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The Marian McPartland Trio - Live at Yoshi's Nitespot (1996)

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The Marian McPartland Trio - Live at Yoshi's Nitespot (1996)

The Marian McPartland Trio - Live at Yoshi's Nitespot (1996)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 383 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 168 MB | Covers - 4 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Concord Jazz (CCD-4712)

Marian McPartland has continued to grow as a musician over her long career, constantly exploring new songs and new styles while rekindling standards and jazz classics with her own distinctive touch at the keyboard. This pair of 1995 sessions at the Yoshi's Nitespot in Oakland, CA, feature her in a trio setting with bassist Bill Douglass and drummer Glenn Davis. She slowly percolates a driving bop arrangement of "Like Someone in Love," and her striking approach to "If I Should Lose You" conveys the emotion of the song even though the lyric isn't heard. She also ventures into modern Broadway with a mesmerizing waltz interpretation of the ballad "Pretty Women" (from Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd)…

Marian McPartland - Contrasts: Plays the Music of Alec Wilder (1974) & A Sentimental Journey (1994) [Reissue 2003]

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Marian McPartland - Contrasts: Plays the Music of Alec Wilder (1974) & A Sentimental Journey (1994) [Reissue 2003]

Marian McPartland - Contrasts: Plays the Music of Alec Wilder (1974) & A Sentimental Journey (1994) [Reissue 2003]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 608 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 248 MB | Covers - 28 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz, New Orleans Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: The Jazz Alliance (TJA2-12044-2)

Contrasts is a two-fer collection of work by pianist Marian McPartland featuring the albums Plays the Music of Alec Wilder and Marian and Jimmy McPartland: A Sentimental Journey. Showcasing the exquisite playing of the NPR jazz host, both albums are worth checking out. Disc one should appeal to longtime McPartland fans with the pianist working through the compositions of Alec Wilder in a straight-ahead trio style. Disc two, though, is the real revelation, with McPartland joining her cornetist/vocalist husband, Jimmy, and his New Orleans trad-style band for a live date. The music is much hotter than McPartland's solo work - she "comps" beautifully behind soloists - and it's a treat to hear her in this more bluesy, extroverted context.

Marian McPartland - Twilight World (2008)

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Marian McPartland - Twilight World (2008)

Marian McPartland - Twilight World (2008)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 322 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 140 MB | Covers - 24 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Concord Jazz (CCD-30528)

With her long-running series on public radio, Marian McPartland has seemed to many fans to always be a part of jazz. Just a few months shy of celebrating her 90th birthday at the time of these 2007 sessions, the pianist demonstrates why she has been able to play with so many different guests on her program. But this is a regular trio date with her attentive, longtime rhythm section, bassist Gary Mazzaroppi and drummer Glenn Davis. It's hard not to be enchanted immediately with new versions of her upbeat "Twilight World" and the elegant "In the Days of Our Love," the latter played with a hint of looking back on life without getting overly sentimental. McPartland has long been praised as a masterful interpreter of ballads, so her lyrical takes of "Close Enough for Love" and "Alfie" only serve to reinforce her strength in that department…

Jamie Saft - Solo a Genova (2018)

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Jamie Saft - Solo a Genova (2018)

Jamie Saft - Solo a Genova (2018)
XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 225 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 147 Mb | Scans included
Label: RareNoise Records | # RNR088 | Time: 01:03:59
Post-Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Piano Jazz

One of the most prolific artists in the RareNoise roster, Jamie Saft has appeared on recordings by such groups as Metallic Taste of Blood, Slobber Pup, Plymouth, Red Hill, The Spanish Donkey and Berserk! As well as on collaborations with Steve Swallow and Bobby Previte (New Standard / Loneliness Road, which also featured Iggy Pop, Bill Brovold (Serenity Knolls), Roswell Rudd (Strength & Power) and his own New Zion album (Sunshine Seas). And yet, over all those sessions he has never recorded a solo piano album. Solo A Genova is Saft's highly emotive take on jazz standards and other uniquely American compositions. Recorded at the beautiful Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, Italy in an acoustically marvellous space, Solo A Genova showcases Saft on a 9-foot Steinway Model D piano in the service of a number beguiling piano arrangements of tunes by Curtis Mayfield, Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis, John Coltrane, ZZ Top, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Charles Ives, Miles Davis and Bill Evans.

