Dakota Staton – More Than The Most! (1959/2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Dakota Staton – More Than The Most! (1959/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 29:45 minutes | 606 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

Recorded in 1959, this is one of Dakota Staton’s most consistently pleasing albums. The band is excellent (directed by Sid Feller), with good solo work from various members to go along with Dakota’s fine singing. Tune selection is very good, and there’s a good balance between slow ballads and quicker tempoed tunes. Highlights include IT’S YOU OR NO ONE, THE SONG IS ENDED, and EAST OF THE SUN. SOME DAYS IT’S MONDAY is downright sultry, a Staton specialty.

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Dakota Staton – Dynamic! (1959/2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Dakota Staton – Dynamic! (1959/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:59 minutes | 846 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

One of Dakota Staton’s early albums, DYNAMIC! definitely lives up to the promise of it’s title. With some magical arrangements from Sid Feller, Ms. Staton riffs her way through a selection of jazz and theatre standards, stamping each and every one with her unique brand of musical showmanship.

Highlights would definitely have to include “Let Me Off Uptown” (full of Staton’s spunky attitude), “When Sunny Gets Blue” (with one of the most beautiful lyrics you’ll ever have the pleasure to hear); and “The Party’s Over” (from the Broadway musical “Bells Are Ringing”).

If you’re a jazz fan you’ll really enjoy the snappy vocal stylings of Miss Dakota Staton. A treasure.

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Dakota Staton – Dakota Sings Ballads And The Blues (1960/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Dakota Staton – Dakota Sings Ballads And The Blues (1960/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:57 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

Dakota Staton Sings Ballads and the Blues is one of my favorite compilations! It has 12 tracks from “Dakota” recorded in 1960 and 12 tracks “Dakota Staton Sings Ballads and the Blues recorded in 1959, with 2 bonus tracks (“On Chapel Hill,” and “Porgy”) with the Norman Simmon’s Orchestra and great liner notes. The only way to describe this CD is that it swings as is evident by opening tune “Rock Me To Sleep” followed by “If I Love Again.” The up tempo rhythm for “Green Dolphin Street, and “Pick Yourself Up” shows that Dakota can keep up with the best of them. “Trapped” remains one of my personal favorites because it is funky and jazzy at the same time, not to mention the great lyrics. Her call and answer response on “Love Me” takes you back to the smoke filled nightclub days as does the finger snapping you can’t resist when listening to “My Babe.” The words and rhythm of “Seems Like You Just Don’t care” makes it just fun to listen to and shows how much Dakota liked to have fun when singing.

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Dakota – Nostalgia for Paradise (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Dakota – Nostalgia for Paradise (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 40:12 minutes | 424 MB | Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dakota

The Californian experimantal project with self-released album, features Heavy Psychedelic Rock, that deeply in vein of the 70’s…

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Daisuke Suzuki – Hommage à Schubert (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Daisuke Suzuki – Hommage à Schubert (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:01:17 minutes | 2,81 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ART_INFINI

This is a tribute album composed by Daisuke Suzuki, who composed the famous songs from Schubert and his longtime collaborator, Daisuke Suzuki.He said,”I feel that it is possible to lead me to the essence of the role and the instrument of”classical guitar”, which continues to be the most important theme to bring the nuances of the dream and the expanse of color and space into the music.”it is played with passion.

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Daishin Kashimoto, Emmanuel Pahud, Paul Meyer, Zvi Plesser, Eric Le Sage – Vienne 1900 (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Daishin Kashimoto, Emmanuel Pahud, Paul Meyer, Zvi Plesser, Eric Le Sage – Vienne 1900 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:55:02 minutes | 1,85 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics

Daishin Kashimoto, Emmanuel Pahud, Paul Meyer, Zvi Plesser and Éric Le Sage, who have been close musical partners for years, joined forces once again at the Salon de Provence Chamber Music Festival to record this programme devoted to Viennese composers of the early twentieth century. The most famous and innovative of these are represented: Schoenberg with his Kammersymphonie no.1, Mahler with two lieder transcribed for flute and piano, Zemlinsky’s Clarinet Trio and several pieces by Berg. A programme that encapsulates both the exhaustion of a bygone Romantic age and the avant-garde promises of a modern world still to be built.

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Dai Fujikura – Dai Fujikura: Mina (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Dai Fujikura – Dai Fujikura: Mina (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:14:37 minutes | 763 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Minabel

Dai Fujikura’s newest Minabel Records release is named after his daughter Mina, who was born just before he began composing the title piece on the recording, written for five soloists from the International Contemporary Ensemble. Fujikura brings his sense of wonder at the birth of his child to his compositional process in several of these pieces, exploring previously unexamined territory while continuing to rely on his interest in natural phenomenon for inspiration.

