist Kermit Driscoll and drummer Joey Baron for five years when they recorded this concert in Spain in 1991. The familiarity shows in the spontaneity and in the intuitive grasp of every shifting musical gesture. The 70-minute performance may show Frisell's range and the ease with which he flows from one mood or genre to another better than any single studio CD. There's nothing contrived about the way a piece of Appalachian-inspired melody can sing with heightened clarity, only to transmute into fractured bits of electronic sound; nothing false in a Sonny Rollins bop tune, "No Moe," taking on country-western and funk edges. It's Frisell's sheer involvement with his guitar and all the dimensions of music that comes through here, more than the strange ballet between common and arcane forms. He can immerse himself in forms from bop and free jazz to folk melodies and rock, slide from high modern pointillism to heavy-metal chord storms, or play his way from Baroque dance forms to surf guitar and spy-movie themes. The eerie bends and film noir ambience of the often-played "Strange Meeting" might serve as a symbol for the whole enterprise. There's hardly a musical border that doesn't get blurred here, but it's the feeling of a band enjoying what they're doing that comes through strongest, so that even the strangest and most subtle transitions come off with the naturalness and enthusiasm of a garage band. --Stuart Broomer

Tracklist:


1. Throughout	Listen
2. Rag	Listen
3. Crumb/No Moe	Listen
4. Have A Little Faith In Me	Listen
5. Pip, Squeak/Goodbye	Listen
6. Hello Nellie	Listen
7. Strange Meeting	Listen
8. Hangdog	Listen
9. Child At Heart	Listen
10. Again	Listen
11. When We Go	Listen

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Bill Frisell - Where in the World?

2007-02-22T10:43:00.000-08:00

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These recordings from 1990-91 add cellist Hank Roberts to Bill Frisell's then-usual trio with bassist Kermit Driscoll and drummer Joey Baron, and there's a remarkable affinity between Roberts and Frisell's instrumental approaches. So much of Frisell's distinctive guitar style has come from his attention to sustain and pitch bending, qualities immediately available in Roberts's cello. Several of the guitarist's compositions here are concentrated on that relationship and on the spatial distinction that exists between those effects when they're accomplished by acoustic or electronic means. It's one of the things separating Frisell from the more commonplace forms of jazz fusion. He actually explores the differences and crossovers between acoustic and electronic space to create a musical analogue for the ways we experience technology. That's also evident in his contrasting uses of acoustic and electric guitars on individual tracks. There are tracks here, like "Rob Roy" and "Smilin' Jones," when Frisell's music suggests a parallel evolution of American music, as if country & western and not jazz had become its "art" music. With its rhythmic and tonal conflicts and odd, oscillating blendings of acoustic guitar harmonics, bowed cello, and Roberts's electronic "jazz-a-phone fiddle," the title track seems to pose "Where in the World?" as a utopian question. --Stuart Broomer

Tracklist:


1. Unsung Heroes	Listen
2. Rob Roy	Listen
3. Spell	Listen
4. Child At Heart	Listen
5. Beautiful E.	Listen
6. Again	Listen
7. Smilin' Jones	Listen
8. Where In The World?	Listen
9. Worry Doll	Listen
10. Let Me In	Listen

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The Godfather Part III: [SOUNDTRACK]

2007-02-20T17:07:00.000-08:00

Tracklist:


1. Main Title - Nino Rota	Listen
2. The Godfather Waltz - Nino Rota	Listen
3. Marcia Religioso - Carmine Coppola and Nino Rota	Listen
4. Michael's Letter - Carmine Coppola and Nino Rota	Listen
5. Immigrant/Love Theme From 'the Godfather, Pt. Iii - Carmine Coppola and Nino Rota	Listen
6. The Godfather Waltz - Nino Rota	Listen
7. To Each His Own - Al Martino	Listen
8. Vincent's Theme - Carmine Coppola and Nino Rota	Listen
9. Altobello - Carmine Coppola and Nino Rota	Listen
10. The Godfather Intermezzo - Carmine Coppola and Nino Rota	Listen
11. Sicilian Medley: Va Pensiero/etc... - Carmine Coppola	Listen
12. Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme...) - Harry Connick Jr.	Listen
13. Preludio And Siciliana - Turiddu	Listen
14. A Casa Amiche - Turiddu and chorus	Listen
15. Preghiera - Chorus	Listen
16. Finale - Turiddu and chorus	Listen
17. Coda: The Godfather Finale - Nino Rota	Listen

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The Godfather Part II (1974 Film) [SOUNDTRACK]

