VA – Golden Jazz Box: The Six Best Albums From The Six Best Ladies Of Jazz (2015) [6CD Box Set]

VA - Golden Jazz Box: The Six Best Albums From The Six Best Ladies Of Jazz (2015) [6CD Box Set]

VA – Golden Jazz Box: The Six Best Albums From The Six Best Ladies Of Jazz (2015) [6CD Box Set]
EAC Rip | 6xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.30 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Music Brokers | Mexico | Cat#: MBB7216 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
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Rebecca Pidgeon – Retrospective (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Rebecca Pidgeon - Retrospective (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Rebecca Pidgeon – Retrospective (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.98 GB (ISO) + 1.91 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.07 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Chesky Records | USA | Cat#: SACD242 | Genre: Contemporary Jazz

Rebecca Pidgeon’s signature sweet voice has spanned three solo albums and distinct musical and song styles; now commemorating the best from each album, Retrospective highlights the individual tiles that together create an exacting mosaic of this amazing singer/songwriter. The collection starts off with a bang featuring Rebecca’s highly regarded rendition of Spanish Harlem, considered an audiophile classic. The release hosts key selections from each of Rebecca’s albums including such favorites as 24 Hours of Love, Fhear a Bhata, and Primitive Man. Retrospective finishes gallantly with the inspiring piece that combines spoken word by husband and famous playwright David Mamet with Sam Cooke’s Bring It On Home To Me, all warmly overlaid with Robert Burns’ famous poem Auld Lang Syne. Continue reading “Rebecca Pidgeon – Retrospective (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Rebecca Pidgeon – The Raven (1994) [2007, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Rebecca Pidgeon - The Raven (1994) [2007, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Rebecca Pidgeon – The Raven (1994) [2007, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.35 GB (ISO) + 1.76 GB (FLAC Mch) + 0.98 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Chesky Records | USA | Cat#: SACD329 | Genre: Contemporary Jazz

Reflective yet contemporary, Rebecca’s lovely voice rings with honest, unpretentious confidence and vivid tenderness. While her Celtic melodies set the mood, her lyrics tell stories, full, rich, textured, and open hearted. The Raven marks the U.S. debut of this amazing talent & Chesky Record’s most striking, powerful and fully realized vocal record to date. Continue reading “Rebecca Pidgeon – The Raven (1994) [2007, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Jacintha – Lush Life (2001) {DSD, WEB Hi-Res}

Jacintha - Lush Life (2001) {DSD, WEB Hi-Res}

Jacintha – Lush Life (2001) {DSD, WEB Hi-Res}
WEB Download | Hi-Res | DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.82MHz
Total Size: 2.28 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Groove Note | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Might as well admit my bias: Jacintha has become one of my favorite living female vocalists. I initially came across her work when my friend Paul Seydor, a senior writer for The Absolute Sound, gave me a copy of her first Groove Note album Here’s to Ben, a tribute to legendary tenor saxophonist Ben Webster. I don’t know which impressed me more: the lushness of her voice or the vividness of her interpretations. Continue reading “Jacintha – Lush Life (2001) {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}

Jacintha – Autumn Leaves: The Songs of Johnny Mercer (1999) {2009, DSD, WEB Hi-Res}
WEB Download | Hi-Res | DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.82MHz
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}
WEB Download | Hi-Res | DSF Tracks / DSD128 / 1bit / 5.64MHz
Total Size: 4.60 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
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}
WEB Download | Hi-Res | DSF Tracks / DSD128 / 1bit / 5.64MHz
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 Mills Brothers – The Mills Brothers Chronological Vol.1 (1999)
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 178 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Nostalgia Arts | Denmark | Cat#: NOCD 3010 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

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)”

Norah Jones – Discography (2002 – 2012)

Norah Jones - Discography (2002 - 2012)

Norah Jones – Discography (2002 – 2012)
EAC Rip | 11xCD + DVD | FLAC Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 7.43 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS
Label: Various | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Adult Contemporary

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 – Day Breaks (2016) [Japanese SHM-CD, CD+DVD]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
DVD-5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 4:3 (720×480) VBR | LPCM, 2 channels
Total Size: 344 MB (CD) + 1.12 GB (DVD) + 162 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UCCQ-9039 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

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]”

Perry Como – Juke Box Baby (2006)

Perry Como - Juke Box Baby (2006)

Perry Como – Juke Box Baby (2006)
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 337 MB (CD) + 192 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Bear Family | Germany | Cat#: BCD 16783 | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Big Band

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)

Vera Lynn – We’ll Meet Again: Her Classic Performances (1997)
EAC Rip | APE Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 132 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Hallmark | UK | Cat#: 305532 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

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)”