Category: Jazz

Sonny Rollins – Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Sonny Rollins - Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Sonny Rollins – Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (2024)
[CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]
3 x Discs | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 2.95 GB
Label: Resonance Records | Genre: Jazz

Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings is the first official release of the ‘Saxophone Colossus’ Sonny Rollins’ European tour in 1959 with bassist Henry Grimes, and drummers Pete La Roca, Kenny Clarke and Joe Harris. Freedom Weaver includes an elaborate booklet with rare photos by Ed van der Elsken, Jean-Pierre Leloir, Bob Parent and many others Continue reading “Sonny Rollins – Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Art Tatum – Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Art Tatum - Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Art Tatum – Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (2024)
[CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]
3 x Discs | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 2.31 GB
Label: Resonance Records | Genre: Jazz

Three CDs. Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings is a previously unissued collection of recordings from jazz icon and virtuosic pianist, Art Tatum, captured live at the Blue Note jazz club in Chicago in March of 1953 with guitarist Everett Barksdale and bassist Slam Stewart. Continue reading “Art Tatum – Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Frank Sinatra – A Swingin’ Affair! (1957) [2014, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957) [2014, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Frank Sinatra – A Swingin’ Affair! (1957)
[2014, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 652 MB (DSF) + 519 MB (FLAC) + 1.88 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2107 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

In some ways, A Swingin’ Affair! is “Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!, Pt. 2,” following the same formula of Sinatra’s hit album of the previous year. Beneath the surface, there are enough variations on A Swingin’ Affair! to make it a distinctive, and equally enjoyable listen. The most noticeable difference between the two records is their basic approach. Continue reading “Frank Sinatra – A Swingin’ Affair! (1957) [2014, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Jill Barber – Encore! (2024) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Jill Barber - Encore! (2024) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Jill Barber – Encore! (2024) [Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 718 MB
Label: Outside Music | Genre: Vocal Jazz

A cafe in Paris, a cocktail lounge in Palm Springs, a beachside bar in Rio De Janeiro, a lokanta in Istanbul. Jill Barber’s French repertoire is played around the world and has earned her a following that transcends language barriers. Her music has become the soundtrack to an experience. It is a surprising achievement for an anglophone artist who only began her affair with the French language in her late twenties, following a moment during the Montreal Jazz Festival, where she sang a few notes of French to an enraptured crowd. Continue reading “Jill Barber – Encore! (2024) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Frank Sinatra – Point of No Return (1962) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Frank Sinatra - Point of No Return (1962) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Frank Sinatra – Point of No Return (1962) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 233 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.06 GB (DSF) + 792 MB (FLAC) + 1.63 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2112 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

At the time he recorded his final Capitol album, Point of No Return, Frank Sinatra was no longer interested in giving his record label first-rate material, preferring to save that for his new label, Reprise. However, someone persuaded the singer to make the album a special occasion by reuniting with Axel Stordahl, the arranger/conductor who helped Sinatra rise to stardom in the ’40s; he also arranged the vocalist’s first Capitol session, so his presence gave a nice sense of closure to the Capitol era. Continue reading “Frank Sinatra – Point of No Return (1962) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Dave Brubeck – Quiet as the Moon: Music from the Peanuts Tv Special “This is America, Charlie Brown” (1991) [2022 Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Dave Brubeck - Quiet as the Moon: Music from the Peanuts Tv Special

Dave Brubeck
Quiet as the Moon: Music from the Peanuts Tv Special “This is America, Charlie Brown” (1991)
[2022 Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 2.02 GB
Label: Amerco, Inc. | Genre: Jazz

Brubeck is heard at three separate recording sessions on this CD playing music that was used in the Peanuts cartoon series. The music ranges from such standards as “Bicycle Built for Two” and “When You Wish Upon a Star” and Vince Guaraldi classics (including “Cast Your Fate to the Wind”) to Brubeck originals. Continue reading “Dave Brubeck – Quiet as the Moon: Music from the Peanuts Tv Special “This is America, Charlie Brown” (1991) [2022 Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Stacey Kent – Summer Me, Winter Me (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Stacey Kent - Summer Me, Winter Me (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Stacey Kent – Summer Me, Winter Me (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Digital Booklet Included
Total Size: 1.03 GB
Label: Naive | Genre: Vocal Jazz