2007-02-20T13:45:00.000-08:00

Tracklist:


1. Main Title/ The Immigrant	Listen
2. A New Carpet	Listen
3. Kay	Listen
4. Ev'ry Time I Look In Your Eyes/After The Party	Listen
5. Vito And Abbandando	Listen
6. Senza Mama/Ciuri-Ciuri/Napule Ve Salute	Listen
7. The Godfathers At Home	Listen
8. Remember Vito Andolini	Listen
9. Michael Comes Home	Listen
10. Marcia Stilo Italiano	Listen
11. Ninna Nanna A Michele	Listen
12. The Brothers Mourn	Listen
13. Murder Of Don Fanucci	Listen
14. End Title	Listen

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The Godfather (1972 Film) [SOUNDTRACK]

2007-02-20T09:14:00.000-08:00

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When director Francis Ford Coppola turned novelist Mario Puzo's pulpy The Godfather into one of the greatest accomplishments of modern American cinema in 1972, one of his shrewdest decisions was to hand the scoring assignment to the great Italian film composer Nino Rota. Rota, who had built his reputation alongside Fellini (though he'd already scored some three dozen films in the previous 20 years), brought Neopolitan jazz stylings and a Sicilian melodic sensibilty (characterized perfectly by the main title's mournful solo trumpet, which has since become a cinematic icon) to a story of corruption and betrayal as American as, well, gnocchi. Listening to this masterful score one can't help but wonder what Rota, who died in 1979) might have accomplished had he begun working with Hollywood's resources a decade earlier. --Jerry McCulley

Tracklist:


1. Main Title (The Godfather Waltz)	Listen
2. I Have But One Heart - Johnny Farrow, Marty Symes	Listen
3. The Pickup	Listen
4. Connie's Wedding - Carmine Coppola	Listen
5. The Halls Of Fear	Listen
6. Sicilian Pastorale	Listen
7. Love Them From The Godfather	Listen
8. The Godfather Waltz	Listen
9. Apollonia	Listen
10. The New Godfather	Listen
11. The Baptism	Listen
12. The Godfather Finale	Listen

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[REPOST MP3] Sviatoslav Richter - Great Pianists of the 20th Century (COMPLETE)

2007-02-08T13:54:00.000-08:00

RESUBIDO el total de 6 discos en 3 volúmenes (82, 83 y 84), con varias de las mejores obras interpretadas por el maestro Svaitoslav Richter, mi pianista favorito. Espero que disfruten.

Formato: MP3 @ 256

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John Coltrane - Blue Train

2007-02-04T17:18:00.000-08:00

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Blue Train is one of those ineffable sound recordings that actually seems to capture a moment of perfect artistry. Coltrane was in the midst of a Prestige recording contract but was able to honor a previous commitment to Blue Note and release this one album. With four Coltrane originals, including the haunting theme of the title track, and one standard, this recording showed Coltrane was becoming the complete package: player, composer, and bandleader. What distinguishes this session from the Prestige dates of the same time is the easy, relaxed, and obviously well-rehearsed playing of the group, and the usual masterful recording by Rudy van Gelder. This enhanced CD-ROM also features two alternate takes. The well-designed multimedia elements, including musician interviews and pictures from the famous van Gelder studio, round this stellar session into an experience that informs and delights over and over. --Michael Monhart

Tracklist:


1. Blue Train	Listen
2. Moment's Notice	Listen
3. Locomotion	Listen
4. I'm Old Fashioned	Listen
5. Lazy Bird	Listen
6. Blue Train (Alternate Take)	Listen
7. Lazy Bird (Alternate Take)	Listen

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Django Reinhardt - Django's Blues

2007-01-24T09:02:00.000-08:00

Tracklist:


1. September Song	Listen
2. Brazil	Listen
3. I'll Never Smile Again (Take 1)	Listen
4. I'll Never Smile Again (Take 2)	Listen
5. New York City	Listen
6. Django's Blues	Listen
7. Love's Mood	Listen
8. I Love You	Listen
9. Topsy	Listen
10. Moppin' The Bride - Micro -	Listen
11. Insensiblement	Listen
12. Mano	Listen
13. Blues Primitif	Listen
14. Gipsy With A Song (Take 1)	Listen
15. Gipsy With A Song (Take 2)	Listen

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Chris Potter - Unspoken (ft. John Scofield)

2007-01-02T16:11:00.000-08:00

Personnel: Chris Potter (woodwinds); John Scofield (guitar); Dave Holland (acoustic bass); Jack DeJohnette (drums).

