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  1. 0001 - Misc. Psychedelic

  2. 0002 - Grant Green

    "Grant Green was born in St. Louis on June 6, 1931, learned his instrument in grade school from his guitar-playing father and was playing professionally by the age of thirteen with a gospel group. He worked gigs in his home town and in East St. Louis, IL, until he moved to New York in 1960 at the suggestion of Lou Donaldson. Green told Dan Morgenstern in a Down Beat interview: "The first thing I learned to play was boogie-woogie. Then I had to do a lot of rock & roll. It's all blues, anyhow."

    His extensive foundation in R&B combined with a mastery of bebop and simplicity that put expressiveness ahead of technical expertise. Green was a superb blues interpreter, and his later material was predominantly blues and R&B, though he was also a wondrous ballad and standards soloist. He was a particular admirer of Charlie Parker, and his phrasing often reflected it. Green played in the '50s with Jimmy Forrest, Harry Edison, and Lou Donaldson.

    He also collaborated with many organists, among them Brother Jack McDuff, Sam Lazar, Baby Face Willette, Gloria Coleman, Big John Patton, and Larry Young. During the early '60s, both his fluid, tasteful playing in organ/guitar/drum combos and his other dates for Blue Note established Green as a star, though he seldom got the critical respect given other players. He was off the scene for a bit in the mid-'60s, but came back strong in the late '60s and '70s. Green played with Stanley Turrentine, Dave Bailey, Yusef Lateef, Joe Henderson, Hank Mobley, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, and Elvin Jones.

    Sadly, drug problems interrupted his career in the '60s, and undoubtedly contributed to the illness he suffered in the late '70s. Green was hospitalized in 1978 and died a year later. Despite some rather uneven LPs near the end of his career, the great body of his work represents marvelous soul-jazz, bebop, and blues.

    A severely underrated player during his lifetime, Grant Green is one of the great unsung heroes of jazz guitar. Like Stanley Turrentine, he tends to be left out of the books. Although he mentions Charlie Christian and Jimmy Raney as influences, Green always claimed he listened to horn players (Charlie Parker and Miles Davis) and not other guitar players, and it shows. No other player has this kind of single-note linearity (he avoids chordal playing). There is very little of the intellectual element in Green's playing, and his technique is always at the service of his music. And it is music, plain and simple, that makes Green unique.

    Green's playing is immediately recognizable -- perhaps more than any other guitarist. Green has been almost systematically ignored by jazz buffs with a bent to the cool side, and he has only recently begun to be appreciated for his incredible musicality. Perhaps no guitarist has ever handled standards and ballads with the brilliance of Grant Green. Mosaic, the nation's premier jazz reissue label, issued a wonderful collection The Complete Blue Note Recordings with Sonny Clark, featuring prime early '60s Green albums plus unissued tracks. Some of the finest examples of Green's work can be found there." - Michael Erlewine and Ron Wynn

  3. Johnny Griffin

    "Johnny Griffin?s style has remained unchanged through his 50-year career: an aggressive attack, a sandpapery tone, and a blazing speed. At home with cutting contests and blowing sessions, he formed the "Tough Tenors" band with Lockjaw Davis so he could duel all night long. Now living in Europe with many albums to his credit, Johnny has now lost some of his tone but none of his competitive spirit. He is one of the last tenors working in this style ? and one of the best ever.

    Johnny Griffin started music at the age of six, learning the piano. He played clarinet in high school, then graduated to the sax family, primarily the alto. At a school dance in 1941, he saw the band of King Kolax, featuring the tenor of Gene Ammons. Once he heard Ammons play, Griffin said "That?s it!" He played a few weekend gigs with T-Bone Walker, and two months before he graduated high school, his music teacher asked him to play for Lionel Hampton. Hampton passed him up at the time, hiring Jay Peters ? but when Peters was drafted in June, Lionel asked Griffin to join him. Absolutely delighted, Johnny grabbed his alto and met the band in Toledo ? only to be told "you were hired to play tenor." Griffin went home to Chicago, bought a tenor, and rejoined the group.

    Griffin served in the Army in the early ?Fifties; his unit was about to be sent to Korea when a colonel heard him playing and transferred him to an Army band. (Johnny believes that gesture may have saved his life.) On completing his service, Griffin was approached by Art Blakey, whom he had in the ?Forties; he played for a year in the Jazz Messengers, including a memorable session with Thelonious Monk. Monk was so impressed that he hired Griffin, as a replacement John Coltrane. While Trane was in the band longer than Griffin, Johnny was recorded more often, thanks to some live sessions taped at New York?s Five Spot.

    On the strength of his work with Monk, Griffin was offered a contract with Riverside Records, starting in 1957. While his basic style never changed, he was recorded in a wide variety of contexts: small groups, a bluesy big band, and an unusual group with two basses. (This album, called Change of Pace, was made around the same time as Coltrane?s two-bass experiments.) In 1960, when he formed his band with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Davis was signed to Prestige Records ? both labels claimed recording rights to the group. (It was settled by giving four albums each to both labels.) In 1963, Riverside asked Griffin to make a tour of Europe; he didn?t want to go, as all he knew was in New York. Nonetheless, he made the trip, and found expatriates like Bud Powell, Dexter Gordon, Kenny Drew, Sahib Shihab, and Ben Webster ? all playing in the old style which was disappearing in the States. Griffin married a Dutch woman and chose to remain on the Continent.

    Griffin has lived in Europe ever since; he plays America two weeks of every year, including a birthday party in Chicago. For a while he played in the Francy Boland -Kenny Clarke band, but normally tours now as a single, playing with local musicians of his choice. (He regularly played with Kenny Drew until Drew?s death in 1993.) He maintains an active touring and recording schedule, and is now writing large-scale works, including pieces for string orchestra. He is still the model for tough tenors everywhere." - Jazz Improv

    "Once accurately billed as "the world's fastest saxophonist," Johnny Griffin (an influence tone-wise on Rahsaan Roland Kirk) has been one of the top bop-oriented tenors since the mid-'50s. He gained early experience playing with the bands of Lionel Hampton (1945-47) and Joe Morris (1947-50), and also jammed regularly with Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell. After serving in the Army (1951-1953), Griffin spent a few years in Chicago (recording his first full album for Argo) and then moved to New York in 1956. He held his own against fellow tenors John Coltrane and Hank Mobley on a classic Blue Note album, was with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1957, and proved to be perfect with the Thelonious Monk quartet in 1958, where he really ripped through the complex chord changes with ease. During 1960-1962, Griffin co-led a "tough tenor" group with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. He emigrated to Europe in 1963, and became a fixture on the Paris jazz scene both as a bandleader and a major soloist with the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland big band. In 1973, Johnny Griffin moved to the Netherlands, but has remained a constant world traveler, visiting the U.S. often and recording for many labels including Blue Note, Riverside, Atlantic, SteepleChase, Black Lion, Antilles, Verve, and some European companies." - Scott Yanow

  4. Culture

    "Vocal trio Culture helped define the sound and style of Rastafarian roots reggae, thanks largely to charismatic singer, songwriter, and leader Joseph Hill. True to their name, Culture's material was devoted almost exclusively to spiritual, social, and political messages, and Hill delivered them with a fervent intensity that grouped him with Rastafarian militants like Burning Spear and Black Uhuru. Their classic debut, Two Sevens Clash, is still considered a roots reggae landmark, and most of their other late-'70s output maintains a similarly high standard. After a hiatus, Culture returned in the mid-'80s with a lighter, more polished sound that drew from more eclectic musical sources. Yet the force of their message never softened, and they soldiered on well into the new millennium.Joseph Hill had been trying his hand at a solo career for some time before forming Culture. He first started out as a disc selector for various sound systems in his hometown of Linstead, in St. Catherine Parish. From there he joined a group called the Soul Defenders as a percussionist and part-time vocalist. The Soul Defenders worked at Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's legendary Studio One in 1971, cutting backing tracks for a variety of vocalists. Hill himself recorded several solo numbers during that time, including "Behold the Land" and "Take Me Girl," but nothing came of them. The Soul Defenders returned to St. Catherine to work the hotel lounge circuit in northern Jamaica, and Hill floated through several bands prior to forming Culture in 1976. His cousin Albert Walker came to him with the idea of forming a vocal group, and the two quickly recruited another cousin, Roy "Kenneth" Dayes, to sing harmony vocals along with Walker.Initially calling themselves the African Disciples, the trio hooked up with producer Joe Gibbs in Kingston, and soon changed their name to Culture. Overseen by Gibbs and engineer Errol Thompson, aka the Mighty Two, they debuted with the single "This Time" on Gibbs' Belmont label. Not long after, they broke through with several hit singles, including "See Them a Come" and "Two Sevens Clash." The latter was a Rastafarian vision of the rapidly approaching apocalypse, which fueled public paranoia in an already violent election year; it also provided the title track of the group's debut album, which was released in 1977 to tremendous acclaim. Featuring other crucial tracks like "Get Ready to Ride the Lion to Zion" and "Natty Dread Take Over," Two Sevens Clash was a spiritual manifesto against racial injustice and poverty. It won a huge following not only in Jamaica, but also the U.K., where the growing punk rock movement was discovering a kinship with protest reggae, and connected immediately with the album's powerful disaffection.Unhappy with their financial dealings with Gibbs, Culture soon split for a brief and contentious stay at Duke Reid's Treasure Isle label, where they started (and never quite finished) a new album titled Africa Stand Alone; the results were eventually released as they were, without authorization. Meanwhile, Gibbs released leftovers from the Two Sevens Clash sessions on two more LPs, Baldhead Bridge (whose title song was a hit) and More Culture. By the end of 1977, Culture had already moved to Sonia Pottinger's High Note label, and recorded three excellent albums in quick succession: 1978's Harder Than the Rest and 1979's Cumbolo and International Herb. Additional material from the era was later compiled on Trod On and Production Something. Culture performed at the legendary One Love Peace Concert in 1978, and later toured heavily in the U.K. with backing band the Revolutionaries (which included the young Sly & Robbie).However, there would not be much more material forthcoming, at least for the time being. Culture split up in 1982, and Hill recorded what was essentially a solo album, Lion Rock, under the Culture name; Walker and Dayes, meanwhile, made a few recordings with producer Henry "Junjo" Lawes. The trio reunited in 1986, and quickly recorded two well-received comeback albums, Culture at Work and Culture in Culture, that year. They resumed touring as well, and kicked off another prolific and productive period with albums like 1988's Nuff Crisis (which featured the powerful protest "Crack in New York"), 1989's Good Things, 1991's dancehall-flavored Three Sides to My Story, and 1992's Wings of a Dove.In 1993, Kenneth Dayes left the group to pursue a solo career, wanting to continue their earlier experimentation with dancehall. Culture was then touring with an independent backing band called Dub Mystic, and that group's lead singer, Ire'Lano Malomo, was pressed into service as the third vocalist in the trio. Malomo appeared on two studio albums, 1996's One Stone and 1997's Trust Me. He was replaced in 1999 by veteran singer Telford Nelson, who made his debut on 2000's Payday. Hill released another effective solo album, Humble African, in 2001, and Culture returned in 2003 with the acclaimed World Peace. - Steve Huey

