Aaron Fletcher – Turn Up The Heat (2007)

Aaron Fletcher – Turn Up The Heat (2007)

Artist: Aaron Fletcher
Title Of Album: Turn Up The Heat
Year Of Release: 2007
Label: Vital Sounds Music / TuneCore
Genre: Jazz / R&B
Format: MP3
Bitrate: V2 VBR Kbps
Tracks: 12
Total Time: 50:54 min
Total Size: 64 MB
WebSite: myspace.com

Tracklist:

01. Just a Little Bit (4:20)
02. Loose Ends (4:22)
03. Say Yes (5:05)
04. In My Time (Interlude) (2:07)
05. Like Rain (5:23)
06. Right Here Right Now (5:04)
07. I Need U (Interlude) (1:59)
08. Touch Me (4:00)
09. Come Closer (4:35)
10. Turn Up The Heat (4:46)
11. First Time Around (3:53)
12. Before U Go (5:15)

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Police – Greatest Hits

Police – Greatest Hits
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The Police – Greatest Hits

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Tracklist:
01 – Roxanne
02 – Can’t stand losing you
03 – So lonely
04 – Message in a bottle
05 – Walking on the Moon
06 – The bed’s too big without you
07 – Don’t stand so close to me
08 – De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
09 – Every little thing she does is magic
10 – Invisible Sun
11 – Spirits in the Material World
12 – Synchronicity II
13 – Every breath you take
14 – King of Pain
15 – Wrapped around your finger
16 – Tea in the Sahara

Nominally, the Police were punk rock, but that’s only in the loosest sense of the term. The trio’s nervous, reggae-injected pop/rock was punky, but it wasn’t necessarily punk. All three members were considerably more technically proficient than the average punk or new wave band. Andy Summers had a precise guitar attack that created dense, interlocking waves of sounds and effects. Stewart Copeland could play polyrhythms effortlessly. And Sting, with his high, keening voice, was capable of constructing infectiously catchy pop songs. While they weren’t punk, the Police certainly demonstrated that the punk spirit could have a future in pop music. As their career progressed, the Police grew considerably more adventurous, experimenting with jazz and various world musics. All the while, the band’s tight delivery and mastery of the pop single kept their audience increasing, and by 1983, they were the most popular rock & roll band in the world. Though they were at the height of their fame, internal tensions caused the band to splinter apart in 1984, with Sting picking up the majority of the band’s audience to become an international superstar.

Stewart Copeland and Sting (born Gordon Sumner) formed the Police in 1977. Prior to the band’s formation, Copeland, the son of a CIA agent, had attended college in California, before he moved to England and joined the progressive rock band Curved Air. Sting was a teacher and a ditch digger who played in jazz-rock bands, including Last Exit, on the side. The two musicians met at a local jazz club and decided to form a progressive pop band with guitarist Henri Padovani.

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Slint – Spiderland @224kbs

Tracklist
01. Breadcrumb Trail
02. Nosferatu Man
03. Don, Aman
04. Washer
05. For Dinner…
06. Good Morning Captain

lyrics:

http://www.songmeanings.net/artist/view/songs/9939/

album info

http://www.discogs.com/Slint-Spiderland/release/369276

My Review
An amazing experience, I put on this album for the first time in the hollow of a writing night and have been overplaying it ever since. This album is incredibly hard to digg up so grab it before it dies, and for the love of god search for the lyrics.

External Review
Unheard of by many, revered by almost all those that own it, Slint’s second (and last) album is regarded as one of the most influential alternative records ever released.

Brian McMahan’s primarily spoken vocals offer a haunting juxtaposition to David Pajo’s (later of Tortoise and Zwan) jaggedly ornate guitar playing, with the lyrics seemingly having little connection to the stop-start syncopation of the instrumental. From McMahan’s tale of a ride on a roller-coaster with a gypsy fortune teller at a carnival in Spiderland’s opener ‘Breadcrumb Trail’ to his reworking of Coleridge’s opus The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (’Good Morning, Captain’), at the album’s close, Slint’s final work runs the gamut of marginal human experience, abstracted against a backdrop of jazz time signatures and ’spidery’ guitars, to create a stifling air of impending doom. For all that however, ‘Washer’ is one of the most startlingly beautiful elegies committed to record.

