VA - Ladies Jazz Vol. 1-7

VA - Ladie's Jazz Vol. 1
Year: 2007
Tracklist:
01. Billie Holiday - Baby Get Lost
02. Ella Fitzgerald - Cry You Out Of My Heart
03. Dinah Washington - Walkin And Talkin
04. Julia Lee - Show Me Missouri Blues
05. Myra Taylor - Tell Your Best Friend Nothing
06. Dinah Washington - I Want To Cry
07. Ivian Green - Red Light
08. Helen Humes - Jet Propelled Papa
09. Mempis Minnie - Fashion Plate Daddy
10. Dinah Washington - Ive Got Bad News Baby
11. Myra Taylor With Jimmy Keith's Orchestra - Take It Easy, Greasy
12. Myra Taylor With Jimmy Keith's Orchestra - The Spider And The Fly
13. Cleo Brown - Boggie Woogie
Playing Time.........: 00:37:30

VA - Ladies' Jazz Vol. 2
Year: 2007
Tracklist:
01. Carmen Cuesta - Loeb - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
02. Eliane Elias - Segredos (Secrets)
03. Viktoria Tolstoy - Upside Out
04. Lisa Ekdahl - Daybreak
05. Lyczacza - Din Di Ri Don
06. Yvonne Sanchez - Pieces
07. Astrud Gilberto - Fly Me To The Moon
08. The Mahattan Transfer - Walk In Love
09. Randy Crawford - Almaz
10. Corinne Bailey Rae - Till It Happens To You
11. Candy Duffler - I Cant Make You Love Me
12. No Limits - Jenny's Day
13. Lizz Wright - Hit The Ground
14. Shola Ama - Celebrate
15. Patricia Barber - A Man And A Woman
16. Stacey Kent - You've Got A Friend
17. Sophie Milman - La Vie En Rose
18. Noche De Boleros - Adeus
19. Bebel Gilberto - Next To You
Playing Time.........: 01:15:51

VA - Ladies' Jazz Vol. 3
Year: 2003
Tracklist:
01. Aretha Franklin - Pitiful
02. Lisa Ekdahl - Love for Sale
03. Ella Fitzgerald - I Get a Kick Out of You
04. Diana Krall - Body and Soul
05. Dinah Washington - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
06. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me
07. Gil Gilberto - So Nice
08. Maria - Purple Shoes
09. Ester Phillips - Makin' Whoopee
10. Sarah Vaughan - I Didn't Know What Time It Was
11. Madeleine Peyroux - (Getting Some) Fun Out of Life
12. Billie Holiday - Georgia on My Mind
13. Abbey Lincoln - Love
14. Anne Ducros - l'eau La Bouche
15. Chris Connor - You Make Me Feel So Young
16. Lena - Whispering
17. Aretha Franklin - Crazy He Calls Me
18. Bridge Bridgewater - Back Of Your Mind
19. Ella Fitzgerald - Mean To Me (With Oscar Peterson)
20. Etta Jones - Till There Was You
21. Abbey Lincoln - My Man
Playing Time.........: 01:13:00

VA - Ladies' Jazz Vol. 4
Year: 2008
Tracklist:
01. Ive Mendes - I Don't Want To Talk About It
02. Marie So - Par Hasard S'Imposer
03. Valerie Kimani - Nguga Ii (I Will Say Yes)
04. Adele - Chasing Pavements
05. Yael Naim - New Soul
06. Jane Monheit - In The Still Of The Night
07. Yvonne Sanchez - The Girl
08. Malene Mortensen - Desperado
09. Wendy Mseleku - Life Is Going On
10. Sarah Vaughan - Slow Hot Wind
11. Nouvelle Vague - Love Will Tear Us Apart
12. Smooth Machine - Ta Noc Ten Dzien
13. Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy
14. Agnieszka Maciag - Zatrzymaj Czas
15. Carol Duboc - Feel Like Making Love
16. Julie London - When I Fall In Love
17. Carmen Cuesta - Aclarate
18. Monday Michiru - True Colors
19. Christina Dahl - Because Of Love
Playing Time.........: 01:17:59

