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Alex Welsh – Side by Side (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Alex Welsh (9 July 1929 – 25 June 1982) was a Scottish jazz singer, and bandleader who played cornet and trumpet.

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Alex Stuart – Aftermath (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Australian guitarist Alex Stuart moved to Paris in 2005. He’s since then recorded three albums, won the jury prize at the Jazz à Juan International Jazz Festival, and was nominated for the Freedman Fellowship (awarded to the best emerging Australian jazz artist). His newest opus entitled Aftermath is set to drop November 24 on French label Jazz Family. Aftermath is a response to the November 2015 Paris attacks, “an album inspired by the dark turning point the world is facing today, but also by the omnipresent and evident beauty that surrounds us” in Stuart’s words.

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Alex Sipiagin – Upstream (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Trumpeter Alex Sipiagin has grown tremendously in recent years – and a record like this is a fantastic demonstration of his talents as both an instrumentals and as a composer – and also as a leader of a very well-matched group! The combo is a quartet, but soar out with a spirit that makes you feel like you’re hearing the energy of a much larger ensemble – a quality that maybe comes in part from the work of pianist Art Hirihara, who always seems to have this grand sense of flow – driven on strongly here by the bass of Boris Kozlov and drums of Rudy Royston! Sipiagin is majestic throughout – able to fly to the heavens at some points, but then be very down to earth and personal at others – on titles that include “Sight”, “Call”, “Rain”, “Shura”, “Echo Canyon”, “Upstream”, and “Magic Square”.

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Alex Riel, Bo Stief & Carsten Dahl – Our Songs (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Always curious and always looking for new challenges, Alex Riel has been an important innovator of modern drumming in Europe. He was among the very first to record a “free” solo on his debut album in 1965 and he was a founding member of the beat-group Savage Rose, while also playing with Bill Evans, Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon and being a member of Monica Zetterlund’s quartet. From the last 20 years we know him for his work with Enrico Pieranunzi, Kenny Werner, Mads Vinding and many others.

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Alex Potter, Ensemble La Fontaine – Fede e Amor (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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This recording explores some of the lesser-known music from eighteenth-century Vienna that combines solo voice with virtuoso trombones. During the first half of that century, the city’s musical life experienced an unprecedented blossoming. The Habsburg Emperors aimed to turn Vienna into a truly magnificent capital for the Holy Roman Empire and used visual art, architecture, liturgy, court ceremony and, above all, music to help achieve this. The Habsburg rulers Leopold I (1658-1705), Joseph I 1705-1711) and Charles VI (1711-1740) took the “Holy” part of their title very seriously and paid for a huge amount of elaborate sacred music to be performed on a regular basis by court musicians, a major element of which was the performance of large-scale Oratorios in the Imperial Chapel.

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Alex Monfort – Introspection (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Remember these three letters well, because they ring with the youth, modernity, and virtuosity of the next generation of jazz. Composed of pianist Alexandre Monfort, bassist Samuel F’hima, and drummer Tom Peyron, this sensational ensemble is quickly rising to success. In only one year, these three musicians have taken the podium at some of the world’s most prestigious jazz competitions, including the Rezzo Focal de Vienne, Jazz à St. Germain des Près, Jazz à Vannes and were unanimously selected as the first prize winners at the Blue Note Festival, where they were hailed for their performance by the judges and critics alike. This success was swiftly followed by a rousing performance at the eminent Sunset-Sunside jazz club in Paris that brought the audience to their feet. Technically brilliant, stylistically vivacious, and with the flair of young virtuosity, A.M.T. is primed to bring the next generation of jazz to audiences all over the world.

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Alex Lahey – The Best of Luck Club (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Some songwriters are interesting because they tell you things you may not know, and others are remarkable because they have a gift for expressing the thoughts and feelings that most of us share. Alex Lahey clearly falls into the latter category, and while the nuts and bolts of human interaction aren’t uncharted territory in pop music, she builds clever and witty art from the ups and downs of friendship and relationships. She also matches her lyrics with some potent music, hooky tunes that suggest pop-punk without that subgenre’s more unfortunate cliches, and after showing what she could do on her 2017 debut album, I Love You Like a Brother, she’s gotten just a bit more ambitious on her sophomore effort, 2019’s The Best of Luck Club. The buzzy guitar figures and walloping drums that dominated the debut are in plentiful supply here, but Lahey is willing to reveal her more vulnerable side on atmospheric cuts like “Unspoken History,” “I Need to Move On,” and “I Want to Live with You,” where she turns down the tempos, boosts the keyboards, and drapes the performances in clouds of echo and ambient sound. “Isabella” is an engaging pure pop number that sounds like a possible hit single, especially with its singalong chorus, and “Misery Guts” is its ideal half-sibling, pure pogo’ing energy that suggests what Nirvana might have sound like if Kurt Cobain had been a level-headed woman from Australia. And best friends who become scarce when they find a significant other (“I Don’t Get Invited to Parties Anymore”), loved ones burning the candle at both ends (“Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself”), and celebrating the utter coolness of your significant other (“Black RM’s”) are pretty common themes in pop songwriting, but Lahey makes them sound fresh with her keen observational skills and personal touch. And thanks to the miracle of overdubbing, Lahey (who plays most of the instruments herself on these sessions) is a fine band as well as a great bandleader. On The Best of Luck Club, she adds a few new tricks to her repertoire without losing touch with what she was already doing so well, and based on this music, it’s a safe bet that she’ll be delivering more great songs in the future. ~ Mark Deming

