Shirley Horn – Live at the 4 Queens (2016)
DSF Stereo DSD128, 1 bit/5,6 MHz | Time – 54:54 minutes | 4,37 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: nativeDSDmusic | Booklet, Front Cover | © 2xHD/Resonance Records
The first previously unreleased music by Shirley Horn in nearly a decade was recorded live at the 4 Queens Hotel in Las Vegas in May 1988 and feature Horn’s longtime trio, bassist Charles Ables and drummer Steve Williams. The set was recorded by KNPR radio for a syndicated jazz show and captures the angora-voiced jazz singer and pianist at the very beginning of her resurgence on the jazz scene. Renowned for her inimitable ability to negotiate melodies and lyrics at an exquisitely unhurried pace, Horn applies her unique alchemy to classic and contemporary songs: when she sings a song, she changes the way it’s heard forever.
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Thierry Lang – Walk With Me (Heritage Project Vol. 2) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 56:48 minutes | 622 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music GmbH
The Swiss pianist and composer, Thierry Lang, was born on the 16th December 1956 in the small town of Romont in the canton of Fribourg. He started learning piano at the age of 5 and by 7 years old had decided to make piano his career. He excelled in classical piano studies until the age of 21 while at the same time developing a passion for jazz. As a fifteen year old, he first heard the pianist Bill Evans who would influence his thinking for many years to come. Inspired by this music, Thierry Lang found the perfect link between classical and piano jazz which rapidly became the characteristic of his own musical expression. As a talented composer with a great sense of melody, he rapidly established himself as a master in this domain. In 1986, he gave concerts with various jazz groups in Switzerland playing alongside numerous local and foreign musicians from different musical backgrounds. He gained further experience as a professional through accompanying musicians of diverse styles including Blues, BeBop and Mainstream. In 1987, he created his first trio through which he was able to share his brilliant technique and strong sense of melody with a wider public, who began to recognize the characteristic features of his musical signature. In 1988, his trio, already famous at a national level, was invited to accompany the world famous harmonica player Toots Thielemans.
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Scott LaFaro – Pieces Of Jade (2009/2017)
DSD128 (.dsf) 1 bit/5,6 MHz | Time – 37:06 minutes | 2,93 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 37:06 minutes | 578 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: HDTracks | Digital booklet | Genre: Jazz | © 2xHD
Scott LaFaro was one of the twentieth century’s most influential jazz musicians. During his tragically short life, Scott LaFaro quickly developed into one of the most advanced bassists around, competing with Charlie Haden and Charles Mingus. He emphasized high notes, could play with great speed, and his interplay with Bill Evans in their trio was mutually stimulating and influential. Best known for his landmark recordings with Bill Evans, LaFaro played bass a mere seven years before his life and career were cut short by an automobile accident when he was only 25 years old, his sudden death causing a major shock to the jazz world.
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Steve Coleman – Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (The Embedded Sets) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:32:33 minutes | 3,19 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Pi Recordings
Alto saxophonist Steve Coleman’s Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. I (The Embedded Sets) is his first live release in over 15 years. It captures his band Five Elements in two joyous sets at the historic New York venue where some of the most famous jazz recording from the likes of John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, and Bill Evans have been made. Coleman’s personal history is tied deeply with the club: One of the main reasons he moved to New York City from Chicago was for the opportunity to play in the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, of which he was a member from 1978 to 1980. After playing there with singer Abbey Lincoln in 1984, there followed a hiatus of over 30 years before he was invited to perform at the club as a leader in 2015. Since then, he has led his band Five Elements at the Vanguard every year, including these two sets recorded in May, 2017.
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AMC Trio – Following The Light (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:45 minutes | 560 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jazzline
The Slovak trio AMC presents their new album “Following The Light” with Randy Brecker and creates an original, genre-spanning sound with their compositions beyond traditional jazz. Influenced by their roots, the album tells its own musical stories with soulful melodies and remains true to the unmistakable style of the trio.
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Stéphane Kerecki, John Taylor – Patience (2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:44 minutes | 783 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Zig-Zag Territoires
For jazz musicians, the duo of piano and double bass is a perilous exercise in tightrope-walking, reserved for enthusiasts of extreme refinement, those who like to dance on the edge of abysses. Its alchemy is mysterious. By releasing the account of his brief encounter with John Taylor, Stéphane Kerecki does more than merely delight music-lovers; he proves once again that jazz cannot exist without sometimes flirting with the void.
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Stefano Battaglia – Pelagos (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:12:06 minutes | 1,90 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ECM
Manfred Eicher’s strong personal involvement in the production of every album released under his ECM label is well documented. In Stefano Battaglia’s Pelagos, the Munich guru went as far as rearranging the Milanese pianist’s sessions. Combining piano and prepared piano (sometimes simultaneously!), these recordings of original compositions, spontaneous improvisations and traditional Arabic songs were captured both live in a concert venue and during intimate sessions at the Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile, Italy, in May 2016. Thus in retrospect Eicher rearranged them to − in his own terms −“inject them with a new fantastic form, based on a completely renewed dramaturgy.” The eclecticism of the material, as well as its sheer weight (over two hours and ten minutes of music!) make this a truly impressive work. And the use of the word “dramaturgy” suits it rather well. Regardless, one journeys through Pelagos in one sitting, sometimes being caught off guard by a few twists and surprises. A feeling owed, no doubt, to the founder of ECM. As for Battaglia, he draws from his wide range of influences (Paul Bley, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett) to offer us a rather varied style, in perfect osmosis with the play, of which he is both the author and the main character. A great solo piano album.
