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Ben Williams – State Of Art (2011/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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‘By definition the bass player is a pivotal figure in jazz, a steward of tonality as well as tempo. Determining a good one can require close listening: that quality reveals itself in the cohesion of the band as well as in the handling of line and phrase. All of this was accounted for in Mr. Williams’s set, which also involved a pair of harmonically sound original compositions and a balance of tradition and novelty.’ -Nate Chinen, New York Times State Of Art is a result of Williams’ first prize in the 2009 Thelonious Monk International Competition for double-bass. The album marks Williams’ first album as a leader, however it is not the bassist’s first time working with the Concord Jazz family.
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Ben L’Oncle Soul – Under My Skin (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Actually, he is called Benjamin Duterde and is France’s most successful ‘Retro Soul’ star. His role models include Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Donny Hathaway and Marvin Gaye. His songs swinging between classic Motown and current influences have earned him chart success and critical acclaim, his title ‘Petite sœur’ even became a TV jingle of a well-known chocolate bar.
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Billie Holiday – Cheek To Cheek (1958/2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia – July 17, 1959 in New York City) was an American jazz singer from New York City, who is considered one of the most important performers of the genre.
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Bobby Cole – A Point of View (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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. Reissue of the classic 1967 release . Contains 13 previously unissued bonus tracks . Fully authorized by the Estate of Bobby Cole . Produced for release by Grammy-winner Cheryl Pawelski and remastered by Grammy-winner Michael Graves, with a new essay from Grammy-nominated writer Randy Poe Frank Sinatra walks into a bar . . . Well, Frank called it a “bistro”-and Jilly’s on 52nd Street even had matchbooks that when opened read, “My favorite bistro-Frank Sinatra.” It also featured Frank’s “favorite saloon singer,” Bobby Cole, who held court there for many years. His other gigs around New York landed him a recording contract with Columbia, but the 1960 release from The Bobby Cole Trio, while well reviewed, failed to gain traction. It featured no original material from Cole, and was essentially a recorded version of his Jilly’s act-one hard to capture on LP. Judy Garland walks into a bar . . . In 1964, and after hearing Cole’s performance of “You Fascinate Me So” (a staple from Judy At Carnegie Hall) at Jilly’s, Garland invited him to become the new musical arranger for CBS’s The Judy Garland Show in Los Angeles. When that show ended, Cole returned to New York and Jilly’s. Jack Lonshein, whose day job was creating covers for artists including Sarah Vaughan, Maynard Ferguson, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, (and eventually Big Brother & The Holding Company and The Amboy Dukes!), was a friend of Cole’s. He knew Bobby’s magic, and original songs, were what the jazz world needed. Taking things into his own hands, A Point of View was released on Lonshein’s own Concentric Records, and as can happen, no matter how well received and reviewed a record is, finding a copy was half the battle for fans. A Point of View made waves in the boroughs, was raved about in Billboard and Cash Box, and then disappeared-but became a coveted prize by those who experienced it. Artists including Freddy Cole (Nat’s brother) and Tom Jones covered material from it. A Point of View now returns 55 years later, fully authorized by the Estate of Bobby Cole. Produced for release by Grammy?-winner Cheryl Pawelski and lovingly remastered by Grammy?-winner Michael Graves, this new version presents the original release, plus thirteen previously unissued bonus tracks drawn from sessions likely intended for a follow up release to A Point of View that didn’t happen. A fascinating and thorough essay from Grammy-nominated writer Randy Poe tells the story of Cole, the scene, and the music. Available on CD and Digital April 15, 2022 (with a double-LP version slated for Fall of 2022), A Point of View will be finally seen and heard, appreciated, and revered, as originally intended.
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Dean Martin – The Very Best of Dean Martin (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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CAKE – Fashion Nugget (Deluxe Edition) (1996/2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Fashion Nugget is the second studio album by alternative rock band Cake. It was released in 1996, and contains 14 songs. “The Distance” and “I Will Survive” became the most successful singles on the record, with the prior peaking at number 22 in the UK and at number 4 on the US Alternative Airplay Chart. The album was recorded at Paradise Studios in Sacramento, California.

On December 9, 1996, the album was certified gold by the RIAA, and the next year, the album was certified platinum for shipments of one million copies.