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Alex Koo – Identified Flying Object (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Belgian-Japanese pianist and composer Alex Koo is currently making a name for himself as a promising young talent on the European jazz scene. His album ‘Appleblueseagreen, with American icons Ralph Alessi and Mark Turner, was praised by the American Downbeat Jazz Magazine and included in their list of ‘Best Albums of 2019‘, with 4 stars and the mention ” Stunningly original “. Alex’s strong musical connection with ECM-trumpeter Alessi (Downbeat: ‘the monster trumpeter who hails from a separate world altogether’) lead to their second collaboration.

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Alex Klein & Phillip Bush – Twentieth Century Oboe Sonatas (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Grammy Award-winner Alex Klein, former principal oboist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, performs sonatas that signify the oboe’s 20th-century reemergence as a brilliant solo instrument. One of the world’s most famous oboe players, Klein says he waited to acquire a professional lifetime’s worth of experience before putting his stamp on the six sonatas heard here.

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Alex Hepburn – Together Alone (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Together Alone is the debut studio album by British singer Alex Hepburn. The album was released on April 12, 2013 through Warner Bros. Records. The record includes two singles “Under” and “Miss Misery”. The album has charted well in many European countries, peaking at number two in the Swiss charts.

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Alex Hepburn – Things I’ve Seen (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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After the international success of her double platinum single “Under” that charted top 10 in Germany, France, Swizerland, Belgium, Russia, Poland, Greece & Turkey, and her double platinum-selling album “Together Alone”. Alex is back with another Smash Hit, “Take Home to Mama”, that she co-wrote with some impressive names from the industry. Mike Caren CEO of A.P.G & C.O at W.M.G; Aton Ben- Horin executive & record producer, Global VP of A&R for all of WMG labels (Atlantic Records & Warner Bros) ; Kirby Lauryen signed to Roc Nation (Kanye West « Only One », J-Lo « Let it be », Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney « FourFiveSeconds »), Double platinum selling producer & songwriter “ Axident” known for his Double Platinum-selling singles platine (Justin Bieber « Company », Jason Derulo « Wiggle », Icona pop « Clap Snap », Pitbull ft. John Ryan « Fireball », etc …). This latest hit was produced by award winning producers Pete Boxsta & Craigie Dodds (best known for their collaborations with artists such as que James Arthur, Jessie J, Amy Winehouse , Gorillaz, Kano, Rizzle Kicks), mixed by Manny Marroquin & Mastered by randy Merrill.

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Alex Heffes – The Elephant Mother (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Alex Heffes - The Elephant Mother (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz] Download

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the film The Elephant Queen (2019). The music was composed by Alex Heffes who has composed music to Miss Bala, Earth: One Amazing Day, Queen of Katwe. The Elephant Queen is a 2019 British-Kenyan documentary film directed by Victoria Stone and Mark Deeble, narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor.
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Alex Heffes – Miss Bala (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Golden Globe nominated composer Alex Heffes has over 60 film and TV scores to his name. It was his scores to Kevin Macdonald’s Academy Award-winning films ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND and BAFTA-winning TOUCHING THE VOID that first won him international acclaim. Alongside his long collaboration with Macdonald, he has worked with many of cinema’s top filmmakers such as Stephen Frears, Mira Nair, Catherine Hardwicke, Peter Webber and Tim Burton earning him the reputation as a composer with a unique voice who can communicate with directors at a deep level.
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Alex Hassilev – Affairs Of The Heart (1965/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Alex Hassilev is one of the founding members of the group The Limeliters. He is an actor with a number of film and television appearances to his credit. He is also a musician, switching from the guitar to the banjo. When the Limeliters first broke up at the height of their fame in 1963, Alex Hassilev turned to acting and operating a recording studio in his home, producing records for a variety of other artists.

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Alex Harding & Lucian Ban – Dark Blue (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Even though musicians may come from divergent places, it is amazing to find that many have the same proclivities when it comes to musical tendencies and taste. The relationship between Detroit born baritone saxophonist and bass clarinetist Alex Harding and Romanian pianist Lucian Ban is one example, in this case two musician from such different places, coalesce around the power of the blues. Their new recording, Dark Blue, is a testament to their musical and brotherly bond.

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