Joe Beck & Ali Ryerson – Django (2001)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 55:36 minutes | Scans included | 3,42 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,01 GB
Features Stereo & Multichannel Surround Sound

Joe Beck and Ali Ryerson have been working as a team for more than four years, playing concerts and other gigs under the name Duo. This is their second album, and, with the name Django, one would assume it is in honor of guitarist Django Reinhardt. Instead, the set is dedicated to the members of the Modern Jazz Quartet, who pioneered chamber jazz, the style that dominates this session with flautist Ryerson. John Lewis’ “Django” is one of the tunes on the agenda that they play within the chamber style. Ryerson’s passion for Brazilian music is documented on her six albums for Concord Jazz. She gets to show her mastery of this tempo on “Carioca Blue” and “O Barquinho.” Jazz veteran Joe Beck, one of the first to mix jazz and rock guitar, uses an alto guitar which he invented. It provides a strong harmonically mellow and rhythmic cushion upon which Ryerson carries the melody line with her expressive, buoyant flute. Their mutual comfort is evident on such tunes as the medley “Come Together”/”Alone Together” and expresses itself on a haunting rendition of “Tenderly.” If anything, this album is epitomized by some striking improvising. The two generally take one chorus, stating the melody, and then let their collective imagination take over. That they play together rather than separately when they extemporize makes this album distinctive. And they do it successfully whether the tune be one by Miles Davis or Johnny Mercer. With just the two instruments, their inventive way of collaborating makes sure that the listener’s attention will not drift away. Recommended.

Tracklist:

01. People Make the World Go ‘Round
02. Laura
03. Django
04. Carioca
05. When I Fall In Love
06. Spain
07. Come Together/Alone Together
08. Tenderly
09. Hobo
10. It Takes Two
11. Barquino
12. Nardis
13. Danny Boy

Personnel:
Joe Beck – guitar
Ali Ryerson – flute

Note:
Pure DSD Recording
Recorded by Tom Jung at Ambient Recording, Stamford, CT. on February 10, 2001
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering.

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Joe Beck Trio – Brazilian Dreamin’ (2006) [Japan 2016]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 64:52 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,64 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,33 GB

Joe Beck began his career as a highly sought-after studio guitarist in the early 70s. His clean jazz playing on electric guitar was his hallmark. His discography is well-worthy searching for. He was well-respected and played with artists such as John Abercrombie, Jimmy Bruno, Gill Evans, Don Sebesky, Bobby TImmons, and Paul Simon. This recording was made for Japanese Venus label. Relaxed samba/bossa nova is the emphasis here, with selections from Antonio Carlos Jobim, primarily.

Joe Beck has had a long career, though he remains an artist deserving of wider recognition. These 2005 sessions are a relaxing affair that will delight fans of Brazilian jazz. Joined by bassist Ira Coleman and drummer Thierry Arpino (who is known for his work with violinist Jean-Luc Ponty), Beck’s fluid electric guitar (while sometimes overdubbing an acoustic rhythm line) makes the most of each selection, playing a heavy dose of popular tunes by Antonio Carlos Jobim and his own tasty originals. Highlights among the Jobim compositions include the bittersweet “O Grande Amor” and the easygoing “Felicidade.” Harmonica player Gregoire Maret is added for the leader’s gentle bossa nova “And Here’s to You” and Jobim’s bittersweet “Falando De Amor.” Beck also offers an inventive samba arrangement of John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” that adds a few twists while played at a slower-than-typical tempo, so it sneaks up on the listener. Highly recommended!

Tracklist:

01. Vivo Sonhando
02. Manha De Carnaval
03. Aquarius
04. O Grande Amor
05. Felicidade
06. And Here’s To You
07. Brazil
08. Ela E Carioca
09. Falando De Amor
10. Zanzibar
11. Giant Steps
12. What Would I Do Without You?

Personnel:
Joe Beck – guitar
Ira Coleman – bass
Thierry Arpino – drums
Gregoire Maret harmonica on “6 & 9”

Note:
Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Tetsuo Hara. Engineered by Katherine Miller.
Recorded on September 27 & 30, 2005 at The Studio in New York.
Venus Hyper Magnum Sound Direct Mix. VENUS Japan # VHGD-25.

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Joe Beck Trio – Girl Talk (2003) [Japan 2017]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 57:55 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,36 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,18 GB

Joe Beck was an American jazz guitarist who played in a variety of jazz styles, including jazz fusion, post bop, mainstream jazz and soul jazz. On this album Joe Beck joined with Joey DeFrancesco and Idris Muhammad. As result the trio plays subtle, tastefully rendered versions of jazz standards. Beck’s guitar takes inspiration from the Jim Hall and Pat Metheny, featuring gentle bent notes, muted strumming, wandering melodic lines, and a smooth, rounded tone.