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Dahveed Behroozi – Echos (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Dahveed Behroozi – Echos (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:32 minutes | 1017 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sunnyside

Trained in both jazz and classical music, West Coast-based pianist Davheed Behroozi is the uncommon musician to earn endorsements from icons in both disciplines. Ursula Oppens, a renowned virtuoso of contemporary classical music, has praised Behroozi’s “creativity, curiosity and integrity,” adding that “his performances are stunning, his interpretations astonishing.” Likewise, jazz piano star Fred Hersch has described Behroozi’s music-making as “intense and immersive,” with the pianist’s evolution as an improviser revealing “deep musical knowledge and devotion.” The best presentation yet of Behroozi’s artistry as a jazz musician now comes with his sophomore album, Echos, to be released digitally and on CD via Sunnyside Records on June 4, 2021. Showcasing Behroozi’s richly atmospheric, even hypnotic compositions, the new disc – his first studio recording – features Behroozi in league with two of New York’s finest: bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Billy Mintz, both master improvisers known for their subtle, individual sounds. They are an ideal complement to Behroozi’s rhapsodic, wide-screen pianism, which is as inspired by such jazz masters as Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock and Gonzalo Rubalcaba as it is classical exemplars Maurizio Pollini, Martha Argerich and Glenn Gould.

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Dagny – Strangers / Lovers (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Dagny – Strangers / Lovers (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 37:18 minutes | 438 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UM Norway

Norway’s most exciting pop export Dagny depicts love in all of its wonderous stages on debut album ‘Strangers Lovers’.

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Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers – Get Lucky (Daft Punk Remix) (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers – Get Lucky (Daft Punk Remix) (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 10:34 minutes | 202 MB | Genre: Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia

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Daft Punk – TRON: Legacy – The Complete Edition (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Daft Punk – TRON: Legacy – The Complete Edition (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:23:10 minutes | 851 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

The legendary French duo Daft Punk have just stunned the world by dropping a new and complete edition of their TRON: Legacy hit soundtrack – 9 brand-new tracks as a surprise end of year release. It’s been almost a decade since Daft Punk released the soundtrack of TRON: Legacy and now you can enjoy 9 additional tracks that didn’t appear in the movie – gifting fans all around the world with the release of The Complete Edition of TRON’s soundtrack.

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Daft Punk – Random Access Memories [Limited Box Set Edition] (2013/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Daft Punk – Random Access Memories [Limited Box Set Edition] (2013/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:29:31 minutes | 1,76 GB | Genre: Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia

Random Access Memories is the fourth studio album by French electronic music duo Daft Punk. The album pays tribute to the late 1970s and early 1980s era of music in the United States, particularly the sound of Los Angeles recordings of the period. Daft Punk recorded the album largely using live instrumentation with session musicians, and limited the use of electronics to drum machines, a modular synthesizer and vintage vocoders. The album also features collaborations with Panda Bear, Julian Casablancas, Todd Edwards, DJ Falcon, Chilly Gonzales, Giorgio Moroder, Nile Rodgers, Paul Williams and Pharrell Williams. The album has received widespread critical acclaim.

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Daedelus – What Wands Won’t Break (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Daedelus – What Wands Won’t Break (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 49:53 minutes | 579 MB | Genre: Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dome Of Doom

“What Wands Won’t Break. Here is my stripped back raw rhythms that only momentarily dawdle in melody. It’s the distentions of polite sources into genre specific tempo to make sounds I’ve cobbled together live, but never committed to record previously. Let the mystical be plain to see, but only implied, as the only whisper on this loudly album.” – Daedelus

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Dadju – Gentleman 2.0 (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Dadju – Gentleman 2.0 (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:08:32 minutes | 782 MB | Genre: French R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Division Capitol Music France

Dadju est LE phénomène de cette rentrée 2017. Il a su s’imposer sur le web, l’airplay radio et télé dès son 1er extrait devenu hymne pour toutes les jeunes filles et jeunes femmes intitulé «Reine». Petit frère de Maitre Gims, pas à pas, Dadju se fraie un chemin semblable. Hitmaker bien entouré, il sait proposer des ballades saisissantes de réalisme et des titres plus «entertainment» comme son featuring Niska, ou le feat avec Alonzo et Gims présents sur l’album. / Dadju is Thephenomenon of this new school year 2017. It has established itself on the web, the airplay radio and tv as soon as its 1 extract became an anthem for all young girls and young women entitled, “the Queen”. Little brother of Maitre Gims, step by step, Dadju weaves a similar path. Hitmaker surrounded able to provide rides for true-to-life realism and of the titles more “entertainment” as its featuring Niska, or the feat with Alonzo and Gims found on the album.

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Daahoud Salim – Schulhoff: Forbidden Music (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Daahoud Salim – Schulhoff: Forbidden Music (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 59:14 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Challenge Classics

Schulhoff’s music remained a well-kept secret for many years, due in part to its apparent eclecticism. Fortunately, that situation has changed over the last twenty years or so. This CD from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam contains piano works from the period 1920-1931, an extremely fruitful period during which Schulhoff gave vent to his fascination for the new jazz and dance music without entirely losing sight of classical tradition.

He was a brilliant pianist himself, making frequent appearances in the concert hall and later in radio studios, renowned for his immaculate technique, fabulous memory and prowess as an improviser. The combination of classical foundations and more decorative jazz elements in Schulhoff’s music suits Daahoud Salim Alvarez down to the ground, as he studied both classical and jazz piano at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Schulhoff constantly faced the dilemma of respecting traditions while at the same time being keen to distance himself from them. This is illustrated, for instance, by his Concerto for piano and chamber orchestra – February 1923.

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