CASIOPEA — Jive Jive (2002) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1.    Sweat It Out 4:12
Written-By, Arranged By – Issei Noro
2.    In The Pocket 3:37
Written-By, Arranged By – Akira Jimbo
3.    Right From The Heart 4:09
Lyrics By – Steve Travell
Vocals – Mae McKenna
Written-By, Arranged By, Vocals – Issei Noro
4.    Step Daughter 3:43
Written-By, Arranged By – Minoru Mukaiya
5.    Secret Chase 4:50
Tabla – Drachen Theaker
Written-By, Arranged By – Issei Noro
6.    FabbyDabby 3:53
Arranged By [Brass] – Richard Niles
Saxophone – Phil Todd
Trombone – Pete Beachill
Trumpet – Guy Barker, Stuart Brooks
Vocals – Jackie Challenok, Lorenza Johnson, Mae McKenna
Written-By, Arranged By – Issei Noro
7.    Living On A Feeling 4:20

Lyrics By – Steve Travell
Vocals – Jackie Challenok, Lorenza Johnson, Mae McKenna
Written-By, Arranged By – Akira Jimbo
8.    S-E 5:05
Written-By, Arranged By – Issei Noro
9.    What Can't Speak Can't Lie 3:49

Lyrics By – Gary Osborne
Vocals – Kiki Dee
Written-By, Arranged By – Issei Noro
Credits :
Bass – Tetsuo Sakurai
Drums, Percussion – Akira Jimbo
Guitar, Percussion, Design [Cover Drawings] – Issei Noro
Keyboards, Synthesizer – Minoru Mukaiya

JOHN SURMAN — Saltash Bells (2012) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

I first discovered the beauty of Surman's Jazz when I bought a copy of A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe. Essentially, his performance on that LP was nothing short of brilliant. On his Saltash Bells LP he again applies his multi-instrumental, composing and performance skill with true aplomb. Borrowing a quote from Wikipedia, "This "extraordinary solo recording" Surman's "beautiful blend of reeds and electronics summons the mists, moors and mysteries with hauntingly evocative style"" Surman's musical interpretation of the Saltash Passage on the River Tavy conjures the many moods, shifts and subtle drama this area of England possesses. For me, the buy in comes easily. I simply close my eyes and allow the music to envelope me... Loving the deftly crafted songs to tell me their individual story as I, then, imagine the place, the time, the totality of the composition. My suggestion: Surman's style of Modal Jazz is pretty awesome. The atmospheric nature of his recordings makes for an often soothing listen. Consider exploring his entire catalog. For me, this one's a keeper. You may well agree. Cheers. Gary Figueroa 
Tracklist :
1.    Whistman's Wood    6:32
2.    Glass Flower    3:13
3.    On Staddon Heights    7:32
4.    Triadichorum    3:36
5.    Winter Elegy    8:19
6.    Ælfwin    2:17
7.    Saltash Bells    10:40
8.    Dark Reflections    3:27
9.    The Crooked Inn    2:41
10.    Sailing Westwards    10:37
Credits :
Design – Sascha Kleis
Producer [Produced By] – John Surman, Manfred Eicher
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, Harmonica, Synthesizer, Composed By [All Compositions – John Surman

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR — Rise (2005) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The daughter of Ravi Shankar moves far from the tradition on her fourth solo album, using her considerable sitar skills (understandably, she'll never be her father's equal, but who ever will?) as just part of her arsenal on an album that strives hard to blend the past and cutting edge. It succeeds in part, as on "Solea," where Indian and flamenco meet, the two opposite ends of the gypsy road, and discover they have much in common, or on "Red Sun 4," where the Indian tradition of vocal percussion called konnokol seems as modern as anything to emerge from drum programming. At other times, the album seems to float too weightlessly on a cloud of miasma. "Sinister Grains" is a case in point: it's pretty, and certainly well executed. But when it's over, it's hard to remember, as ephemeral as a pleasant summer breeze. "Voice of the Moon" fares somewhat better, more grounded in its Indian-ness, with an arching melody. But even that's countered by the album's opener, "Prayer in Passing," which seems too much like an alaap without a theme, a prelude that leads to nothing, form without substance. Shankar uses plenty of programming on this, adding voices (including her own), palmas, piano, guitar, and other unusual textures, which certainly bring variety to what she does. And with "Ancient Lore," the epic (11-minute) closer, she actually pulls it all together (thankfully without the didgeridoo that's there on one earlier cut), the judicious use of reverb giving a certain ambience, and a reminder that she's a sitar player whose roots lie on both East and West and she improvises. Rise isn't perfect, by any means, but it's the first step on a new path. Chris Nickson
Tracklist :
1.    Prayer In Passing    6:21
2.    Red Sun    4:50
3.    Mahadeva    5:41
4.    Naked    4:17
5.    Solea    7:26
6.    Beloved    7:05
7.    Sinister Grains    6:11
8.    Voice Of The Moon    8:55
9.    Ancient Love    11:07
10.    Beloved (Thievery Corporation Remix) 4:29
Remix – Thievery Corporation
11.    Naked (Karsh Kale 'Mirrors' Remix) 6:16
Remix – Karsh Kale
Credits :
Bansuri – Pedro Eustache (tracks: 1)
Bass – Kevin Cooper (tracks: 2, 6, 7)
Drums – Jesse Charnow (tracks: 2, 3, 6)
Keyboards – Anoushka Shankar, Pulak Sarcar (tracks: 1, 5, 8, 9)
Piano – Pedro Ricardo Miño (tracks: 1, 5, 9)
Tabla – Bikram Ghosh (tracks: 3, 6, 8), Tanmoy Bose (tracks: 1)
Vocals – Bikram Ghosh (tracks: 1), Rajesh Mishra (tracks: 3), Ritesh Mishra (tracks: 3)
Sitar, Arranged, Written-By – Anoushka Shankar