Sexy, claustrophobic, unashamedly arty and conceptual, Spiderland is considered by many to be the first true ‘post-rock’ album, following their Steve Albini-recorded ‘post-hardcore’ debut, Tweez (1989).

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Cosmosquad – Cosmosquad (1997)

Cosmosquad – Cosmosquad (1997)

Artist: Cosmosquad
Title Of Album: Cosmosquad
Year Of Release: 19. September 2007
Label: Import (Megaphon Importservice)
Genre: Jazz, Fusion, Progressive Rock
Quality: Mp3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Total Time: 54 min.
Total Size: 124 Mb.

Tracklist:

1 El Perro Vaila
2 Three A.m.
3 The Scene
4 I.N.S. Conspiracy
5 Epapo Funk
6 Missing You
7 Stretchhog
8 Pugs in Central Park
9 Slowburn
10 Galactic Voyage

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Jazz Top 100 Of All Times (allertijden) Collection

Jazz Top 100 Of All Times (Allertijden) 5 disc collection

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Ripped and uploaded for ProjectW.org!
Uploaded per CD. One download = one CD!
Personal opinion: good music, although not all of it is Jazz…

Tracklist wrote:

Disc 1
1. High And Dry – Jamie Cullum (4:54)
2. New York City – The Peter Malick Group & Norah Jones (5:07)
3. Tell Me All About It – Natalie Cole (4:05)
4. Peroxide Swing – Michael Bublé (2:39)
5. The Girl From Ipanema – Astrud Gilberto (4:06)
6. Moonlight In Vermont – Billy Holiday (3:51)
7. The Nearness Of You – Al Jarreau (3:45)
8. Mad About The Boy – Dinah Washington (2:47)
9. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Ella Fitzgerald (3:34)
10. Let There Be Love – Silje Nergaard (3:18)
11. Crazy – Curtis Stigers (5:11)
12. Piano In The Dark – Brenda Russell (5:21)
13. Feeling Good – Nina Simone (2:54)
14. The Way You Look Tonight – Cannonball Adderley (4:27)
15. That Ole Devil Called Love – Chet Baker (3:17)
16. Singin’ In The Rain – Joe Williams (2:28)
17. My Foolish Heart – Billy Eckstine (3:05)
18. Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly – Lizz Wright (5:08)
19. My Funny Valentine – Shirley Horn (5:36)
20. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) – Stan Getz (4:16)

Disc 2
1. What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong (2:19)
2. Unforgettable – Marvin Gaye (3:43)
3. The Lady Wants To Know – Laura Fygi (4:58)
4. All Of Me – Count Basie (2:28)
5. Since I Feel For You – Aaron Neville (5:07)
6. Samba De Una Nota Só (One Note Samba) – Antonio Carlos Jobim (2:17)
7. When I Fall In Love – Carmen Mcrae (3:49)
8. What The World Needs To Know Is Love – Wes Montgomery (4:52)
9. Lullaby For A Ladybug – Christian Mcbride (4:20)
10. What Is This Thing Called Love? – Dee Dee Bridgewater (3:17)
11. There Is No Greater Love – Mary Haskell (3:51)
12. So What! – Ronny Jordan (5:07)
13. As Time Goes By – Helen Merrill (5:16)
14. Parker’s Mood – Charlie Parker (3:04)
15. Nature Boy – Claudia Acuna (6:00)
16. How High The Moon – Abbey Lincoln (3:21)
17. These Foolish Things – Johnny Hartman (4:19)
18. I Never Meant To – Matt Bianco (4:49)
19. Night And Day – Coleman Hawkins Quartet (3:20)
20. East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) – George Shearing (3:07)

