Sunday, September 27, 2009

A Byrd In The Hand...

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Donald Byrd - Fuego [1959]
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 86.3 MB

















1. Fuego
2. Bup A Loup
3. Funky Mama
4. Low Life
5. Lament
6. Amen

Donald Byrd - Royal Flush [1961]
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 92.7 MB

















1. Hush
2. I'm A Fool To Want You
3. Jorgie's
4. Shangri-la
5. 6 M's
6. Requiem

Donald Byrd - The Cat Walk [1961]
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 85.2 MB

















1. Say You're Mine
2. Duke's Mixture
3. Each Time I Think Of You
4. The Cat Walk
5. Cute
6. Hello Bright Sunflower

Saturday, September 05, 2009

Let's Start September

If jazz has a map, then X marks the spot on this album as the spearhead of the free jazz movement. This album is so influential that this sub-genre of jazz that was spawned by Ornette Coleman took its name after this album.

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Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation [1961]
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 98.4 MB

















1. Free Jazz
2. First Take

Summa Dis, Summa Dat

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Paul Chambers - Chamber's Music [1956]
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 60.3 MB

















1. Dexterity
2. Stablemates
3. Easy to Love
4. Visitation
5. John Paul Jones
6. Eastbound

Art Blakey - Drums Around The Corner [1959]
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 157.6 MB

















1. Moose the Mooche'
2. Blakey's Blues
3. Lee's Tune
4. Let's Take 16 Bars
5. Drums in the Rain
6. Lover
7. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
8. What Is This Thing Called Love?

Freddie Hubbard - Open Sesame [1960]
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 83.6 MB

















1. Open Sesame
2. But Beautiful
3. Gypsy Blue
4. All or Nothing at All
5. One Mint Julep
6. Hub's Nub