  5. Gong

    "Gong slowly came together in the late '60s when Australian guitarist Daevid Allen (ex-Soft Machine) began making music with his wife, singer Gilli Smyth, along with a shifting lineup of supporting musicians. Albums from this period include Magick Brother, Mystic Sister (1969) and the impromptu jam session Bananamoon (1971) featuring Robert Wyatt from the Soft Machine, Gary Wright from Spooky Tooth, and Maggie Bell. A steady lineup featuring Frenchman Didier Malherbe (sax and reeds), Christian Tritsch (bass), and Pip Pyle (drums) along with Allen (glissando guitar, vocals) and Gilli Smyth (space whisper vocals) was officially named Gong and released Camembert Electrique in late 1971, as well as providing the soundtrack to the film Continental Circus and music for the album Obsolete by French poet Dashiel Hedayat.

    Camembert Electrique contained the first signs of the band's mythology of the peaceful Planet Gong populated by Radio Gnomes, Pothead Pixies, and Octave Doctors. These characters along with Zero the Hero are the focus of Gong's next three albums, the Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy, consisting of Flying Teapot (1973), Angel's Egg (1974), and You (1975). On these albums, protagonist Zero the Hero is a space traveler from Earth who gets lost and finds the Planet Gong, is taught the ways of that world by the gnomes, pixies, and Octave Doctors and is sent back to Earth to spread the word about this mystical planet. The band themselves adopted nicknames -- Allen was Bert Camembert or the Dingo Virgin, Smyth was Shakti Yoni, Malherbe was Bloomdido Bad de Grasse, Tritsch was the Submarine Captain and Pyle the Heap. Over the course of the trilogy, Tritsch and Pyle left and were replaced by Mike Howlett (bass) and Pierre Moerlen (drums). New members Steve Hillage (guitar) and Tim Blake (synthesizers) joined.

    After You, Allen, Hillage, and Smyth left the group due to creative differences as well as fatigue. Guitarist Allen Holdsworth joined and the band drifted into virtuosic if unimaginative jazz fusion. Hillage and Allen each released several solo albums and Smyth formed Mothergong. Nevertheless the trilogy lineup has reunited for a few one-off concerts including a 1977 French concert documented on the excellent Gong est Mort, Vive Gong album. Allen also reunited with Malherbe and Pyle as well as other musicians he had collaborated with over the years for 1992's Shapeshifter album. Hillage also worked as the ambient-techno alias System 7. A number of Gong-related bands have existed over the years, including Mothergong, Gongzilla, Pierre Moerlin's Gong, NY Gong, Planet Gong, and Gngmaison. During the new millennium Gong material continued to be released, including Live to Infinitea issued in fall 2000." - Jim Powers

  6. Bob Dylan

  7. Bob Dylan

  8. Kevin Ayers

    "Kevin Ayers is one of rock's oddest and more likable enigmas, even if often he's seemed not to operate at his highest potential. Perhaps that's because he's never seemed to have taken his music too seriously -- one of his essential charms and most aggravating limitations. Since the late '60s, he's released many albums with a distinctly British sensibility, making ordinary lyrical subjects seem extraordinary with his rich low vocals, inventive wordplay, and bemused, relaxed attitude. Apt to flavor his songs with female backup choruses and exotic island rhythms, the singer/songwriter inspires the image of a sort of progressive rock beach bum, writing about life's absurdities with a celebratory, relaxed detachment. Yet he is also one of progressive rock's more important (and more humane) innovators, helping to launch the Soft Machine as their original bassist, and working with noted European progressive musicians like Mike Oldfield, Lol Coxhill, and Steve Hillage.

    Ayers cultivated a taste for the bohemian lifestyle early, spending much of his childhood in Majorca before he moved with his mother to Canterbury in the early '60s. There he fell in with the town's fermenting underground scene, which included future members of the Soft Machine and Caravan. For a while he sang with the Wilde Flowers, a group that also included future Softs Robert Wyatt and Hugh Hopper. He left in 1965, met fellow freak Daevid Allen in Majorca, and returned to the U.K. in 1966 to found the first lineup of the Soft Machine with Allen, Wyatt, and Mike Ratledge.

    Wyatt is usually regarded as the prime mover behind the Soft Machine, but Ayers' contributions carried equal weight in the early days. Besides playing bass, he wrote and sang much of their material. He can be heard on their 1967 demos and their 1968 debut album, but by the end of 1968 he felt burned out and quit. Selling his bass to Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, he began to write songs on guitar, leading to a contract with Harvest in 1969. His relationship with his ex-Soft Machine mates remained amiable; in fact, Wyatt and Ratledge (as well as Ayers' replacement, Hugh Hopper) guested on Ayers' 1969 debut.

    Ayers' solo material reflected a folkier, lazier, and gentler bent than the Soft Machine. In some respects he was comparable to Syd Barrett, without the madness -- and without the ferocious heights of Barrett's most innovative work. Ayers was never less than enjoyable and original, though his albums were erratic right from the start, veering from singalong ditties and pleasant, frothy folk ballads to dissonant improvisation. The more ambitious progressive rock elements came to the forefront when he fronted the Whole World in the early '70s. The backing band included a teenage Mike Oldfield on guitar, Lol Coxhill on sax, and David Bedford on piano. But Ayers only released one album with them before they dissolved.

    Ayers continued to release albums in a poppier vein throughout the '70s, at a regular pace. As some critics have noted, this dependable output formed an ironic counterpoint to much of his lyrics, which often celebrated a life of leisure, or even laziness. That lazy charm was often a dominant feature of his records, although Ayers always kept things interesting with offbeat arrangements, occasionally singing in foreign tongues, and flavoring his production with unusual instruments and world music rhythms. He (or Harvest) never gave up on the singles market, and indeed his best early-'70s efforts in that direction were accessible enough to have been hits with a little more push. Or a little less weirdness. Even Ayers at his most accessible and direct wasn't mainstream, a virtue that endeared him to his loyal cult.

    That cult was limited to the rock underground, and Ayers logically concentrated on the album market throughout the 1970s. Almost always pleasant, eccentric, and catchy, these nonetheless started to sound like a cul-de-sac by the mid-'70s. Ayers pressed on without changing his approach, despite the dwindling audience for progressive rock and the oncoming train of punk and new wave. He only recorded sporadically after 1980, though he remained active in the 1990s, mostly on the European continent. His later work has gotten virtually no exposure whatsoever in the States, where he was known only by underground, progressive rock enthusiasts, even at his peak. - Richie Unterberger

  9. Billy Connolly

    "Scotland's most famous comedian, Billy Connolly enjoyed years upon years of stardom in the U.K. before briefly cracking the U.S. market, and subsequently settling into a career as an accomplished character actor. Connolly actually discovered his penchant for comedy while pursuing a career as a folk musician, and even scored a British number one single just as his comedy career was beginning to take off.

    Billy Connolly was born November 24, 1942, in Glasgow, into a poor and not altogether stable family; he left school at age 15 and served as (among other jobs) a shipyard worker, a paratrooper in the Territorial Army, and a welder, the latter including a stint building an oil rig in Nigeria. Shortly after his return, Connolly quit working and, supporting himself with the money he'd saved, concentrated on learning to play folk music on the banjo and guitar. He became a regular on the Glasgow folk scene, instantly recognizable with his wild hair and beard; he drifted in and out of several bands before forming the Humblebums with guitarist Tam Harvey in 1965. Gerry Rafferty (later of Stealers Wheel and "Baker Street" fame) joined sometime later, and the group built a following with their live performances, which spotlighted Connolly's humorous between-song bits. As Rafferty's songs became the Humblebums' primary musical focus, tensions among the members escalated; Harvey departed, and Connolly and Rafferty recorded two albums in 1969 and 1970 before disagreements over Connolly's concert comedy split them up in 1971.