Disc 3
1. Fly Me To The Moon – Astrud Gilberto (2:22)
2. Guess I’m Falling For You – Michael Bublé (1:50)
3. The Lady Is A Tramp – Tony Bennett (2:29)
4. Circle Of Smiles – Toots Thielemans (3:05)
5. Stormy Weather – Quincy Jones (3:16)
6. Walk On By – Gabrielle (3:16)
7. Autumn In New York – Sarah Vaughan (3:21)
8. Desafinado – Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd (5:51)
9. Try A Little Tenderness – Diane Schuur (4:30)
10. Have You Met Miss Jones? – Bing Crosby (2:30)
11. Stardust – Mel Tormé (5:48)
12. A Night In Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie (3:13)
13. Misty – Ella Fitzgerald (2:44)
14. Makin’ Whoopee – Gerry Mulligan (4:05)
15. Milestones – Wes Montgomery & Jimmy Smith (4:11)
16. In The Still Of The Night – Rosemary Clooney (3:24)
17. Gone With The Wind – Art Tatum (2:53)
18. Jamaica – Bobby Caldwell (4:49)
19. I Can’t Help It – Will Downing (5:08)
20. Time After Time – Tuck & Patti (5:06)

Disc 4
1. I’ve Grown Accustomed To His Face – Cassandra Wilson (5:16)
2. Ask A Woman Who Knows – Natalie Cole (4:15)
3. The Shadow Of Your Smile – Wes Montgomery (2:16)
4. What A Difference A Day Made – Dinah Washington (2:30)
5. Cheek To Cheek – Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald (4:16)
6. Moonlight Serenade – Rosenberg Trio (4:35)
7. Feels So Good – Chuck Mangione (3:28)
8. The Very Thought Of You – Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt (4:31)
9. How Insensitive – Roy Hargrove (5:23)
10. If You Love Somebody – Silje Nergaard (4:05)
11. Just One Of Those Things – Laura Fygi (3:36)
12. I Get A Kick Out Of You – Charlie Parker (3:36)
13. My Baby Just Cares For Me – Nina Simone (3:02)
14. Love Is Here To Stay – Carmen Mcrae (2:39)
15. A Sunday Kind In Love – Etta James (3:18)
16. Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend – Marylin Monroe (3:32)
17. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) – Billie Holiday (5:41)
18. Bewitched – Susannah Mccorkle (4:36)
19. Body & Soul – Sonny Rollins (4:20)
20. Night Train – Oscar Peterson (4:51)

Disc 5
1. Moon River – Sarah Vaughan (2:51)
2. Bluesette – Toots Thielemans (4:36)
3. All Your Love – The Peter Malick Group & Norah Jones (4:31)
4. The Look Of Love – Dusty Springfield (3:32)
5. They Can’t Take That Away From Me – Stacey Kent (5:00)
6. Someone To Watch Over Me – Blossom Dearie (3:59)
7. Black Coffee – Peggy Lee (3:08)
8. April In Paris – Count Basie & Sammy Davis Jr (2:47)
9. Antonio’s Song – Till Brönner (5:01)
10. Close To You – Tuck & Patti (6:18)
11. Stop, Look, Listen To Your Heart – Gerald Albright & Will Downing (3:40)
12. Walter Whitman Where Are You – Gino Vannelli (4:18)
13. On The Sunny Side Of The Street – Johnny Hodges (2:59)
14. Embraceable You – Brenda Holloway (2:42)
15. Flying Home – Benny Goodman (3:55)
16. Stompin’ At The Savoy – Anita O’Day (3:20)
17. A Time For Love – Bill Evans (5:07)
18. It Might As Well Be Spring – Debby Boone (4:30)
19. My Favorite Things – John Coltrane (2:41)
20. ’round Midnight – Kenny Rankin (3:48)

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Pat Metheny Albums

Pat Metheny is definitely my favorite jazz musician, probably my favorite any musician. I will try to make this topic the closest thing to his discography, uploading his solo albums, his many collaborations with various other jazz greats and, of course, his work with the Pat Metheny Group.

Patrick Bruce Metheny (born August 12, 1954 in Lee’s Summit, Missouri) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.

One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and ’80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works, and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progressive and contemporary jazz, post-Bop, jazz-rock fusion, and folk-jazz.

I have a lousy upload, but I’ll try to add at least one album daily. Any feedback is appreciated. Please don’t post your links here. No password.