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Slava Kantcheff & Andreas Keller – Keys & Sticks (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 30:09 minutes | 580 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Solo Musica
The pianist Slava Kantcheff and the percussionist Andreas Keller set new standards with their extraordinary project: “Two Worlds – One Vision”. When the two artists met for the first time, it was immediately clear: Kantcheff & Keller, piano & drums, two musical worlds, have a common vision: Keys & Sticks can play together. With a great deal of imagination and mutual inspiration, Kantcheff & Keller create an incomparable sound in their musical interplay that does not yet exist and harmonise on their instruments until the Grand Final.
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Simon Oslender – About Time (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:03:43 minutes | 697 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Leopard
The debut album from 21-year-old German keyboard phenomenon Simon Oslender. Despite his young age he is already a member of the Bill Evans band, Wolfgang Haffner band and has worked with Randy Brecker. ‘About Time’ features his regular band plus special guests Evans and Brecker. The album also includes keyboardist and producer Ricky Peterson, vibraphonist Christopher Dell, guitarist Hanno Busch, percussionist Roland Peil and the vocalists Peter Fessler and Cosmo Klein. This is a brilliant debut that is released at the right time in his career. A large-scale party that moves seamlessly between funk, jazz, fusion, soul, blues and pop.
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Sébastien Boisseau, Stephan Oliva, Tom Rainey – Orbit (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 52:57 minutes | 921 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Yolk
Oliva, Rainey, Boisseau are the international trio known as ‘Orbit’. In astronomy, an orbit is the trajectory of a star. In anatomy, it is the cavity of the cranium in which the eye and all its appendages can be found. Perhaps the pianist Stéphan Oliva, the drummer Tom Rainey and the bassist Sébastien Boisseau aim to combine the two into music? Who knows. What is certain, is the trajectory of their impeccably tight – but never bland – jazz. Oliva’s well-renowned impressionist piano, that draws inspiration from the likes of Bill Evans and Lennie Tristano, brings the calm as well as the storm. This cinema fan (he has revisited many film scores) is at one here with rhythms as versatile as himself. The balance is perfect between these three men. Oliva never steals the limelight and each works to refine their lyricism with elegance; rife with unexpected twists and very personal improvisations. – Max Dembo
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Shirley Horn – Live at the 4 Queens (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 54:54 minutes | 1,91 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © 2xHD – Resonance Records
The first previously unreleased music by Shirley Horn in nearly a decade was recorded live at the 4 Queens Hotel in Las Vegas in May 1988 and feature Horn’s longtime trio, bassist Charles Ables and drummer Steve Williams. The set was recorded by KNPR radio for a syndicated jazz show and captures the angora-voiced jazz singer and pianist at the very beginning of her resurgence on the jazz scene. Renowned for her inimitable ability to negotiate melodies and lyrics at an exquisitely unhurried pace, Horn applies her unique alchemy to classic and contemporary songs: when she sings a song, she changes the way it’s heard forever.
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Simon Below Quartet – Elements of Space (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:01:06 minutes | 636 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Traumton
In August 2018 the Simon Below Quartet performed at the international Jazz Festival Avignon and won the Grand Prix du Jury: three days of recording at the famous La Buissonne studio in Pernes les Fontaines in the south of France. Countless ECM productions have already been recorded there (e.g. by Tigran Hamasyan, Florian Weber, Nik Bärtsch, Kristjan Randalu), as well as works by piano grandmasters such as Joachim Kühn, Brad Mehldau, Ahmad Jamal and Carla Bley. In addition to the studio days in the summer of 2019, the award included another appearance on the main stage of the festival, which was followed by enthusiastic articles in the French jazz media.
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Shaun Martin – Focus (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 29:14 minutes | 342 MB | Genre: Jazz, Funk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Arbors Records
From the Snarky Puppy golden days to his solo release, 7 Summers, we have always been (and will remain) huge fans of the style, grace, and versatility that Shaun Martin brings to the piano in its many forms. From delicate riffs to dance party rhythm, Shaun expresses himself with perfect comfort and brings the power when the setting calls for it. So we are proud to announce Focus – the new album from the Shaun Martin Trio. This time Shaun returns to the piano and the roots of the Jazz Trio with longtime collaborators AJ Brown and Jamil Byron.
‘i wanted to sit down and fall back in love with the piano – to dance with the one that brought you.’ – shaun martin
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Shahin Novrasli – From Baku to New York City (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:56 minutes | 1,00 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jazz Village
If going back to the great themes is a rite of passage for most young musicians, in this case the experience entails a particular dimension. First, Shahin Novrasli shows intense creativity, inspired by the music of his homeland. Also, Ahmad Jamal’s production, which provides a telepathic rhythm (thanks to drummer Herlin Riley and double bass player James Cammack), symbolizes a wonderful transition: between two generations of musicians, between two centuries, and also between two continents, the West and the East, all this under the loving gaze of their elders, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. The emotion flowing through this album moves in time to the beating heart of jazz.
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Shahin Novrasli – Bayati (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:02:38 minutes | 635 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Bee Jazz
Shahin Novrasli is an Azerbaijani jazz pianist. Elegantly blending his classical knowledge, Azerbaijan’s traditional folk “Mugham” and his jazz influences, Shahin created his own unique and accomplished musical universe, where he combines eastern and western cultures. A gentle wave of exotic melodies, powerful and sharp harmonies, capricious eastern rhythms struck by an American Jazz lightning, majestic and vigorous.
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