    Connolly soon began performing around Scotland and northern England, concentrating more on comedy but still mixing occasional folk songs into his act. 1972 saw the release of Connolly's first album, Live, and also the debut of The Great Northern Welly Boot Show, a musical play Connolly co-authored with poet Tom Buchan based on his experiences in the shipyards of Glasgow. The show was a hit in Edinburgh and London, and Polydor signed Connolly to a recording contract. In 1974, his Solo Concert album sparked protests from the Christian community over a rowdy routine in which Connolly described the Last Supper as if it had taken place in Glasgow; all the publicity only helped his career, and he was quickly becoming one of Scotland's favorite entertainers. His 1974 follow-up album, Cop Yer Whack for This, became his biggest hit yet, going gold in the U.K., and his comic take on Tammy Wynette's "D.I.V.O.R.C.E." became a surprise number one hit single in 1975. That same year also saw Connolly put in star-making appearances on Michael Parkinson's chat show and at the London Palladium. He consolidated his success with a rigorous touring schedule over the next few years (including the massive Extravaganza tour of the U.K. in 1977), and continued to release comedy recordings on a regular basis into the '80s.

    During the late '70s, Connolly began taking on acting roles in television and film productions, and tried his hand at playwriting, with somewhat less success. His first marriage dissolved in 1981 amidst an affair with comedienne Pamela Stephenson (whom he would later marry in 1989, the same year he shaved off his trademark shaggy beard). Taking up residence in London with Stephenson, Connolly continued his comedy career while taking on more theatrical and television roles. Toward the late '80s, his appearances on American television became more frequent, which -- along with an unsold pilot for a Dead Poets Society series -- helped Connolly land a gig replacing Howard Hesseman on the high school honor-student comedy Head of the Class in 1990. His highest-profile American exposure was short-lived, however, as the series was canceled after just one season; however, Connolly was back on American airwaves in early 1992, starring in the sitcom Billy. It too was canceled after a short run, and after appearing in the film Indecent Proposal, Connolly returned to the U.K. (though he still officially resided in the Hollywood Hills). In 1994, he hosted the acclaimed series World Tour of Scotland, which explored the flavor of contemporary Scottish culture. It proved so successful that Connolly hosted two further exploration-themed BBC series: 1995's A Scot in the Arctic, in which he spent a week on a remote northern Canadian island, and 1996's World Tour of Australia. Lent a new respectability, Connolly appeared in BBC Scotland's historical dramas Deacon Brodie (1996) and Her Majesty Mrs. Brown (1997), the latter of which also featured Judi Dench and was released worldwide to much acclaim. In addition to still-regular standup tours, Connolly has continued his work as a character actor in American films, though he returned to Scotland after the Labour Party swept to power. - Steve Huey

  10. Misc. World

  11. Richard Thompson and Steve Goodman

  12. Robert Wyatt and Roy Harper

  13. Fairport Convention

  14. Johnny Cash

  15. Chet Baker

  16. Flaming Lips, Mogwai

  17. Rhino Blues Masters - Vol. 1-6

    "Spanning 15 volumes while covering pretty much the entire history of the genre, the Rhino Blues Masters series is the one blues collection that both neophytes and long-time fans can heartily embrace. Subtitled 'the essential blues collection, ' it is all of that and more. With each volume devoted to the diverse styles the music entails, the series boasts both thoughtful selection and excellent sound and annotation, utilizing some of the best authorities on the subject. While the compilation form has existed as long as the microgroove long playing record, this is the first time that a comprehensive series has been launched, licensing from a myriad of other labels. While other record companies tend to keep the best material for their own anthologies, Rhino went all out in this endeavor and many of the important tracks in this series are seeing their first issuance in the compilation format (Robert Johnson, for example), while others are being reissued for the first time since the advent of the 78-rpm phonograph record. All in all, a series that will stand for decades to come as an essential building block for anyone's blues collection." -- Cub Koda

  18. Rhino Blues Masters - Vol. 7-11

  19. Rhino Blues Masters - Vol. 12-17

  20. James Brown, James Blood Ulmer

  21. Erroll Garner

    "One of the most distinctive of all pianists, Erroll Garner proved that it was possible to be a sophisticated player without knowing how to read music, that a creative jazz musician can be very popular without watering down his music, and that it is possible to remain an enthusiastic player without changing one's style once it is formed. A brilliant virtuoso who sounded unlike anyone else, Erroll Garner on medium-tempo pieces often stated the beat with his left hand like a rhythm guitar while his right played chords slightly behind the beat, creating a memorable effect. His playful free-form introductions (which forced his sidemen to really listen), his ability to play stunning runs without once glancing at the keyboard, his grunting and the pure joy that he displayed while performing were also part of the Erroll Garner magic.

    Garner, whose older brother Linton is also a fine pianist, appeared on the radio with the Kan-D-Kids at the age of ten. After working locally in Pittsburgh, he moved to New York in 1944 and worked with Slam Stewart's trio during 1944-45 before going out on his own. By 1946 Garner had his sound together and when he backed Charlie Parker on his famous "Cool Blues" session of 1947, the pianist was already an obvious giant. His unclassifiable style had an orchestral approach straight from the swing era but was open to the innovations of bop. From the early '50s Garner's accessible style became very popular and he never seemed to have an off day up until his forced retirement (due to illness) in early 1975. His composition "Misty" became a standard. Erroll Garner, who had the ability to sit at the piano without prior planning and record three albums in one day (all colorful first takes), made many records throughout his career for such companies as Savoy, Mercury, RCA, Dial, Columbia, EmArcy, ABC-Paramount, MGM, Reprise and his own Octave label. - Scott Yanow

  22. Erroll Garner and Ray Brown

  23. Caravan and Soft Machine

  24. Bob Dylan

  25. Jimi Hendrix

  26. Beatles and Elvis Costello

  27. Harvest Festival

    "Harvest Festival is a genuinely comprehensive and thorough look at the one British major label venture into psychedelia and progressive rock that actually worked, commercially and artistically; it's a panoramic journey though a major part of British rock as it developed over a period of just under a decade. Over the five CDs and 119 songs, more than two dozen acts are featured, ranging from purely English phenomena like Michael Chapman, Quatermass, and Pete Brown to mega-arena acts like Pink Floyd, and the set comes complete with a built-in 120-page book that would be worth 35 dollars by itself. Beginning with the Edgar Broughton Band's Jimi Hendrix meets the Crazy World of Arthur Brown track "Evil," the programming goes a long way to explaining why Harvest worked while other attempts at forming psychedelic and progressive labels in England failed -- in contrast to the slick, commercial psychedelic ventures at rival Deram Records, Harvest always gave its artists the freedom to be louder (or softer) than the norm, and to be bold in their expressions. Moreover, the diversity of form was astonishing, from the acoustic instrumental chamber music rock of the Third Ear Band, to the lively acoustic psychedelia of Syd Barrett and Kevin Ayers, to the high-energy attack of Deep Purple, Quatermass, and Bakerloo -- it all sounds amazingly strong, well crafted, and exciting. Harvest had room for jugband music, traditional acoustic folk, progressive folk-rock, spoken word, and, full-circle commercially from Harvest's late-'60s origins, psychedelic Beatles-influenced commercial rock by way of ELO. Harvest also grew to embrace sounds that would have been inconceivable for EMI to have signed when they started, including Be-Bop Deluxe (versions 1 and 2), Bill Nelson's Red Noise, the reggae outfit Matumbi, the Shirts with Annie Golden, and the punk band Wire. It's all fascinating stuff, told in great detail in the accompanying book, but ultimately, a set like this stands or falls on the music. The archivists have dug deeply enough to find material that makes Barrett's output look tame and conventional, specifically Tea & Symphony, whose "Maybe My Mind (With Egg)" is a truly dissonant and strange journey into thought processes bent by the prism of drugs and meditation. Not everything on this set will be to everyone's liking, but anyone inclined to enjoy Pink Floyd or Syd Barrett's solo stuff will be entranced by most of the content. The sound has been treated first-class, with new state-of-the-art 1999 remasterings. The other measure of success of this box is that there's a huge amount of material here that leaves the listener wanting more from a lot of the acts featured." -- Bruce Eder

  28. Ozric Tentacles

    "A band from another time, Ozric Tentacles served as the bridge from '70s cosmic rock to the organic dance and festival culture which came back into fashion during the '90s. Formed in 1983 with a debt to jazz fusion as well as space rock, the band originally included guitarist Ed Wynne, drummer Nick Van Gelder, keyboard player Joie Hinton, bassist Roly Wynne and second guitarist Gavin Griffiths (though Griffiths left in 1984). The Ozrics played in clubs around London, meanwhile releasing six cassette-only albums beginning with 1984's Erpsongs. (All six were later collected on the Vitamin Enhanced box set, despite a threatened lawsuit from the Kellogg's cereal company for questionable artwork.) In 1987, Merv Pepler replaced Van Gelder, and synthesizer player Steve Everett was also added.