LIANE FOLY — Les Petites Notes (1993) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1    Les Faux Soleils 4:03
Arranged By [Horns] – Hervé Gourdikian
2    Doucement    4:22
3    Voler La Nuit 5:03
Backing Vocals – Trio Esperança
4    Les Parfums D'Autrefois 4:41
Arranged By [Violins] – Hervé Leduc
Backing Vocals – Trio Esperança
5    Laisse Pleurer Les Nuages 4:04
Arranged By [Horns] – Pierre Drevet
Backing Vocals – Trio Esperança
6    Une Larme De Bonheur 3:42
Arranged By [Horns] – Hervé Gourdikian
7    La Marelle 3:49
Arranged By [Horns] – Hervé Gourdikian
8    J'Irai Tranquille 4:18
Arranged By [Horns] – Hervé Gourdikian
Backing Vocals – Carole Fredericks, Yvonne Jones
9    Passe Le Temps    3:51
10    Les Yeux Doux 5:15
Arranged By [Horns] – Pierre Drevet
Backing Vocals – Trio Esperança
11    Les Petites Notes 3:56
Arranged By [Violins] – Hervé Leduc
Credits :
Accordion – Richard Galliano
Bass – Etienne M'Bape
Double Bass – Gilles Coquard
Drums – André Ceccarelli
Electronics [Programming] – Allioum Ba
Guitar – Jean Marc Benaïs
Keyboards – André Manoukian
Lyrics By – Liane Foly, Philippe Viennet
Music By – André Manoukian
Percussion – Steve Shehan
Saxophone – Hervé Gourdikian
Trumpet – Pierre Drevet

AKI TAKASE · DANIEL ERDMANN — Ellington (2024) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Tracklist :
1.    In A Sentimental Moon 5:22
Composed By – Aki Takase
2.    Perdido 3:32
Arranged By [Arr;] – Aki Takase
Composed By – Juan Tizol
3.    Prelude To A Kiss 4:54
Composed By – Duke Ellington
4.    Caravan / An Jeder Kreuzung Liegt Eine Erinnerung Begraben -Medley
Composed By – Daniel Erdmann, Juan Tizol
5.    In A Mellow Tone / Don't Get Around Much Anymore 2:49
Arranged By [Arr] – Aki Takase
Composed By – Duke Ellington
6.    I'm Beginning To See A Strange Light 5:06
Composed By – Daniel Erdmann
7.    African Flower 6:55
Arranged By [Arr] – Aki Takase
Composed By – Duke Ellington
8.    It's Bad To Be Forgotten 2:52
Arranged By [Arr] – Aki Takase
Composed By – Duke Ellington
9.    Come Sunday 6:28
Arranged By [Arr] – Aki Takase
Composed By – Duke Ellington
10.    Cotton Tail 3:16
Arranged By [Arr] – Aki Takase, Daniel Erdmann
Composed By – Duke Ellington
11.    I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart 2:24
Arranged By [Arr] – Aki Takase, Daniel Erdmann
Composed By – Duke Ellington
12.    Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love 2:58
Composed By – Charles Mingus
Credits :
Piano – Aki Takase
Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax], Soprano Saxophone [Soprano Sax] – Daniel Erdmann

HOLDSWORTH · PASQUA · HASLIP · WACKERMAN – Blues For Tony (2009) 2CD | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

