Joe Henderson – Page One (1963) [APO Remaster 2009] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Joe Henderson – Page One (1963) [APO Remaster 2009]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 42:06 minutes | Scans included | 1,72 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 828 MB

The title Page One is fitting for this disc, as it marks the beginning of the first chapter in the long career of tenor man Joe Henderson. And what a beginning it is; no less than Kenny Dorham, McCoy Tyner, Butch Warren, and Pete La Roca join the saxophonist for a stunning set that includes “Blue Bossa” and “Recorda Me,” two works that would be forever associated with Henderson. Both are bossa novas that offer a hip alternative to the easy listening Brazilian trend that would become popular with the masses. Henderson and Dorham make an ideal pair on these and other choice cuts like the blistering “Homestretch” and the engaging swinger “Jinrikisha.” These both show the already mature compositional prowess that would become Henderson’s trademark throughout his legendary career. The final blues number, “Out of the Night,” features powerful work by the leader that only hints of things to come in subsequent chapters.

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Joe Henderson – Lush Life: The Music Of Billy Strayhorn (1992) [Reissue 2004] MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Joe Henderson – Lush Life: The Music Of Billy Strayhorn (1992) [Reissue 2004]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 61:43 minutes | Scans included | 3,11 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,16 GB

With this release, the executives at Verve and their marketing staff proved that yes, indeed, jazz can sell. The veteran tenor Joe Henderson has had a distinctive sound and style of his own ever since he first entered the jazz major leagues yet he has spent long periods in relative obscurity before reaching his current status as a jazz superstar. As for the music on his “comeback” disc, it does deserve all of the hype. Henderson performs ten of Billy Strayhorn’s most enduring compositions in a variety of settings ranging from a full quintet with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and duets with pianist Stephen Scott, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Gregory Hutchinson to an unaccompanied solo exploration of “Lush Life.” This memorable outing succeeded both artistically and commercially and is highly recommended.

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Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends (1969) [Audio Fidelity 2015] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends (1969) [Audio Fidelity 2015]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 40:48 minutes | Scans included | 1,64 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 844 MB
Mastered for SACD by Kevin Gray | Audio Fidelity # AFZ-209 | Genre: Rock

Joe Cocker’s debut album holds up extraordinarily well across four decades, the singer’s performance bolstered by some very sharp playing, not only by his established sideman/collaborator Chris Stainton, but also some top-notch session musicians, among them drummer Clem Cattini, Steve Winwood on organ, and guitarists Jimmy Page and Albert Lee, all sitting in. It’s Cocker’s voice, a soulful rasp of an instrument backed up by Madeline Bell, Sunny Weetman and Rossetta Hightower that carries this album and makes “Change in Louise,” “Feeling Alright,” “Just Like a Woman,” “I Shall Be Released,” and even “Bye Bye Blackbird” into profound listening experiences. But the surprises in the arrangements, tempo, and approaches taken help make this an exceptional album. Tracks like “Just Like a Woman,” with its soaring gospel organ above a lean textured acoustic and light electric accompaniment, and the guitar-dominated rendition of “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” – the formal debut of the Grease Band on record – all help make this an exceptional listening experience. The 1999 A&M reissue not only includes new notes and audiophile-quality sound, but also a pair of bonus tracks, the previously unanthologized B-sides “The New Age of Lily” and “Something Coming On,” deserved better than the obscurity in which they previously dwelt.

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Joe Cocker – Joe Cocker (1969) [Audio Fidelity 2017] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Joe Cocker – Joe Cocker (1969) [Audio Fidelity 2017]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 35:23 minutes | Scans included | 1,43 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 728 MB
Mastered for SACD by Kevin Gray | Audio Fidelity # AFZ-249 | Genre: Rock

