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Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um (1959/1999)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Time – 01:12:33 minutes | Scans included | 2,93 GB
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 01:12:37 minutes | 2,86 GB | Genre: Jazz | © Columbia
Recorded: May 5 (#1,6-10) & May 12, 1959 (#2-5,11,12) at 30th Street Studio, NYC; Engineered for SACD by Mark Wilder
Charles Mingus’ 1959 Columbia sessions were both a summation of his diverse work up to that point and a bold step forward, for it was the year when at last he had the opportunity to sign with a major label and work with an old friend and musical collaborator, Teo Macero at Columbia Records.
There was no stopping this incredible musical mind who’d found his voice as a bassist, composer and bandleader. The bands that Mingus assembled at Columbia’s 30th Street studio in May and November of ‘59 consisted of the greatest exponents of his music to date, featuring sidemen Jimmy Knepper, John Handy, Booker Ervin, Horace Parlan and Dannie Richmond.
These 1959 sessions, which resulted in Mingus Ah Um and Mingus Dynasty, introduced several classics that would become evergreens in the bassist’s repertoire and jazz standards including: “Better Git It In Your Soul,” “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” and “Fables Of Faubus” plus homages to jazz greats Ellington (“Open Letter To Duke”), with whom Mingus is most frequently compared for the vastness, depth and diversity of his recordings, and Morton (“Jelly Roll”), jazz’s first great composer.
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Charles McPherson Quartet – But Beautiful (2004) [Japan 2015]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 70:34 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,86 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 2,81 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 861 MB
Venus Records is known to highlight little-known veteran American jazz musicians who play excellent music to this day and merit listening by a wider audience. Some of these musicians include Eddie Higgins, Archie Shepp, Steve Kuhn, and Claude Williamson. The newest member added to this distinguished list is Charles McPherson. Even though McPherson is an alumni of the Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop from the late 60s and early 70s, presently he may be at the top of his game. On this release for Venus Records, McPherson is paired with the first-rate pianist Steve Kuhn. McPherson impresses with his personal tone and shining, emotional playing that is deeply rooted in bebop. This is an astonishing album by an astonishing artist.
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Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra – Lost Horizon / The Thing From Another World (1976/77) [Reissue 2017]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 56:35 minutes | Scans included | 2,7 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,33 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Label: Vocalion # CDLK 4608
Lost Horizon: The Classic Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin / The Thing from Another World Suite is another of Vocalion’s very welcome SACD releases. The SACD features Charles Gerhardt conducting The National Philharmonic Orchestra – a quite fabulous recording which took place at Kingsway Hall, London in December 1975.
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Charles Aznavour – Qui (1963) [Reissue 2004]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 50:10 minutes | Scans included | 3,39 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,06 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Bonus Tracks | EMI Music # 571114-2
Qui ? (Who?) is the tenth French studio album by the French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour, originally released in 1963. It includes favourites such as For me formidable, Au clair de mon âme and the title track, with arrangements by one of Aznavour’s regular collaborators of the era, Paul Mauriat.
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Charles Aznavour – La Mamma (1963) [Reissue 2004]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 49:19 minutes | Scans included | 3,38 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,09 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Bonus Tracks | EMI Music # 571116-2
La mamma is the eleventh French studio album by the French singer Charles Aznavour, originally released in 1963. It achieved Number 1 in France & Spain for several weeks, it was a Top 10 hit in Belgium, Holland, and other countries. It became a bestseller, and sold over a million copies only in France. The title song, translated into English in 1964 as “For Mama”, was recorded by Ray Charles.
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Charles Aznavour – La Boheme (1966) [Reissue 2004]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 51:26 minutes | Scans NOT included | 3,59 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front, Scans NOT included | 1,15 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Bonus Tracks | EMI Music # 577472-2
This reissue of a 1966 Charles Aznavour album includes the title track, one of his signature songs and biggest international hits, a number one single in France. Another song on this collection, Parce que tu crois, has been translated into several other languages and sampled by such modern day artists as Dr. Dre and Eminem.
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Charles Aznavour – Je m’voyais deja (1961) [Reissue 2004]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 51:44 minutes | Scans included | 3,46 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,16 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Bonus Tracks | EMI Music # 571111-2
Je M’Voyais Déjá (It Will Be My Day), originally released on January 1961, is the seventh French studio album by the French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour. The album’s title track is considered one of Charles Aznavour’s breakthrough songs, responsible for the international success that ensued. Once again a key component of Aznavour’s sound on these songs is courtesy of Paul Mauriat and his famous orchestra. The album became a bestseller in Belgium and a hit in France.
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Charles Aznavour – Il Faut Savoir (1961) [Reissue 2004]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 49:39 minutes | Scans included | 3,37 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,05 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Bonus Tracks | EMI Music # 571113-2
Il faut savoir (You’ve got to learn), originally released in December 1961, is the eighth French studio album by the French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour. It was in Top 10 charts in France, Italy, Belgium, Israel and other countries. The title track to this album is one of Charles Aznavour’s earliest hits, a number one single in France for 15 weeks and ranked among the top songs of the year in Italy. In addition to Aznavour’s original songs, the album features tunes penned by Georges Garvarentz, Michel Legrand and producer Eddie Barclay.