Tracklist:

01. Gingi
02. Emily
03. Girl Talk
04. Have You Met Miss Jones?
05. Laura
06. Little Girl Blue
07. Nica’s Dream
08. Ruby
09. Sophisticated Lady
10. Stella By Starlight

Personnel:
Joe Beck – guitar
Joey DeFrancesco – organ
Idris Muhammad – drums

Note:
Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Tetsuo Hara. Engineered by Katherine Miller.
Recorded on June 19, 2002 at Avatar Studio in New York.
Venus Hyper Magnum Sound Direct Mix. VENUS Japan # VHGD-213.

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Joe Chambers – Urban Grooves (2002) [Reissue 2005] {SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC}
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 50:49 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 1,49 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,34 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,14 GB

Chambers’ latest release, Urban Groove, is about as good as it gets. An energizing set of standards and originals performed with the likes of Eric Reed, Gary Bartz, and Rufus Reid, Chambers is in top form, showing off his amazing technique not only on drums, but also vibes and marimba. Still, Chambers is careful not to pull too much attention away from his sidemen. Gary Bartz is electrifying throughout, and Eric Reed shines on piano.

The liner notes for Urban Grooves describe Joe Chambers as “a good jazz drummer.” Actually, he’s more than good; he’s an excellent jazz drummer who also knows his way around the vibraphone and the marimba. Not every album that Chambers has appeared on is great, but his skills as a musician certainly are. One thing Chambers isn’t, however, is a terribly forceful drummer; he knows when to hold back. Chambers doesn’t have quite as gentle a touch as Shelly Manne, but he isn’t as aggressive as Art Blakey or Art Taylor either. Recorded in March 2002 – when Chambers was three months away from his 60th birthday – Urban Grooves underscores his intuitive, insightful nature. This acoustic-oriented post-bop date finds Chambers leading an all-star quintet that boasts Gary Bartz on alto and soprano sax, Eric Reed on piano, Rufus Reid on bass, and Bobby Sanabria on percussion – and Chambers, true to form, knows exactly what to play when one of his colleagues takes a solo. When Bartz or Reed is stretching out, Chambers is never the least bit intrusive – he’s always sympathetic, encouraging, and helpful rather than heavy-handed. In fact, Urban Grooves is the opposite of heavy-handed; the performances tend to be on the introspective side whether the group is embracing “Sid’s Ahead” (one of Miles Davis’ lesser-known compositions), Marcus Miller’s “Portia,” or Chambers’ own material. The CD’s least introspective track is “Afreeka,” an exuberant Chambers piece that incorporates Caribbean, African, and Latin elements. But most of the time, a reflective mood defines Urban Grooves, which falls short of exceptional but is a pleasing, solid demonstration of Chambers’ skills as both a drummer and a vibist/marimba player.

Tracklist:

01. Third Street
02. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
03. Sid’s Ahead
04. In a Sentimental Mood
05. Stella by Starlight
06. Surrey with the Fringe on Top
07. Irina
08. Portia
09. Afreeka

Joe Henderson – Lush Life: The Music Of Billy Strayhorn (1992) [Reissue 2004] {SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC}
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 61:43 minutes | Scans included | 3,11 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,16 GB

With this release, the executives at Verve and their marketing staff proved that yes, indeed, jazz can sell. The veteran tenor Joe Henderson has had a distinctive sound and style of his own ever since he first entered the jazz major leagues yet he has spent long periods in relative obscurity before reaching his current status as a jazz superstar. As for the music on his “comeback” disc, it does deserve all of the hype. Henderson performs ten of Billy Strayhorn’s most enduring compositions in a variety of settings ranging from a full quintet with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and duets with pianist Stephen Scott, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Gregory Hutchinson to an unaccompanied solo exploration of “Lush Life.” This memorable outing succeeded both artistically and commercially and is highly recommended.

Tracklist:

01. Isfahan
02. Johnny Come Lately
03. Blood Count
04. Rain Check
05. Lotus Blossom
06. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
07. Take The “A” Train
08. Drawing Room Blues
09. U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)
10. Lush Life

Joe Henderson – Page One (1963) [APO Remaster 2009] {SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC}
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 42:06 minutes | Scans included | 1,72 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 828 MB

The title Page One is fitting for this disc, as it marks the beginning of the first chapter in the long career of tenor man Joe Henderson. And what a beginning it is; no less than Kenny Dorham, McCoy Tyner, Butch Warren, and Pete La Roca join the saxophonist for a stunning set that includes “Blue Bossa” and “Recorda Me,” two works that would be forever associated with Henderson. Both are bossa novas that offer a hip alternative to the easy listening Brazilian trend that would become popular with the masses. Henderson and Dorham make an ideal pair on these and other choice cuts like the blistering “Homestretch” and the engaging swinger “Jinrikisha.” These both show the already mature compositional prowess that would become Henderson’s trademark throughout his legendary career. The final blues number, “Out of the Night,” features powerful work by the leader that only hints of things to come in subsequent chapters.

