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Jacintha – Autumn Leaves: The Songs of Johnny Mercer (1999) {2009, DSD, WEB Hi-Res}

Jacintha - Autumn Leaves: The Songs of Johnny Mercer (1999) {2009, DSD, WEB Hi-Res}

Jacintha – Autumn Leaves: The Songs of Johnny Mercer (1999) {2009, DSD, WEB Hi-Res}
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Total Size: 2.40 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Groove Note | Genre: Vocal Jazz

When Ying Tan told me that Jacintha’s second album for Groove Note would be a collection of Johnny Mercer songs, I felt a quickening of the pulse. Here surely would be a recital of rare sympathy: one of the most purely romantic of all lyricists interpreted by one of the most ravishingly beautiful voices to come along in jazz and popular music this last quarter century. Few new singers of standards display as much awareness of the performing traditions of the American popular song as this Singapore-born and raised jazz singer, whose first album for Groove Note paid explicit tribute to the great tenor saxophonist Ben Webster. Continue reading “Jacintha – Autumn Leaves: The Songs of Johnny Mercer (1999) {2009, DSD, WEB Hi-Res}”

Lyn Stanley – The Moonlight Sessions Volume Two (2017) {DSD128, WEB Hi-Res}

Lyn Stanley - The Moonlight Sessions Volume Two (2017) {DSD128, WEB Hi-Res}

Lyn Stanley – The Moonlight Sessions Volume Two (2017) {DSD128, WEB Hi-Res}
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Label: A.T. Music LLC | Genre: Vocal JAzz

The Moonlight Sessions Project, Volumes One and Two, are an exploration into the depths of love lost and love present. The project was developed with the intention of creating a new take and approach to arrangements and was dedicated to the famous arranger, Sammy Nestico, best known for his swinging Count Basie arrangements but also worked for many other music greats. Mr. Nestico was involved in the development of this project from its inception. Continue reading “Lyn Stanley – The Moonlight Sessions Volume Two (2017) {DSD128, WEB Hi-Res}”

Lyn Stanley – The Moonlight Sessions Volume One (2017) {DSD128, WEB Hi-Res}

Lyn Stanley - The Moonlight Sessions Volume One (2017) {DSD128, WEB Hi-Res}

Lyn Stanley – The Moonlight Sessions Volume One (2017) {DSD128, WEB Hi-Res}
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Total Size: 4.06 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: A.T. Music LLC | Genre: Vocal Jazz

The Moonlight Sessions Project is Lyn Stanley’s best music to date. Filled with the A-Team for jazz musicians–literally the who’s who for today’s superstars–and the most interesting arrangements created in years. And, her musicians think this is one of the best albums they have worked on in a very long time. Continue reading “Lyn Stanley – The Moonlight Sessions Volume One (2017) {DSD128, WEB Hi-Res}”

The Mills Brothers – The Mills Brothers Chronological Vol.1 (1999)

The Mills Brothers - The Mills Brothers Chronological Vol.1 (1999)

The English JSP label, on six CD’s, has reissued in chronological order all of the Mills Brothers recordings from the 1931-39 period. Although they became a best-selling middle-of-the-road pop vocal group in the 1940’s, the Mills Brothers were most notable during their first decade for their uncanny ability to imitate instruments, particularly trumpet, trombone, and bass. Continue reading “The Mills Brothers – The Mills Brothers Chronological Vol.1 (1999)”

Rebekka Bakken – Most Personal (2016)

Rebekka Bakken - Most Personal (2016)

Norah Jones – Discography (2002 – 2012)

Norah Jones - Discography (2002 - 2012)

Vocalist and pianist Norah Jones developed a unique blend of jazz and traditional vocal pop, with hints of bluesy country and contemporary folk, due in large part to her unique upbringing. The daughter of Ravi Shankar, Jones grew up in Texas with her mother. While she always found the music of Billie Holiday and Bill Evans both intriguing and comforting, she didn’t really explore jazz until attending Dallas’ Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Continue reading “Norah Jones – Discography (2002 – 2012)”

Norah Jones – Day Breaks (2016) [Japanese SHM-CD, CD+DVD]

Norah Jones - Day Breaks (2016) [Japanese SHM-CD, CD+DVD]

