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    Etta James - Life, Love & The Blues (1998)

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    Etta James - Life, Love & The Blues (1998)

    Etta James - Life, Love & The Blues (1998)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 382 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 137 Mb | Scans ~ 69 Mb
    Soul-Funk-Jazz-Blues | Label: Private | # 01005 82162 2 | Time: 00:59:38

    Etta James followed her two deeply jazzy mid-'90s albums of torch songs with Love's Been Rough on Me, a flirtation with Nashville writers. On Life, Love & the Blues, she returns to her blues and soul repertoire, enlivening even the hoariest of tunes ("Spoonful," a gender-flopped "Hoochie Coochie Gal") with her growl. The tinges of funk underpinning "Born Under a Bad Sign" are given full room to stretch on a cover of Sly Stone's "If You Want Me to Stay," and James nearly swipes "The Love You Save May Be Your Own," one of Joe Tex's great preaching ballads, from the master.

    Robben Ford - Keep On Running (2003)

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    Robben Ford - Keep On Running (2003)

    Robben Ford - Keep On Running (2003)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 416 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 139 Mb | Scans included
    Label: Concord Records | # CCD-2187-2 | Time: 00:49:07
    Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues, Jazz-Blues, Blues-Rock

    On his second album for the Concord Jazz label, guitarist Robben Ford stays pretty much to the formula of Blue Moon from 2001. He concentrates on playing, singing, and covering great songs (and even writes a few) with interesting arrangements, inspired solos, and crisp, clean production that lets the song shine through the players. Much has been made of Ford's eclecticism and that is reflected in his choice of material here, though he never strays from the blues or R&B into jazz or fusion. Ford's selection of session players reflects his divergent interests as well: Edgar Winter appears on saxophone, while John Mayall and Ivan Neville guest along with horn bosses Bob Malach and Dan Fornero and Ford's road band. Opening the set with the title track, written by soul man Jackie Edwards, Ford lays out his formula immediately: a tight horn chart for tenor and baritone saxes, as well as trumpet; a crystal clear, expressive vocal delivery; and Ford's signature stinging guitar in the solo break lifts proceedings off on the up tip.

    Robben Ford - A Day In Nashville (2014)

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    Robben Ford - A Day In Nashville (2014)

    Robben Ford - A Day In Nashville (2014)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 283 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 102 Mb | Scans ~ 91 Mb | 00:44:12
    Modern Electric Blues, Blues-Rock, Jazz-Blues | Label: Provogue | # PRD 7432 2

    2014 release from the Blues/Jazz/Rock guitarist. A Day In Nashville was recorded live in a single session. Robben chose to record the album in a controlled environment but treat it like a live performance. The album features news songs by Ford along with 'Cut You Loose' by harmonica great James Cotton and 'Poor Kelly Blues' by Maceo Merriweather.

    Robben Ford - Supernatural (1999)

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    Robben Ford - Supernatural (1999)

    Robben Ford - Su p ern a tu ral (1999)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 404 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 134 Mb | Scans ~ 92 Mb
    Label: Blue Thumb/GRP/Universal | # BTD-7596 | Time: 00:58:10
    Modern Electric Blues, Blues-Rock, Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Blues

    When an artist records one type of music exclusively for years, it's always amusing to hear the artist's manager, record company or publicist claim that he/she "defies categorization." The fact is that when an artist spends his or her entire career recording a specific style of music, categorization comes easy – and it's silly and dishonest to claim otherwise. But if any artist really does defy categorization, it's Robben Ford. The eclectic singer/guitarist is a compelling bluesman, but he's equally convincing as a jazz improviser and a pop/rock singer. On Supernatural, Ford's primary role is that of an easygoing pop/soft rock singer – although a pop/soft rock singer who often incorporates soul, blues or jazz.