    Ozric Tentacles' first major release, the 1990 album Erpland, foreshadowed the crusty movement, a British parallel to America's hippy movement of the '60s. Crusties borrowed the hippies' organic dress plus the cosmic thinking of new agers, and spent most of their time traveling around England to various festivals and outdoor gatherings. The movement fit in perfectly with bands like Ozric Tentacles and the Levellers, and the Ozrics' 1991 album Strangeitude became their biggest seller yet, occasioning a U.S. contract with Capitol. After the British-only Afterswish and Live Underslunky, 1993's Jurassic Shift hit number 11 on the British charts -- quite a feat for a self-produced album released on the Ozrics' own Dovetail label. The album was released in America by I.R.S. Records, as was 1994's Arborescence. Neither album translated well with American audiences -- despite the band's first U.S. tour in 1994 -- and Ozric Tentacles returned to its Dovetail label for 1995's Become the Other. Waterfall Cities closed out the decade in 1999, and the following summer the group resurfaced with Swirly Termination. Hinton and Pepler also perform in the trance-techno outfit Eat Static, and have released several albums on Planet Dog Records. Ozric Tentacles surfaced in 2000 to release Hidden Step, followed by the EP Pyramidion. In 2002, Live at the Pongmasters Ball came out on both CD and DVD, making it their first venture into the latter." - John Bush

  29. Daevid Allen and Gong

  30. King Crimson

  31. Elliot Smith

    "Folk-punk singer/songwriter Elliott Smith rose from indie obscurity to mainstream success in 1997 on the strength of "Miss Misery," his Academy Award-nominated song from the film Good Will Hunting. A native of Portland, OR, Smith began writing and recording his first songs at age 14, later becoming a fixture of the city's thriving music scene; as a member of the band Heatmiser, he debuted in 1993 with the LP Dead Air, issuing his first solo effort Roman Candle on the tiny Cavity Search label a year later. For his 1995 self-titled album, Smith signed with the noted Kill Rock Stars label; Either/Or followed in 1997, around the same time that filmmaker and longtime fan Gus Van Sant requested permission to use the singer's music in his upcoming Good Will Hunting. Smith also composed a handful of new songs for the soundtrack, among them "Miss Misery," and when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its Oscar nominations the following February, the track was a surprise entry in the "Best Original Song" category. Although he did not win, Smith performed the song live at the televised Oscar broadcast, appearing onstage alongside superstars Trisha Yearwood and eventual award-winner Celine Dion in one of the most notably surreal musical moments in recent memory. Smith's DreamWorks label debut, XO, followed later in 1998. Two years later he delivered Figure 8, which indulged in lush arrangements and orchestrations more so than any of his previous solo efforts. For the next two years, Smith labored over what was to be his next album, From a Basement on a Hill. He would not live to see its completion however, and to the shock of friends and fans alike, Elliott Smith took his own life on October 21, 2003." - Jason Ankeny

  32. A Night in Tunisia 

    
Anthony Braxton - Charlie Parker Project CD 1 - A Night In Tunis*
Art Blakey - Paris Jam Session - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Art Blakey Quintet - A Night At Birdland, Vol. 1 - A Night In Tu*
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Art Pepper - The Complete Galaxy Recordings (Disc 02) - A Night *
Art Pepper - The Complete Galaxy Recordings (Disc 15) - A Night *
Arturo Sandoval - Best Of Arturo Sandoval - A Night In Tunisia.m*
Buddy Rich - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Bud Powell - Jazz Classics-CD2 - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Bud Powell - The Complete Blue Note CD2 - A Night In Tunisia (al*
Cal Tjader - Innerspace - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Caribbean Jazz Project - New Horizons - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Chaka Khan - And The Melody Still Lingers On (Night In Tunisia)*
Charlie Parker - Complete Birdland Disk 4 - 31st March, 1951 - N*
Charlie Parker - Complete Live Savoy-CD3 - A Night In Tunisia.mp*
Charlie Parker - Complete Live Savoy-CD4 - A Night In Tunisia (2*
Charlie Parker - Massey Hall 1953 - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Charlie Parker - The Legendary Dial Masters, Vol. 1 - Night In T*
Charlie Parker - The Legendary Dial Masters, Vol. 2 - Night In T*
Charlie Parker - Yardbird Suite-The Ultimate Collection-CD2 - Ni*
Chet Baker - Live In Europe 1956-Volume 2 - Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Clifford Brown - The Complete Blue Note & Pacific Jazz Recording*
Count Basie - A Night In Tunisia (Live).mp3*
Count Basie - Montreux '77 - Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Dee Dee Bridgewater - In Montreux - Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Dexter Gordon - Our Man In Paris - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Dick Hyman - Night In Tunisia (Incomplete).mp3*
Dizzy Gillespie - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Dizzy Gillespie - At Newport (1957) - Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker - Diz'N'Bird - A Night In Tunis*
Dizzy Gillespie - Jazz Greats-Early Years - A Night In Tunisia.m*
Don Byas - Original Jazz Masters Series-Vol. 1 Disc 2 - A Night *
Ella Fitzgerald - A Night in Tunisia.mp3*
Frank Morgan & Rodney Kendrick Trio - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Jack McDuff - Write On, Capt'n - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Jamey Aebersold - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Jan Johansson - 8 Bitar Johansson - Night In Tunisia.mp3*
J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding - Night In Tunisia.mp3*
John Zorn's Naked City Live with Mike Patton - Live-Torture Gard*
Kenny Burrell - Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Kenny Dorham - The Complete 'Round About Midnight At The Cafe Bo/
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Latin Jazz Sextet - Ultra-Lounge Volume 17-Bongo Land - A Night *
Leny Andrade - Luz Neon - Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Les Brown - Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Les Double Six Of Paris - A Night In Tunisia .mp3*
Mario Bauza & His Afro-Cuban - 944 Columbus - Night In Tunisia.m*
Martin_Denny-Exotica_III-A_Night_in_Tunisia.mp3*
Maynard Ferguson - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
McCoy Tyner - Today And Tomorrow - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Michael_Petrucciani-Solo_Live-A_Night_in_Tunisia.mp3*
Michel Camilo - Thru My Eyes - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Michel Legrand - Legrand Jazz - Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Mike Vax - Trumpets - A Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Miles Davis - Chronicles 1951-1956 Part II-CD1 - A Night In Tuni*
Miles Davis - Jazz Masters-100 Ans De Jazz - A Night In Tunisia*
Modern Jazz Quartet - Night In Tunisia.mp3*
Poncho_Sanchez-A_Night_in_Tunisia.mp3*
Prince_and_NPG-Thieves_in_the_Temple-2-2-A_Night_in_Tunisia.mp3*
Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk-Kirkatron-A_Night_in_Tunisia.mp3*
Sonny_Rollins-Night_at_the_Village_Vanguard-A_Night_in_Tunisia_E*
Sonny_Rollins-Night_at_the_Village_Vanguard-A_Night_in_Tunisia.m*
Stan_Kenton-A_Night_in_Tunisia.mp3*
The Manhattan Transfer & Bobby McFerrin - Vocalese - Another Nig*

  33. Caravan #1

    This is what nimrod gets for not checking the &^%#$$^**&^ CD after he burned it. 

    
Ahmad Jamal - Live In Paris - Caravan.mp3*
Al Casey - Caravan.mp3*
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Caravan.mp3*
Arthur Lyman - Caravan.mp3*
Art Pepper - Friday Night At The Village Vanguard - Caravan.mp3*
Art Tatum - The Complete Pablo Solo - Caravan.mp3*
Arturo Sandoval - Caravan.mp3*
Astrud Gilberto & James Last - Caravan.mp3*
Barney Kessel - Caravan.mp3*
BBC Big Band Orchestra - Bridging The Generation Gap - Caravan.m*
BBC Big Band - Swing To The Big Bands Vol. 2 - Caravan.mp3*
B. Bumble & The Stingers - Golden Classics Edition - Caravan.mp3*
Belmonte And His Afro-American Music - Music For A Bachelor's De*
Benny Goodman - Caravan.mp3*
Ben Webster - At The Renaissance - Caravan.mp3*
Bert Kaempfert - Caravan.mp3*