With her album sales measured in millions, Stacey Kent is one of the great success stories in modern jazz. Her multi-lingual abilities allow her to record in various languages and she has appeared in over fifty countries. Her appeal is global and it is her vocal ability which has taken her to these heights. Continue reading “Stacey Kent – Summer Me, Winter Me (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Nicki Parrott – Feelin’ Groovy (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Nicki Parrott - Feelin' Groovy (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Nicki Parrott – Feelin’ Groovy (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 918 MB
Label: Arbors Records | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Australian jazz vocalist and bass player Nikki Parrott’s 2024 album Feeling Groovy is a collection of 60s songbooks. It is a jazzy dish of 60s hits by Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Burt Bacharach, Sergio Mendes, Fred Neil, and others. Continue reading “Nicki Parrott – Feelin’ Groovy (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Clifford Brown – The Clifford Brown Box (2020) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Clifford Brown - The Clifford Brown Box (2020) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Clifford Brown – The Clifford Brown Box (2020)
[Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
4 x Discs
Total Size: 4.20 GB (DSF) + 2.89 GB (FLAC) + 6.89 GB (ISO)
Label: Esoteric Company | Japan | Cat#: ESSE-90223/6 | Genre: Jazz

This Limited Edition 4-SACD box set contains four iconic jazz albums featuring Clifford Brown including Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Jams, Clifford Brown and Max Roach, plus Study In Brown. All albums were recorded between August 1954 and February 1955. Continue reading “Clifford Brown – The Clifford Brown Box (2020) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Norah Jones – Visions (2024) [Japanese Edition]

Norah Jones - Visions (2024) [Japanese Edition]

Norah Jones – Visions (2024) [Japanese Edition]
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 392 MB
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UCCQ-9666 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Norah Jones named her eighth proper studio set Visions because many of the musical ideas occurred to her in the middle of the night, right when her consciousness was hazy: they weren’t fully realized so much as an apparition. Continue reading “Norah Jones – Visions (2024) [Japanese Edition]”

Norah Jones – Visions (2024) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Norah Jones - Visions (2024) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Norah Jones – Visions (2024) [Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 816 MB
Label: Blue Note | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Norah Jones’ new album Visions is a vibrant and joyous 12-song set that finds Jones singing about feeling free, wanting to dance, making it right, and acceptance of what life brings. Visions is the yang to the yin that was Pick Me Up Off The Floor, Jones’ last album of new original songs which was released early in the pandemic lockdown of 2020 and foreshadowed many of the dark emotions of that period. Continue reading “Norah Jones – Visions (2024) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Seiko Matsuda – Seiko Jazz 3 (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Seiko Matsuda - Seiko Jazz 3 (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Seiko Matsuda – Seiko Jazz 3 (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 1.67 GB
Label: Universal | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Third release from “SEIKO JAZZ” series, featuring Seiko Matsuda’s cover songs with jazz arrangement. The series has been released in the U.S. on the jazz label “Verve.” This third release in the series was produced by a bassist Nathan East through an introduction by Quincy Jones. The album was produced at two locations, LA and Tokyo, with the world’s best players. For the first time in the series, the album includes a jazz-arranged self-cover of her signature song “Akai Sweet Pea,” featuring saxophonist Kenny G. Continue reading “Seiko Matsuda – Seiko Jazz 3 (2024) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern – Lifecycle (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern - Lifecycle (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern – Lifecycle (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Scans Included
Total Size: 5.90 GB (DSF) + 4.14 GB (FLAC) + 4.14 GB (ISO)
Label: Heads Up International | US | Cat#: HUSA 9139 | Genre: Fusion, Smooth Jazz

If the Yellowjackets needed a guest guitarist, who would be the best person for the job? Pat Metheny would be an excellent choice, as would Al di Meola, John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell, or John Scofield. Well, the Yellowjackets did hire a guest guitarist for Lifecycle — an excellent and well-known guitarist, in fact — and they feature him extensively on this 2008 release. Continue reading “Yellowjackets Featuring Mike Stern – Lifecycle (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”