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Artie Kane – Henry Mancini Presents Artie Kane Playing the Swinging Screen Scene (1972/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Artie Kane – Henry Mancini Presents Artie Kane Playing the Swinging Screen Scene (1972/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 28:05 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Soundtracks, Jazz, Pop
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Artie Kane (born Aaron Cohen; April 14, 1929 – June 21, 2022) was an American pianist, film score composer, and conductor with a career spanning over six decades.

As a pianist in Hollywood studios, Kane worked with artists such as Frank Sinatra, Henry Mancini, John Williams, and Quincy Jones.

He composed the music for over 250 television shows. Some of his works for television include Wonder Woman, Vegas, Hotel, Dynasty, Matlock, A Question of Guilt, and Man Against the Mob. Kane also composed the film scores for five motion pictures including The Bat People, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Eyes of Laura Mars, Night of the Juggler, and Wrong Is Right.

During his career, he conducted on over 60 motion pictures at MGM, Disney, Universal, Fox, Warner Brothers, Sony, Columbia Pictures, and Paramount.

In 1976, Kane was nominated for a Grammy Award along with Ralph Grierson for a two-piano George Gershwin Album, ‘S Wonderful on Angel Records. He was inducted into the Columbus Senior Musicians Hall of Fame in 1998[13] and is a co-author of the book, Music to My Years: Love and Life Between the Notes…
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Barbra Streisand – Partners (Deluxe) (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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“Partners” is Barbra Streisand’s new album, featuring 12 inimitable new Streisand duets with the world’s greatest male vocalists. This is the legendary artist’s first duets album in more than a decade, and debuts new studio recordings of Streisand classics and others songs.
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Barbra Streisand – Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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“ENCORE: MOVIE PARTNERS SING BROADWAY” is the new album from Barbra Streisand. The album features 10 new Streisand duets of Broadway classics with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. The inspired new musical pairings include Anne Hathaway, Daisy Ridley, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Chris Pine, Antonio Banderas, Jamie Foxx, Seth MacFarlane, and a spectacular virtual duet with Anthony Newley. This album follows 2014’s “Partners”, which debuted at # 1 on the Billboard Top 200, and received Platinum Certification.

The greatest star to ever come out of Broadway, Streisand returns to her roots with “ENCORE: Movie Partners Sing Broadway.” The legendary performer rose to unprecedented fame while starring on Broadway beginning with her stage debut in “I Can Get It For You Wholesale” in 1962 and then as comedienne Fanny Brice in the Broadway production of “Funny Girl” in 1964, earning Tony nominations for both turns. Streisand’s vey first record album, 1963’s “The Barbra Streisand album,” which earned Grammys for Album of the Year and Best Female Vocal Performances, featured several Broadway standards. In 1985 Streisand released “The Broadway Album” and in 1993 “Back to Broadway;” both albums went multi-platinum.

With the longest span of number one albums in history – six decades – Streisand has recorded 52 gold, 31 platinum and 13 multi-platinum albums in her career. She is the only woman to make the All-Time Top 10 Best Selling Artists list. With the release of her last album, “Partners,” Streisand has had 33 albums make the Top 10 on the US charts. She is the only female artist to have achieved this milestone, tying her with Frank Sinatra. With ten, Streisand is the female artist with the most number one albums in Billboard’s history. Widely recognized as an icon in multiple entertainment fields, Streisand has attained unprecedented achievements as a recording artist, actor, concert performer, producer, director, author and songwriter. Streisand has been awarded two Oscars, five Emmys, ten Golden Globes, eight Grammys plus two special Grammys, a special Tony award in 1970, and two CableACE Awards the only artist to receive honors in all of those fields of endeavor. Streisand received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama this past November. Her many other honors include the American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Endowment for the Arts Medal, three Peabody Awards and the French Légion d’Honneur. She is also the first female film director to receive the Kennedy Center Honors. Streisand is a devoted philanthropist who works tirelessly to fight for what she believes in. A woman of action, Streisand founded The Barbra Streisand Women s Heart Center at Cedars-Sinai and co-founded the Women’s Heart Alliance, helping to raise awareness and push for more research into women’s heart disease, the leading cause of death among women.
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Booker Ervin – Ervin, B.: The Book Cooks (1961/2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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There is nothing contrived about the kind of playing that comes jolting out of Booker Ervin’s tenor saxophone and the great quality of soul reflected on the six tracks of The Book Cooks. The album is introduced by George Tucker’s bass on “The Blue Book” followed by Tommy Flanagan, Booker Ervin, Tommy Turrentine and Zoot Sims in that order.
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Bob Dylan – Triplicate (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Triplicate, is the new three disc studio album from Bob Dylan. The collection features 30 brand-new recordings of classic American tunes and marking the first triple-length set of the artist’s illustrious career. With each disc individually titled and presented in a thematically-arranged 10-song sequence, Triplicate showcases Dylan’s unique and much-lauded talents as a vocalist, arranger and bandleader on 30 compositions by some of music’s most lauded and influential songwriters.
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Bob Dylan – Fallen Angels (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Fallen Angels is the thirty-seventh studio album by Bob Dylan, released by Columbia Records on May 20, 2016.