  34. Caravan #2 

    				
80 Drums Around The World - Ultra Lounge-Mondo Exotica - Caravan*
Kazumi Watanabe - Romanesque - Caravan  (incomplete).mp3*
Kenny Burrell - Caravan.mp3*
Kevin Mahogany - Songs & Moments - Caravan.mp3*
Kronos Quartet - Misirlou Twist - Caravan.mp3*
Larry Adler - Caravan.mp3*
Lenny Dee - Caravan.mp3*
Lenny Dee - Hammond Magic! (vinyl) - Caravan.mp3*
Les Brown - Concert At The Palladium Vol.1 - Caravan.mp3*
Les Brown - Concert At The Palladium Vol 1 (vinyl) - Caravan.mp3*
Les & Larry Elgart - Best Of Big Bands - Caravan.mp3*
Loop Guru - Loop Bites Dog - Caravan.mp3*
Louis Sclavis Sextet-Caravan - Caravalse.mp3*
Louis Sclavis Sextet-Caravan - Caravalse.ogg*
Machito and his Orchestra feat. Flip Phillips - The Original Mam*
Mal Waldron & Jeanne Lee - Caravan.mp3/
Marching Virginians Game Day - Caravan.mp3*
Marc Ribot & Rootless Cosmopolitans - Caravan.mp3*
Martin Denny - Exotica III - Caravan.mp3*
Maynard Ferguson - Caravan.mp3*
McCoy Tyner - McCoy Tyner Play Ellington - Caravan.mp3*
Medeski, Martin & Wood - Notes From The Underground - Caravan.mp*
Michael Kaeshammer - Tell You How I Feel - Caravan (Incomplete)*
Michael Lee Firkins - Decomposition - Caravan.mp3*
Michel Camilo - Rendezvous - Caravan.mp3*
Mike Auldridge - Eight String Swing - Caravan.mp3*
Milt Jackson - Caravan.mp3*
Miranda Sex Garden - Carnival Of Souls - Caravan.mp3*
Modern String Quartet - Plays Duke Ellington - Caravan.mp3*
Moe Koffman Quintet - Mo-Mentum - Caravan.mp3*
Moonlight Jazz Orchestra - Caravan.mp3*
Nat King Cole & His Trio - After Midnight Sessions - Caravan.mp3*
Nat King Cole - Transcriptions Vol 1-1938 - Caravan.mp3*
Nettai Tropical Jazz Big Band - Caravan.mp3*
New York Voices - Caravan.mp3*
NHS Jazz Band - Directions - Caravan.mp3*
Ola & Jimmy - Hot Club De Norvege - Caravan.mp3*
Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie - Caravan.mp3*
Oscar Peterson - Live - Medley-Caravan.mp3*
Oscar_Peterson-Plays_Duke_Ellington-Perdido_Caravan.mp3*
Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Milt Jackson - The Very Tall Band-Liv*
Paul Mauriat - The Farewell Concert - Caravan.mp3*
Peter Appleyard - Barbados Heat - Caravan.mp3*
Phil Woods - Caravan.mp3*
Phish - Caravan.mp3*
Phish_Snively_Arena_Live-Caravan.mp3*
Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers - Rip A Dip - Caravan.mp3*
Quincy Jones - Compact Jazz - Caravan.mp3/
Rabih Abou-Khalil - Roots & Sprouts - Caravan.mp3*
Rachel Portman - Chocolat Soundtrack - Caravan.mp3*
Ralph Marterie - Instrumental Gems Of The Fifties - Caravan.mp3*
Ray Brown & Friends - Live Burghausen - Caravan.mp3*
Ray Brown Trio - Live At Starbucks - Caravan.mp3*
Ray Conniff - You Make Me Feel So Young - Caravan.mp3*
Roomful Of Blues - Hot Little Mama - Caravan.mp3*
Rosenberg Trio - Caravan - Caravan.mp3*
Roy Clark - Caravan.mp3*
Roy_Clark-Live_at_Billy_Bobs-Caravan.mp3*
Roy Eldridge & Vic Dickenson - Caravan.mp3*
Sandy Nelson - Caravan.mp3*
Santo & Johnny - Best Of - Caravan.mp3*
Sinti Feat. Jimmy Rosenberg - Sinti - Caravan.mp3*
Spitfire Band - Big Band Swing Things - Caravan.mp3/
Stanley Turrentine - If I Could - Caravan.mp3*
Stargazers - Rock That Boogie - Caravan.mp3*
Stéphane Grappelli - Jazz Masters-100 Ans De Jazz - Caravan.mp3*
SWR Big Band - Swing Legenden - Caravan.mp3*
Teddy Wilson & Edmond Hall Quartet - Caravan.mp3*
Ted Heath - Caravan.mp3*
The Beatles - Japan 1966 (Disc One) - Caravan.mp3*
The Carpenters - From The Top 1965-1970 - Caravan.mp3*
The John Buzon Trio - Volume 4-Bachelor Pad Royale - Caravan.mp3*
Thelonius Monk - Plays Duke Ellington - Caravan (1).mp3*
The Mills Brothers - Caravan (incomplete).mp3*
The original mambo kings-Machito and his Orchestra feat. Flip Ph*
The Roots & D'Angelo - Caravan.mp3*
The Ventures - Caravan (2).mp3*
The Ventures - Walk Don't Run - Caravan (1).mp3*
Three Suns - The History Of Space Age Pop - Caravan.mp3*
Tito Puente - Tito Puente & Friends - Caravan.mp3*
Tommy Flanagan - Jazz Poet - Caravan.mp3*
Tony Bennett - Sings Ellington Hot & Cool - Caravan.mp3*
University Of Texas Longhorn Band - Caravan.mp3*
Utopia - Adventures In Utopia - Caravan.mp3*
Van Morrison - Moondance - Caravan.mp3*
Victor Wooten - Caravan (incomplete).mp3*
Wes Montgomery - Impressions The Verve Jazz Sides-cd1 - Caravan*
Woody Herman - Caravan.mp3*
Wynton Marsalis - Caravan.mp3*

  35. Reggae Mix

    A long-ass reggae mix found on alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.reggae. 

    
12 Bar - UB40.mp3*
25% - UB40.mp3*
54-46 thats my number - Toots & The Maytals.mp3*
Adella - UB40.mp3*
All in one - Bob Marley!s.mp3*
All that she wants - Ace of base.mp3*
A message to you Rudi - The Specials.mp3*
Baby come back - Patto Banton.mp3*
Baby I love your way - Big Mountain.mp3*
Bad Boy - CJ Lewis!s.mp3*
Bed's too big without you - Shiela Hylton.mp3*
Best of my love - CJ Lewis.mp3*
Big thing a gwan - Daddy Screw_2.mp3*
Big thing a gwan - Daddy Screw.mp3*
Blinking something - Pinchers.mp3*
Book of rules - The Heptones.mp3*
Boom shack a lack - Apache Indian.mp3*
Boom shack a tack - Born Jamericans.mp3*
Breakfast in bed - Lorna Bennett.mp3*
Buffalo soldier - Bob Marley.mp3*
Burden of shame - UB40.mp3*
Call me - General Grant.mp3*
Cant be with you tonight - Judy Boucher.mp3*
Can you read my mind - LT Stitchie.mp3*
Carolina - Rico.mp3*
Champagne Boy - General Levy.mp3*
Cherry Oh baby - UB40.mp3*
Close to you - maxi Priest.mp3*
Compliment on your kiss - Red Dragon.mp3*
Could you be loved - Bob Marley.mp3*
Cupid - Johnny Nash.mp3*
Dancehall mood - Aswad.mp3*
Dancing on the floor - Third World.mp3*
Dedicated to the one I love - Bitty Mclean.mp3*
Dont break my heart - UB40.mp3*
Dont rock the boat - Bob Marley.mp3*
Dont turn around - Aswad.mp3*
Dream a lie - UB40.mp3*
Earth dies screaming - UB40.mp3*
Easy life - The bodysnatchers.mp3*
Eighteen with a bullet - Derrick Harriott.mp3*
Electric Avenue - Eddie Grant.mp3*
Everything I own - Ken Boothe.mp3*
Everythings all right - CJ Lewis!s.mp3*
Exodus - Bob Marley.mp3*
Food for thought - UB40.mp3*
Gangsters - The Special AKA.mp3*
Get up stand up - Bob Marley.mp3*
Get up stand up - Peter Tosh.mp3*
Ghost Town - The Specials.mp3*
Girlie Girlie - Sophia George.mp3*
Good thing going - Sugar Minott.mp3*
Great Train Robbery - Black Uhuru.mp3*
Guava Jelly - Owen Gray.mp3*
Guilty - UB40.mp3*
Guns of Navarone - The Skatalites.mp3*
Housecall - Maxi Priest & Shabba Ranks!s.mp3*
How long - Yazz and Aswad.mp3*
Hurt so good - Susan Cadogan.mp3*
I can see clearly now - Johnny Nash.mp3*
I can see clearly now - Pauline Black.mp3*
If it happens again - UB40.mp3*
I got you babe - UB40.mp3*
Informer - Snow.mp3*
I shall sing - Marcia Griffiths.mp3*
I shot the sheriff - Bob Marley.mp3*
Israelites - Desmond Dekker.mp3*
Is this love - Bob Marley.mp3*
It's Raining - Bitty McLean.mp3*
I will always love you - Pam Hall.mp3*
Jamaican in New York - Shinehead.mp3*
James Bond - The Selector.mp3*
Jammin - Bob Marley.mp3*
Johnny too bad - The Slickers.mp3*
Johnny too bad - UB40.mp3*
Jungle Music - Rico.mp3*
Just dont want to be lonely - Freddie McGregor.mp3*
Keep on moving - UB40.mp3*
King - UB40.mp3*
Let's do rock steady - The bodysnatchers.mp3*
Let your yeah be yeah - The Pioneers.mp3*
Little by little - UB40.mp3*
Living on the front line - Eddy Grant.mp3*
Long shot kick de bucket - The Pioneers.mp3*
Love me baby - JC Lodge.mp3*
Love of a common people - Nicky Thomas.mp3*
Love you like crazy - Chaka demus and Pliers.mp3*
Madam Medusa - UB40.mp3*
Make up your mind - Denis Brown.mp3*
Mantovani - The swinging cats.mp3*
Many rivers to cross - Jimmy Cliff.mp3*
Many rivers to cross - UB40.mp3*
Maximum Respect - CJ Lewis.mp3*
Maybe tomorrow - UB40.mp3*
Money in my pocket - Dennis Brown.mp3*
Mr Loverman - Shabba Ranks & Deborahe Glasgow.mp3*
Mr Loverman - Shabba Ranks.mp3*
Mr Mention - Chaka Demus & Pliers.mp3*
Nelson Mandela - The Special AKA.mp3*
Night Nurse - Gregory Issacs.mp3*
No mama no cry - Beenie Man.mp3/
No more walls - Dennis Brown.mp3*
No woman no cry - Bob Marley.mp3*
Now that we've found love - Third World.mp3*
Oh Carol - General Saint.mp3*
Oh Carolina - Shaggy.mp3*
On a ragga tip - SL2.mp3*
One love - Bob Marley.mp3*
Pass it on - Bitty Mclean.mp3*
Pass the dutchie - Musical Youth.mp3*
Pirates Anthem - Home T & Shabba Ranks.mp3*
Please dont make me cry - UB40.mp3*
Police and Thieves - Junior Murvin.mp3*
Rat in mi kitchen - UB40.mp3*
Rat race -.The Specials.mp3*
Redemption song - Bob Marley.mp3*
Red red wine - UB40.mp3*
Reefer Madness - UB40.mp3*
Reggae.m3u*
Report to me - Gregory Issacs.mp3*
Rivers of Babylon - The Melodians.mp3*
Round table talk - Papa San.mp3/
Rude boys outta jail - Neville Staples.mp3*
Ruder than you - The Bodysnatchers.mp3*
Satisfy my soul - Bob Marley.mp3*
Sea Cruise - Rico.mp3*
Searching - China Black.mp3*
She caught the train - UB40.mp3*
She dont let nobody - Chaka Demus & Pliers.mp3*
Shine - Aswad.mp3*
Shout it out - Louchie Lou.mp3*
Signing off - UB40.mp3*
Silly games - Janey Kay.mp3*
Silly games - Linda Layton.mp3*
Sing our own song - UB40.mp3*
Sitting and watching - Dennis Brown.mp3*
Smile - Audrey Hall.mp3*
Somebody's watching you - Black Uhuru.mp3*
Some_Tunes_for_You.doc*
Stir it up - Bob Marley.mp3*
Strange Fruit - UB40.mp3*
Stress - Lloyd Brown.mp3*
Sweat - Inner Circle.mp3*
Sweet sensation - UB40.mp3*
Sweets for my sweet - CJ Lewis.mp3*
Tears from my eyes - Bitty Mclean.mp3*
Tease Me - Chaka Demus & Pliers.mp3*
Tell me which one - Admiral Tibet.mp3*
The program - David Morales.mp3*
Think its gonna rain - UB40.mp3*
Three little birds - Bob Marley.mp3*
Three minute hero - The Selector.mp3*
Too much pressure - The Selector.mp3*
Too much too young - The Special AKA.mp3*
Twice my age - Krystal & Shabba Ranks!s.mp3*
Twist and shout - Chaka Demus and Pliers.mp3*
Two Timer - CJ Lewis!s.mp3*
Tyler - UB40.mp3*
Up town top ranking - Althea & Donna.mp3*
Version girl - UB40.mp3*
Waiting in vain - Bob Marley.mp3*
Wanna wake up with you - Boris Gardiner.mp3*
Why turn around the sound - Cocoa tea.mp3*
Wicked and wild - Little Lenny.mp3*
Wild World - Jimmy Cliff!s.mp3*
Wonderfull World - Jimmy Cliff.mp3*
You can get it if you really want it - Jimmy Cliff.mp3*
You dont love me - Dawn Penn.mp3*
Young gifted and black - Bob & Marcia.mp3*
Youre wondering now - The Specials.mp3*