Tracklist:

01. Blue Bossa
02. La Mesha
03. Homestretch
04. Recorda Me
05. Jinrikisha
06. Out of the Night

Joe Jackson – Body And Soul (1984) [Reissue 2020] {SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC}
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 45:40 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 1,3 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,17 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 929 MB

Body and Soul is an album by Joe Jackson, released in March 1984. The album was Jackson’s seventh studio album, and his first fully digital project. Body and Soul is a landmark recording as well, being an early digital recording captured on a 32-track 3M system in New York City’s Masonic Lodge. The vast reverberant space of the hall is beautifully drawn, and yet Joe and the band sound positively explosive. Body and Soul is remastered to DSD by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. The results are amazing! Body and Soul has never sounded so fullbodied. In addition to the wonderful ambience of the Masonic Lodge, the imaging is more three-dimensional and holographic than ever.

Body and Soul has Joe Jackson playing both hot- and cool-styled jazz songs, getting some worthy help from producer David Kershenbaum, who also lent Jackson a hand on his I’m the Man album. This is Jackson at his smoothest, from the fragility of “Not Here Not Now” to the earnestness of “Be My Number Two.” While both this song and “Happy Ending” charted fairly low in the U.K., the explosive “You Can’t Get What You Want” went to number 15 in the United States, thanks to the brilliant horn work and colorful jazz-pop mingling of all the other instruments, not to mention Jackson’s suave singing. But the album’s energy isn’t spent entirely on one track. “Cha Cha Loco,” “Losaida,” and the cheery yet stylish “Go for It” carry Jackson’s snazzy persona and enthusiasm even further, laying claim to how comfortable he really is at playing this style of music. Sometimes sounding preserved and entertaining in the same light, Body and Soul uses some of the character of 1982’s Night and Day album, but instead of splitting up the music into mild jazz, pop, and modern R&B, he decided to tackle one of the genres wholeheartedly, and in doing so he came up with a truly impeccable release.

Tracklist:

01. The Verdict
02. Cha Cha Loco
03. Not Here, Not Now
04. You Can’t Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)
05. Go For It
06. Loisaida
07. Happy Ending
08. Be My Number Two
09. Heart Of Ice

Joe Satriani – Strange Beautiful Music (2002) {MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC}
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 59:40 minutes | Scans included | 3,83 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 59:32 mins | Scans | 1,14 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound

What’s a guitar hero to do now that the masses prefer electronic beats and rap-metal to killer scale runs? Joe Satriani seeks that answer on Strange Beautiful Music. Satriani set himself apart from other would-be kings of the six-string in the 1980s by combining impeccable technique with great feel and pop hooks. With those qualities, he produced great guitar-driven albums like Surfing With the Alien and Flying in a Blue Dream. On his 2002 release, Satriani tries to make his music fresh by incorporating world music influences and a bit of techno flava. To his credit, he succeeds more than he fails. “Belly Dancer” combines straight-up rock riffs with Middle Eastern-twinged melodies and faster-than-sound runs up and down the fretboard. On “Oriental Melody,” Satch’s world music sensibility shines with the help of ping-pong delay and keyboards. He still has a knack for great hooks, too, as is evident on “New Last Jam,” which features a melody that bounces around in your head for days. But none of these tracks approach the pop brilliance of his Surfing With the Alien songs. In many ways, the experimental nature of songs like “What Breaks a Heart” hark back to his Not of This Earth release. But Strange Beautiful Music suffers from inconsistency. While the mix-and-match approach works on “Belly Dancer,” it can also result in the bland discontinuity of “Chords of Life,” which at times sounds like “All Along the Watchtower” and at others resembles scale and chord exercises from Yngwie Malmsteen — not an enticing combo. And “Starry Night,” while a nice ballad, feels like an attempt to rewrite his masterful ballad “Always With You, Always With Me”.

Tracklist:

01. Oriental Melody
02. Belly Dancer
03. Starry Night
04. Chords Of Life
05. Mind Storm
06. Sleep Walk
07. New Last Jam
08. Mountain Song
09. What Breaks A Heart
10. Seven String
11. Hill Groove
12. The Journey
13. The Traveler
14. You Saved My Life

Johannette Zomer, Bart Schneemann, Musica Amphion – Handel Arias: Love and Madness (2009) {MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC}
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 73:14 minutes | Digital Booklet | 3,96 GB
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or FLAC Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Digital Booklet | 1,51 GB
DSD Recording | Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Label: Channel Classics # CCS SA 29209

Handel, a child of his time, was fascinated by the poignant human dramas and emotions exemplified by Greek and Roman classical myths, dramas and poetry. A theatre composer to his very bones, he was remarkably skilled in the portrayal of human psychology. The oboe was an instrument especially beloved by Handel and it is the unifying element in this fascinating anthology of arias and cantatas focusing on themes of love and madness sung by soprano Johannette Zomer. Zomer is accompanied by oboist Bart Schneemann and the ensemble Musica Amphion under direction of Jan-Pieter Belder.