Entertainment Weekly (9/5/97, p.77) - "...the most rewardingly inventive moments occur when Potter lays out and the rhythm players dart about with dragonfly-like agility." - Rating: B Down Beat (11/97, pp.55-56) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...UNSPOKEN displays Potter's growth as a leader and composer....his work is remarkably free of cliches and default licks...his boundless chops let the listener just sit back and relax..."

Tracklist:


1. Wistful	Listen
2. Seven Eleven	Listen
3. Hieroglyph	Listen
4. Amsterdam Blues	Listen
5. Et Tu, Brute?	Listen
6. Unspoken	Listen
7. No Cigar	Listen
8. Time Zone	Listen
9. New Vision	Listen

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Franz Schubert - Tres Piezas Para Piano D 946

2007-01-01T09:11:00.000-08:00

3 Klavierstücke (Piano Pieces), D.946

[LIVE Rec] [24:05] — No.1 in Eb- [7:56 · 10.9M]; No.2 in Eb [11:03 · 15.2M]; No.3 in C [5:06 · 7.0M] — Performed by Yuri Bogdanov
[LIVE Rec] [15:58] — No.1 in Eb- [6:24 · 5.9M]; No.2 in Eb [9:35 · 8.8M] — Performed by Alexei Nasedkin

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Franz Schubert - Sonata Arpeggione D 821

2007-01-01T09:06:00.000-08:00

Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano 'Arpeggione', D.821

[MIDI] Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano 'Arpeggione', D.821 [24:06 · 111k] (arr.viola) (F.N.Nachbaur)
[LIVE Rec] [26:12] — 1.Allegro moderato [12:20 · 16.9M]; 2.Adagio [4:25 · 6.1M]; 3.Allegretto [9:27 · 13.0M] — Performed by Denis Shapovalov
[LIVE Rec] [24:38] — 1.Allegro moderato [11:44 · 16.1M]; 2.Adagio [4:14 · 5.8M]; 3.Allegretto [8:40 · 11.9M] — Performed by Ilya Hoffman
[LIVE Rec] [20:20] — 1.Allegro moderato [7:57 · 10.9M]; 2.Adagio [4:29 · 6.2M]; 3.Allegretto [7:54 · 10.9M] — Performed by Medea Abrahamyan

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Six Strings II - The Burning Sessions

2006-12-26T19:58:00.000-08:00

Tracklist:


1. Hole Diggin' - Scott Henderson	Listen
2. Kiss My Axe - The Al Di Meola Project	Listen
3. Amazonas - Strunz And Farah	Listen
4. Acoustic Fun(k) - Peppino D'Agostino	Listen
5. West Side Serenade - Avenue Blue Featuring Jeff Golub	Listen
6. Lolita - Andy Summers And John Etheridge	Listen
7. Rockin Gypsies - Willie And Lobo	Listen
8. Moyo - Vincent Nguini	Listen
9. The Big Wave - Tribal Tech	Listen
10. Selva - Strunz And Farah	Listen
11. Paradisio - Al Di Meola	Listen
12. On The Border - Al Stewart Featuring Peter White	Listen
13. The Fighting Ducks - Richard Smith	Listen

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John Williams - The Great Paraguayan: Guitar Music of Barrios

2006-12-26T15:27:00.000-08:00

Waltzes for guitar, No. 3 in D minor, Op. 8/3
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams
Preludio for guitar in C minor
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams
Cueca for guitar
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams
Maxixe for guitar
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams
La Catedral, for guitar
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams
Julia Florida for guitar
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams
Waltzes for guitar, No. 4 in D major, Op. 8/4
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams
Una Limosna Por el Amor de Dios for guitar
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams
Mazurka Appassionata for guitar
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams
Las Abejas (The Bees) for guitar
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams
Medallon antiguo
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams
Chôro da Saudade (A Lament) for guitar
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams
Air de Samba
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams
Aconquija, for guitar
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams
Prelude for guitar in G minor, Op 5/1
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams
Un Sueño en la Floresta, for guitar
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams
Villancico de Navidad for guitar
Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
with John [guitar] Williams

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Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue

