Holly Cole – Holly (2018)
DSD128 (.dsf) 1 bit/5,6 MHz | Time – 39:56 minutes | 3,15 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 39:56 minutes | 713 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: AcousticSounds | Booklet, Front Cover | Genre: Jazz | ©2xHD
Canadian jazz singer Holly Cole is best known for her ability to explore adventurous repertoire that expands from show tunes, country music, and rock. On this long-awaited album, she engages with some of the best jazz composers such as Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and Richard Rodgers on this album where she showcases her musical versatility.
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Holly Cole – Baby, It’s Cold Outside (2001/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 43:13 minutes | 468 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Fidelio Technologies Inc.
Recorded in Toronto at Inception Sound Studios and McClear Digital Studios Baby, It’s Cold Outside was co-produced by Cole and her long-time accompanist, pianist Aaron Davis who also provided the dazzling orchestral arrangements for the 27-piece orchestra featured on four selections: Zat You Santa Claus, Santa Baby, Wildwood Carol, and the title track.
Also appearing on the album as core members backing Cole are: David Piltch and George Koller (bass), Mark Kelso (drums), and Brian Barlow (percussion). Baby, It’s Cold Outside possesses a diverse spectrum of seasonal emotions. It is not just Christmas favourites. It is not a bunch of chestnuts roasting on the open fire. It’s obvious by listening to it that Cole likes to poke fun at Christmas; likes to poke fun at the notion of Santa Claus; and really likes to swing with songs that have bit of sexual innuendo. There’s a lot of give-me-a-break about the album.
Cole chose Christmas songs with the same critical ear as all of her previous recordings. Not only did she take care in selecting the repertoire, but she set out to interpret them in such a fashion that they effectively are her own.
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Emilie-Claire Barlow, Holly Cole, Polly Gibbons, Shirley Horn – Jazz Ballads, Vol. 2 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:08:47 minutes | 2,41 GB | Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © 2xHD
Another selection of great ballads performed by 2xHD’s best female jazz singers and instrumentalists, a follow up to the much appreciated Jazz Ballads album released on 2xHD two years ago. It includes performances by Shirley Horn, Holly Cole, Ben Webster, and more.
This compilation, comprised of various legends of jazz and voice, is sure to be please fans and collectors alike with its sensitive and careful selection of stunning and emotional performances.
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Holly Cole – Holly Cole (2007/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 43:24 minutes | 770 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Artwork: Digital booklet | @ 2xHD
Holly Cole’s eponymous album was first released in 2007 and features the singer accompanied by a variety of small bands, mostly with brass and reeds played by many of New York’s top session players. Several arrangers supplied their talents for the album, including Gil Goldstein, Marty Ehrlich, and even Holly Cole herself. (more…)
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Holly Cole – Temptation (1995/2012)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 01:07:28 minutes | 2,67 GB | Genre: Jazz
Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds | © Blue Note Records
Recorded at Grand Avenue Studio, Hamilton, Ontario except “The Briar and The Rose” Recorded at McClear Pathe, Toronto, Ontario Canada. Mastered from the original analog tapes by Kevin Gray.
There is an intelligence and sophistication to Holly Cole’s singing that sets her apart. She can imbue well-worn standards and eclectic songs with an uncanny combination of sensuality, innocence, originality and sheer musicality. Cole takes tunes everybody thinks they know and discovers new undercurrents in the venerable anthems of contemporary composers, wrapping her honesty, compassion and sardonic wit around their sometimes-fragile creations. The results are sexy, provocative, spellbinding, sometimes dangerous and never, ever dull.
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Holly Cole – Night (2012)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 40:13 minutes | 1,6 GB | Genre: Jazz
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The multi-awarded and internationally acclaimed Canadian songstress Holly Cole once again presents a conceptually ambitious piece of work with a unifying theme: An intimate collection of songs for the night-time. It’s a captivating cycle of songs that delivers additional proof of Holly Cole’s unique mastery of song interpretation, this time featuring a theme where she is truly at home. Eleven wonderful tracks for the special time between dusk and dawn.
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Holly Cole – Don’t Smoke In Bed (1993/2012)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 00:44:49 minutes | 1,77 GB | Genre: Jazz
Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds | © Blue Note Records
Recorded at Reaction Studios, Toronto. Feb./Mar. 1993
There is an intelligence and sophistication to Holly Cole’s singing that sets her apart. She can imbue well-worn standards and eclectic songs with an uncanny combination of sensuality, innocence, originality and sheer musicality. Cole takes tunes everybody thinks they know and discovers new undercurrents in the venerable anthems of contemporary composers, wrapping her honesty, compassion and sardonic wit around their sometimes-fragile creations. The results are sexy, provocative, spellbinding, sometimes dangerous and never, ever dull.
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