Category: Vocal Jazz

Various Artists – 6 Queens of Jazz Vocal (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists - 6 Queens of Jazz Vocal (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists – 6 Queens of Jazz Vocal (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
6x SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 10.4 GB (ISO) + 4.98 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Esoteric | Japan | Cat#: ESSO-90143/8 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
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Norah Jones – Pick Me Up Off The Floor (2020) [WEB, Hi-Res]

Norah Jones - Pick Me Up Off The Floor (2020) [WEB, Hi-Res]

Norah Jones – Pick Me Up Off The Floor (2020) [WEB, Hi-Res]
WEB Download | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 876 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Blue Note Records | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Once she came to the end of the promotional cycle for 2016’s Day Breaks, Norah Jones decided to challenge herself by recording a series of swift sessions with a rotating cast of collaborators. The intention was to release the results quickly, issuing them as a digital single at a time, and Jones followed through on this plan, releasing a new song every few months throughout 2018. Continue reading “Norah Jones – Pick Me Up Off The Floor (2020) [WEB, Hi-Res]”

Bing Crosby / Buddy Bregman – Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings (1956) [1992, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Bing Crosby / Buddy Bregman - Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings (1956) [1992, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Bing Crosby / Buddy Bregman – Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings (1956) [1992, 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: 417 MB (Hi-Res) + 128 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-260 | Genre: Swing, Vocal Jazz
Half-Speed Mastered

In early 1956, Bing Crosby ended the two long-term company affiliations that had defined his career for more than 20 years, leaving his exclusive associations with Paramount Pictures and Decca Records. Thereafter, he made movies and records on a freelance basis. The immediate results were more felicitous for his film work than his recording, as he went to MGM for the successful movie High Society. As a recording artist, in rapid succession he cut the movie soundtrack for Capitol (January-February); a new album for Decca, Songs I Wish I Had Sung (The First Time Around) (April); and a new album for Verve, Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings (June). Continue reading “Bing Crosby / Buddy Bregman – Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings (1956) [1992, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Aaron Neville – Nature Boy: The Standards Album (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Aaron Neville - Nature Boy: The Standards Album (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Aaron Neville – Nature Boy: The Standards Album (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.06 GB (ISO) + 2.44 GB (FLAC Mch) + 955 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Verve Records | EU | Cat#: 0044007606223 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Aaron Neville’s voice exists in that rarefied air occupied by only the most lyrical musicians, including Paul Desmond’s alto saxophone and Miles Davis’ muted trumpet. Sweet and throaty, reedy and always crying, it’s capable of bewitching anyone within hailing distance — including, in some cases, the singer himself. Nature Boy: The Standards Album, his first record for Verve, is naturally a jazz/vocal date; Neville tackled a dozen songs from the popular songbook, with accompaniment from a backing trio comprised of pianist (and arranger/conductor) Rob Mounsey, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Grady Tate (plus one or two appearances each from Roy Hargrove on trumpet, Ry Cooder on guitar, and Ray Anderson on trombone). Continue reading “Aaron Neville – Nature Boy: The Standards Album (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Carol Kidd – Debut (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carol Kidd - Debut (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carol Kidd – Debut (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.50 GB (ISO) + 2.02 GB (FLAC Mch) + 783 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Linn Records | UK | Cat#: AKD 228 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
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Billie Holiday – Body And Soul (1957) [1995, MFSL Remastered CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Billie Holiday - Body And Soul (1957) [1995, MFSL Remastered CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Billie Holiday – Body And Soul (1957) [1995, 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: 440 MB (Hi-Res) + 130 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-247 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
Half-Speed Mastered

This session comes from close to the end of the line (1959) in the erstwhile swinging company of Barney Kessel on guitar, Ben Webster on tenor, and naysayers will be quick to point out that Lady Day wasn’t in peak form here. But Billie Holiday with some of the platinum chipped off the pipes is still way better than a buncha finger-snappin’ wannabes anyday. Continue reading “Billie Holiday – Body And Soul (1957) [1995, MFSL Remastered CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Peggy Lee – Swing (2020) {WEB Hi-Res}

Peggy Lee - Swing (2020) {WEB Hi-Res}

Peggy Lee – Swing (2020) {WEB Hi-Res}
WEB Download | Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 192kHz
Total Size: 1.40 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: 2xHD | Genre: Vocal Jazz

The follow-up to the 2xHD Peggy Lee ‘Gentle Ballads’, this album delivers the swing songs recorded during the same 1948 World Program Service sessions. The historic recording was made on 78rpm acetate, and was brilliantly restored from the master by 2xHD’s FUSION mastering system. It sheds a rare light on this period of Peggy Lee’s magnificent career. Continue reading “Peggy Lee – Swing (2020) {WEB Hi-Res}”

Doris Day & André Previn – Duet (1962)

Doris Day & André Previn - Duet (1962)

Doris Day & André Previn – Duet (1962)
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 241 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: 496858 2 | Austria | Cat#: 496858 2 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Recorded late in 1961, this album is a milestone in Doris Day’s career — despite having generated no hits — as her best long-player, and her purest jazz solo album. Cut as a duet with André Previn (with Previn Trio bassist Red Mitchell and drummer Frank Capp providing occasional support), the album presents Day in the most intimate musical setting of her career. Continue reading “Doris Day & André Previn – Duet (1962)”

Frank Sinatra – Songs For Swingin’ Lovers (1956) [1993, MFSL Remastered]

Frank Sinatra - Songs For Swingin' Lovers (1956) [1993, MFSL Remastered]

Frank Sinatra – Songs For Swingin’ Lovers (1956) [1993, MFSL Remastered]
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 290 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Cat#: UDCD 538 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

After the ballad-heavy In the Wee Small Hours, Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle returned to up-tempo, swing material with Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!, arguably the vocalist’s greatest swing set. Like Sinatra’s previous Capitol albums, Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! consists of reinterpreted pop standards, ranging from the ten-year-old “You Make Me Feel So Young” to the 20-year-old “Pennies From Heaven” and “I’ve Got You Under My Skin.” Sinatra is supremely confident throughout the album, singing with authority and joy. Continue reading “Frank Sinatra – Songs For Swingin’ Lovers (1956) [1993, MFSL Remastered]”