Soprano Johannette Zomer, a frequent presence on Channel Classics recordings, begins most impressively with Berenice’s aria, displaying solid, centered tone and confident expressive character in a piece that also requires significant dialog with the oboe–which she and Bart Schneemann execute with engaging charm and remarkable timing. There’s even more drama to come in Medea’s aria from Teseo, “Morirò” (I shall die! But I shall die avenged…), and here Zomer shows her ability to command the opera stage, allowing us without any visual cues to experience the song’s full emotional impact, enlivened by the virtuosic support of the Musica Amphion orchestra. Although Zomer doesn’t shy away from the challenges of Handel’s more fast and florid creations, she’s really at her best in the slower arias–indeed, her “Lascia ch’io pianga” is among the best-ever recorded versions–as are her “Scherza infida!” and “Mi palpita il cor”, which rank with Handel’s most popular and most-frequently performed arias. In the past I’ve had my issues with Zomer’s voice–but I have no such reservations here, especially regarding the exceptionally well-controlled tonal modulations that she uses to great expressive effect, a mastery of technique that wasn’t always present on several of her previous recordings. Zomer and Schneemann (who also contributes a couple of instrumental works to the program) work very well together–two special voices, unique in timbre but united in interpretive style and concept. And the sound is Channel Classics’ usual first-class production. If we’re lucky these two superb musicians will find another good excuse to get together–and Channel Classics will be there to record it.

Tracklist:

01. Chi t’intende?
02. Moriro
03. Ah! Spietato
04. Concerto a quattro
05. Languia di bocca lusinghiera
06. Dolce riposo
07. Io sperai
08. Lascia ch’io pianga
09. Oboe Concerto in G Minor – I. Grave
10. Oboe Concerto in G Minor – II. Allegro
11. Oboe Concerto in G Minor – III. Sarabande
12. Oboe Concerto in G Minor – IV. Allegro
13. Scherza infida
14. Mi palpita il cor
15. Introduzione
16. Caro, vieni a me

Joe Cocker – Joe Cocker (1969) [Audio Fidelity 2017]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 35:23 minutes | Scans included | 1,43 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 728 MB
Mastered for SACD by Kevin Gray | Audio Fidelity # AFZ-249 | Genre: Rock

Joe Cocker’s first three A&M albums form the bedrock of a career that spans over three decades. While Cocker certainly wasn’t always in top form during this stretch – thanks to alcohol problems and questionable comeback moves in the ’80s and ’90s – his early records did inform the classic pub rock sound later credited to proto-punk figures like Graham Parker and Brinsley Schwarz. On those early records, Cocker mixed elements of late-’60s English blues revival recordings (John Mayall, et al.) with the more contemporary sounds of soul and pop; a sound fused in no small part by producer and arranger Leon Russell, whose gumbo mix figures prominently on this eponymous release and the infamous Mad Dogs & Englishmen live set. Russell’s sophisticated swamp blues aesthetic is felt directly with versions of his gospel ballad “Hello, Little Friend” and Beatles-inspired bit of New Orleans pop – and one of Cocker’s biggest hits – “Delta Lady.” Following up on the huge success of an earlier cover of “With a Little Help From My Friends,” Cocker mines more Beatles gold with very respectable renditions of “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window” and “Something.” And rounding out this impressive set are equally astute takes on Dylan’s “Dear Landlord,” Leonard Cohen’s “Bird on the Wire,” and John Sebastian’s “Darling Be Home Soon.” Throughout, Cocker gets superb support from his regular backing group of the time, the Grease Band. A fine introduction to the singer’s classic, late-’60s and early-’70s period.

Tracklist:

01. Dear Landlord
02. Bird On A Wire
03. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
04. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
05. Hitchcock Railway
06. That’s Your Business
07. Something
08. Delta Lady
09. Hello, Little Friend
10. Darling Be Home Soon

Note:
Mastered for this SACD by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.
Authored by Stephen Marsh at Marsh Mastering.

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Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends (1969) [Audio Fidelity 2015]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 40:48 minutes | Scans included | 1,64 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 844 MB
Mastered for SACD by Kevin Gray | Audio Fidelity # AFZ-209 | Genre: Rock

Joe Cocker’s debut album holds up extraordinarily well across four decades, the singer’s performance bolstered by some very sharp playing, not only by his established sideman/collaborator Chris Stainton, but also some top-notch session musicians, among them drummer Clem Cattini, Steve Winwood on organ, and guitarists Jimmy Page and Albert Lee, all sitting in. It’s Cocker’s voice, a soulful rasp of an instrument backed up by Madeline Bell, Sunny Weetman and Rossetta Hightower that carries this album and makes “Change in Louise,” “Feeling Alright,” “Just Like a Woman,” “I Shall Be Released,” and even “Bye Bye Blackbird” into profound listening experiences. But the surprises in the arrangements, tempo, and approaches taken help make this an exceptional album. Tracks like “Just Like a Woman,” with its soaring gospel organ above a lean textured acoustic and light electric accompaniment, and the guitar-dominated rendition of “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” – the formal debut of the Grease Band on record – all help make this an exceptional listening experience. The 1999 A&M reissue not only includes new notes and audiophile-quality sound, but also a pair of bonus tracks, the previously unanthologized B-sides “The New Age of Lily” and “Something Coming On,” deserved better than the obscurity in which they previously dwelt.

