"What I've downloaded since August 2009"
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Rock/Pop, Hip-Hop/R&B
Last updated: Oct 28 2009
8 tracks of 'art metal' from Jonas Hellborg, Anders Johansson, Jens Johansson, Mattias IA Eklundh, and V. Selvaganesh. It's metal, but smarter than that.
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A baker's dozen of fine fusion tunes with Jimmy Haslip, Eric Marienthal, Simon Phillips, Alex Machacek, and others.
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9 songs/12 credits of tasty live fusion from one of the greatest bassists ever.
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5 tracks with Louis Hayes and a couple of Dutch guys. ;-)
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9 tracks with Abraham Burton, Helio Alves, and Santi DeBriano. Very nice indeed.
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9 tracks/12 credits with Charlie Rouse, Ben Riley, and Larry Gales. A classic.
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7 tracks with Marcus Strickland on tenor sax, Brandon Owens on bass, and E.J. Strickland on drums. "An especially gritty offering from one of jazz's most powerful young alto players." -- AMG
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11 probing tracks with Dwayne Burno,Eric McPherson, and Kurt Rosenwinkel.
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8 more, even mellower tracks with the Tommy Flanagan trio (Osie Johnson & Wendell Marshall). Beautiful.
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7 very mellow tracks with Kenny Burrell, Ronnell Bright, Ron Carter & Andrew Cyrille. Beautiful.
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8 tracks. "It's a mean, dead serious, eight-tune set, totally void of any preening or jazz clichés. This album is what you get when a group of young talents put their game faces on, start the proverbial reel and get busy. .... At all times it is unyielding, brash and really good." -- AMG
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7 beautiful Latin Jazz tracks. "Folks, this is the real deal. An awe-inspiring effort, indeed!' -- AMG
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8 tracks from 1994 with John Swana, Peter Bernstein, Kenny Barron, Peter Washington, and Carl Allen.
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Jeff does a soundtrack. I'll bite. 12 credits.
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9 tracks from 1998 on this, their second disc. Great stuff.
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8 more tracks from 2000. Fine writing, tasty soloing; life is good.
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8 tasty tracks from 2006. "... each performance features high-quality solos, clean ensembles, and hard swinging. This is no-nonsense modern straight-ahead jazz played by some of the top interpreters of the idiom, and is easily recommended." -- AMG
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8 tracks of straight ahead magic on this, their latest disc.
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7 long tracks. These cats is real good. Very good indeed.
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10 tracks w/Billy Harper, Carter Jefferson, and Joe Ford. Accessible and tasty, too.
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11 fine live tracks of Joe's blistering blues rock. If you like that sort of stuff, you'll definitely like this.
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9 tracks. " This is one of 1997's best releases and a wonderful addition to Harper's slender discography." -- AMG
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12 tracks. Better than you might think. With Howard Johnso, David Sanborn, Billy Harper, and John Abercrombie (among many others)
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9 solid tracks from Keith Carlock, Chris Cheek, Henry Hay, and Tim Lefebvre. Fun.
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11 tracks by a great drummer, an excellent guitarist, and some guy name Lefevbre. ;^)
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11 tracks from this brilliant young pianist. Very tasty indeed.
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Jeff Beck is on 3 of these tracks and a few of the others are worthwhile, too (the first, for instance), but mostly it's sounds like cheesy commercial '80s funk.
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2nd disc featuring 6 mellower tracks with William Henderson, Charles Fambrough and Sherman Ferguson. Beautiful.
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6 mellower tracks with William Henderson, Charles Fambrough and Sherman Ferguson. Beautiful.
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8 tracks with John Hicks, Idris Muhammad, and Curtis Lundy.
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10 tracks with Dave Holland, Eric Harland, Branford Marsalis, Edward Simon, & others. Very tasty indeed.
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6 songs. His 'comeback' album from '66 with Jim Hall, Bob Cranshaw, and Ben Riley.
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12 credits with Jim Hall, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock in a grab bag of unreleased tracks. Fine playing throughout.
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A half dozen track with Coleman Hawkins and Paul Bley. 3 more with Don Cherry.
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