Vocal Jazz

Frank Sinatra – Songs For Swingin’ Lovers (1956) {1993, MFSL Remastered}

November 24, 2017

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.Read More

Vocal Jazz

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

November 24, 2017

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}
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 226 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.58 GB (SACD ISO) + 773 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2112 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

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.Read More

Vocal Jazz

New York Voices – Let It Snow (2013) {2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip} UPDATE

November 22, 2017

New York Voices - Let It Snow (2013) {2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

New York Voices – Let It Snow (2013) {2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 419 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.32 GB (SACD ISO) + 2.72 GB (SACD FLAC Mch) + 1.00 GB (SACD FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ5 520 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Let It Snow finds New York Voices Kim Nazarian, Lauren Kinhan, Darmon Meader and Peter Eldridge celebrating a host of traditional and sacred holiday classics as well as secular favorites. With the assistance of Grammy Award winning producer and engineer, Elliot Scheiner (Steely Dan, Eagles, Manhattan Transfer, Fleetwood Mac), the quartet has fashioned an album that honors beloved songs, while incorporating sophisticated jazz and swing elementsRead More

Vocal Jazz, Xmas

Frank Sinatra – Albums Collection

October 31, 2017

Frank Sinatra - Albums Collection

Frank Sinatra – Albums Collection
EAC Rip | 95xCD | FLAC/APE/WV Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 26.1 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
ALBUMS & COMPILATIONS | BOX SETS
Label: Various | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Swing, Big band

Frank Sinatra was arguably the most important popular music figure of the 20th century, his only real rivals for the title being Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, and the Beatles. In a professional career that lasted 60 years, he demonstrated a remarkable ability to maintain his appeal and pursue his musical goals despite often countervailing trends. He came to the fore during the swing era of the 1930s and ’40s, helped to define the “sing era” of the ’40s and ’50s, and continued to attract listeners during the rock era that began in the mid-’50s. He scored his first number one hit in 1940 and was still making million-selling recordings in 1994.Read More

Jazz, Vocal Jazz

Sarah McKenzie – Paris In The Rain (2017) {CD + Hi-Res}

September 24, 2017

Sarah McKenzie - Paris In The Rain (2017) {CD + Hi-Res}

Sarah McKenzie – Paris In The Rain (2017) {CD + Hi-Res}
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Digital Download | FLAC Tracks @24bit/96kHz (Hi-Res) | PDF booklet
Total Size: 376 MB (CD) + 1.09 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Impulse | EU | Cat#: 0602557282436 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

2017 album from Melbourne jazz vocalist, pianist & composer, produced by Brian Bacchus, who has worked with Norah Jones, Lizz Wright & Gregory Porter.Read More

Vocal Jazz

Mel Tormé – The London Sessions (2002) {Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

August 19, 2017

Mel Tormé - The London Sessions (2002) {Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Mel Tormé – The London Sessions (2002) {Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.66 GB (ISO) + 763 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 002 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Mel Tormé had recorded relatively few rewarding albums in the decade before this set, originally put out by Gryphon before being reissued on CD by DCC Jazz. However, his voice had improved with time, his range had widened, and he had become an even stronger jazz singer than before.Read More

Vocal Jazz

Nat King Cole – Welcome To The Club (1959) {2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}

August 19, 2017

Nat King Cole - Welcome To The Club (1959) {2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Nat King Cole – Welcome To The Club (1959) {2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz
Total Size: 301 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.26 GB (SACD ISO) + 586 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ 153 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

As the 1950s came to a close, Nat King Cole (vocals/piano) continued creating stylish renditions of pop and jazz flavored standards. On Welcome to the Club (1959) the artist teams up with Dave Cavanaugh and the Count Basie combo — minus the maestro himself due to contractual restraints — for one of Cole’s most powerful collections supported by a big band. In fact, it is Cole’s unmistakable ultra-cool intonations that flawlessly reign in the fiery — and at times overbearing — ensemble arrangements.Read More

Vocal Jazz

Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song {2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}

August 19, 2017

Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song {2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song {2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz
Total Size: 279 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.26 GB (SACD ISO) + 609 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ 225 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

First issued in the early ’60s, this collection of musical Christmas cheer is packed full of the smoothly sung, sentimental favorites associated as much with Nat King Cole himself as with the season. The singer’s performance of “The Christmas Song” is an unforgettable classic reprised here twice, once in an updated version that includes a contemporary vocal from his daughter, Natalie, and also in Cole’s original 1946 recording.Read More

Vocal Jazz

Various Artists – Jazz Hits Of The 50s (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

August 8, 2017

Various Artists - Jazz Hits Of The 50s (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists – Jazz Hits Of The 50s (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | 2xSACD | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 7.95 GB (ISO) + 2.40 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Membran Music | Germany | Cat#: 224069-211 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Include Nat King Cole, Dinah Washington, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Mel Torme, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O’Day, Bing Crosby, Sarah Vaughan, Perry Como, Betty Carter and many moreRead More

Vocal Jazz

Tony Bennett – Playin’ With My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (2001) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

August 8, 2017

Tony Bennett - Playin' With My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (2001) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Tony Bennett – Playin’ With My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (2001) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.19 GB (ISO) + 2.73 GB (FLAC Multichannel) + 1.02 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: RPM Records / Columbia | Cat#: CS 85833 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Tony Bennett’s latter-day albums tend to have themes, and this one has two, as indicated by its double-barreled title: It is both a duets album and a blues album. The duet partners include ten singers who range from his recent touring partners Diana Krall and k.d. lang to fellow veterans Ray Charles, B.B. King, and Kay Starr, and younger, but still mature pop stars Stevie Wonder, Bonnie Raitt, and Billy Joel.Read More

Vocal Jazz

Diana Krall – The Look of Love (2001) {2002, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

August 8, 2017

Diana Krall - The Look of Love (2001) {2002, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Diana Krall – The Look of Love (2001) {2002, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.08 GB (ISO) + 2.63 GB (FLAC Multichannel) + 1.00 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Verve | EU | Cat#: 589 597-2 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

The Look of Love is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer Diana Krall, released on September 18, 2001 by Verve Records. It became Krall’s first album to top the Canadian Albums Chart. In 2002, the album earned Al Schmitt the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.Read More

Vocal Jazz

Diana Krall – The Girl In The Other Room (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

August 2, 2017

Diana Krall - The Girl In The Other Room (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Diana Krall – The Girl In The Other Room (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.61 GB (ISO) + 2.72 GB (FLAC Multichannel) + 1.07 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Verve | EU | Cat#: 0602498620465 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

While the jazz fascists (read: purists) may be screaming “sellout” because Diana Krall decided to record something other than standards this time out, the rest of us can enjoy the considerable fruit of her labors. The Girl in the Other Room is, without question, a jazz record in the same manner her other outings are.Read More

Vocal Jazz