Tracklist:

01. Feeling Alright
02. Bye Bye Blackbird
03. Change in Louise
04. Marjorine
05. Just Like a Woman
06. Do I Still Figure in Your Life?
07. Sandpaper Cadillac
08. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
09. With a Little Help from My Friends
10. I Shall Be Released

Note:
Mastered for this SACD by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.

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Joel Frahm Quartet – Caminhos Cruzados (2010) [Japan 2016]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 60:39 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,47 GB
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Joel Frahm is New York-based saxophonist and recording artist. This album features “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”, “Early Autumn” and other love songs by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Bossa Nova’s famous songs romantically and sentimentally tells jazz’s attractive tenor saxophone.

Wisconsin-born Joel Frahm practiced piano and bassoon in his youth, but in grade 8, chose tenor saxophone as his principal horn. He went on to play in the high school jazz band, later publically performing with quartet formed by one of those bandmates. He formally studied music in New York.

Pianist Cyrus Chestnut began playing at his church at age 6 and by age 9 was studying classical music at the Peabody Institute. Since age 30, he has spawned several albums and has performed alongside the likes of Vanessa Williams and Brian McKnight.

Bassist Dezron Douglas, born in Connecticut, didn’t start out as a jazz fan, relishing in the lyrics and tunes of R&B stars, including Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross. It was in college that he decided to harness his loyalty to rhythm and blues and combine it with the smooth moves of jazz to create a style all his own. He is now a music teacher.

Rio de Janeiro-born Drummer Duduka Da Fonseca has been playing drums since he was 12, and by age 15 was performing with some of the most experienced musicians in Brazil. In 1975, Mr. Da Fonseca moved to New York where his career flourished playing in various ensembles and conducting workshops in Japan and Europe. He is also the author of the instructional book and tape set Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset.

Tracklist:

01. Bons Amigos
02. Caminhos Cruzados
03. Carinhoso
04. Delilah
05. Early Autumn
06. O Cantador
07. Flowers On The Terrace
08. Sunshower
09. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
10. Flying Over Rio
11. Tereza My Love
12. Waiting For Angela

Personnel:
Joel Frahm – tenor sax
Cyrus Chestnut – piano
Dezron Douglas – bass
Duduka Da Fonseca – drums

Note:
Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Tetsuo Hara. Engineered by Katherine Miller.
Recorded on May 6 & 7, 2009 at The Avatar Studio in New York.
Venus Hyper Magnum Sound Direct Mix. VENUS Japan # VHGD-156.

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Joe McQueen & Friends – Ten At 86 (2006)
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Joe McQueen has been a professional jazz musician for over seventy years, turning ‘Pro’ at the tender age of sixteen. He was introduced to the saxophone a few years earlier by his cousin, Herschel Evans, who played in Count Basie’s band in the mid-1930s. Born in 1919 in Dallas, Texas, Joe was raised in Ardmore, Oklahoma, where he played tuba and then saxophone in the Ardmore High School band. Fast forward to 1945, when Joe and his wife, Thelma, were on the road as he was touring in a jazz band. While en-route from Las Vegas, the bandleader gambled away the troupe’s earnings, stranding them in Ogden, Utah. Joe and Thelma decided to stay in Ogden and McQueen reformed the band there. This turned out to be a serendipitous move because after WWII, Ogden, a major stop on the railroad between San Francisco and Kansas City, had become a hotspot for jazz music. Since settling in Ogden, McQueen has performed there with such jazz luminaries as Charlie Parker, Chet Baker (a fellow Oklahoman), Paul Gonzalez, Lester Young, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie. Joe continued to tour in the region, playing in Idaho Falls with Hoagy Carmichael.

Tracklist:

01. What a Difference a Day Makes
02. Stoned
03. Undecided
04. Willow Weep for Me
05. Blues Walkin’
06. Poinciana
07. Now’s the Time
08. Satin Doll
09. Tenderly
10. Broadway

Personnel:
Joe McQueen – sax
Evan Coombs – bass
Clayton Furch – piano
Don Keipp – drums
Skip Musgrave – trumpet
Brad Wheeler – harmonica

Note:
Recording Engineers: Ray Kimber & Graemme Brown.
Editing & Mastering by Graemme Brown at Zen Mastering.