Norah Jones took liberty with her blockbuster success to set out on a musical walkabout, spending a good portion of the decade following 2004’s Feels Like Home experimenting, either on her own albums or on a variety of collaborations. Day Breaks, released four years after the atmospheric adult alternative pop of the Danger Mouse-produced Little Broken Hearts, finds Jones returning home to an extent: Continue reading “Norah Jones – Day Breaks (2016) [Japanese SHM-CD, CD+DVD]”

Various Artists – The Ultimate Wartime Hits (2010)

Various Artists - The Ultimate Wartime Hits (2010)

The Mills Brothers – Golden Greats (2002)

The Mills Brothers - Golden Greats (2002)

Perry Como – Juke Box Baby (2006)

Perry Como - Juke Box Baby (2006)

Perry Como rocks! He would have been aghast at the notion, but in the mid-to-late 1950s, he recorded a slew of singles that weren’t really rock ‘n’ roll, but definitely rocked. These records are now heralded as the era’s classics: Kewpie Doll, Round And Round, Ko Ko Mo, Tina Marie, Hot Diggity, Catch A Falling Star, Magic Moments, Juke Box Baby, Glendora, Dancin’, and Just Born To Be Your Baby. Those songs featured the era’s top songwriters like Burt Bacharach, Leiber & Stoller, and Luther Dixon. Continue reading “Perry Como – Juke Box Baby (2006)”

Vera Lynn – We’ll Meet Again: Her Classic Performances (1997)

Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again: Her Classic Performances (1997)

The Beautiful voice of Vera Lynn and twenty songs cut at the begging of Worl War Two including the title track and such other nostalgic classics as ‘A nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square’ and ‘The White Cliffs Of Dover’. As a symbol of the spirit of Britain during our darkest hour, Vera is rightly held in enormous affection and steem, but these tracks also reveal her to be a superb singer and highly enjoyable entertainer. Continue reading “Vera Lynn – We’ll Meet Again: Her Classic Performances (1997)”

Doris Day – Complete Recordings With Les Brown (2001)

Doris Day - Complete Recordings With Les Brown (2001)

Reissuing the identical material compiled elsewhere several times (most notably on Columbia’s The Complete Doris Day With Les Brown), Jazz Factory won’t win any points for originality, but the material itself is golden. Day’s recordings with Les Brown blazed at such a high candle power that even an energetic combo like the Andrews Sisters could hardly compare (no less with their three voices to her one). Continue reading “Doris Day – Complete Recordings With Les Brown (2001)”

Nat King Cole – The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio (1991) [18CD Box Set]

Nat King Cole - The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio (1991) [18CD Box Set]

Music fans born after 1960 are less likely to be aware that Nat King Cole began his career as an influential jazz pianist, so much so that the great Art Tatum and the up-and-coming Oscar Peterson formed trios similar to Cole’s. What this comprehensive limited-edition boxed set does is put all of Cole’s jazz trio recordings, including later groups that added a conga player, selected tracks from sessions that sometimes border on easy listening, and nearly the complete contents Continue reading “Nat King Cole – The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio (1991) [18CD Box Set]”

Madeleine Peyroux – Keep Me In Your Heart For A While: The Best Of Madeleine Peyroux (2014)

Madeleine Peyroux - Keep Me In Your Heart For A While: The Best Of Madeleine Peyroux (2014)

The 2014 career-spanning anthology Keep Me in Your Heart for a While: The Best of Madeleine Peyroux, showcases tracks from throughout the Georgia-born, Paris-based vocalist’s career. Starting with her 1996 debut album, Dreamland, and running through her 2013 studio effort The Blue Room, Keep Me in Your Heart for a While reveals Peyroux’s transformation from a bluesy, Billie Holiday-influenced vocal ingenue to a mature and sophisticated interpreter of popular song Continue reading “Madeleine Peyroux – Keep Me In Your Heart For A While: The Best Of Madeleine Peyroux (2014)”

Nnenna Freelon – Shaking Free (1996) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nnenna Freelon - Shaking Free (1996) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

For this excellent effort, Nnenna Freelon solidifies her position as one of the better female jazz singers of the 1990s. Her appealing voice and versatility are well displayed throughout a set that includes a 5/4 version of “Out of This World,” the folk song “Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair,” “Birk’s Works,” “I Thought About You,” “Nature Boy,” and three originals. Continue reading “Nnenna Freelon – Shaking Free (1996) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”