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Stan Kenton – Kenton / Wagner (1964) {1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Stan Kenton - Kenton / Wagner (1964) {1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Stan Kenton – Kenton / Wagner (1964) {1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 878 MB (Hi-Res) + 223 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed In Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-091 | Genre: Jazz
Half-Speed Mastered

This unique album is a surprising artistic success. Stan Kenton and a large studio orchestra filled with many of his alumni perform his adaptations of eight themes from the classical works of Richard Wagner. Somehow Kenton turns Wagner’s music into jazz, capturing the intense emotion, pomposity and drama with daring ideas. Not for all tastes, this LP was one of Stan Kenton’s last innovative recordings. Continue reading “Stan Kenton – Kenton / Wagner (1964) {1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”

Earl Klugh & Bob James – Two Of A Kind (1982) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Earl Klugh & Bob James - Two Of A Kind (1982) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Earl Klugh & Bob James – Two Of A Kind (1982) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 777 MB (Hi-Res) + 201 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed In Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-124 | Genre: Jazz
Half-Speed Mastered

Two of a Kind is the second album by Earl Klugh and Bob James, released in 1982. The album received a nomination for Best Selling Jazz Album at the NARM Awards in 1983, and peaked at No.1 on the Billboard’s Jazz Charts in January 1983.

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Weather Report – Tale Spinnin’ (1975) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report - Tale Spinnin' (1975) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report – Tale Spinnin’ (1975) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | No Scans
Total Size: 2 GB (ISO) + 1.76 GB (FLAC Mch) + 844 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Vocalion | Austria | Cat#: CDSML 8550 | Genre: Jazz, Fusion
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Various Artist – Kinda Jazzy Kinda Funky Vol. 2 (2005) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artist - Kinda Jazzy Kinda Funky Vol. 2 (2005) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artist – Kinda Jazzy Kinda Funky Vol. 2 (2005) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.40 GB (ISO) + 1.13 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: HighNote Records | US | Cat#: HCD 6014 | Genre: Jazz

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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Masterpieces By Ellington (1951) [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Masterpieces By Ellington (1951) [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Masterpieces By Ellington (1951)
[2014, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD
Total Size: 2.29 GB (ISO) + 925 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CAPJ 4418 SA | Genre: Swing, Big Band

Amazingly, it took Columbia Records until the very end of 1950, two years into the LP era and the transition from disc to magnetic tape recording, to get Duke Ellington and His Orchestra into the studio to cut a long-playing record. Continue reading “Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Masterpieces By Ellington (1951) [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Weather Report – Mysterious Traveller (1974) [2002, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller (1974) [2002, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report’s fourth recording finds Wayne Shorter (on soprano and tenor) taking a lesser role as Joe Zawinul begins to really dominate the group’s sound. Most selections also include bassist Alphonso Johnson and drummer Ishmael Wilburn although the personnel shifts from track to track. “Nubian Sundance” adds several vocalists while “Blackthorn Rose” is a Shorter-Zawinul duet. Overall the music is pretty stimulating and sometimes adventurous; high-quality fusion from 1974. Continue reading “Weather Report – Mysterious Traveller (1974) [2002, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Various Artists – Kinda Jazzy Kinda Funky (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists - Kinda Jazzy Kinda Funky (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists – Kinda Jazzy Kinda Funky (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.71 GB (ISO) + 1.22 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: HighNote Records | US | Cat#: HCD 6011 | Genre: Jazz

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Various Artists – Jazz Ballads Vol. 3 (2020) {WEB Hi-Res}

Various Artists - Jazz Ballads Vol. 3 (2020) {WEB Hi-Res}

Various Artists – Jazz Ballads Vol. 3 (2020) {WEB Hi-Res}
WEB Download | Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz
Total Size: 3.38 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: 2XHD | Genre: Vocal Jazz

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Spyro Gyra – Original Cinema (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Spyro Gyra - Original Cinema (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

A slightly sharper edge surfaces in Spyro Gyra’s second effort for the Telarc-affiliated Heads Up label. While their performance still tilts more toward easy listening than searing fusion, there’s a bit more punch than usual in the upbeat tracks. Frontman Jay Beckenstein cultivates a slightly grittier sound by concentrating largely on tenor sax, while a trio of guest percussionists adds dimension to the beat on several numbers, especially the festive “Cape Town Love.” Continue reading “Spyro Gyra – Original Cinema (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (1973) {1999, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973) {1999, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (1973) {1999, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.72 GB (ISO) + 818 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: SME Records | Japan | Cat#: SRGS 4510 | Genre: Jazz-Funk

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Weather Report – Black Market (1973) [2001, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report - Black Market (1973) [2001, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The shifts in Weather Report’s personnel come fast and furious now, with Narada Michael Walden and Chester Thompson as the drummers, Alex Acuna and Don Alias at the percussion table, and Alphonso Johnson giving way to the mighty, martyred Jaco Pastorius. Continue reading “Weather Report – Black Market (1973) [2001, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Stan Getz & João Gilberto – Getz / Gilberto (1964) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Getz / Gilberto (1964) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

One of the biggest-selling jazz albums of all time, not to mention bossa nova’s finest moment, Getz/Gilberto trumped Jazz Samba by bringing two of bossa nova’s greatest innovators — guitarist/singer João Gilberto and composer/pianist Antonio Carlos Jobim — to New York to record with Stan Getz. The results were magic. Continue reading “Stan Getz & João Gilberto – Getz / Gilberto (1964) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Louis Armstrong – Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute To The Immortal Fats Waller (1955) {2000, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute To The Immortal Fats Waller (1955) {2000, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Louis Armstrong – Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute To The Immortal Fats Waller (1955) {2000, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Scans Not Included
Total Size: 3.72 GB (ISO) + 1.23 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | US | Cat#: CS 64927 | Genre: Ragtime, Swing

Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller only worked together twice, briefly in 1925 in Erskine Tate’s band and four years later in the New York revue Connie’s Hot Chocolates. But Waller made an indelible enough impression for Satchmo to record the tribute album Satch Plays Fats: The Music of Fats Waller in 1955, when such ideas were new. Continue reading “Louis Armstrong – Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute To The Immortal Fats Waller (1955) {2000, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Louis Armstrong – Plays W. C. Handy (1954) {1999, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Louis Armstrong - Plays W. C. Handy (1954) {1999, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Louis Armstrong – Plays W. C. Handy (1954) {1999, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.28 GB (ISO) + 1.42 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | US | Cat#: CS 64925 | Genre: Dixieland

This recording was not only Louis Armstrong’s finest record of the 1950s but one of the truly classic jazz sets. Armstrong and his All-Stars (trombonist Trummy Young, clarinetist Barney Bigard, pianist Billy Kyle, bassist Arvell Shaw, drummer Barrett Deems, and singer Velma Middleton) were clearly inspired by the fresh repertoire, 11 songs written by W.C. Handy. Continue reading “Louis Armstrong – Plays W. C. Handy (1954) {1999, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Louis Armstrong – Albums Collection [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Louis Armstrong - Albums Collection [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Louis Armstrong – Albums Collection [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]
10x Discs | Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 48kHz / 96kHz / 192kHz | DSF Tracks / DSD128 / 1bit / 5.64MHz
Total Size: 21.9 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: 2xHD / Jube Legends / Audio Fidelity / Columbia | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Dixieland, Swing
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