  36. Secret Agents, Ultra-Lounge, and Thievery Corporation

  37. Chris Rea #1

    "British singer and guitarist Chris Rea has enjoyed a run of popularity in Europe during the late '80s and early '90s after almost a decade of previous recording. Rea started out performing with a local group called Magdalene, taking David Coverdale's place; the band won a national talent contest in 1975 as the Beautiful Losers, but still failed to get a record contract. Rea left the band and recorded the album Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?, which alluded to a discarded stage name, which went gold on the strength of the U.S. Top 20 hit "Fool (If You Think It's Over)." Rea was not heard from again in the U.S. for some time, concentrating his efforts on his main fan base of Europe. A compilation of tracks from Rea's '80s albums, New Light Through Old Windows, was released in 1988 and sold well in the U.K. and Europe and charted in the U.S. Rea followed it up with the critically acclaimed The Road to Hell, which many regarded as his best album. It and its follow-up, Auberge, went to the top of the U.K. album charts, but did not prove as successful in the U.S., where he has failed to chart with his subsequent releases." - Steve Huey

  38. Chris Rea #2

  39. Have a Nice Decade (7 Vol.)

    When this material originally resurfaced in an earlier Rhino-celebrates-the-'70s program, many rock scribes contorted themselves into revisionist pretzels: this isn't so bad, they argued--none too convincingly. There'll be none of that here: much of the music on this colossal box set is godawful. The world doesn't miss the likes of Sammy ("Chevy Van") Johns and Sammy ("Candy Man") Davis. Or at least it doesn't miss the records they cut during the decade of disaster flicks and Jonathan Livingston Seagull. That said, this elaborate box is something to behold. The lovingly compiled 92-page booklet provides background on the ridiculous (David Soul, C.W. McCall, Carl Douglas) and the sublime (Parliament, James Brown, the Staple Singers), and the music swings on the same pendulum, with Harry Chapin, Bill Withers, and Cat Stevens sitting amid Wayne Newton, The Captain & Tennille, and Meco's jittery electro-take on the Star Wars theme. Seven discs, 160 selections! To paraphrase a popular ad slogan of the era, you won't believe you listened to the whole thing.

  40. Jimi Hendrix

  41. Teddy Wilson (10 Vol.)

    "Teddy Wilson was the definitive swing pianist, a solid and impeccable soloist whose smooth and steady style was more accessible to the general public than Earl Hines or Art Tatum. He picked up early experience playing with Speed Webb in 1929 and appearing on some Louis Armstrong recordings in 1933. Discovered by John Hammond, Willie joined Benny Carter's band and recorded with the Chocolate Dandies later that year. In 1935, he began leading a series of classic small-group recordings with swing all-stars which on many occasions featured Billie Holiday. That was also the year that an informal jam session with Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa resulted in the formation of the Benny Goodman Trio (Lionel Hampton made the group a quartet the following year). Although he was a special added attraction rather than a regular member of the orchestra, Wilson's public appearances with Goodman broke important ground in the long struggle against segregation.

    Between his own dates, many recordings with Benny Goodman's small groups and a series of piano solos, Teddy Wilson recorded a large number of gems during the second half of the 1930s. He left B.G. in 1939 to form his own big band but, despite some fine records, it folded in 1940. Wilson led a sextet at Cafe Society during 1940-1944, taught music at Juilliard during the summers of 1945-1952, appeared on radio shows, and recorded regularly with a trio, as a soloist and with pick-up groups in addition to having occasional reunions with Goodman. Teddy Wilson's style never changed, and he played very similar in 1985 to how he sounded in 1935; no matter, the enthusiasm and solid sense of swing were present up until the end. - Scott Yanow 

    
./VOL-01:
total 57M
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 01 - Somebody loves Me - *
3.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 02 - Sweet And Simple - (*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 03 - Liza - (I. + G. Gers*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 04 - Rosetta - (Hines-Woo*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 05 - I Wished On The Moon*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 06 - What A little Moonli*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 07 - Miss Brown To You - *
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 08 - A Sunbonnet Blue - (*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 09 - What A Night, What A*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 10 - I'm Painting The Tow*
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 11 - It's Too Hot For Wor*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 12 - Sweet Lorraine - (Pa*
3.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 13 - Every Now And Then -*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 14 - It Never Dawned On M*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 15 - Liza - (I. + G. Gers*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 16 - Rosetta - (Hines-Woo*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 17 - Twenty-Four Hours A *
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 18 - Yankee Doodle Never *
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 19 - Eeny Meeny Miny Mo -*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol1 Sweet and Simple - 20 - If You Were Mine - (*
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178K Vol1-int.jpg*
394K Vol1-lista.jpg*

./VOL-02:
total 58M
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 01 - I Found A Dream - (Gorney-*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 02 - On Treasure Island - (Burk*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 03 - These 'N' That 'N' Those -*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 04 - Sugar Plum - (Kahn-Johnson*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 05 - You Let Me Down - (Dubin-W*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 06 - Spreadin' Rhythm Around - *
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 07 - I Feel Like A Feather In T*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 08 - Breaking In A Pair Of Shoe*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 09 - Life Begins When You're In*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 10 - (If I Had) Rhythm In My Nu*
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 11 - Christopher Columbus - (Ra*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 12 - My Melancholy Baby - (Nort*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 13 - All My life - (Mttchell-St*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 14 - Mary Had A Little Lamb - (*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 15 - Too Good To Be True - (Bol*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 16 - Warmin' Up - (Wilson).mp3*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 17 - Blues In C Sharp Minor - (*
3.2M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 18 - It's Like Reaching The Moo*
3.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 19 - These Foolish Things (Remi*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol2 Warmin' Up - 20 - Why Do I Lie To Myself Abo*
293K Vol2-Frontal.jpg*
235K Vol2-int_2.jpg*
235K Vol2-int.jpg*
381K Vol2-lista.jpg*

./VOL-03:
total 58M
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 01 - I Cried For You - (Freed-*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 02 - Guess Who - (Hunter).mp3*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 03 - You Came To My Rescue - (*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 04 - Here's love In Your Eyes *
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 05 - You Turned The Tables On *
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 06 - Sing, Baby, Sing - (Yelle*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 07 - Easy To Love - (Porter).m*
3.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 08 - With Thee I Swing - (Stil*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 09 - The Way You Look Tonight *
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 10 - Who Loves You - (Davis).m*
3.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 11 - Pennies From Heaven - (Bu*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 12 - That's Life I Guess - (Le*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 13 - Sailin' - (Unknown).mp3*
3.2M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 14 - I Can't Give You Anything*
3.2M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 15 - Right Or Wrong (I'm With *
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 16 - Where The Lazy River Goes*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 17 - Tea For Two - (Caesar-You*
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 18 - I'll See You In My Dreams*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 19 - He Ain't Got Rhythm - (Be*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol3 Tea For Two - 20 - This Year's Kisses - (Ber*
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./VOL-04:
total 56M
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 01 - Why Was I Born - (Kern*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 02 - I Must Have That Man -*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 03 - The Mood That I'm In -*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 04 - You Showed Me The Way *
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 05 - Sentimental And Melanc*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 06 - My Last Affair - (John*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 07 - Carelessly - (Kenny-Ke*
2.4M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 08 - How Could You - (Dubin*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 09 - Moanin' Low - (Deitz-R*
2.4M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 10 - Fine And Dandy - (Swif*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 11 - There's A Lull In My L*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 12 - It's Swell Of You - (G*
3.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 13 - How Am I To Know - (Pa*
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 14 - l'm Coming, Virginia -*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 15 - Sun Showers - (Brown-F*
3.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 16 - Yours And Mine - (Free*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 17 - I'll Get By - (Turk-Ah*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 18 - Mean To Me - (Turk-Ahl*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 19 - Foolin' Myself - (Tint*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol4 Fine And Dandy - 20 - Easy Living - (Robin-R*
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./VOL-05:
total 60M
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 01 - I'll Never Be The Same - *
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 02 - I've Found A New Baby - (*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 03 - You're My Desire - (Hudso*
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 04 - Remember Me - (Dubin-Warr*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 05 - The Hour Of Parting - (Ka*
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 06 - Coquette - (Kahn-Lombardo*
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 07 - Big Apple - (David-Redmon*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 08 - You Can't Stop Me From Dr*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 09 - If I Had You - (Shapiro-C*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 10 - You Brought A New Kind Of*
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 11 - Ain't Misbehavin' - (Razo*
6.3M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 12 - Just A Mood - (Blue Mood)*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 13 - Honeysuckle Rose - (Walle*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 14 - Nice Work If You Can Get *
3.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 15 - Things Are Looking Up - (*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 16 - My Man - (Yvain-Pollock)*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 17 - Can't Help Lovin' Dot Man*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 18 - Don't Blame Me - (Fields-*
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 19 - Between The Devil And The*
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol5 Just A Mood - 20 - My First Impression Of Yo*
269K Vol5-Frontal.jpg*
247K Vol5-int.jpg*
354K Vol5-lista.jpg*

