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Monty Alexander – Stir It Up: The Music Of Bob Marley (1999) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Monty Alexander - Stir It Up: The Music Of Bob Marley (1999) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Monty Alexander – Stir It Up: The Music Of Bob Marley (1999) [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: 2.89 GB (DSF) + 1.26 GB (FLAC) + 2.97 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Telarc | US | Cat#: SACD-63469 | Genre: Jazz, Reggae

Monty Alexander long ago combined together the influence of Oscar Peterson with the soul of Gene Harris and Nat “King” Cole to form his own appealing and personable style. On this release Monty Alexander combines a six-piece Jamaican reggae rhythm section with a three-piece jazz rhythm team to perform songs by the well-known artist Bob Marley. Continue reading “Monty Alexander – Stir It Up: The Music Of Bob Marley (1999) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Monty Alexander – The Good Life: Monty Alexander Plays The Songs Of Tony Bennett (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Monty Alexander - The Good Life: Monty Alexander Plays The Songs Of Tony Bennett (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Monty Alexander – The Good Life: Monty Alexander Plays The Songs Of Tony Bennett (2008)
[Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel (Quadraphonic) | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 8.17 GB (DSF) + 3.11 GB (FLAC) + 2.65 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Chesky Records | US | Cat#: SACD340 | Genre: Jazz

Monty Alexander has always been a fine jazz pianist, but in recent years he has received more popular acclaim for interpreting the reggae music of his native Jamaica. While his reggae efforts are well done, straight-ahead jazz and interpreting standards are really his forte. For The Good Life, Alexander has chosen to riff on tunes from the repertoire of Tony Bennett Continue reading “Monty Alexander – The Good Life: Monty Alexander Plays The Songs Of Tony Bennett (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Monty Alexander – Calypso Blues: The Songs Of Nat King Cole (2009) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Monty Alexander - Calypso Blues: The Songs Of Nat King Cole (2009) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Monty Alexander – Calypso Blues: The Songs Of Nat King Cole (2009) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel (Quadraphonic) | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 7.84 GB (DSF) + 3.03 GB (FLAC) + 4.05 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Chesky Records | US | Cat#: SACD339 | Genre: Jazz

Monty Alexander follows up his tribute to Tony Bennett with an homage to another classic jazz singer, Nat King Cole. Also recorded in New York City at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church with the same trio of Chicagoans Lorin Cohen on bass and drummer George Fludas, the veteran pianist seems more in his element with this artist’s repertoire that sharply defined his personal sound and thinking about populist jazz. Continue reading “Monty Alexander – Calypso Blues: The Songs Of Nat King Cole (2009) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Monty Alexander – Monty Meets Sly And Robbie (2000) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Monty Alexander - Monty Meets Sly And Robbie (2000) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jazz purists may turn up the nose at this jazz-reggae summit meeting, but that’s their loss. It’s not that they wouldn’t have the right to be suspicious — experiments in jazz-reggae fusion do not have a distinguished history. But the combination of Jamaican-born jazz pianist Monty Alexander and reggae godfathers Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare works beautifully here for a number of reasons: first of all, Alexander is a gifted melodist with an unerring sense of groove (not always a given with jazz players), and second of all, Sly and Robbie emancipated themselves long ago from reggae’s rhythmic strictures, so there’s lots of variety on this album. Continue reading “Monty Alexander – Monty Meets Sly And Robbie (2000) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”