2017.12.6 Release
1967年、プロデューサーのクリード・テイラーが、A&Mレーベルで“CTI”（Creed Taylor Issue)というプロジェクトを立ち上げ、その後1970年にテイラーは独立して自身のレーベル“CTI”(Creed Taylor Inc.)を設立する。そしてジャズにR&B、ポップス、クラシック、ブラジル音楽など様々な音楽の要素を融合させたサウンドを展開し、それまでのジャズの“枠”を超越したアプローチで、今日“フュージョン”と呼ばれる音楽の基本スタイルを作り上げて、ジャズという音楽の可能性を大きく広げていった。さらに1971年には、よりR&B色の強い兄弟レーベル“Kudu”を設立して、その音楽性はさらに広がっていった。今年2017年は、最初のCTIの設立から50周年となる。そこでCTI/Kuduの名作の中から、通好みのレアな、だが内容の濃い作品が再リリースされる。今聴いても新鮮で、創造力溢れる作品たちだ。CTIの音楽は、今なお輝きを放ち続けている。
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CTI Records (Creed Taylor Incorporated) is a jazz record label founded in 1967 by Creed Taylor. CTI was a subsidiary of A&M before becoming independent in 1970. Its first album was A Day in the Life by guitarist Wes Montgomery in 1967 Its roster included George Benson, Ron Carter, Eumir Deodato, Astrud Gilberto, Freddie Hubbard, Bob James, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Hubert Laws, Stanley Turrentine, and Walter Wanderley,
Kudu Records was started in 1971 and concentrated on soul jazz with albums by Joe Beck, Hank Crawford, Grant Green, Idris Muhammad, Esther Phillips, Johnny “Hammond” Smith, Lonnie Smith, and Grover Washington Jr.
Salvation Records was a subsidiary label which released 10 albums during its existence, including music by Airto, Roland Hanna, Faith Howard, New York Jazz Quartet, Johnny “Hammond” Smith, and Gábor Szabó
Greenestreet, which (released albums by Jack Wilkins, Claudio Roditi, Les McCann) and Three Brothers (with albums by The Clams, Lou Christie, Duke Jones, and Cassandra Morgan) were short-lived labels affiliated with CTI.
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Various Artists – Verve Remixed: The First Ladies (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 54:11 minutes | 634 MB | Genre: Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve
The groundbreaking Verve Remixed series is back with Verve Remixed: The First Ladies, set for release July 16th on Verve Records. The all female compilation features 13 classic jazz tracks remixed by some of today’s most acclaimed DJs and producers. Billboard has called Verve Remixed “one of the most successful brands in dance/electronic music” and it is considered by many to be the best remixed series of all time.
Verve Remixed: The First Ladies features tracks by legendary female artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington. Marlena Shaw, Astrud Gilberto and Sister Rosetta Tharpe also have timeless songs included on the record.
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Brijean – Feelings (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 32:16 minutes | 377 MB | Genre: Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ghostly International
“Do you feel what I feel too?” Brijean Murphy floats the question at the start of Feelings, the full-length Ghostly International debut from Brijean, her collaborative project with Doug Stuart. Guided by a lush mix of charismatic keyboard chords, grooving bass lines, and radiant bongo-driven rhythms, the “Day Dreaming” lyric doubles as an invitation and a statement of intention. Brijean want you to move, physically, mentally, dimensionally; this is dance music for the mind, body, and soul. With Feelings, they’ve manifested a gentle collective space for respite, for self-reflection, for self-care, for uninhibited imagination and new possibilities. The album cultivates a specific vibe, a softness Murphy has come to call “romancing the psyche.”