Mitchel Forman - Childhood Dreams (1982)

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Mitchel Forman - Childhood Dreams (1982)

Mitchel Forman - Childhood Dreams (1982)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 175 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 114 Mb | Scans included
Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop, Piano Jazz | Label: Soul Note | # 121050-2 | 00:44:36

Mitchel Forman’s first solo piano album for Soul Note recorded in Milan in 1982. Forman has pointed to a number of legendary jazz pianists as his "first heroes", including Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea.

Paul Bley - About Time (2008)

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Paul Bley - About Time (2008)

Paul Bley - About Time (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 192 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 106 Mb
Label: Justin Time | # JUST 228-2 | 00:43:57 | Scans included
Post-Bop, Free Improvisation, Piano Jazz

Pianist and composer Paul Bley has been making records now for more than 50 years. His solo recordings encompass a great deal of his generous catalog. Bley has studied so many different aspects of jazz, and improvisational music both American and European, that these recordings always offer a revealing, no-holds-barred glimpse of where he's at as a musician at any given time. About Time, released on the Montreal label Justin Time, contains just two pieces: the 33-plus-minute title track and the Sonny Rollins tune "Pent-Up House," which lasts another ten. They reveal the entire range of Bley's considerable gifts as a pianist and improviser.

The Fred Hersch Trio - Sunday Night at the Vanguard (2016)

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The Fred Hersch Trio - Sunday Night at the Vanguard (2016)

The Fred Hersch Trio - Sunday Night at the Vanguard (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 402 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 175 Mb | Scans included
Post-Bop, Piano Jazz | Label: Palmetto Records | # PM2183 | Time: 01:07:59

Reach up to the CD shelf and pull a handful of Fred Hersch CDS down. You'll find that the pianist has a good thing going with the Village Vanguard. Alive At The Vanguard (Palmetto Records, 2012) a stellar two CD set, and terrific solo set, Alone At the Vanguard (Palmetto Records, 2011), are Hersch's most recent recordings from the legendary venue; and now he and his trio offer up Sunday Night At the Vanguard. Hersch says this is his best trio album. Almost every artist says that about their latest—that this one's the best. But he might be right. The vote here would have gone to a studio recording, Whirl (Palmetto Records, 2010), a marvelous in-the-zone effort with this same trio—John Hebert on bass, Eric McPherson playing drums—until Sunday Night At The Vanguard rolled around.

The Hal Galper Trio - Portrait (1989)

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The Hal Galper Trio - Portrait (1989)

The Hal Galper Trio - Portrait (1989)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 316 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 127 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Post-Bop, Piano Jazz | Label: Concord Records | # CCD-4383 | Time: 00:54:18

Pianist Hal Galper's interpretations of eight familiar standards on this trio set with bassist Ray Drummond and drummer Billy Hart are consistently surprising and unpredictable. "Giant Steps" is treated as a sensitive out-of-tempo ballad, "What Is This Thing Called Love" begins with abstract chordings over a riff reminiscent of "Manteca" before the trio launches into a very fast tempo, "If I Didn't Care" is given a melancholy countermelody and "Azure" is made funky. In addiition "I Should Care" and "I'll Be Seeing You" (which are usually dramatic ballads) swing hard. By using the past to create new music, Hal Galper has developed fresh angles to old tunes, and the music on his CD has more than its share of successful surprises.

Peter Horvath - Absolute Reality (2016)

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Peter Horvath - Absolute Reality (2016)

Peter Horvath - Absolute Reality (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 362 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 148 Mb | Scans included
Contemporary Jazz | Label: Foreign Matter | # 101201 | Time: 00:56:05

CTI meets GRP, Bob James meets David Benoit on Absolute Reality What a joy to listen to this album! The second CD by keyboardist/arranger Peter Horvath is an absolutely pleasant effort, full of killer grooves and lovely melodies. Guest stars like Bob Mintzer (shining on Carla and Escape From Oakland and Randy Brecker (who overdubbed a nice solo on Foreign Matter add an extra spice to Horvath's perfectly built tunes, but the disc offers many other pleasures. The main hero is the leader himself, a terrific soloist, specially on the Rhodes electric piano. Norbert Stachel, a superb reedman who co-wrote six of the ten tunes, sounds like an entire horn section. The album also includes some of the last recordings by late drummer Ricky Lawson (1954-2013). Among them, the title track that mixes a James Brown-like riff with a glamorous melody played by Horvath on the acoustic piano. Mintzer and Horvath share the spotlight on the funkyfied Escape From Oakland while Kenny Washington's wordless vocal effects add a special flavour to the laidback groove of Nassau Nights, on which Horvath's hands seem to fly on the Rhodes over a lush horn arrangement.