VA - Ladies' Jazz Vol. 5
Year: 2009
Tracklist:
01. Monica Mancini - With My Lover Beside
02. Carmen Cuesta - You Still Don't Know Me
03. Eliane Elias - They Can't Take That Away From Me
04. Cesaria Evora - Besame Mucho
05. Stacey Kent - Samba Saravah
06. Randy Crawford - You Bring The Sun Out
07. Patricia Barber - Easy to Love
08. Basia - Waters of March (Aguas de Março)
09. Melody Gardot - Gone
10. Carol Duboc - Baby Talk
11. Yvonne Sanchez - Under The Moon and the Stars
12. Renee Olstead (feat. Chris Botti) - Someone To Watch Over Me
13. Yael Naim - Paris
14. Lisa Ekdahl - Only You
15. Anjani Thomas - Half the Perfect World
16. Lyczacza - La la love
17. Laura Fygi - Till There Was You
18. Omara Portuondo - La sitiera
19. Julie London - You Go to My Head
20. Lizz Wright - When I Fall
Playing Time.........: 01:15:14

VA - Ladies' Jazz Vol. 6
Year: 2009
Tracklist:
01. Aretha Franklin - Walk On By
02. Patricia Barber - Mourning Grace
03. Ann Peebles - I Can`t Stand the Rain
04. Sarah Menescal - Don't speak
05. Carmen Cuesta - Loeb - While my guitar gently weeps
06. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me
07. Lizz Wright - Speak Your Heart
08. George White Group - Nothing Compares 2 U
09. Tahta - light my fire
10. Monique Kessous - hey jude
11. 48th. St. Collective - Missing
12. Sara Gazarek - All Or Nothing At All
13. Jolene Parsons - Don`t it Make My Brown Eyes Blue
14. Karen Souza - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
15. Patricia Barber - Too Rich For My Blood
Playing Time.........: 01:04:00

VA - Ladies' Jazz Vol. 7
Year: 2011
Tracklist
01 Fredrika Stahl – I’ll Win Your Heart 3:03
02 Grazyna Auguscik and Paulinho Garcia – Summer Samba 3:26
03 Brenda Boykin – Wonderful 5:33
04 Incognito – Always There 2:31
05 The Manhattan Transfer – On A Little Street In Singapore 3:18
06 Randy Crawford – One Hello 3:19
07 Natalie Cole – Like A Lover 5:17
08 Claudine Longet – A Man And A Woman 3:10
09 Traincha And Grzegorz Turnau – Close To You 3:44
10 Adele – Melt My Heart To Stone 3:25
11 Fredrika Stahl – Rocket Trip To Mars 3:45
12 Club des Belugas – Zoo Zizaro 4:26
13 Caro Emerald – You Don’t Love Me 3:55
14 The Manhattan Transfer – A-Tisket, A-Tasket 2:59
15 Incognito – Baby It’s All Right 4:36
16 Norah Jones – Don’t Know Why 3:07
17 Stacey Kent – S’Wonderful 5:57
18 Grazyna Auguscik – Apelo 5:12
19 Brenda Boykin – Be My Lover (acoustic bossa mix) 3:28
20 Candy Dulfer – Ambiente 3:42
Playing Time.........: 01:04:00