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Andrea Motis, WDR Big Band – Colors & Shadows (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:03:59 minutes | 774 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jazzline
With “Colors & Shadows” ANDREA MOTI’s third atmospheric and Latin-oriented album will be released on JAZZLINE together with the WDR BIG BAND COLOGNE. Here, MOTIS, who is also considered a superstar of jazz outside her native Spain, once again proves her great art as a trumpeter and singer, whereby her expressive singing even allows comparisons with the legendary ASTRUD GILBERTO. At the age of 20, she has already made a rapid musical development and has already shared the stage with greats such as QUINCY JONES, SCOTT HAMILTON and her mentor JOAN CHAMORRO.
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Ana Caram – Blue Bossa (2001)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 47:19 minutes | Artwork (PDF) | 2,72 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 870 MB
Features 2.0 Stereo & 5.1 multichannel Surround sound
Ana Caram is an excellent singer and guitarist of Brazilian music, but this set lacks any real surprises. She only plays guitar on one song, sticking to singing while being backed by a rhythm section and the saxophones of Paulo Levi. The selections all date from the 1960s (other than her original “Pura Luz”) and Caram is mostly cast in the role of Astrud Gilberto, performing Jobim tunes (including “Desafinado,” “Corcovado,” and “Triste”) and other tunes from the era, including “Blue Bossa,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” and Baden Powell’s “So Por Amor.” The results are pleasant but very predictable, with no real chances being taken nor any fresh light shone on the veteran warhorses.
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Ana Caram – Blue Bossa (2001)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:14 minutes | 948 MB | Genre: Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chesky Records
Brazilian siren Ana Caram shares this “retro”-spective musical performance in celebration of the brilliant marriage between Brazilian song and America’s “cool jazz.” The result? A very cool glimpse into the bossa nova scene of a 1960s jazz club, and with Chesky’s state-of-the-art recording technology, you have the best seat in the house.
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Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba (1962/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 00:35:47 minutes | 1,28 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: Qobuz | Artwork: Front cover | © The Verve Music Group
Recorded: Pierce Hall, All Souls Unitarian Church, Washington D.C., February 13, 1962.
Jazz Samba is a bossa nova LP by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd, released on the Verve label on April 20, 1962.
Jazz Samba was the first major bossa-nova album on the American jazz scene. It was the real start of the bossa-nova excitement in America, which peaked in the mid-1960s. Though Stan Getz was the featured star of the album, it was very strongly inspired and designed by the guitarist Charlie Byrd. They were joined by two alternating bassists —Keter Betts and Charlie’s brother, Gene (Joe) Byrd— and two drummers —Buddy Deppenschmidt and Bill Reichenbach— for the recording at All Souls Church, Unitarian in Washington, D.C. on February 13, 1962, and it was released on April 20, that year as Verve LP V6-8432.
Grady Tate – Movin’ Day (1974/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:14 minutes | 443 MB | Genre: R&B
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Janus Records
Best known as an innovative drummer who helped to define a particular hard bop, soul jazz and organ trio sound during the mid-1960s, Grady Tate was also an accomplished vocalist. His drum sound can be heard on the classic Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery albums recorded on the Verve label in the 1960s. As a sideman he has also played with Lionel Hampton, Grant Green, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Lena Horne, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Blossom Dearie, Chris Connor, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Cal Tjader, Peggy Lee, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tom Rapp, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Stanley Turrentine, Charles Earland, Quincy Jones, Stan Getz, and Simon & Garfunkle. As a vocalist, Tate became popular as the voice behind many of the tunes in the Schoolhouse Rock series, including “I Got Six,” “Naughty Number Nine,” and “Fireworks.” Presented here is Tate’s classic 1974 album “Movin’ Day,” which showcases his prowess as a great vocalist, covering tunes from Van Morrison to Jimmy Cliff in his inimitable laid back style.
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Stan Getz – Big Band Bossa Nova (1962/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 33:42 minutes | 1,40 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve Reissues
Stan Getz almost single-handedly brought the bossa nova sound to the United States and helped create an international craze thanks to a series of albums he made in the early 1960s. On these albums, Getz teamed up with Brazilian bossa nova musicians and composers, masters of the craft like Antonio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto and Gilberto’s wife, vocalist Astrud who would become world famous thanks to The Girl From Ipanema. This album, the second in the series, predates that song and was unusual for a bossa nova album of the time in that it was entirely instrumental, nonetheless very successful. Conductor Gary McFarland deserves a great deal of the credit for that success due to his magnificent big band arrangements.