Bill Evans - The Bill Evans Album (1971) Expanded Remastered Reissue 2017

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Bill Evans - The Bill Evans Album (1971) Expanded Remastered Reissue 2017

Bill Evans - The Bill Evans Album (1971) Expanded Remastered Reissue 2017
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 376 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 165 Mb | Scans included
Label: Columbia/Legacy/Sony | # 88985407052 | Time: 01:10:33
Post-Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz

The Bill Evans Album is an album by the jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1971. At the Grammy Awards of 1972, The Bill Evans Album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo and the Best Jazz Performance by a Group awards.

Oscar Peterson - Tracks (1970) Remastered Reissue 2005

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Oscar Peterson - Tracks (1970) Remastered Reissue 2005

Oscar Peterson - Tracks (1970) Remastered Reissue 2005
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 199 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 100 Mb | Scans included
Mainstream Jazz, Bop, Piano Jazz | Label: MPS | # B0005401-02 | 00:42:26

Pianist Oscar Peterson is frequently astounding on this solo set. After nearly 20 years of mostly performing with trios, Peterson sounds quite liberated in this setting, throwing in some hot stride, unexpected changes in tempos and keys, and surprises whenever he thinks of them. "Give Me the Simple Life," "Honeysuckle Rose," and the ironically titled "A Little Jazz Exercise" are quite remarkable, yet Peterson also leaves space for some sensitive ballads.

The Oscar Peterson Trio - A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra (1959)

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The Oscar Peterson Trio - A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra (1959)

The Oscar Peterson Trio - A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra (1959)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 187 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 82 MB | Covers - 3 MB
Genre: Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (825 769-2)

Pianist Oscar Peterson's Frank Sinatra tribute features his trio (with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen) playing easy listening jazz versions of a dozen songs associated with the singer. The renditions are all under four minutes and are highlighted by "Come Dance with Me," "Just in Time," "I Get a Kick Out of You," and "How About You?" This is not one of Oscar Peterson's most essential dates, but it is swinging and enjoyable.

Abdullah Ibrahim - Solotude (2021)

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Abdullah Ibrahim - Solotude (2021)

Abdullah Ibrahim - Solotude (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 166 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 98 Mb | 00:42:42
Piano Jazz | Label: Gearbox Records

Each year on October 9th, Abdullah Ibrahim performs a solo piano concert at the Hirzinger Hall in South Germany in order to celebrate his birthday. Due to lockdown restrictions last year, this traditional birthday concert was replaced with the opportunity to record a solo piano performance. Hirzinger Hall, in Riedering, South East Germany, is famous for its incredible acoustics, and Ibrahim's solitary performance lends itself perfectly to the space, The recording crew was sparse, the audience non-existent, yet Ibrahim’s communion with the piano remains warm and timeless.

Eddie Higgins Trio - Portraits of Love (2009)

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Eddie Higgins Trio - Portraits of Love (2009)

Eddie Higgins Trio - Portraits of Love (2009)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 444 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 157 MB | Covers - 37 MB
Genre: Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Venus Records (VHCD-78188)

Renowned jazz pianist Eddie Higgins is joined here by bassist Jay Leonhart and drummer Joe Ascione for 13 of his own compositions. By the titles of the tracks, it can be seen that Higgins is taking the listener on a musical journey to places he has visited that have musically inspired him.

V.A. - Yasukuni Terashima Presents: Jazz Bar 2023 (2023)

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V.A. - Yasukuni Terashima Presents: Jazz Bar 2023 (2023)

V.A. - Yasukuni Terashima Presents: Jazz Bar 2023 (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 372 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 176 MB | Covers - 54 MB
Genre: Jazz, Cool Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Terasima Records (TYR-1119)

Beautiful melodies of melancholy loved beyond borders and time. We will open the 23rd year of "Jazz Bar," Japan's best-selling and steadfast best jazz compilation. Everyone enjoys jazz in his or her own way, and the word "jazz" is full of various kinds of music. "Jazz Bar" features melodies tinged with melancholy that tug at the heartstrings. If such music were played at a jazz bar on a street corner, you might find yourself frequenting the place. This is the best compilation that has been released every year since 2001, contributing to the discovery of new masterpieces that can be considered next-generation standards and new-generation musicians. Please enjoy the beautiful songs and melodies that Yasukuni Terashima has discovered over the past year tonight.