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Tom Reaves Jr – Soulful Strut (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:06 minutes | 544 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ShutterAxe Media
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The album is done but the first single “Soulful Strut” is available now on all platforms.
Thierry Maillard – Maman (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:27 minutes | 774 MB | Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ilona Records
To tell the truth, it is above all the news of his performances that pushes me to write these few words precisely today (see calendar below). There is indeed the timing of an artist who prevails, because he must ensure his concerts, release his albums, but there is also also life that goes on and this formidable expression that imposes itself, whatever it is: the show must go on! And for Thierry Maillard, this is exactly that … a musician of whom we are used to saying the greatest good, whether solo, with his MLB Trio, the Chameleon Ensemble, A Tear of Rain, and the Moog Project who gave a sublime performance on June 27 this year at the famous Ronnie Scott’s in London … before Thierry lost his mother in July … And it is in a rush of love, creation and emotion that Thierry Maillard started composing and recording this album the following month. He had to find very close musical friends to accompany him through this painful ordeal, and for all of them, it was not the time to let go of a friend to perfect this opus-tribute to a mother. These are 11 titles, 11 memories of shared moments and intense emotions transmitted more or less surreptitiously, with tenderness, delicacy. Thierry is on the piano, Fender Rhodes and synthesizer to interpret his compositions, accompanied by Dominique Di Piazza on bass, Yoann Schmidt on drums and percussion, Olivier Gay on cello on 4 tracks and Philippe Gaillot on guitar on 2 other tracks. A very very beautiful tribute, modest and intense at the same time. An opus that will make you shiver, make you tremble with emotion and make you shed one or more tears as it is beautiful, beautiful, beautiful…
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Nicki Parrott – Fly Me to the Moon (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:48 minutes | 1,22 GB | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Venus Records, Inc.
Very relaxed you fly to the moon with the Australian singer and double bass player Nicky Parrott – the interpretation of Frank Sinatra’s classic song became the album title at the same time. With her 5-piece backing band, the jazz artist invites you to enjoy and switch off, like with the folk song “Waltzing Matilda”, which was proposed as the official Australian national anthem, or a wonderful version of Stevie Wonder’s “Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer”.
Nicki Parrott (voc, b), John Di Martino (p), Lisa Parrott (bs, ss), Mark Sganga (g), Harry Allen (ts), Billy Drummond (d). Recorded at “The Avatar Studio” in New York on June 17, 18 and 19, 2008.
Venus LPs are pressed only once. After the first edition is sold out, the titles will be removed from the catalog. Collectors should therefore consider a purchase in time.
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The Skinflicks – Let’s ‘ave it! (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 26:25 minutes | 359 MB | Genre: Punk Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Trisol
“Let’s ‘ave It!”, you angrily shout out seconds before settling the score, when determined to not let it stand – thoroughly fed up with the lot of them! “Let’s ‘ave It!” is the challenge uttered to your opponents when you are unafraid and ready to fight.
The above sums up THE SKINFLICKS’ general mindset nicely, as they present their new album as a follow-up to 2021’s surprising comeback-album-of-sorts “Old dogs, new tricks”.
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Steve Grossman – Love Is the Thing (Remastered 2024) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 42:17 minutes | 518 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Red records
Steven Mark Grossman (January 18, 1951 – August 13, 2020) was an American jazz fusion and hard bop saxophonist.
Grossman was Wayne Shorter’s replacement in Miles Davis’s jazz-fusion band.[2] He played with Chick Corea on the album “The Sun” in 1970, then, from 1971 to 1973, he was in Elvin Jones’s band.
In the late 1970s, he was part of the Stone Alliance trio with percussionist Don Alias and bassist Gene Perla. The group released four albums during this period, including one featuring Brazilian trumpeter Márcio Montarroyos. The albums also feature an array of other musicians. They went on to release three live reunion albums during the 2000s.
SPRINTS – Letter to Self (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 39:39 minutes | 764 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © City Slang
“This is an exploration of pain, passion and perseverance,” is how Sprints present their debut album. After having developed their decidedly British garage-punk under Nice Swan Recording with the EPs A Modern Job and Manifesto, released in 2021, the young quartet from Dublin has moved onto the Berlin-based indie label City Slang (Calexico, Hauschka, Gold Panda, Tindersticks, as well as Anna Von Hausswolff) for Letter To Self. Produced by expert of noise texture and bassist of Gilla Band, Daniel Fox, and recorded in just 12 days in Anjou, this dazzling record of 11 garage tracks doesn’t hold back, seeking catharsis over subtlety.
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Sofia Diniz, Fernando Miguel Jalôto – L’echo Du Danube (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:47:00 minutes | 2,18 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Challenge Classics
L’Echo du Danube is the poetic title Johann Schenck gave to his collection of pieces for viola da gamba, which were first published around 1703 / 04 as opus 9 in Amsterdam by Estienne Roger – the most important music printer of the time. L’Echo du Danube is the last complete work by Schenck to have survived, a fact which lends these pieces the weight of a “musical testament”. It comprises six sonatas for viola da gamba solo: the first two sonatas with basso continuo accompaniment, the next two also with basso continuo, but this time ad libitum (optional), and the last two for viola da gamba without any accompaniment. Although Marin Marais had already published his first book of pièces de viole in 1686 and the flourishing English viol tradition was well known in Northern Europe, Schenck’s approach to the instrument is an important step in the process of creating an independent repertoire written specifically for the viol by composers who were themselves performers and had mastered its idiomatic idiosyncrasies. Although Schenck fully exploits the potential of the viol as a melodic instrument, he clearly favors its possibilities for playing chords in a way that is strongly influenced by lute playing and repertoire: he tries to show the viol as a harmonically independent instrument that is suited for polyphonic writing in addition to its talent for melodic singing. This is why he wrote so distinctively: he used plenty of chords and double stops, constantly alternated between bass and treble registers and strove for an effective combination of lush harmony and depth of sound without losing sight of the viola’s delicate, cantabile voice.