    Robben Ford - Discovering The Blues: Live (1972) Reissue 1997

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    Robben Ford - Discovering The Blues: Live (1972) Reissue 1997

    Robben Ford - Discovering The Blues: Live (1972) Reissue 1997
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 381 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 138 Mb | Scans ~ 52 Mb
    Modern Electric Blues, Jazz-Blues | Label: Avenue Jazz | # 74321 47421 2 | 01:00:18

    This powerhouse set of live recordings from early in Robben Ford's distinguished career boasts solo-laden 10-minute-plus versions of B.B. King's "Sweet Sixteen" and John Lee Hooker's "It's My Own Fault." Ford, who has worked with Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, and George Harrison, plays surprisingly sweet, agile saxophone on Don Raye's jazz ballad "You Don't Know What Love Is." His voice–if still that of a very young man–is throaty and melodic on the King and Hooker cuts. But it's his guitar that takes centerstage. Owing heaps to electric bluesmen B.B., Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Albert King, and Mike Bloomfield, Ford's rich tone, deliberate lines, and tuneful bends were world-class even in 1972.

    Robben Ford & The Blue Line - Handful of Blues (1995)

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    Robben Ford & The Blue Line - Handful of Blues (1995)

    Robben Ford & The Blue Line - Handful of Blues (1995)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 387 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 128 Mb | Scans ~ 41 Mb
    Label: Stretch/Blue Thumb/GRP | # BTD-7004 | Time: 00:55:58
    Modern Electric Blues, Jazz-Blues

    A well-rounded exploration of every shade of blues Ford does so well: Chicago-style ("When I Leave Here"), jump blues ("The Miller's Son"), jazz-blues balladry ("Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"), and Texas shuffle ("Tired of Talkin'"). Ford's buttery lines and burnished tone (and his boyish voice) are captured in all their glory by producer Danny Kortchmar. Solidly anchored by bassist Roscoe Beck and drummer Tom Brechtlein, Ford solos liberally, taking the fast funk of "Think Twice" over the top with a burning series of rapid-fire runs and well-tooled turnarounds. Slowing down for a languid version of Willie Dixon's "I Just Want to Make Love to You," Ford plays it raw and soulful, recalling B.B. King. He then turns up the pace on "Strong Will to Live," closing out the album with a signature solo full of fire and drama.

    Jimmy Smith - Plays The Hits: Great Songs, Great Performances (2010)

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    Jimmy Smith - Plays The Hits: Great Songs, Great Performances (2010)

    Jimmy Smith - Plays The Hits: Great Songs, Great Performances (2010)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 263 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 103 Mb | Scans included
    Soul Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Jazz-Blues | Label: Verve | # 2742931 | Time: 00:41:46

    Verve's Great Songs/Great Performances series is yet another attempt in a seemingly never-ending stream of them to repackage – and hopefully resell – their vast catalog of jazz and blues. They're super cheap in both cost and presentation, but the music is almost always stellar. Jimmy Smith's Plays the Hits volume is no exception. These eight selection are covers of tunes by the Rolling Stones ("(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"), Fats Domino ("Blueberry Hill"), Don Covay ("Chain of Fools") James Brown ("Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"), Otis Redding ("Respect"), Al Green ("Let's Stay Together"), and others. It's a groove lover's cheap dream. Dana Smart's track selection here is terrific, and whether the producer is Creed Taylor, Esmond Edwards, or Eric Miller, whether it was a small-band jam or an orchestral session arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson, the result is the same – funky soul-jazz that was a couple steps away from the Blue Note hard bop and early soul-jazz sound, toward something Smith heard in rock and soul music and big-band charts of '60s pop tunes.