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Joe Pass – Virtuoso (1973) [Reissue 2002]
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When Joe Pass recorded and released this first of his Virtuoso series of albums, he was 44 years old, and ready to reclaim his crown as king of jazz guitar after years of heroin abuse. As a solo artist playing only acoustic guitar in an amplified fusion era, the odds were stacked against him, but Pass boldly issued this, his most creative and improvisation-based work, to mass critical acclaim and widespread general public sales. The genius of Pass was that he was easily able to retain melodic lines of these standards while adding stretched-out, extrapolated thoughts on the top and bottom of the melodies. On every track, with each passing phrase, modified and extended line or poetic thought, Pass proves his unique style is better than all the rest. On the marvelous “Night & Day,” classical-flavored “Stella by Starlight” with no small influence of Andres Segovia, faster than the pounding precipitation and pain of “Here’s That Rainy Day,” or purely improvised “Cherokee,” Pass is at the top of his game. He occasionally concentrates more on the melody for the pensive “‘Round Midnight” or the fleet “All the Things You Are,” but meets any challenge during a masterful remake of “The Song Is You.” There can be no doubt as to the essential nature of this incredible recording, a top five item for any jazz guitarist, one of the great modern-day contemporary albums, and essential listening for any serious music lover — a must have item.

Tracklist:

01. Night And Day
02. Stella By Starlight
03. Here’s That Rainy Day
04. My Old Flame
05. How High The Moon
06. Cherokee
07. Sweet Lorraine
08. Have You Met Miss Jones?
09. ‘Round Midnight
10. All The Things You Are
11. Blues For Alican
12. The Song Is You

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Joe Satriani – Engines Of Creation (2000)
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With Crystal Planet, Joe Satriani made an effective return to his signature sound following the erratic blues-rock detour of Joe Satriani. For the follow-up to Crystal Planet, Satriani is once again exploring novel territory in an effort to keep his music fresh, and Engines of Creation is the biggest stylistic shift he’s made yet — to electronic music. Satriani’s guitar is still the focal point of the music, to be sure, but while his virtuosity is obvious, it’s often submerged in the new demands of this musical idiom. That isn’t a surprise either, given that Satriani is one of the few guitar shredders whose taste and musicality have never been in question. But fans who simply want to hear him rip through his typical jaw-dropping solos may be disappointed (even though, in the end, there are more than a few solos), as will those guitar fans who reflexively disdain all sounds electronic. Having defended it, though, Engines of Creation isn’t a total success. While the music is certainly influenced by techno and electronica, it probably won’t appeal to listeners coming from those arenas; overall, it simply isn’t as adventurous as much genuine electronica, avoiding complex backing rhythms or edgy sonic textures; nor is it as hypnotic, meandering or drifting aimlessly at times instead of moving into trancelike states of consciousness. Plus, Satriani’s songs are often more traditional than they may seem upon first listen; many of the compositions are based on repeated themes and riffs and standard rock-song structures, switching between recurring, identifiable sections rather than gradually building and unfolding. However, the album can also be quite inventive. Satriani has challenged himself to find ways of coaxing totally new sounds from his guitar, and he weaves them seamlessly into the futuristic electronic soundscapes. Moreover, his melodies and main themes have rarely been this angular and off-kilter, meaning that exploring this music has indeed helped Satriani refresh and re-imagine his signature sound. Even the pieces that aren’t ultimately that revolutionary are still intriguing, since very few musicians have the technical training and innate sense of musicality required to mine this territory. Overall, Engines of Creation is a brave and sporadically successful experiment, and it’s also a promising new direction for Satriani should he choose to continue this vein of exploration and take it out even farther.

Tracklist:

01. Devil’s Side
02. Flavor Crystal 7
03. Borg Sex
04. Until We Say Goodbye
05. Attack
06. Champagne?
07. Clouds Race Across The Sky
08. The Power Cosmic 2000-Part I
09. The Power Cosmic 2000-Part II
10. Slow and Easy
11. Engines of Creation

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Joe Walsh – So What (1974) [Audio Fidelity 2015]
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Mastered for SACD by Kevin Gray | Audio Fidelity # AFZ-214 | Genre: Rock

Joe Walsh’s catalog by this point was two albums strong and of a consistently high quality. Despite a change of lineup for So What — a wide range of musicians is used, including the Eagles’ Don Henley — the sound is very similar to previous releases. A number of classic Walsh tracks are featured, including a more polished version of “Turn to Stone,” originally featured on his debut album, Barnstorm, in a somewhat more riotous style. “Help Me Thru the Night,” Walsh’s mellowest song to date, is helped along by some fine lead and backing vocals from the band. So What sees Walsh in top form as a guitarist. Most of the nine tracks feature solos of unquestionable quality in his usual rock style. The classic rock genre that the man so well defined with his earlier albums is present here throughout, and it is pulled off with the usual unparalleled Joe Walsh ability.