Blues Giants - 2007 - The Essential Songbook TRILOGY

Blues Giants - 2007 - The Essential Songbook TRILOGY
Disco 1 
01. Recession Blues - B.B.King 
02. ( I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters 
03. Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
04. Dust My Broom - Elmore James 
05. Shame, Shame, Shame - Jimmy Reed 
06. Little Red Rooster - Howlin Wolf 
07. Don't Start Me Talking - Sonny Boy Williamson 
08. Hi-heel Sneakers - Tommy Tucker 
09. Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters 
10. My Babe - Little Walter 
11. Mona - Bo Diddley 
12. Bad Luck Blues - Albert King 
13. I'm Your Witch Doctor - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers 
14. Aint Superstitious - Howlin Wolf 
15. Forty Four Blues - Memphis Slim 
16. Baby, Please Don't Go - John Lee Hooker 
17. I'm a Little Mixed Up - Koko Taylor 
18. Somebody In My Home - Howlin Wolf 
19. Dimples - John Lee Hooker 
20. I Put a Spell On You - Screamin Jay Hawkins 
Disco 2 
01. Streamline Woman - Howlin Wolf 
02. Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide - Sonny Boy Williamson 
03. Key To the Highway - Muddy Waters 
04. Life I Use To Live - Lightning Hopkins 
05. Stormin Monday Blues - T. Bone Walker 
06. I'm In the Mood For Love - John Lee Hooker 
07. Blue & Disgusted - Memphis Slim
08. Cold & Lonesome - Jimmy Reed 
09. Rolling Blues - Lowell Fulson 
10. Walters Blues - Little Walter & Otis Rush
11. Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
12. Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
13. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker 
14. Losin Hand - Little Milton 
15. Glory Be - Lightning Hopkins 
16. Crazy For My Baby - Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim 
17. Ninety Nine - Sonny Boy Williamson
18. Louise - Howlin Wolf 
19. Constipation Blues - Screamin Jay Hawkins 
20. Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had - Muddy Waters
Disco 3 
01. Jaqueline - Big Bill Bronzy 
02. How Long - Leadbelly 
03. That's All Right - Lightning Slim 
04. Terraplane Blues - Big Joe Williams 
05. Lonesome Blues - Mississippi John Hurt 
06. All By Myself - Big Bill Bronzy & Washboard Sam 
07. The Burgeous Blues - Leadbelly 
08. My Guitar Sings the Blues - B.B.King 
09. I Cant Stop, Baby - Otis Rush 
10. Money - Buddy Guy 
11. You Cant Judge a Book By the Cover - Bo Diddley 
12. When My First Wife Quit Me - Jimmy Johnson 
13. Tell Me How You Like It - Byther Smith 
14. So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush 
15. First Time I Met the Blues - Buddy Guy 
16. Red House - Jimi Hendrix Experience 
17. So Much To Say - John Mayall 
18. Steelin - Jeff Beck & All Stars 
19. Tribute To Elmore - Eric Clapton & Jimmy Page 
20. Rollin & Tumblin - Canned Heat 

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Joe Satriani - MTV Unplugged (1990)

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Joe Satriani - MTV Unplugged (1990)

Genre: Acoustic

Time Length: 22:43

"MTV Unplugged" devotes an episode to the work of two guitar virtuosos: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Joe Satriani. Satriani showcases his expressive guitar work with renditions of "The Feeling" and "I Believe." Vaughan performs memorable versions of "Rude Mood" and "Pride And Joy."

Set List:

01. Open Your Eyes [Jules Shear/Marty Willson-Piper]

02. Rude Mood [Vaughan]

03. Pride and Joy [Vaughan]

04. The Feeling [Satriani, Mover]

05. I Believe [Satriani, Mover]

06. Life Without You [Vaughan]

07. Testify [Vaughan]

08. May This Be Love [Shear/Satriani/Mover]

Recorded 30.01.1990. at National Video Center - New York City

Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival (2004) (2 DVDs)

Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival (2 DVDs)

Released: November 9, 2004

In June 2004, some of the greatest living guitar players and their bands gathered at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, for a three-day festival to benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua. It was the ultimate concert for any music lover, featuring one legend after the other: Eric Clapton, BB King, Buddy Guy, Eric Johnson, James Taylor, Jimmie Vaughan, Joe Walsh, John Mayer, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Santana, ZZ Top, and many more. 

This 2-DVD set beautifully documents the event and contains over 4 hours of content. Planned extras include in-depth artist interviews, a mini-documentary, photo gallery, alternate angle, and more. 

Tracklisting:

Disc 1:

"Cocaine," Eric Clapton

"Love in Vain Blues," Robert Lockwood Jr.

"Killing Floor," Clapton, Robert Cray, Hubert Sumlin and Jimmie Vaughan

"Sweet Home Chicago," Clapton, Cray, Buddy Guy, Sumlin and Vaughan

"Six Strings Down," Clapton, Cray, Robert Randolph and Vaughan

"Rock Me Baby," Clapton, Guy, B.B. King and Vaughan

"I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow," Dan Tyminski and Ron Block

