This second CD in the three-volume series gathering the complete works of Tony Fruscella features the New York trumpeter as a member of the Stan Getz quintet on two different occasions, a studio and club performance, both from 1955. Curiously, Fruscella's role in these titles recalls the lyricism and intimacy attained by Chet Baker on the same context. On the contrary, the date with altoist Chick Maures, (born Wilfred Robert Maures and deceased on July 20, 1954) shows the typical experimental air of the late forties, with a kind of bebop charm, and with Triglia assuming a Tristano-like mode. This session also represents the recording debut of all five jazzmen and Chick's only appearance on record. The last three alternate takes are bonus tracks included in order to complete the corpus of Fruscella's works (not counting his memorable LP recorded for the Atlantic label in 1955).
The finest collection ever assembled on Slade's hit-making heyday, Feel the Noize: The Very Best of Slade contains all of the group's hit singles from the early '70s, from 1971's "Get Down and Get With It" to 1975's "Thanks for the Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam)." In between those two songs, all of the group's big, dumb, irresistible, and misspelled hits -- "Cuz I Luv You," "Take Me Bak 'Ome," "Mama Weer All Crazee Now," "Gudbuy T'Jane," "Cum On Feel the Noize," "Skweeze Me Pleeze Me" -- are featured. Though it is missing latter-day hits like "My Oh My," Slade never got better than they did at their stomping glitter-rock peak, and Feel the Noize
Bill Haley - The Warner Brothers Years and more (1999) [FLAC]
6CD Box | EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) - Cue - Log | Complete Artwork | Release: 1999 | 3.7 GB Gerne: Pop, Rock & Roll
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands {RESEED} (1987) [FLAC] (2011 Deluxe Edition 2CD + DVD)
2CD + 1DVD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) - Cue - Log | Complete Artwork | Release: 2011 | 2.47 GB Gerne: Rock
The task of following up their seminal debut album was daunting, but the Jesus And Mary Chain accomplished it with style on sophomore collection Darklands. A more subtle and understated album, it nevertheless contains their biggest chart hit in “April Skies” and several of the Reid brothers’ most loved songs. Premiering a more expansive and nuanced sound, Jim and William wrote, produced and played everything on here.
Knussen’s performances of three of the Stravinsky works (all except the Variations) at last year’s Aldeburgh Festival, with the Britten-Pears Orchestra, showed that they need not be the exclusive property of specialist bands. Specialism does no harm, all the same. There were a few accidents at Aldeburgh.
Muddy Waters was from Mississippi, but he was, among other things, the King Of Chicago Blues. He created a body of work that was covered by and influenced a wide range of artists including Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, The Allman Brothers Band, jazz organist Jimmy Smith, even master songwriter Chuck Berry. One of his songs ended up naming a rather successful magazine and a band, "Rollin' Stone." Muddy's ICON includes 11 of the blues master's core recordings for Chess Records, showing just why the artist was so influential.
Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker was instrumental in tipping jazz over from the swing genre, which was predominantly a dance music, to bop, which aspired to art, an intellectual dance if you will, and consequently Parker was a huge purveyor of the mid-'40s sea change that began to alter the way audiences approached jazz, and pop music in general. This double-disc set of his complete Savoy output chronicles ground zero of the bop revolution, and contains classic takes of "Groovin' High," "Barbados," "Parker's Mood," "Koko," "Milestones," and many others.
Joe Jackson - Summer In The City, Live In New York (2000) [FLAC]
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) - Cue - Log | Complete Artwork | Release: 2000 | 394 MB Gerne: Rock
The chameleonic Jackson is reunited with longtime bandmates Graham Maby (bass and vocals) and Gary Burke (drums) for this trio date, recorded live in August 1999. The opening "Summer in the City" promises much, and the album delivers. While the three don't always play to a song's strengths ( "You Can't Get What You Want," for one, misses the full-band treatment), this release does showcase Jackson's piano and the group's interplay. The trio bounces through several Jackson originals, including "Fools in Love," "Down to London," and a medley including "Be My Number Two" and "You Can't Get What You Want," as well as classics like "Mood Indigo," "Eleanor Rigby," and the title track. On this album, Jackson proves not only that he has not abandoned classic pop songs or his own pop hits, but that he is performing them better than ever.