./VOL-06:
total 53M
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 01 - When You're Smiling *
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 02 - I Can't Believe That*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 03 - If Dreams Come True *
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 04 - Moments Like This - *
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 05 - I Can't Face The Mus*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 06 - Don't Be That Way - *
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 07 - If WereYou - (Bernie*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 08 - You Go To My Head - *
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 09 - I'll Dream Tonight -*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 10 - Jungle Love - (Robin*
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 11 - That Old Feeling - (*
2.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 12 - My Blue Heaven - (Wh*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 13 - Now lt Can BeTold - *
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 14 - Laugh And Call It Lo*
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 15 - On The Bumpy Rood To*
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 16 - A-Tisket,A-Tasket- (*
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 17 - Loch Lomond - (Trad*
2.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 18 - Tiger Rag - (Feist)*
2.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 19 - I'll See You In My D*
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol6 That Old Feeling - 20 - Alice Blue Gown - (M*
303K Vol6-Frontal.jpg*
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./VOL-07:
total 54M
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 01 - Everybody's Laughing -*
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 02 - Here It Is Tomorrow Ag*
2.4M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 03 - Say lt With A Kiss - (*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 04 - April ln My Heart - (M*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 05 - I'll Never Fail You - *
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 06 - They Say - (Heyman-Man*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 07 - You're So Desirable - *
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 08 - You're Gonna See A Lot*
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 09 - Hello, My Darling - (L*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 10 - Let's Dream In The Moo*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 11 - Coquette - (Khan-Lomba*
1.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 12 - China Boy - (Winfree-B*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 13 - Melody In F - (Rubenst*
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 14 - When You And I Were Yo*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 15 - What Shall I Say - (Ti*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 16 - Its Easy To Blame The *
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 17 - More Than You Know - (*
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 18 - Sugar - (Pinkard-Mitch*
2.2M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 19 - Why Begin Again - (Unk*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol7 Jumpin' ForJoy - 20 - Jumpin' For Joy - (Sam*
234K Vol7-Frontal.jpg*
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./VOL-08:
total 58M
2.3M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 01 - Booly-Jo-Ja - (Harding-Wilson)_2*
2.3M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 01 - Booly-Jo-Ja - (Harding-Wilson).m*
3.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 02 - The Man ll Love - (Gershwin-Gers*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 03 - Exactly Like You - (Fields-McHug*
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 04 - Love Grows On The White Oak Tree*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 05 - This Is The Moment - (Carpenter-*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 06 - Early Session Hop - (Wilson-Hard*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 07 - Lady Of Mystery - (Wilson-Hardin*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 08 - Jumpin' On The Black And Whites *
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 09 - Little Things That Mean So Much *
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 10 - Hallelujah - (Youmans-Robin-Grey*
3.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 11 - Some Other Spring - (Herzog-Wils*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 12 - Wham (Re Bop Boom Bam) - (Miller*
3.2M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 13 - Sweet Lorraine - (Parish-Burwell*
3.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 14 - Moon Ray - (Shaw-Quenzer-Madison*
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 15 - Liza - (Gershwin-Gershwin).mp3*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 16 - Crying My Soul Out For You - (Ha*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 17 - In The Mood - (Razaf-Garland).mp*
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 18 - Cocoanut Grove - (Powell).mp3*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 19 - 71 - (Webster).mp3*
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol8 Liza - 20 - I Never Knew - (Kahn-Rito).mp3*
287K Vol8-Frontal.jpg*
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./VOL-09:
total 63M
3.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 01 - EmbraceableYou - (*
3.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 02 - But Not for Me - (*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 03 - Oh Lady Be Good - *
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 04 - Smoke Gets In Your*
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 05 - Rosetta - (Hines-W*
2.3M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 06 - I Know That You Kn*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 07 - Them There Eyes - *
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 08 - China Boy - (Winfr*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 09 - Body And Soul - (H*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 10 - I Cant' Get Starte*
3.2M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 11 - Out Of Nowhere - (*
3.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 12 - Prisoner Of Love -*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 13 - Every Time We Say *
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 14 - Just You, Just Me *
3.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 15 - Just For The Blues*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 16 - This Heart Of Mine*
2.6M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 17 - Bugle Call Rag - (*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 18 - Running Wild - (Gi*
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 19 - I Surreder Dear - *
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 20 - Memories Of You - *
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 21 - If Dreams Come Tru*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol9 Just For The Blues - 22 - I Can't Get Starte*
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./VOL-10:
total 60M
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 01 - Stompin' At The Savoy - (G*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 02 - Blues Too - (Wilson).mp3*
2.3M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 03 - Cheek To Cheek - (Berlin)*
2.1M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 04 - Sunny Morning - (Wilson).m*
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 05 - Why Shouldn't I - (Porter)*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 06 - Strange Interlude - (Berni*
2.3M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 07 - All Of Me - (Marks).mp3*
2.7M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 08 - Hallelujah - (Youmans-Robi*
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 09 - You're My Favourite Memory*
2.3M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 10 - Long Ago And Far Away - (K*
3.0M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 11 - Penthouse Serenade (When Y*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 12 - Don't Worry 'Bout Me - (Bl*
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 13 - I Want To Be Happy - (Caes*
2.4M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 14 - Just One Of Those Things -*
2.2M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 15 - Fine And Dandy - (Swift-Ja*
2.4M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 16 - I've Got The World On A St*
2.4M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 17 - Ain't Misbehavin' - (Brook*
2.4M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 18 - You Took Advantage Of Me -*
2.4M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 19 - Living In Dreams - (Green)*
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 20 - I'm Yours - (Green-Harburg*
2.9M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 21 - Time After Time - (Kahn-St*
2.2M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 22 - Moon Face, Starry Eyed - (*
2.8M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 23 - September Song - (Weill-An*
2.5M Teddy Wilson - Vol10 Blues Too - 24 - Moonlight On The Ganges - *
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215K Vol10-int.jpg*
328K Vol10-lista.jpg*

  42. Gerry Mulligan

    "The most famous and probably greatest jazz baritonist of all time, Gerry Mulligan was a giant. A flexible soloist who was always ready to jam with anyone from Dixielanders to the most advanced boppers, Mulligan brought a somewhat revolutionary light sound to his potentially awkward and brutal horn and played with the speed and dexterity of an altoist.

    Mulligan started on the piano before learning clarinet and the various saxophones. His initial reputation was as an arranger. In 1944 he wrote charts for Johnny Warrington's radio band and soon was making contributions to the books of Tommy Tucker and George Paxton. He moved to New York in 1946 and joined Gene Krupa's Orchestra as a staff arranger; his most notable chart was "Disc Jockey Jump." The rare times he played with Krupa's band was on alto and the same situation existed when he was with Claude Thornhill in 1948.

    Gerry Mulligan's first notable recorded work on baritone was with Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool nonet (1948-50) but once again his arrangements ("Godchild," "Darn That Dream" and three of his originals "Jeru," "Rocker" and "Venus de Milo") were more significant than his short solos. Mulligan spent much of 1949 writing for Elliot Lawrence's orchestra and playing anonymously in the saxophone section. It was not until 1951 that he began to get a bit of attention for his work on baritone. Mulligan recorded with his own nonet for Prestige, displaying an already recognizable sound. After he traveled to Los Angeles, he wrote some arrangements for Stan Kenton (including "Youngblood," "Swing House" and "Walking Shoes"), worked at the Lighthouse and then gained a regular Monday night engagement at the Haig. Around this time Mulligan realized that he enjoyed the extra freedom of soloing without a pianist. He jammed with trumpeter Chet Baker and soon their magical rapport was featured in his pianoless quartet. The group caught on quickly in 1952 and made both Mulligan and Baker into stars.

    A drug bust put Mulligan out of action and ended that Quartet but, when he was released from jail in 1954, Mulligan began a new musical partnership with valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer that was just as successful. Trumpeter Jon Eardley and Zoot Sims on tenor occasionally made the group a sextet and in 1958 trumpeter Art Farmer was featured in Mulligan's Quartet. Being a very flexible player with respect for other stylists, Mulligan went out of his way to record with some of the great musicians he admired. At the 1958 Newport Jazz Fetival he traded off with baritonist Harry Carney on "Prima Bara Dubla" while backed by the Duke Ellington Orchestra, and during 1957-60 he recorded separate albums with Thelonious Monk, Paul Desmond, Stan Getz, Ben Webster and Johnny Hodges. Mulligan played on the classic Sound of Jazz television special in 1958 and appeared in the movies I Want to Live and The Subterraneans.