"Road to Nash Vegas," Tyminski and Block

"Copperline," James Taylor with Jerry Douglas

"Steamroller," Taylor and Joe Walsh

"Oklahoma Borderline," Vince Gill and Douglas

"What the Cowgirls Do," Gill and Douglas

"After Midnight," J.J. Cale with Clapton

"Call Me the Breeze," Cale with Clapton

"March," Robert Randolph & the Family Band

"Green Light Girl," Doyle Bramhall II

"Incident at Neshabur," Carlos Santana

"Jingo," Santana with Clapton

"City Love," John Mayer

"Your Body Is a Wonderland," Mayer

Disc 2:

"Rag Bihag," Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

"Tones for Elvin Jones," John McLaughlin

"Josie," Larry Carlton

"Question and Answer," Pat Metheny

"Going Down Slow," Honeyboy Edwards

"Time Makes Two," Robert Cray

"Give Me Up Again," Jonny Lang

"Neighborhood," David Hildago

"Whispering a Prayer," Steve Vai

"Desert Rose," Eric Johnson

"Funk 49," Joe Walsh

"Rocky Mountain Way," Walsh

"I Shot the Sheriff," Clapton

"Blues in C," Clapton

"Cause We've Ended as Lovers," Clapton and Jeff Beck

"La Grange," ZZ Top

"Tush," ZZ Top

Ike Quebec: Blue and Sentimental (1961)

Ike Quebec: Blue and Sentimental (1961)

Tracklist: 

01. Blue And Sentimental

02. Minor Impulse

03. Don't Take Your Love From Me

04. Blues For Charlie

05. Like

06. Count Every Star

07. That Old Black Magic

08. It's Alright With Me

Personnel: 

Ike Quebec: tenor saxophone; Grant Green: guitar; Paul Chambers: bass (1-5, 7, 8); Philly Joe Jones: drums (1-5, 7, 8); Sonny Clark: piano (6); Sam Jones: bass (6); Louis Hayes: drums (6).

Record Label: Blue Note Records | Style: Straightahead/Mainstream

By CHRIS MAY, Published: April 12, 2008

Ill health and "personal problems" prevented Ike Quebec (1918-63) from becoming the star he could otherwise have been. The tenor saxophonist straddled 1940s swing-to-bop with as much style as his near contemporary, Dexter Gordon. His warm, weighty, approximately out-of-Coleman Hawkins playing was tailor-made for the hard bop era which followed—but he spent most of the 1950s silent, with a gorilla on his back, and his 1959 re-emergence on Blue Note, for whom he'd first recorded in the mid 1940s, was followed less than four years later by his death.

Most of the pre-Blue & Sentimental sessions Quebec led on his return to Blue Note were intended for 45rpm release, primarily for the jukebox market, and are available on The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions (Blue Note, 2005).

Blue & Sentimental, recorded in late 1961, here in a resonant 2007 Rudy Van Gelder remastered edition, is probably Quebec's most perfectly realized album. It features an outstanding line-up and was recorded before the lung cancer that would lead to his death began to make itself felt. The line-up is unusual, neither acoustic hard bop nor full-on soul jazz. There is barely any piano—Quebec comps behind guitarist Grant Green on a couple of tracks, and pianist Sonny Clark plays, but doesn't solo, on another—and there is no organ holdover from the 45rpm sessions.

In place of a keyboard, Grant, quietly comping or soloing in fluid single note style, creates acres of space in which Quebec's rapturous playing can shine. Miles Davis Quintet-alumni bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones are graceful and imaginative supporting players.

The album's defining tracks are the slow-paced standards "Blue And Sentimental" and "Don't Take Your Love From Me," on which Quebec's expressive style is at its most heart-on-sleeve—a glorious, bittersweet, yearning sound. "Minor Impulse," one of two Quebec originals, is a mid-tempo swinger which would have fit perfectly in the Benny Goodman Sextet's book. Green's serpentine solo makes overt references to the Sextet's guitarist, Charlie Christian, borrowing motifs and voicings to good effect, although he sounds much less Christianesque on his own "Blues For Charlie."

The original LP release closed with track six, the lovely "Count Every Star," recorded on a Sonny Clark session a week after the rest the album. The two CD-only tracks which follow, "That Old Black Magic" and "It's Alright With Me," are as good as what went before, but are taken at a lick probably judged too fast for inclusion on the original disc.

Beautiful and enduring music, all of it, from a near-forgotten minor master.

Don Byas - The Chronological Cassics 1952-1953

Don Byas - The Chronological Cassics 1946