2006-12-26T11:40:00.000-08:00

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This is the one jazz record owned by people who don't listen to jazz, and with good reason. The band itself is extraordinary (proof of Miles Davis's masterful casting skills, if not of God's existence), listing John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on saxophones, Bill Evans (or, on "Freddie Freeloader," Wynton Kelly) on piano, and the crack rhythm unit of Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums. Coltrane's astringency on tenor is counterpoised to Adderley's funky self on alto, with Davis moderating between them as Bill Evans conjures up a still lake of sound on which they walk. Meanwhile, the rhythm partnership of Cobb and Chambers is prepared to click off time until eternity. It was the key recording of what became modal jazz, a music free of the fixed harmonies and forms of pop songs. In Davis's men's hands it was a weightless music, but one that refused to fade into the background. In retrospect every note seems perfect, and each piece moves inexorably towards its destiny. --John Szwed

Tracklist:


1. So What	Listen
2. Freddie Freeloader	Listen
3. Blue In Green	Listen
4. All Blues	Listen
5. Flamenco Sketches	Listen
6. Flamenco Sketches (Alternate Take)	Listen

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Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (2 CD's)

2006-12-19T18:27:00.000-08:00

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The revolution was recorded: in 1969 Bitches Brew sent a shiver through a country already quaking. It was a recording whose very sound, production methods, album-cover art, and two-LP length all signaled that jazz could never be the same. Over three days anger, confusion, and exhilaration had reigned in the studio, and the sonic themes, scraps, grooves, and sheer will and emotion that resulted were percolated and edited into an astonishingly organic work. This Miles Davis wasn't merely presenting a simple hybrid like jazz-rock, but a new way of thinking about improvisation and the studio. And with this two-CD reissue (actually, this set is a reissue of the original set plus one track, perfect for the fan who's not so overwhelmed as to need the four-CD Complete Bitches Brew box), the murk of the original recording is lifted. The instruments newly defined and brightened, the dark energy of the original comes through as if it were all fresh. Joe Zawinul and Bennie Maupin's roles in the mix have been especially clarified. With a bonus track of "Feio"--a Wayne Shorter composition recorded five months later that serves both as a warm-down for Bitches Brew and a promise of Weather Report to come--this is crucial listening. --John F. Szwed

Tracklist:

Disc: 1
1. Pharaoh's Dance	Listen
2. Bitches Brew	Listen
Disc: 2
1. Spanish Key	Listen
2. John McLaughlin	Listen
3. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down	Listen
4. Sanctuary	Listen
5. Feio	Listen

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Joshua Redman - MoodSwing

2006-12-18T09:36:00.000-08:00

Joshua Redman Quartet: Joshua Redman (tenor & soprano saxophone); Brad Mehldau (piano); Christian McBride (acoustic bass); Brian Blade (drums). Recorded at Power Station, New York on March 8-10, 1994. Includes liner notes by Joshua Redman. All songs written by Joshua Redman. Saxophonist Joshua Redman's third album as a leader is cause for celebration, because here's a young jazzman gifted with all manner of technical gifts, yet he places a premium on feeling and communication. MOODSWING is just that, a series of changes, alternating between the cool and the hot--each arrangement depicting some aspect of Redman's wide-ranging musical personality. So it comes to pass that a long jump tune such as "Rejoice" (the centerpiece of MOODSWING) celebrates the gospel aspects of jazz in the tried and true manner of the original Jazz Messengers, even as a low-key "Faith" derives its inspiration from quieter forms of devotion, while "Dialogue" manages to combine both as Redman expounds on a quiet Aylerish hymn with escalating intensity. As with his previous recordings, listeners are left with the sense that young Joshua Redman is mature beyond his years. On a cool, swinging minor blues vamp such as "Chill," the ease with which he manipulates the timbres of his saxophone recall old-time tenor kings from the swing era. And yet, Redman is very much the contemporary thinker, as his funky closing tune "Headin' Home" illustrates. Whether playing R&B or hard bop, ballads or swing, blues or latin, it's the total conviction Joshua Redman brings to every note that makes MOODSWING a joy.

Tracklist:


1. Sweet Sorrow	Listen
2. Chill	Listen
3. Rejoice	Listen
4. Faith	Listen
5. Alone In The Morning	Listen
6. Mischief	Listen
7. Dialogue	Listen
8. The Oneness Of Two (In Three)	Listen
9. Past In The Present	Listen
10. Obsession	Listen
11. Headin' Home	Listen

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Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs

2006-12-18T06:05:00.000-08:00

This adventurous yet lyrical trio LP was Chick Corea's career breakthrough album, establishing him as a significant pianist and composer. Over three days in March 1968, Corea recorded with Miroslav Vitous and Haynes (they have since reunited many times over past 34 years) and produced a total of 13 great performances only five of which were used on the original albums. The material ranged from soon-to-be Corea classics like "Matrix" and "Windows" to extended improvised pieces like the title tune to creative interpretations of Monk's "Pannonica" and "My One And Only Love". Newly remixed and remastered in 24-bit, this milestone session is complete on this CD and sounds better than ever.