    Van Morrison - What's Wrong With This Picture? (2003)

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    Van Morrison - What's Wrong With This Picture? (2003)

    Van Morrison - What's Wrong With This Picture? (2003)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 419 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 146 Mb | Scans ~ 92 Mb
    Label: Blue Note Records | # 7243 5 93651 2 1 | Time: 01:03:43
    Jazz-Blues, Vocal Jazz, Blues, Blues-Rock, Celtic, Blue-Eyed Soul

    While 2002's Down the Road was the best Van Morrison release in ages – with its autobiographical allusions, cultural critiques, and new band – it could not have prepared listeners for the jolt of this, his Blue Note Records debut What's Wrong With This Picture? While the album is hardly a straight jazz record, it does take the territory he explored on Down the Road another step further into the classic pop music of the 20th century filtered through his own Celtic swing, R&B, vocal jazz, and blue-eyed soul. The title track that opens the album is as close to an anthem as Morrison's ever written; he states with an easy, swinging, jazzy soul groove that he is not the same person he once was and wonders why that was so difficult for others to accept. There is no bitterness or bite in his assertions. If anything, the question is asked with warm humor and amusement as if it is indeed the listener's hangup if he/she can't accept Morrison "living in the present time." He asks, "Why don't we take it down and forget about it/'Cause that ain't me at all," as the song whispers to a close.

    Robben Ford & The Blue Line - Mystic Mile (1993)

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    Robben Ford & The Blue Line - Mystic Mile (1993)

    Robben Ford & The Blue Line - Mystic Mile (1993)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 381 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 128 Mb | Scans ~ 58 Mb
    Label: Stretch/GRP | # GRS 00082 | Time: 00:55:57
    Modern Electric Blues, Jazz-Blues, Blues Rock

    Mystic Mile is an electric blues album by Robben Ford and the Blue Line, released in 1993. In this second record for Stretch Records, Ford shows a notorious growth as songwriter besides his outstanding virtuosity as a guitarist.

    Pete Brown - The Chronological Pete Brown 1942-1945 (1998)

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    Pete Brown - The Chronological Pete Brown 1942-1945 (1998)

    Pete Brown - The Chronological Pete Brown 1942-1945 (1998)
    EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 151 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) | Scans included
    Classic Jazz, Swing, Bop, Jazz Blues | Label: Classics | # 1029 | Time: 01:12:50

    Alto saxophonist Pete Brown has been showing up on Keynote and Savoy reissues for years, but seldom if ever has there been an entire package devoted to recordings made under his name. The Classics Chronological series has accomplished many impressive feats, but this disc deserves special attention. Brown brought excitement and sonic ballast to nearly every band he ever sat in with. His works with John Kirby and especially Frankie Newton are satisfying, but this CD contains the very heart of Brown's artistry. It opens with "Cannon Ball," a boogie-woogie from 1942 sung by Nora Lee King. This relatively rare Decca recording features Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Hamilton, and Sammy Price, the pianist with whom Brown would make outstanding music a bit further on down the road. Similarly rare and even more captivating are two extended jams recorded in Chicago in April of 1944. Brown's quartet on this date consisted of electrically amplified guitarist Jim Daddy Walker, bassist John Levy, and drummer Eddie Nicholson.

    Robben Ford - Tiger Walk (1997)

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    Robben Ford - Tiger Walk (1997)

    Robben Ford - Tiger Walk (1997)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 428 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 147 Mb | Scans ~ 39 Mb
    Label: Blue Thumb/GRP | # BTR 70122 | Time: 01:04:08
    Modern Electric Blues, Blues Rock, Jazz Rock, Jazz-Blues

    The first thing that comes to mind when listening to Tiger Walk is the pair of instrumental albums recorded by Jeff Beck in the mid-'70s, Blow by Blow and Wired. Like those two recordings, this outing showcases a fiery, inventive electric guitarist in a rock and jazz-rock setting. Robben Ford, known in recent years for his blues work with his band, the Blue Line, eschews vocals here, teaming up with keyboard funk master Bernie Worrell for some chunky, funky, wah-wah-laden grooves. This music, led by Ford's blazing guitar lines, is more appropriately categorized as instrumental rock than jazz, but the rhythms recall James Brown and Worrell's alma mater, the P-Funk gang, as often as they do those of a hard rock band. Tenor saxophonist Bob Malach turns in a couple of solid solos, and the rhythm section of drummer Steve Jordan and bassist Charlie Drayton cooks throughout.