When drummer Tony Williams died of a heart attack on February 23, 1997, at the relatively young age of 51, it was a tremendous loss for straight-ahead post-bop and hard bop as well as for fusion. Williams had numerous acoustic jazz credentials (including his contributions to Miles Davis' legendary mid-‘60s quintet), and his band Lifetime was one of the most important fusion outfits of the ‘70s. The late drummer's fusion side is what electric guitarist Allan Holdsworth, electric bassist Jimmy Haslip (of Yellowjackets fame), keyboardist Alan Pasqua, and drummer Chad Wackerman pay tribute to on Blues for Tony, an excellent two-CD set that was recorded live in 2007. Forming a quartet, the improvisers remember Williams not by trying to sound like a carbon copy of Lifetime, but rather by celebrating the overall spirit of Williams' fusion output. Holdsworth, in fact, worked with Williams when he replaced John McLaughlin as Lifetime's guitarist in 1975; it was a brief association (Holdsworth left Lifetime the following year), although certainly a noteworthy one. And like Lifetime, this quartet (which performs mostly material by Holdsworth and Pasqua) demonstrates that being influenced by rock and funk and making extensive use of electric instruments doesn't mean that a group cannot maintain a jazz mentality. In fact, Blues for Tony thrives on a jazz mentality. Improvisation and spontaneity prevail, and even though Blues for Tony is by no means straight-ahead acoustic jazz, the quartet's amplified performances can easily be described as "the sound of surprise" (to borrow a term coined by the late jazz critic Whitney Balliett). These performances underscore the fact that -- contrary to what myopic jazz purists and bop snobs would have us believe -- fusion is not pseudo-jazz. Fusion is authentic jazz, but it's authentic jazz for people who also appreciate rock and funk. Blues for Tony is an album that fusion lovers shouldn't miss. Alex Henderson  
Tracklist :
1-1    Blues For Tony 11:12
Composed By – Alan Pasqua
1-2    The Fifth 8:58
Composed By – Wackerman
1-3    It Must Be Jazz 8:38
Composed By – Pasqua, Holdsworth, Wackerman, Haslip
1-4    Fred 9:56
Composed By – Holdsworth
1-5    Guitar Intro 3:35
Composed By – Allan Holdsworth
1-6    Pud Wud 9:59
Composed By – Holdsworth
2-1    Looking Glass 10:07
Composed By – Allan Holdsworth
2-2    To Jaki, George And Thad 4:51
Composed By – Alan Pasqua
2-3    San Michele 11:31
Composed By – Alan Pasqua
2-4    Protocosmos 5:46
Composed By – Alan Pasqua
2-5    Red Alert 5:50
Composed By – Tony Newton
Credits :
Bass, Producer, Edited By – Jimmy Haslip
Drums, Producer – Chad Wackerman
Guitar, Producer – Allan Holdsworth
Keyboards, Producer – Alan Pasqua

MARCEL DUPRÉ — Organ Works, Vol. 1 (Ben van Oosten) (1999) MDG Gold Series | Two Version | WV (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

MARCEL DUPRÉ (1886-1971)
Tracklist :
Organ (Performed on the Cavaillé-Coll Organ at Saint Ouen, Rouen, France) – Ben Van Oosten

MARCEL DUPRÉ — Organ Works, Vol. 2 (Ben van Oosten) (2001) MDG Gold Series | Two Version | WV (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

MARCEL DUPRÉ (1886-1971)
Tracklist :
Organ (Performed on the Cavaillé-Coll Organ Église de la Madeleine,Paris) – Ben Van Oosten

MARCEL DUPRÉ — Organ Works, Vol. 3 (Ben van Oosten) (2002) MDG Gold Series | Two Version | WV (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

MARCEL DUPRÉ (1886-1971)
Tracklist :
Organ (Performed on the Cavaillé-Coll Organ at St. Ouen, Rouen, France) – Ben Van Oosten

MARCEL DUPRÉ — Organ Works, Vol. 4 (Ben van Oosten) (2002) MDG Gold Series | Two Version | WV (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

MARCEL DUPRÉ (1886-1971)
Tracklist :
Organ (Performed on the Willis Organ at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland) – Ben Van Ooste

MARCEL DUPRÉ — Organ Works, Vol. 5 (Ben van Oosten) (2003) MDG Gold Series | Two Version | WV (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

MARCEL DUPRÉ (1886-1971)
Tracklist :
Organ (Performed on the Cavaillé-Coll organ at St. Ouen, Rouen, France) – Ben Van Oosten

MARCEL DUPRÉ — Organ Works, Vol. 6 (Ben van Oosten) (2004) MDG Gold Series | Two Version | WV (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

MARCEL DUPRÉ (1886-1971)
Tracklist :
Organ (Performed on the Casavant organ at Église Saint-Jean-baptiste, Montréal, Canada) – Ben Van Oosten