Pat Metheny – Bright Size Life (1976)

Pat Metheny’s debut studio album is a good one, a trio date that finds him already laying down the distinctively cottony, slightly withdrawn tone and asymmetrical phrasing that would serve him well through most of the swerves in direction ahead. His original material, all of it lovely, bears the bracing air of his Midwestern upbringing, with titles like “Missouri Uncompromised,” “Midwestern Nights Dream,” and “Omaha Celebration.” There is also a sole harbinger of radical matters way down the road with the inclusion of a loose-jointed treatment of Ornette Coleman’s “Round Trip/Broadway Blues,” proving that Song X did not come from totally out of the blue. Besides the debut of Metheny, this CD also features one of the earliest recordings of Jaco Pastorius, a fully formed, well-matched contrapuntal force on electric bass, though content to leave the spotlight mostly to Metheny. Bob Moses, who like Metheny played in the Gary Burton Quintet at the time, is the drummer, and he can mix it up, too. (AMG)

Label:  ECM
Recorded:  Ludwigsburg, West Germany, December, 1975.
Released:  1976.
Time:  37.06

Personnel:
- Pat Metheny  Bass, Guitar, Bass (Electric), Composer, Guitar (12 String), 6-String Bass, 12-String Bass Guitar, Guitar (12 String Electric)
- Bob Moses  Drums, Drums (Snare)
- Jaco Pastorius  Bass, Bass (Electric), Fretless Bass

Track listing:
1. Bright Size Life (Metheny)  4:45
2. Sirabhorn (Metheny)  5:29
3. Unity Village (Metheny)  3:40
4. Missouri Uncompromised (Metheny)  4:21
5. Midwestern Nights Dream (Metheny)  6:00
6. Unquity Road (Metheny)  3:35
7. Omaha Celebration (Metheny)  4:18
8. Round Trip/Broadway Blues (Coleman)  4:58

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Bobby Matos & His Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble – Unity (2009

Bobby Matos & His Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble – Unity (2009)

Artist: Bobby Matos & His Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble
Title Of Album: Unity
Year Of Release: 2009
Genre: Jazz / Afro Latin Jazz
Quality: Mp3
Bitrate: ~200 kbps VBR
Total Time: 48:50 min
Total Size: 69 Mb

Tracklist:
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01. Mahjong (5:53)
02. Ritmo Bembe (1:44)
03. Cuchy Frito Man (3:28)
04. Ritmo Yambu (2:55)
05. McCoy (5:49)
06. Oiganlo (3:49)
07. Peace (3:52)
08. Bomba Sica (2:15)
09. No Down, No Feathers (5:17)
10. Algo Diferente (1:37)
11. Da Londons From Da Bronx (3:21)
12. Lyesa Afro Beat (1:13)
13. Bronx Trane (5:35)
14. Soul Zambique (2:06)

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Anouar Brahem – The Astounding Eyes Of Rita (2009)

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Bobby Lyle – The Power Of Touch (1997)

Bobby Lyle – The Power of Touch (1997)

Artist: Bobby Lyle
Title Of Album: The Power of Touch
Year Of Release: January 7, 1997
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Genre: Smooth Jazz / Piano
Bitrate: 320Kbps
Total Time: 52:32 min
Total Size: 101 MB

Tracklist
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01 Timbuktu
02 Aruban Nights
03 Just Talk to Me
04 Interlude
05 Feel Like Makin’ Love
06 Jubilee
07 Checkin’
08 Moment in Time
09 Steppin’
10 3 Minute Samba
11 Midnight Creeper
12 Inner Peace

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Jeff Golub – Blues For You (2009)

Artist: Jeff Golub
Title Of Album: Blues For You
Year Of Release: August 25, 2009
Label: Koch Records
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Blues-Rock
Format: MP3
Bitrate: CBR 192 kbps
Tracks: 12
Total Time: 57:05 min
Total Size: 79 Mb

Tracklist:

01.Shuffleboard
02.Rooster Blues
03.Goin’ On
04.Everybody Wants You
05.The Blink of An Eye
06.I Don’t Worry About A Thing
07.Nikki’s Walk
08.Lost Mind
09.Gone Fishin’
10.Fish Fare
11.I’ll Play The Blues For You
12.Gravessen

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