Dinah Washington - The complete Mercury vol. 2 [3 CD]

Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was a blues, R&B and jazz singer. Because of her strong voice and emotional singing, she is known as the Queen of the Blues. Despite dying at the early age of 39, Washington became one of the most influential vocalists of the twentieth century credited among others as a major influence on Aretha Franklin. Read more...

Track List of Dinah Washington - The complete Mercury vol. 2 :

CD 1

01. Journey's End
02. It Isn't Far
03. My Kind Of Man
04. If I Loved You
05. Why Don't You Think Things Over
06. Big Deal
07. Big Deal
08. I'll Never Be Free
09. I Wanna Be Loved
10. I Wanna Be Loved
11. Love Me With Misery
12. Harbor Lights
13. I Cross My Fingers
14. Time Out For Tears
15. Only A Moment Ago
16. Fine Fine Daddy
17. Please Send Me Someone To Love
18. Ain't Nobody'a Business But My Own
19. I'm So Lonely I Could Cry

CD 2

01. My Heart Cries For You
02. I Apologize
03. I Won't Cry Anymore
04. Don't Say You're Sorry Anymore
05. Mixed Emotions
06. Cold, Cold Heart
07. Baby Did You Hear
08. New Blowtop Blues
09. What's The Matter With Baby
10. Don't Hold It Against Me
11. Be Fair To Me
12. Just One More Chance
13. Just One More Chance
14. Saturday Night
15. If You Don't Think I'm Leavin'
16. I'm A Fool To Want You
17. I'm Crying

CD 3

01. Out In The Cold Again
02. Hey, Good Looking
03. Wheel Of Fortune
04. Wheel Of Fortune
05. Tell Me Why
06. Trouble In Mind
07. When The Sun Goes Down
08. I Thought About You
09. Mad About The Boy
10. I Can't Face The Music
11. Stormy Weather
12. My Devotion
13. Makebelieve Dreams
14. Pillow Blues
15. No Cavier
16. Double Dealing Daddy
17. Double Dealing Daddy

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Dinah Washington - The complete Mercury vol. 2 - 3 - 1
Dinah Washington - The complete Mercury vol. 2 - 3 - 2

Dinah Washington - The complete Mercury vol. 1


External links

Dinah Washington profile (Verve Records website)
Dinah Washington's Gravesite
Complete Picture Sleeve Discography at Quasimodobell.com

'Dinah the Queen'
'Documentarist Ken Burns takes on jazz'
Dinah Washington Biography'
'Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin'
'One of the best singers ever, Aretha Franklin!'
Grammy Hall of Fame Database
500 Songs That Shaped Rock

Videos:

YouTube - DINAH WASHINGTON

YouTube - Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy

Chet Baker - Chet is Back [1962]

Baker was born and raised in a musical household in Yale, Oklahoma; his father was a professional guitar player. Baker began his musical career singing in a church choir. His father introduced him to brass instruments with a trombone, which was replaced with a trumpet when the trombone proved too large for him. Read more...

Track List of Chet Baker - Chet is Back :

1. Well, You Needn't
2. These Foolish Things
3. Barbados
4. Star Eyes
5. Over the Rainbow
6. Pent-Up House
7. Ballata in Forma Di Blues
8. Blues in the Closet

Chet Baker - Chet is Back

Chet Baker - Chet is Back

External Links:
Biography at a tribute website
Chet Baker at the Internet Movie Database
Chet Baker Lost and Found
Obituary
Chet Baker - Chet is Back - Amazon
Chet Baker
Discography
Chet Baker - Uludag Sozluk

Funky Plüsch - Witchcraft

Info:
Format: Mixed Audio CD
Genre: Lounge Bossa Nu-Jazz Elektro-Soul
Time: 79' 18" min
Bitrate: Lame 3.97 VBR V=2 Joint Stereo


Track List of Funky Plüsch - Witchcraft:

01. Koop - Come To Me
02. Paolo Fedreghini & Marco Bianci - Stay
03. MagnetiC 4 - Bowinda
04. Rodrigo Sanchez & Nidia Ortiz - Pasion Caribena
05. Becker - 6 aus 49
06. Club des Belugas & Brenda Boykin - Let love Lead The Way
07. Rivera Rotation - Yes You Art
08. Sabrina Malheiros - Terra De ninguem (Nicola Conete Remix)
09. La Perla Noir - Inverno A Capri
10. Boozoo Bajou - Take It Slow (Mousse T. Remix)
11. Tape Five - Cocktail D'Amour (Sex On The Beach Remix)
12. Raffael Francis & Carmen Lazaro - Tiny tunes
13. Omaya - The Gallery
14. Moca - Jazz Tip
15. Jojo Effect - Stay Away From My man
16. Johnny (Guitar) Watson - Witchcraft


Funky Plüsch - Witchcraft

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Yusef Lateef - The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef [1960]

Dr. Yusef Lateef (born October 9, 1920) is an American jazz musician. He plays principally on tenor saxophone and flute. He is known for his innovative blending of "Eastern" music with American jazz. He also plays the oboe, bambo... Read more or more on Wikipedia...

Track Yusef Lateef - The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef :

1. Goin' Home
2. I'm Just a Lucky So and So
3. Quarantine
4. From Within
5. Salt Water Blues
6. Lateef Minor 7th
7. Adoration
8. Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me)

Yusef Lateef - The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef

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External Links:

Official website of Yusef Lateef
Yusef Lateef at the All Music Guide
A Fireside Chat With Yusef Lateef -
Dr. Yusef Lateef
Amazon - Yusef Lateef - The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef

Steve Lacy - Reflections - Plays Thelonious Monk [1958]

Steve Lacy (July 23, 1934 – June 4, 2004), born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York, was a jazz soprano saxophonist of Jewish heritage. A voracious reader, he was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship (nicknamed the "genius grant") in 1992. Read more...

Track List of Steve Lacy - Reflections - Plays Thelonious Monk :

1. Four in One 6:06
2. Reflections 4:08
3. Hornin' In 5:17
4. Bye-Ya 4:42
5. Let's Call This 7:15
6. Ask Me Now 4:54
7. Skippy 4:21

Steve Lacy - Reflections - Plays Thelonious Monk

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Steve Lacy - Eksi Sozluk

Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk - Amazon

Steve Lacy Video:

Steve Lacy - Youtube

Jimmy Smith - Cool Blues [1958]

Jimmy Smith, (December 8, 1925 (year of birth is disputable & is often stated as 1928) – February 8, 2005) was a jazz musician whose Hammond B-3 electric organ performances helped to popularize this instrument.

Born as James Oscar Smith in Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.. Smith was influenced by both gospel and blues. He first achieved prominence in the 1950s when his recordings became popular on jukeboxes. In the late 1950s and the sixties he helped to create the jazz style known as 'soul jazz'.

In 2005, Jimmy Smith was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honors that the United States bestows upon jazz musicians.) Read More...

Track List of Jimmy Smith - Cool Blues :

1. Dark Eyes
2. Groovin' At Small's
3. Announcement By Babs Gonzales
4. A Night In Tunisia
5. Cool Blues
6. What's New
7. Small's Minor
8. Once In A While


Jimmy Smith - Cool Blues

Jimmy Smith - Cool Blues

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External Links:

Jimmy Smith on Verve Records
Jimmy Smith on Blue Note Records
a comprehensive discography