MARCEL DUPRÉ — Organ Works, Vol. 7 (Ben van Oosten) (2005) MDG Gold Series | Two Version | WV (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

MARCEL DUPRÉ (1886-1971)
Tracklist :
Organ (Performed on the organ of Princeton University Chapel, USA) – Ben Van Oosten

MARCEL DUPRÉ — Organ Works, Vol. 8 (Ben van Oosten) (2007) MDG Gold Series | Two Version | WV (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Vol 8 in Ben van Oosten's collection of the organ works of Marcel Dupré; recorded on the Beuchel-Débierre Organ at the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre 
MARCEL DUPRÉ (1886-1971)
Tracklist :
Organ – Ben Van Oosten

MARCEL DUPRÉ — Organ Works, Vol. 9 (Ben van Oosten) (2008) MDG Gold Series | Two Version | WV (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

The overall recording of the Orglwerke by Dupré by Ben van Oosten is just great. Not only the game, but also the elected organs are very suitable for this project. On this CD you can hear one of the most beautiful organs of Paris, a very colored instrument. jpc.de

Ben van Oosten’s consistently reliable, increasingly valuable Dupré survey continues with the 24-pat, 47-minute Inventions Op. 50, a quietly virtuosic display of contrapuntal prowess that accumulates. prestomusic
MARCEL DUPRÉ (1886-1971)
Tracklist :
Organ, (Performed on the organ of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris) – Ben Van Oosten

MARCEL DUPRÉ — Organ Works, Vol. 10 (Ben van Oosten) (2008) MDG Gold Series | Two Version | WV (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

We present volume 10 of this excellent series of organ music by Marcel Dupré (1886-1971). Ben van Oosten plays The William Hill organ in Birmingham’s neoclassical city hall built in 1834. prestomusic 
MARCEL DUPRÉ (1886-1971)
Tracklist :
Organ, (Performed on the Organ of Birmingham Town Hall) – Ben Van Oosten

MARCEL DUPRÉ — Organ Works, Vol. 11 (Ben van Oosten) (2010) MDG Gold Series | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Never before have "Les Nymphéas, op. 54" been heard outside of Meudon, Marcel Dupré's home town.

Ben van Oosten presents this extraordinary composition on Vol. 11 of Dupré's complete organ works not on the composer's specially built house organ, however, but on the Casavant organ in New York's Brick Church.

Inaugurated in 2005 by Ben van Oosten, the instrument is regarded as an impressive synthesis of French symphonic and American romantic organ building. jpc.de
MARCEL DUPRÉ (1886-1971)
Tracklist :
Organ, (Casvant Organ at The Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City) – Ben Van Oosten

MARCEL DUPRÉ — Organ Works, Vol. 12 (Ben van Oosten) (2010) MDG Gold Series | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Ben van Oosten's pilgrimage to Marcel Dupré's international places of activity ends where the widely traveled and revered virtuoso played his last mass a few hours before his death on 30. May 1971: in the Saint Sulpice Cathedral in Paris, whose Cavaillé-Coll organ Cavaillé-Coll organ of which Marcel Dupré was the titular organist for almost 40 years. jpc.de
MARCEL DUPRÉ (1886-1971)
Tracklist :
Organ, (Cavaillé-Coll Organ at Saint-Sulpice, Paris) – Ben Van Oosten

FRIEDRICH LUX — Organ Works, Volume One (Jan Lehtola) (2022) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Friedrich Lux (1820–95) was one of the breed of musicians who bound together musical life in nineteenth-century Germany: though he worked away from the major cities, as conductor, teacher, organist, organiser and composer, he was an indispensable element of the communities in which he worked. His large body of organ music, as good as unknown before now, brings together elements of the musical language of Bach, Mendelssohn and Schumann, in works that range from the intimate to the grandiose toccataclassics.com
FRIEDRICH LUX (1820-1895)
Tracklist :
Credits :
Organ [Martti Porthan Organ, Raahe Church, Finland] – Jan Lehtola

FRIEDRICH LUX — Organ Works, Volume Two (Jan Lehtola) (2023) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Friedrich Lux (1820–95) was one of those musicians who formed the fabric of musical life in nineteenth-century Germany: though he worked away from the major cities, as conductor, teacher, organist, organiser and composer, he was an indispensable element of the communities in which he worked. His large body of organ music, as good as unknown before now, brings together elements of the musical language of Bach, Mendelssohn and Schumann, in works that range from the intimate to the grandiose.This second volume brings some of his many transcriptions to the fore. toccataclassics.com
FRIEDRICH LUX (1820-1895)
Tracklist :
Credits :
Horn – Petri Komulainen (tracks: 14)
Organ [Organ Of Kemi Church, Kemi, Finland] – Jan Lehtola