    Edgar Winter - Jazzin' The Blues (2004)

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    Edgar Winter - Jazzin' The Blues (2004)

    Edgar Winter - Jazzin' The Blues (2004)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 427 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 141 Mb | Scans ~ 90 Mb
    Jazz, Blues, Blues-Rock, Fusion | Label: SPV | # SPV085-71732 CD | 01:01:49

    This set of Edgar Winter's jazzy remakes of older tunes and some new ones is all over the place. With a cast that includes guitarists Robben Ford and Hiram Bullock, Steve Lukather, and Michael Hakes, and bassists like Will Lee, Mark Meadows, and Tom Lilly, as well as trumpeter Lee Thornburg, one gets exactly what one expects: a slick, groove-infested ride through Winter's past and present.

    Robben Ford - Talk To Your Daughter (1988) Remastered Reissue 2014

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    Robben Ford - Talk To Your Daughter (1988) Remastered Reissue 2014

    Robben Ford - Talk To Your Daughter (1988) [Remastered Reissue 2014]
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 301 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 104 Mb | Scans included
    Label: Warner Bros. | # 8122-79570-7, WPCR-28009 | Time: 00:41:55
    Modern Electric Blues, Blues-Rock, Jazz Blues

    On his 1988 solo effort Talk to Your Daughter, singer/guitarist Robben Ford proves himself a master of sophisticated blues-rock guitar playing. The material is quite strong, and all the musicians perform at the highest level, but it's Ford's stellar soloing that makes this release. Fans of flailing '80s rock virtuosos would do well to check out Ford's exceptional work on Talk to Your Daughter. The musician's colorful yet controlled improvising and harmonic mastery is a rare and beautiful sonic treat. The title track is dripping with soulful, well-placed guitar lines that play like a master lesson of up-tempo blues phrasing that guitarists would do well to study. Other standouts include "Born Under a Bad Sign" and "Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues." The fine arrangements and especially Vinnie Colaiuta's sharp drumming are all tightly wound with crisp, clear production that tops off "Talk to Your Daughter," making it a shining success. Listeners fond of Ford's work with the Yellowjackets and numerous side gigs, as well as guitarists and all musicians, should enjoy this very professional, succinctly executed offering. First rate!

    Robben Ford - Blue Moon (2002)

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    Robben Ford - Blue Moon (2002)

    Robben Ford - Blue Moon (2002)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 426 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 136 Mb | Scans ~ 62 Mb | 00:59:04
    Modern Electric Blues, Blues-Rock, Jazz-Blues, Soul-Blues | Label: Concord | # CCD-2112-2

    Over the years many people have asked, "Will the real Robben Ford please stand up?" Those are the people who wonder if the singer/guitarist is really a blues-rock vocalist or a jazz fusion instrumentalist at heart. But truth be told, Ford is many different things. He is genuinely eclectic, which is why one never really knows from one album to the next what direction he will take. Blue Moon, Ford's first album for Concord Jazz, is primarily a vocal date. Ford gets in his share of inspired guitar solos, and he provides one instrumental: the gutsy "Indianola." But most of the time he sings. And as a vocalist, he favors an exciting blend of blues, rock, and soul on tracks like "Something for the Pain," "Don't Deny Your Love," and "The Way You Treated Me (You're Gonna Be Sorry)." Meanwhile, "It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)" and the moody "Make Me Your Only One" are among the CD's more jazz-tinged vocal offerings. Ford does not embrace a standard 12-bar blues format on all of the material, but then, he never claimed to be a blues purist.

    VA - Rhythm & Blues: Original Masters (2005) 10CD Box Set

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    VA - Rhythm & Blues: Original Masters (2005) 10CD Box Set

    VA - Rhythm & Blues: Original Masters (2005) 10CD Box Set
    EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 2.4 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 1.1 Gb | Scans ~ 45 Mb | Time: 08:16:52
    Rhythm & Blues, Blues, Jump Blues, Boogie-Woogie | Label: Membran | # 223007-321

    10 CD Wallet Box featuring the best of late 40s/early 50s rhythm & blues, jump blues, boogie blues and just plain ol' blues.