    During 1960-64 Mulligan led his Concert Jazz Band which gave him an opportunity to write, play baritone and occasionally double on piano. The orchestra at times included Brookmeyer, Sims, Clark Terry and Mel Lewis. Mulligan was a little less active after the big band broke up but he toured extensively with the Dave Brubeck Quartet (1968-72), had a part-time big band in the 1970s (the Age of Steam), doubled on soprano for a period, led a mid-'70s sextet that included vibraphonist Dave Samuels and in 1986 jammed on a record with Scott Hamilton. In the 1990s he toured the world with his excellent "no-name" quartet and led a "Rebirth of the Cool Band" that performed and recorded remakes of the Miles Davis Nonet classics. Up until the end, Gerry Mulligan was always eager to play.

    Among Mulligan's compositions were "Walkin' Shoes," "Line for Lyons," "Bark for Barksdale," "Nights at the Turntable," "Utter Chaos," "Soft Shoe," "Bernie's Tune," "Blueport," "Song for Strayhorn," "Song for an Unfinished Woman" and "I Never Was a Young Man" (which he often sang). He recorded extensively through the years for such labels as Prestige, Pacific Jazz, Capitol, Vogue, EmArcy, Columbia, Verve, Milestone, United Artists, Philips, Limelight, A&M, CTI, Chiaroscuro, Who's Who, DRG, Concord and GRP." - Scott Yanow

  43. Billy Joe Shaver and Commander Cody

  44. Buck Owens, Webb Wilder and Bad Livers

  45. The Blues: A Musical Journey

  46. Stax Singles

  47. Bob Dylan

  48. Bill Evans 

    
total 446M
2.3M Bill Evans - All The Things You Are.mp3*
5.0M Bill Evans - Alone - 01 - Here's that Rainy Day.mp3*
4.0M Bill Evans and Jim Hall - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You.mp3*
8.0M Bill Evans and Stan Getz - Night And Day.mp3*
3.7M Bill Evans and Tony Bennet- The Touch Of Your Lips.mp3*
2.8M Bill Evans - A Sleepin' Bee.mp3*
4.3M Bill Evans - Bill Evans Trio - Portrait in Jazz - What Is This T*
4.3M Bill Evans - Bill Evans Trio - Portrait in Jazz - Witchcraft - 0*
3.4M Bill Evans - Billy don't be a hero.mp3*
2.0K Bill Evans-Bob Brookmeyer -- The Way You Look Tonight.mp3/
8.7M Bill Evans - Body and Soul.mp3*
4.0K Bill Evans (Explorations) - Nardis.mp3/
7.2M Bill Evans - Funkallero (elec piano start).mp3*
6.4M Bill Evans - Herbie Mann - Willow weep for me.mp3*
5.4M bill evans - jazz - 01 - jazz1.mp3*
4.8M bill evans - jazz - 02 - jazz2.mp3*
5.4M bill evans - jazz - 03 - jazz3.mp3*
4.5M bill evans - jazz - 04 - jazz4.mp3*
5.5M bill evans - jazz - 05 - jazz5.mp3*
2.6M bill evans - jazz - 06 - jazz6.mp3*
3.2M bill evans - jazz - 07 - jazz7.mp3*
6.0M bill evans - jazz - 08 - jazz8.mp3*
4.1M bill evans - jazz - 09 - jazz9.mp3*
5.5M bill evans - jazz - 10 - jazz10.mp3*
3.7M bill evans - jazz - 11 - jazz11.mp3*
3.6M bill evans - jazz - 12 - jazz12.mp3*
4.8M bill evans - jazz part 2 - 01 - jazz 13.mp3*
4.1M bill evans - jazz part 2 - 02 - jazz 14.mp3*
5.2M bill evans - jazz part 2 - 03 - jazz 15.mp3*
5.5M bill evans - jazz part 2 - 04 - jazz 16.mp3*
 18K bill evans - jazz part 2 - 05 - jazz 17.mp3/
6.4M bill evans - jazz part 2 - 06 - jazz 18.mp3*
6.3M bill evans - jazz part 2 - 07 - jazz 19.mp3*
3.8M bill evans - jazz part 2 - 08 - jazz 20.mp3*
4.5M bill evans - jazz part 2 - 09 - jazz 21.mp3*
5.2M bill evans - jazz part 2 - 10 - jazz 22.mp3*
4.8M bill evans - jazz part 2 - 11 - jazz 23.mp3*
5.8M bill evans - jazz part 2 - 12 - jazz 24.mp3*
4.3M Bill Evans & Jim Hall - 03 I Hear A Rhapsody.mp3*
4.2M Bill Evans & Jim Hall - 04 Dream Gypsy.mp3*
5.0M Bill Evans & Jim Hall - 07 Romain.mp3*
3.2M Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Intermodulation - 01 - I've Got You Unde*
3.0M Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Jazz Samba.mp3*
3.0M Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Jazz Samba.Mp3*
7.1M Bill Evans & Jim Hall -Turn out the stars.mp3*
5.9M Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Very Best of Blue Note Jazz - I'm Gettin*
4.3M Bill Evans - Lights Out V - 01 - Sierra.mp3*
2.7M Bill Evans & Louie Armstron.mp3*
4.0M Bill Evans - Marian McPartland - Piano Jazz - 02-Conversation.mp*
1.1M Bill Evans - Marian McPartland - Piano Jazz - 05-All of You.mp3*
3.4M Bill Evans - Marian McPartland - Piano Jazz - 07-In Your Own Swe*
4.9M Bill Evans - Marian McPartland - Piano Jazz - 13-Days of Wine an*
5.5M Bill Evans - Marian McPartland - Piano Jazz - 15-This Is All I A*
3.1M Bill Evans - Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz With Guest Bill Evan*
5.8M Bill Evans - Marian McPartland - While We're Young.mp3*
5.5M Bill Evans - Mash - Suicide is painless.mp3*
4.2M Bill Evans.mp3*
4.5M Bill Evans - My Foolish Heart (live).mp3*
4.5M Bill Evans My Foolish Heart.mp3*
9.0M Bill Evans-My Romance.mp3*
7.8M Bill Evans - Night and Day.mp3*
5.5M Bill Evans - Night and Day (with Stan Getz).mp3*
5.3M Bill Evans - PIANO JAZZ.mp3*
6.0M Bill Evans - 'round Midnight.mp3*
4.9M Bill Evans - Skating In Central Park.mp3*
 12M Bill Evans - Someday My Prince Will Come.mp3*
5.0M Bill Evans - Spring Is Here .mp3*
5.2M Bill Evans & Stan Getz - Emily.mp3*
7.4M Bill Evans & Stan Getz -Lover Man.mp3*
7.9M Bill Evans & Stan Getz - Night and Day.mp3*
7.9M Bill Evans & Stan Getz - Night & Day (stunning piano solo).mp3*
9.3M Bill Evans - The Days Of Wine And Roses.mp3*
 12M Bill Evans - The Sunday After.mp3*
7.0M Bill Evans Tio - Detour Ahead (live).mp3*
9.3M Bill Evans - Toots Thielemans - The Days Of Wine And Roses.mp3*
4.5M Bill Evans & Toots Thielemans - The Other Side Of Midnight (Noel*
5.9M Bill Evans & Toots Thielemans - This Is All I Ask.mp3*
9.3M Bill Evans Trio (Montreux, 1968) - Embraceable You.mp3*
5.3M Bill Evans Trio & Stan Getz - But Beautiful.mp3*
6.7M Bill Evans Trio  & Stan Getz - The Peacocks.mp3*
4.1M Bill Evans Trio - Tenderly.mp3*
8.2M Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debbie.MP3*
6.1M Bill Evans Trio - Yesterday I Heard The Rain.mp3*
6.5M Bill Evans - Waltz for Debbie.mp3*
2.0K Bill Evans - When i fall in love.mp3/
2.0K Bill Evans - When I Fall In Love.mp3/
2.7M Bill Evans - When In Rome (with Tony Bennet).mp3*
5.3M Bill Evans - You Must Believe in Spring.mp3*
5.4M Bill Evans - Young and Foolish.mp3*

  49. Jan Garbarek and Joe Pass

  50. Oscar Peterson #1 

    
total 98M
3.1M May 11  2003 OSCAR PETERSON-03-THESE FOOLISH THINGS(REMIND ME OF YOU).mp3*
3.6M Jun  7 19:47 Oscar Peterson - All the Things You Are.mp3*
2.7M May 11  2003 OSCAR PETERSON - [ Angel Eyes ] - (Jazz 'Round Midnight).mp3*
3.4M May  4  2003 Oscar Peterson - An Oscar Peterson Christmas - 03 - Let it Snow*
5.8M May 13  2003 Oscar Peterson & Clark Terry - Mumbles.mp3*
6.8M May 11  2003 Oscar Peterson & Dizzie Gilespie (Jazz) - Autumn Leaves.mp3*
7.1M May 11  2003 Oscar Peterson & Ella Fitzgerald - Stompin' at the Savoy.mp3*
3.0M May 11  2003 Oscar Peterson  - It Ain't Necessarily So.mp3*
3.2M May 10  2003 Oscar Peterson  - Laura.mp3*
5.5M May 17  2003 Oscar Peterson & Lionel Hampton - Always.mp3*
3.1M May  5  2003 Oscar Peterson & Louis Armstro - Louis Meets Oscar Peterson -.mp*
42M May 18  2003 Oscar Peterson & Manh#532AA.mp3*
3.5M May  6  2003 Oscar Peterson & Shirley Horn - Unknown - 01 - Singin' The Blues*
4.9M May 11  2003 Oscar Peterson (with Roy Hargrove) - My Foolish Heart.mp3*

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