Tracklist:

01. Welcome To The Club
02. Falling Down
03. Pavane Of The Sleeping Beauty
04. Time Out
05. All Night Laundry Mat Blues
06. Turn To Stone
07. Help Me Through The Night
08. County Fair
09. Song For Emma

Note:
Mastered for this SACD by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.

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Joe Weed – The Vultures (1995) [Reissue 2003]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 Stereo > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 34:50 minutes | Scans included | 1,42 GB
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Top Music International # TM-SACD1028.2 | Genre: New Age

Joe Weed is a great guitar instrumentalist in the mood of 50’s and 60’s. This album performs acoustic versions of the dreamy Sleepwalk and the ’60s classic Wipeout and more! He is joined by David Grisman on mandolin, Rob Ickes on dobro, Todd Phillips on bass and Norton Buffalo on harmonica.

Tracklist:

01. Pipeline
02. Apache
03. Sleepwalk
04. Walk, Don’t Run
05. Rebel Rouser
06. Stranger on the Shore
07. Green Onions
08. Alley Cat
09. Wipeout
10. Last Dat

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Hardy Rittner – Johannes Brahms: Early Piano Works Vol.2 (2008)
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 3,51 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 0,99 GB | Full Artwork
Label/Cat#: MDG “Scene” # 904 1538-6 | Country/Year: Germany 2008 | 3% Recovery Info
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Piano

Hardy Rittner seemed on top of his game both technically and interpretively in his first volume of Brahms’ early piano works, but for some reason he seems less assured and less interpretively attuned to Brahms’ music in this, his second volume. Performing the north German composer’s C major and F minor sonatas, Rittner does not bring out of the piano the massive sonorities the music’s out-sized chords require. This may be due in part to his choice of instrument. On the first volume, Rittner performed on a rich-toned 1851 Johann Baptist Streicher piano, but here he’s playing an 1850 Bösendorfer lacking both depth and resonance. As he did in the previous disc, Rittner does well with the poetic side of Brahms’ nature and his account of the F minor Sonata’s Andante espressivo is thoroughly persuasive. But when he needs to pour on the power as in the same sonata’s Finale, Rittner and his Bösendorfer can’t supply what’s wanted. Though Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm’s super audio sound is clear and present, this disc fails to live up to the promise of its earlier sibling.
~ Review by James Leonard allmusicguide

This second volume pairs the first and third sonatas, so now we have the complete sonatas in period performances. Instead of the Johann Baptist Streicher, an 1849/50 Bösendorfer is employed and gives a certain extra element of brightness, weight and tonal depth without sacrificing anything of the clarity that period instruments tend to bring to the proceedings.

It is often said that Brahms was late in writing a symphony but Rittner’s playing shows that to be false; these works are symphonic in scope and scale – all that was left was for Brahms to produce an orchestration. Apart from capturing the grand sweep of the phrases and the structure of the compositions, Rittner also delivers on the poetry of the music. No detail escapes his attention but neither does it interrupt the musical narrative. The Scherzo movements of each sonata have a nice Viennese lilt to them and the slower movements a tender eloquence. The Finale’s are dazzling in their virtuosity yet Rittner’s playing is fully at the service of the music, not his self-aggrandisement.

The recording from MDG, again a 2+2+2 production, is as clear and rounded as that in volume 1.

Very highly recommended and one looks forward to future volumes. ~SA-CD.net

Tracklist:

01. Sonata No. 1 op. 1 in C major – Allegro 10:30.32
02. Sonata No. 1 op. 1 in C major – Andante 05:18.77
03. Sonata No. 1 op. 1 in C major – Scherzo. Allegro molto e con fuoco 05:41.33
04. Sonata No. 1 op. 1 in C major – Finale. Allegro con fuoco 07:01.93
05. Sonata No. 3 op. 5 in F minor – Allegro maestoso 10:47.12
06. Sonata No. 3 op. 5 in F minor – Andante espressivo 12:11.79
07. Sonata No. 3 op. 5 in F minor – Scherzo. Allegro energico 04:57.33
08. Sonata No. 3 op. 5 in F minor – Intermezzo. Andante molto 03:26.00
09. Sonata No. 3 op. 5 in F minor – Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato 07:57.08

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Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Joseph Swensen – Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto & Hungarian Dances (2004)
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 3,95 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,18 GB | Artwork | 3% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Linn Records # CKD 224 | Country/Year: UK 2004
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