Joe Cocker’s first three A&M albums form the bedrock of a career that spans over three decades. While Cocker certainly wasn’t always in top form during this stretch – thanks to alcohol problems and questionable comeback moves in the ’80s and ’90s – his early records did inform the classic pub rock sound later credited to proto-punk figures like Graham Parker and Brinsley Schwarz. On those early records, Cocker mixed elements of late-’60s English blues revival recordings (John Mayall, et al.) with the more contemporary sounds of soul and pop; a sound fused in no small part by producer and arranger Leon Russell, whose gumbo mix figures prominently on this eponymous release and the infamous Mad Dogs & Englishmen live set. Russell’s sophisticated swamp blues aesthetic is felt directly with versions of his gospel ballad “Hello, Little Friend” and Beatles-inspired bit of New Orleans pop – and one of Cocker’s biggest hits – “Delta Lady.” Following up on the huge success of an earlier cover of “With a Little Help From My Friends,” Cocker mines more Beatles gold with very respectable renditions of “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window” and “Something.” And rounding out this impressive set are equally astute takes on Dylan’s “Dear Landlord,” Leonard Cohen’s “Bird on the Wire,” and John Sebastian’s “Darling Be Home Soon.” Throughout, Cocker gets superb support from his regular backing group of the time, the Grease Band. A fine introduction to the singer’s classic, late-’60s and early-’70s period.

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Joe Beck Trio – Girl Talk (2003) [Japan 2017] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Joe Beck Trio – Girl Talk (2003) [Japan 2017]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 57:55 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,36 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,18 GB

Joe Beck was an American jazz guitarist who played in a variety of jazz styles, including jazz fusion, post bop, mainstream jazz and soul jazz. On this album Joe Beck joined with Joey DeFrancesco and Idris Muhammad. As result the trio plays subtle, tastefully rendered versions of jazz standards. Beck’s guitar takes inspiration from the Jim Hall and Pat Metheny, featuring gentle bent notes, muted strumming, wandering melodic lines, and a smooth, rounded tone.

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Joe Beck Trio – Brazilian Dreamin’ (2006) [Japan 2016] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Joe Beck Trio – Brazilian Dreamin’ (2006) [Japan 2016]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 64:52 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,64 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,33 GB

Joe Beck began his career as a highly sought-after studio guitarist in the early 70s. His clean jazz playing on electric guitar was his hallmark. His discography is well-worthy searching for. He was well-respected and played with artists such as John Abercrombie, Jimmy Bruno, Gill Evans, Don Sebesky, Bobby TImmons, and Paul Simon. This recording was made for Japanese Venus label. Relaxed samba/bossa nova is the emphasis here, with selections from Antonio Carlos Jobim, primarily.

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Joe Beck & Ali Ryerson – Django (2001) MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Joe Beck & Ali Ryerson – Django (2001)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 55:36 minutes | Scans included | 3,42 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,01 GB
Features Stereo & Multichannel Surround Sound

Joe Beck and Ali Ryerson have been working as a team for more than four years, playing concerts and other gigs under the name Duo. This is their second album, and, with the name Django, one would assume it is in honor of guitarist Django Reinhardt. Instead, the set is dedicated to the members of the Modern Jazz Quartet, who pioneered chamber jazz, the style that dominates this session with flautist Ryerson. John Lewis’ “Django” is one of the tunes on the agenda that they play within the chamber style. Ryerson’s passion for Brazilian music is documented on her six albums for Concord Jazz. She gets to show her mastery of this tempo on “Carioca Blue” and “O Barquinho.” Jazz veteran Joe Beck, one of the first to mix jazz and rock guitar, uses an alto guitar which he invented. It provides a strong harmonically mellow and rhythmic cushion upon which Ryerson carries the melody line with her expressive, buoyant flute. Their mutual comfort is evident on such tunes as the medley “Come Together”/”Alone Together” and expresses itself on a haunting rendition of “Tenderly.” If anything, this album is epitomized by some striking improvising. The two generally take one chorus, stating the melody, and then let their collective imagination take over. That they play together rather than separately when they extemporize makes this album distinctive. And they do it successfully whether the tune be one by Miles Davis or Johnny Mercer. With just the two instruments, their inventive way of collaborating makes sure that the listener’s attention will not drift away. Recommended.

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Jolie Holland – Wine Dark Sea (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Jolie Holland – Wine Dark Sea (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:03 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Alternative
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Anti – Epitaph

Jolie Holland has always embodied everything weird and wonderful in the history of American music, but Wine Dark Sea takes it to a new level. Raw and unrestrained, bristling with kinetic energy, Wine Dark Sea is unlike anything she’s ever recorded, but is also the purest and most assured evocation of Holland’s vision to date. A joyfully unrestrained masterwork, the record delivers: louder, noisier, raw and visceral. It is an inventive and fiery reimagining of delta blues, free jazz, classic r&b and country, infused throughout with a no wave abandon.
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JoJo – Mad Love (Deluxe) (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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JoJo – Mad Love (Deluxe) (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 55:10 minutes | 643 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Atlantic Records