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Charles Aznavour – Idiote Je T’Aime (1972) [Reissue 2004]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 68:51 minutes | Scans included | 4,32 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,58 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Bonus Tracks | EMI Music # 571135-2
Idiote je t’aime is the eleventh French studio album by the French singer Charles Aznavour. This 1972 release yielded two of the singer’s biggest hits: Les Plaisirs démodés and the controversial (at the time) Comme ils disent, a number eight single in France which sold over 300,000 copies. The album itself had a 30 week run on the French chart, peaking at number two.
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Charles Aznavour – Entre Deux Reves (1967) [Reissue 2004]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 53:32 minutes | Scans included | 3,68 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,24 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Bonus Tracks | EMI Music # 571117-2
This 1967 album from Charles Aznavour contains a balanced blend of some of the singer’s lesser known songs along with one of his best known tracks, later the single “Emmenez-Moi” which was translated into English and recorded by Aznavour under the title “Take Me Along”.
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Charles Aznavour – De T’avoir Aimee (1966) [Reissue 2004]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 48:45 minutes | Scans included | 3,32 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,1 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Bonus Tracks | EMI Music # 571119-2
Originally released in 1966, during what many fans consider to be the peak period of Charles Aznavour’s career, this album includes the anti-war statement “Les enfants de la guerre”.
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Charles Aznavour – Autobiographie (1980) [Reissue 2004]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 56:39 minutes | Scans included | 3,86 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,29 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Bonus Tracks | EMI Music # 571118-2
Autobiographie is the 30th French studio album by the French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour. This collection was originally released in 1980 and spent 42 weeks on the French chart, peaking at number five. Paul Mauriat leads his celebrated orchestra on several tracks.
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Charles Aznavour – Plus bleu… (1997) [Reissue 2004]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 53:59 minutes | Scans included | 3,85 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,07 MB
Plus Bleu… est le 42e album studio français de Charles Aznavour. Aznavour n’a jamais été avare en remerciements pour Piaf. Il n’a jamais oublié l’aide qu’elle lui a apporté à l’aube de sa carrière. Dans cet album de 1997, c’est un hommage en chanson qui lui est rendue par le bais d’un duo posthume: “Plus bleu…”.
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Chantal Chamberland – Autobiography (2016)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time – 54:30 minutes | 2,15 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time – 54:30 minutes | 605 MB
Genre: Jazz | Source: SACD-R, EvoSound # EVSA336S | Artwork: Front cover
The Hamilton Music Award winner Chantal Chamberland releases her ‘Best of’ compilation album, Autobiography. Her trademark smoky, sultry jazz vocal is perfectly expressed in a wonderful diversity of genres, moving from sultry and soulful to bluesy and brassy with graceful ease. Her previous success with Soire´e cements her role as one of the finest female interpreters of jazz today. The compilation features tracks La Mer, Besame Mucho, Hit The Road Jack, Fever, You Are My Hero and more together with an all-new recording, Chantal’s take on Ed Sheeran’s heart-warming hit, Thinking Out Loud, performed with touch of tender affection and charm.
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Chano Dominguez Trio – Con Alma (2004) [Japan 2016]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 69:40 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,83 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 2,78 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 844 MB
This is a rather different Chano from the one who first enthralled me with Hecho a Mano (Hand-made), his blazing flamenco/jazz mix recorded in Madrid in 1996 and released on Sunnyside a few years ago. On Con Alma he’s replaced the handclaps and multilayered percussion with a traditional jazz trio, bringing on world-class band mates George Mraz and Jeff Ballard. But his roots are still very much in evidence from the first track, a dynamic take on a traditional song—my dictionary tells me “La Tatara” means “sound of a trumpet as a signal for action.” There’s no trumpet here, but there’s plenty of action. Dominguez has a lithe, sensitive touch, impeccable time, and terrific sense of spacing; while he has chops to burn, he lets a lot of fresh air into his playing, unlike some of his more bombastic compatriots. “How About You” is bright and playful and his “Dolphin Dance” is a whirl through the clouds rather than a splash in the sea. Dominguez knows how to build excitement, as demonstrated in the title track; “Con Alma,” which features one of several fine solos by Mraz, who is justifiably famous for his lyricism and fat, round sound. Meanwhile, Ballard supplies just the right feel throughout: subtle, intricate, and ever-swinging, he gets to break out on a delightful, sparkling “Speak Low.” It’s a terrific trio and beautifully in synch. One of my favorite tracks is “It Could Happen to You,” which begins with a solo full of flamenco flair, then takes off for an extended joyride. This is followed by an intriguing meditation on Steve Swallow’s “Hullo Bolinas” which is both free and structured, highlighting the group’s versatility. The inclusion of strong Spanish compositions makes a nice mix with the familiar standards; Con Alma ia a rich and tasty feast, laced with salsa. Recommended.
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