Amazing recording!!!
I’ve heard many, many versions of this concerto; it’s one of my favorite concertos, and Brahms – for me – is one of the greatest composers. This one has become one of my favorite versions (maybe even the most). It’s wonderfull to hear a soloist and orchestra play together that well; they’re all part of one big spirit. This version reveals a lot of details (even the finest), while the big/main line isn’t lost at all. And about the smaller size of the orchestra; I like it! Brahms often sounds ‘too heavy’ and thick, even sometimes troubled, when performed by some conductors/full orchestras. But using smaller orchestras doesn’t mean you’re being sure of getting a clear performance. In my opinion, Swensen leaves the version of Sir Neville Marriner e.g. (with Hilary Hahn) far behind, regarding the performance of the orchestra. I really don’t like the coloration and style of playing of the orchestra in that recording. Hilary Hahn’s playing, on the contrary, is beautiful.
Swensen has succeeded (from my point of view) in making a great and very moving performance and recording of the Brahms voilin concerto. Coloration, choices of tempo, phrasing… in one word: brilliant!
The Hungarian Dances are simply being performed with the same feeling for details and long lines. Whipping ‘gypsian’ drive being varied with moving lyricism.
About the sonics… The sound of the recording is fantastic. The only thing I would like to have heard is a fraction more acoustic breath in the rear channels. But that’s a very small point. From the deapest bass-lines of the basses to the heighest hights; it sounds very natural and clear!
Totally recommended! sa-cd.net

Tracklist:

Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77
01 Allegro non troppo(23:11)
02 Adagio (8:49)
03 Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace (8:26)

Hungarian Dances:

04 No.1 in G minor (orch Brahms)(2:56)
05 No.8 in A minor (orch Gal) (2:41)
06 No.19 in B minor (orch Dvorak) (1:57)
07 No.2 in D minor (orch Hallen) (2:38)
08 No.18 in D (orch Dvorak) (1:19)
09 No.9 in E minor (orch Gal) (1:58)
10 No.21 in E minor (orch Dvorak) (1:13)
11 No.20 in E minor (orch Dvorak) (2:31)
12 No.3 in F (orch Brahms) (2:30)
13 No.6 in D (orch Schmeling) (3:14)
14 No.7 in A (orch Schmeling) (1:29)
15 No.10 in F (orch Brahms) (1:30)
16 No.17 in F# (orch Dvorak) (2:53)
17 No.5 in G minor (orch Schmeling) (2:20)

Note:
Produced by Andrew Keener

Dedicated to Donald and Louise MacDonald
Recorded at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK, from July 7th – 9th 2003
Engineered by Philip Hobbs and Calum Malcolm
Post-production by Finesplice
Produced using Linn 328A Monitors

Another triumphant success for director Joseph Swensen & the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. “Under Swensen’s powerful command the orchestra gives a fantastically spirited performance: a thoroughly appealing disc” (The Strad).

The SACD layer is both 5.1 channel & 2-channel

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Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Murray Perahia – Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5-7 (2002)
SACD ISO (Stereo): 2,16 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 917 MB | Artwork
Label/Cat#: Sony Classical # SS 89690 | Country/Year: Europe 2002 | 5% Recovery Info
Genre: Classical | Style: Baroque

Perahia doing Bach, as Perahia does Bach: very clean and very smooth. Very un-Gould. If Gould uses the piano to try and emulate the detached sound of a harpsichord (always sans pedal), Perahia is almost the opposite. Having said so, the sound Perahia achieves in the second movement (largo) of Concerto No. 5 (BWV 1056) is simply fabulous … one of my favourite piano sounds on SACD (after the Tchetuev Schnittke SACD on Caro Mitis). Beautifully recorded.

I may be wrong, but it does sound to my ear as though the piano has been tuned below A = 440 Hz. The sound is slightly flat to my ear, though not to the extent that one would find in an authentic instrument recording. There is no mention in the programme notes to this effect.

Perahia’s Goldberg variations on SACD is now almost impossible to find, and this SACD seems to be heading the same way, so grab it while you can. Highly recommended.

End-notes:
1.The so-called Concerto No. 6 is derived from the harpsichord continuo part in Brandenburg No.4 … and I think it is the first time I have actually heard this played on the piano rather than the harpsichord. In this instance alone, I am not sure that the transition to pianoforte is successful. ~SA-CD.net

Tracklist:

1. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 3 In D Major, Bwv 1054 – I. (Allegro) 7:18
2. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 3 In D Major, Bwv 1054 – II. Adagio E Piano Sempre 5:46
3. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 3 In D Major, Bwv 1054 – III. Allegro 2:44
4. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 In F Minor, Bwv 1056 – I. (Allegro) 3:22
5. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 In F Minor, Bwv 1056 – II. Largo 2:54
6. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 In F Minor, Bwv 1056 – III. Presto 3:03
7. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 6 In F Major, Bwv 1057 – I. (Without Tempo Indication) 7:05
8. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 6 In F Major, Bwv 1057 – II. Andante 3:54
9. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 6 In F Major, Bwv 1057 – III. Allegro Assai 4:41
10. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 7 In G Minor, Bwv 1058 – I. (Allegro) 3:41
11. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 7 In G Minor, Bwv 1058 – II. Andante 5:56
12. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 7 In G Minor, Bwv 1058 – III. Allegro Assai 3:38

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