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De-Phazz – Music to Unpack Your Christmas Present (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 58:07 minutes | 624 MB | Genre: Christmas
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Phazz-a-delic New Format Recordings
They are a power – but a good, gentle, almost secret power. For over 20 years, the magical-light sound of De-Phazz has been inspiring the listener, freeing consciousness and sending thoughts on their travels. The Heidelbergers are both the regulars and governors of Lounge and Easy Listening. This power enraptures the mind and enchants the dance floor, catapulting us into new atmospheres with every track: A fusion of samba and soul, trip-hop and jazz, Latin and R’n’B, where you can literally feel the sand under your feet, the sunbeams on your skin and the salty air in your nose.
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Charlie Byrd – Byrd In The Wind (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 37:53 minutes | 390 MB | Genre: Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla
Digitally remastered two-fer containing a pair of albums from the Jazz great: Byrd in the Wind and Blues for Night People. Byrd in the Wind was Charlie Byrd’s fourth effort as a leader. Recorded at the beginning of his career, this album clearly shows Byrd’s unique amalgam of Jazz, Blues and Classical music, using the unamplified Spanish guitar as a Jazz instrument.
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Various Artists – Tchic Tchic: French Bossa Nova 1963-1974 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:03:58 minutes | 597 MB | Genre: Bossa Nova
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Born Bad Records
Ever since the late 1950s bossa-nova revolution, Brazil’s influence on French music has been undeniable. Pierre Barouh, Georges Moustaki, and a vast array of lesser known artists, all made the Musica Popular Brasileira (MPB) an axis of promotion at the service of a cool and metaphysical, modern and mixed Brazilian lifestyle. Some were seduced by the poetic languor of the bossa, some were looking for fun, and others just loved the American hybridization of jazz-bossa, jazz-samba. With emotion, arrangements for violin and supple guitar licks, bossa nova rapidly changed. A transformation that can be heard in the Tchic Tchic: French Bossa Nova 1963-1974 compilation, the result of a cultural reappropriation, which traveled through the United States and supplemented itself in France. A musical revolution that has remained significant, bossa nova was born in Rio. From 1956 to 1961, Brazil lived through its golden years. In five years, the country had invented its modernist style. American jazzmen then took over. In particular, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and guitarist Charlie Byrd. In November 1962, the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs funded a “Bossa-Nova” concert at Carnegie Hall in New York, inviting the genre’s pioneers. In Brazil, the 1964 military coup quickly ended this euphoria. The destructive atmosphere that ensued pushed many Brazilian musicians to leave, if not to exile. Thus, Tom Jobim, Sergio Mendes, and Joao Gilberto arrived to the United States. In New York, Joao Gilberto met saxophonist Stan Getz. At the time, he was married to the Bahianese Astrud Weinert Gilberto, who had a German father. She had never sung before, but she knew how to speak English. Getz therefore asked her to replace her husband on “The Girl From Ipanema”. The Getz/Gilberto record with Tom Jobim on piano, was released in March 1964. Phil Ramone, the “pope of pop” was in charge of sound. Bossa nova arrived in Paris through the classic “guitar-voice” channel. But France loved jazz and Paris had already welcomed its American contributors. Features Les Masques, Isabelle Aubret, Christianne Legrand, Jean Constantin, Billy Nencioli & Baden Powell, Marpessa Dawn, Jean-Pierre Sabar, Sophia Loren, Isabelle, Sylvia Fels, Frank Gérard, Ann Sorel, Charles Level, Andrea Parisy, Audrey Arno, Aldo Frank, Clarinha, Hit Parade des Enfants, Jean-Pierre Lang, Magalie Noël, and Françoise Legrand.
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