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Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch & Tuija Hakkila – Bach: Six Sonatas, BWV 1014-1019 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:34:55 minutes | 988 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ondine
All but the last of Johann Sebastian Bach’s six sonatas for violin and harpsichord (BWV 1014–19) commence with slow movements of intense feeling. This is music of implication and inference, the emotions no less real for their apparent lack of specificity. There is pleasure in the paradox: even without a text, the music sings. The copying and the performance of these sonatas were crucial to the mission of memorialising Bach’s music, but not merely as a matter of historical interest or archival fastidiousness. C. P. E. Bach described these works as among the best works of his ‘dear departed father’: they still sound very good and give me much joy, although they date back more than fifty years. They contain some Adagios that could not be written in a more singable manner today.’ C. P. E. Bach’s well-worn copy of the Sonatas shows that he played them frequently. In this recording, Tuija Hakkila plays a copy of a Gottfried Silbermann 1747 fortepiano by Andrea Restelli. J. S. Bach played one of his fortepianos in 1747 in Potsdam for Frederick the Great and his court musicians. In his last years Bach even seems to have served as a dealer for Silbermann’s fortepianos in Leipzig.
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Shed Seven – A Matter of Time (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:18 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Cooking Vinyl Limited
A Matter of Time’ sees Shed Seven look back to their roots, drawing inspiration from the records and sounds that ignited their passion for song writing over 35 years ago. Delivered with a renewed and youthful enthusiasm they have created without a doubt some of the very best songs of their career.
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Sana Nagano, Hery Paz, Max Johnson – Chattering Teeth (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:59 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Galileo Music Communication
The Brooklyn-based noise-jazz violinist Sana Nagano often finds herself at the center of the storm. As other instruments crash and careen around her, her assuredly melodic violin works to ground and stabilize the overall sound. And nowhere is this better heard than on Smashing Humans.
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Reinhardt Winkler – Drop Me Off (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:38 minutes | 890 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Challenge Records
The passionate drummer and heartful man has gathered his musical companions for an intense musical exchange and weaves their subtle contributions with perfect rhythmic work into a sound experience that you wouldn’t want to miss: Harry’s seasoned saxophone smiles at Boris’ rich bass, John’s well-dosed piano notes chat in between, Wolfgang respectfully joins in with his saxophone, Simone’s voice confidently shines through, and host Reinhardt coordinates this outstanding group of musicians with soulful cymbal work, precise snare kicks, and lovingly crafted chorus transitions.
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Mikhail Pochekin – Antonín Dvořák: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:01 minutes | 896 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © haenssler CLASSIC
“I sense a deep humanity in Dvorak’s music. He was a great master of orchestration, and he composed unusually beautiful melodies and harmonies. But at the forefront he always presents honesty and generosity. And when we listen to this music, this penetrates deep into our hearts.” I consider Dvorak’s Violin Concerto to be unique, and it occupies a very special place among all of the violin concertos of this period. Behind its creation lies a very unusual story. The composition dates back to 1879, but its premiere did not take place until 1883, exactly four years later. The reason for this was that the concerto was dedicated to Joseph Joachim, who repeatedly requested a number of changes in the piece. The story subsequently ended in such a way that Joachim, despite the changes and his years of collaboration with Dvorak, ignored the piece when it was completed, leaving it to be premiered instead by Czech violinist Frantisek Ondricek.” (Mikhail Pochekin)
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Martin Jones – Piano Music of Oscar Fernândez (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:40 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Nimbus Records
Pianist Martin Jones had been among the most versatile and prolific players on the current scene. He has specialized in, but not restricted himself to, British, Spanish, and Eastern European music. Jones was born on February 4, 1940, in Witney in England’s Oxfordshire region. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where his teachers were Guido Agosti, Guy Jonson, and Gordon Green. Early recognition came in the form of the Dame Myra Hess Award in 1968. That year, he made prestigious debuts at London’s Southbank Centre and Carnegie Hall in New York.
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Mari Tamaki & Sirius Quartet – Retrograde (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 24:15 minutes | 460 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Navona
Retrograde by Sirius Quartet is a collection of innovative string works from Mari Tamaki. Tamaki, a Japanese cellist, composer, performer, and producer, conjures up drama through intense dissonances and delicate tonal harmonies throughout. The result is elegant and dynamic, drawing on Tamaki’s classical, improvisational, and avant-garde influences. The album features works like parallel realities, an ode to a cross-dimensional world that quite possibly exists. It also includes sneak into the Q-city, named after a work by Japanese painter Iori Mamiya depicting a psychedelic journey into one’s own mind. Contrary to what its title suggests, RETROGRADE is forward-thinking and intellectually captivating.
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Lyuta Kobayashi & Julian Emanuel Becker – Von Sehnsucht und Leidenschaft (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:41 minutes | 794 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Genuin
This year, GENUIN and the German Music Council, together with Deutschlandfunk Kultur, are once again presenting a prizewinner of the German Music Competition: clarinetist Lyuta Kobayashi. Not only has he been successful in this competition, he has already won several prizes despite his young age. In his program of works by Johannes Brahms, Jörg Widmann, Robert Schumann, and the klezmer clarinetist Helmut Eisel, he will be accompanied by the no less talented pianist Julian Emanuel Becker, who this year was the youngest participant to win a prize at the 32nd St Albans International Organ Competition (UK).
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