Chick Corea: Piano
Miroslav Vitous: Bass
Roy Haynes: Drums

Tracklist:


1. Steps - What Was	Listen
2. Matrix	Listen
3. How He Sings, Now He Sobs	Listen
4. Now He Beats The Drums, Now He Stops	Listen
5. The Law Of Falling And Catching Up	Listen
6. Samba Yantra	Listen
7. Bossa	Listen
8. I Don't Know	Listen
9. Fragments	Listen
10. Windows	Listen
11. Gemini	Listen
12. Pannonica	Listen
13. My One And Only Love	Listen

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John Williams - Romance Of The Guitar

2006-12-16T06:55:00.000-08:00

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Guitarist John Williams (no, not John Williams the soundtrack composer) adds to his fine catalog of impeccable recordings with Classic Williams: Romance of the Guitar. But this isn't just a best-of collection (though some of his greatest work is included here) since the disc contains three new recordings. Among the new tracks, Fauré's Pavane is a real stunner, a short but gorgeous piece originally meant for orchestra and choir, where Williams's guitar sounds as though it always belonged there. We get Williams at his most interpretative--his arrangements of Satie's Gymnopedie No. 3 and Piazzolla tango Verano porteno--and his most serene (the "Cavatina" theme from the movie Deer Hunter). Let's face it, some fine classical guitarists can lull their listeners into near comatose states with their instrument; Williams, on the other hand, is just the opposite. His gorgeous tone, inventive arrangements, and interesting repertoire continue to make the classical guitar sound exciting. In short, a great introduction to Williams and a real gem for lovers of classical guitar. --Jason Verlinde

Tracklist:


1. Romance	Listen
2. Pavane	Listen
3. Sunburst	Listen
4. Una Limosna Por el Amor de Dios	Listen
5. Asturias
6. Gymnopedie No. 3	Listen
7. El Condor Pasa	Listen
8. Verano Porteno	Listen
9. Scherzino Mexicano	Listen
10. Berceuse	Listen
11. Natalia	Listen
12. Dance from la Vida Breve
13. Planxty Madame Maxwell	Listen
14. Epitafios	Listen
15. Prelude from Lute Suite
16. I. Prelude from Suite for Lute (Guitar) No. 4 in E Major, BXV 1006a - From The Seville Concert	Listen
17. Sonata in E Major, K. 380 (L. 23) - From The Baroque Album	Listen
18. III. Allegro from Trio For Violin, Lute (Guitar) And Basso Continuo In C Major, RV 82 - From John Williams Plays Vivaldi Concertos	Listen
19. II. Adagio From Conceirto de Aranjuez For Guitar And Orchestra	Listen

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Bill Evans - Explorations

2006-12-14T19:47:00.000-08:00

Bill Evans Trio: Bill Evans (piano); Scott LaFaro (bass); Paul Motian (drums). Recorded at Bell Sound Studios, New York, New York on February 2, 1961. Originally released on Riverside (9351). Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews. Digitally remastered by David Luke (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). EXPLORATIONS, Bill Evans' fourth solo album, is aptly named. Throughout, Evans displays the high-minded lyrical facility, long flowing phrases and rich sound that made him so popular with both fans and other musicians during the 1950s and '60s. The intrepid nature of his improvisations and the edgy interactivity of his trio echo the album's title in tracks like the expansive "Elsa," "Israel," and the Miles Davis composition "Nardis." Evans is also a master of the ballad, and he shapes tracks such as "Haunted Heart" and the shimmering, evocative "Elsa" into exercises of grace and sensitivity. There is a fair share of swing here too, with the up-tempo "Sweet and Lovely" and "Beautiful Love." Evan's imaginative, meticulous stylings flow through every piece, and it is difficult to resist the balance of intelligence, tenderness, groove and mood that EXPLORATIONS achieves.

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1. Israel	Listen
2. Haunted Heart	Listen
3. Beautiful Love (Take 2)	Listen
4. Beautiful Love (Take 1)	Listen
5. Elsa	Listen
6. Nardis	Listen
7. How Deep Is The Ocean	Listen
8. I Wish I Knew	Listen
9. Sweet & Lovely	Listen
10. The Boy Next Door	Listen

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