JoJo’s first new album since 2006, Mad Love. sees the talented singer/songwriter partnering with a number of top pop producers including Max Martin/Wolf Cousins’ Oscar Holter (P!nk, Haliee Steinfeld, Tori Kelly), Whiskey Water (Nick Jonas Feat. Demi Lovato), and songwriter Justin Tranter (Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, Gwen Stefani). Full details – including tracklisting and complete credits – will be unveiled soon. Mad Love. has already made a major impact, more than a year before its official announcement. Both Buzzfeed and Fuse ranked it among their “Most Anticipated Albums” lists, with Buzzfeed noting the release could make JoJo “this year’s comeback kid.”
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JoJo – good to know (Deluxe) (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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JoJo – good to know (Deluxe) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 51:24 minutes | 562 MB | Genre: R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Records

JoJo has announced the deluxe edition of her critically-acclaimed album good to know, due out on August 28 via Clover Music/Warner Records. The 16-track record features highly-anticipated collaborations with Demi Lovato and Tinashe plus five brand new tracks. Today, she gives the first taste with addictive new single “What U Need,” co-written and produced by GRAMMY Award-winning production duo NOVA WAV [Beyoncé, Rihanna, Ariana Grande]. JoJo shows off her moves in the accompanying video, with choreography from Bec Morris [Nicki Minaj, Charli XCX, Justin Bieber] and directed by JoJo’s go-to quarantine video collaborator Santiago Salviche [Jennifer Lopez].
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JoJo – good to know (Acoustic) (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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JoJo – good to know (Acoustic) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 30:15 minutes | 347 MB | Genre: R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Records

Good To Know is the first album from JoJo since joining the Warner Records family and features her tracks “Man”, and “Good To Know” which were released earlier this year.
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Joji Hirota – Prayer’s Tale: Taiko Drums & Asian Percussion (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Joji Hirota - Prayer's Tale: Taiko Drums & Asian Percussion (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download

Joji Hirota – Prayer’s Tale: Taiko Drums & Asian Percussion (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:07:42 minutes | 624 MB | Genre: World
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © ARC

Nature, the cosmos and humanity are the inspirations for Joji Hirota’s latest solo album, Prayer’s Tale. Single-handedly playing 40 different Japanese and Asian instruments, combined with vocals, he weaves sounds of nature, emotions and colours of the universe into a beautiful soundscape.
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Johnny Woods – Pavilions (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Johnny Woods – Pavilions (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 38:35 minutes | 367 MB | Genre: Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Behind The Sky Music

Johnny Woods produces improvised synthesizer music from an off-grid Earthship high in the mountains of New Mexico. His 100% solar-powered studio features a variety of esoteric modular synthesizers, like those from Buchla, Wiard, and EML, which he has spent the last couple of decades attempting to master. Inspired by an eco-futurist worldview, Johnny views the synthesizer as an ideal vehicle for transferring the rhythms and structures of nature into a pure recording of sound. The generative melodies feel perfectly at home nestled amongst the pine trees- gentle waves of pure electronic tone that rise and fall like the breeze. There is always a hope and optimism in the music, driven by a constant belief that a new tomorrow can be better than today.
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Johnny Winter – Progressive Blues Experiment (1968/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Johnny Winter – Progressive Blues Experiment (1968/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 42:59 minutes | 1,74 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Capitol Records

The Progressive Blues Experiment is the debut album by American blues rock musician Johnny Winter. He recorded it in August 1968 at the Vulcan Gas Company, an Austin music club, with his original trio of Tommy Shannon on bass guitar and John “Red” Turner on drums. The album features a mix of Winter originals and older blues songs, including the standards “Rollin’ and Tumblin'”, “Help Me”, and “Forty-Four”.

Local Austin, Texas-based Sonobeat Records issued the album with a plain white cover in late 1968. After
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Johnny Winter – Johnny Winter (1969/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Johnny Winter – Johnny Winter (1969/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 34:20 minutes | 715 MB | Genre: Blues Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia

Johnny Winter is Johnny Winter’s second studio album, released in 1969. UK CBS issued this as a nine track late -69 in both stereo and mono (S63619/M63619). This album may have been intended as a Quadraphonic album as a 4-channel reel was prepared but to this day remains unreleased.
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