Modern Jazz : Encyclopedia of Jazz [100 CD, 2008] CD 21-30

 

CD 21: Chet Baker (1956) Vol. 4

CD 22: Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1952-53) Vol. 1

CD 23: Gerry Mulligan (1954) Vol. 2

CD 24: Gerry Mulligan (1955) Vol. 3

CD 25: Gerry Mulligan (1957) Vol. 4

CD 26: Clifford Brown, Tadd Dameron (1953–54)

CD 27: Jimmy Giuffre (1954–56) Vol. 1

CD 28: Jimmy Giuffre (1955) Vol. 2

CD 29: Art Pepper (1957)

CD 30: Howard Rumsey (1953) 

Washboard Sam - Complete Recorded Works 1935-1949 Vol. 1-7 (1993/FLAC)

 Robert Brown (July 15, 1910 – November 6, 1966), known professionally as Washboard Sam, was an American blues singer and musician.

Born in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, and reputedly the half-brother of Big Bill Broonzy, Brown moved to Memphis, Tennessee in the 1920s, performing as a street musician with Sleepy John Estes and Hammie Nixon. He then moved to Chicago in 1932, performing regularly with Broonzy, and appearing with him and other musicians including Memphis Slim and Tampa Red on innumerable recording sessions for Lester Melrose of Bluebird Records.

Stevie Wonder - At the Close of a Century [4 CD, 1999/FLAC]

 

At the Close of a Century is a box set album of Stevie Wonder's greatest hits from the 1960s through the 1990s. The box set spans four CDs and the songs are placed in chronological order.

Willie Nelson - Nashville Was the Roughest (8 CD, 1998)

 

Willie Nelson's '60s recordings for RCA have long been the subject of critical disdain due to the supposed ill fit between Nelson's idiosyncratic style and the conventions of the Nashville sound era. In fact, Nelson's RCA material is largely of high quality, his modest hits from this period were often excellent, and his uniqueness comes through no matter how syrupy the orchestration (which isn't always the case -- the production on many of these tracks is quite spare). This deluxe eight-CD box set compiles everything Nelson recorded during his eight years with RCA, including a complete live set, unreleased recordings, rough takes of songs that would later surface on his A&M albums, and his few early-'60s recordings for Monument. Nelson covers Western swing, pop-country, ballads, and versions of classic country songs in minimalist fashion with his jazzy phrasing fully developed. In fact, those who have been frightened away from these recordings by critics may be surprised by how little they differ from his '70s sound. Fans will delight over the LP-sized hardback book that accompanies this set and the opportunity to review a neglected episode in the Willie saga. 

Steve Vai - Original Album Classics [5 CD, 2008/FLAC]

 

• 1984-Flex-Able 
• 1990-Passion And Warfare
• 1993-Sex & Religion 
• 1995-Alien Love Secrets 
• 1996-Fire Garden