The album features covers of twelve classic American songs chosen by Dylan from a diverse array of writers such as Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Sammy Cahn and Carolyn Leigh. Much like the album’s predecessor, Shadows in the Night, every song on the album, except for “Skylark”, was once recorded by Frank Sinatra.

The album has received generally favorable reviews from critics, with particular praise for Dylan’s vocal performance, production quality, and the arrangements of his band.
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Willie Nelson – That’s Life (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Honoring the enduring inspiration of Frank Sinatra, That’s Life is Willie Nelson s second album of classics made famous by The Chairman Of The Board. Willie’s first ode to Frank, 2018’s My Way, earned Willie the Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Solo Album, and That’s Life finds Nelson (who has penned a few standards himself) inhabiting 11 more of the most treasured songs in the Great American Songbook including the title track, “Luck Be A Lady,” “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “You Make Me Feel So Young,” and “I Won’t Dance” (a duet featuring Diana Krall). Produced by Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings, That’s Life was recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood–where Frank Sinatra, created a string of album masterpieces–with additional recording at Pedernales Studios in Austin, Texas. Willie delivers 11 new studio performances, coming alive in a musical landscape animated by lush string and vibrant horn arrangements on an album mixed by recording industry legend Al Schmitt (who’s recorded and mixed more than 150 gold and platinum albums and won more Grammy Awards than any other engineer or mixer). The album cover features a brand new painting of Willie and his iconic guitar, Trigger, standing in the glow of a twilight streetlamp, evoking classic Sinatra album covers of yore.

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Willie Nelson – My Way (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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My Way, Willie Nelson’s new studio album, explores his admiration and connection to Frank Sinatra’s art and artistry across 11 fresh, intoxicating takes on songs made famous by the Chairman of the Board. Recorded in the tradition of 1978s legendary Stardust and 2016s Grammy Award-winning Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin, My Way is a warm and personal nod from one icon to another. Included are Willie’s takes on timeless tunes like “Summer Wind,” “It Was A Very Good Year,” “I’ll Be Around,” “Fly Me To The Moon,” “What Is This Thing Called Love” (cast as a duet with fellow Grammy winner Norah Jones) and, of course, the anthemic “My Way.” Add Willie’s stalwart backing band plus lush arrangements for full string and horn sections – all produced by Grammy winners Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings – and you’ve got an album that’s as cool as it gets.

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Walter Wolfman Washington – My Future Is My Past (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Walter “Wolfman” Washington’s 2018 album My Future Is My Past begins with the sound of ice clinking in a glass and the singer taking a swallow, quietly murmuring “That’s gonna work.” It’s a fitting opener for this set; if ever there was a blues equivalent to the albums Frank Sinatra cut of what he called “saloon songs,” this is it. My Future Is My Past is a bit different than what folks might expect from Washington; while he has a richly deserved reputation as a gifted guitarist and a soulful vocalist, this set is blues not for the joyous heart of Saturday night but for 3 a.m., after the juke joint is closed and you’re left with a last sip of bourbon and someone on your mind. My Future Is My Past is thoughtful and low-key, a set of songs about love both good and bad, and while Washington plays guitar on these sessions, the focus is on his vocals, with the instrumental accompaniment from a team of top New Orleans talent offering subtle, unobtrusive support. (Kudos to Ben Ellman of Galactic, whose production flatters the headliner while giving him enough room to work his magic.) Washington’s voice is a bit on the rough side here (doubtless due to the fact he was 74 when this album was released), but his phrasing is smart and silky-smooth, informed by jazz and classic soul as much as New Orleans blues, and he can evoke longing and heartache with the panache of a veteran actor. And bringing in the great Irma Thomas to duet with Washington on “Even Now” was truly inspired casting. My Future Is My Past is not an album that will get the party started, but if it’s a rainy night and you want to hear the sound of a man skillfully baring his soul, then this is just what you need.

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