Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams - The Complete Blue Note: Studio Sessions (2000)
Release: 2000 | Track: 37 (4CD) | Format: MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | Size: 673 MB Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop | Label: Mosaic
Centered around the Byrd/Adams Blue Note dates Byrd in Hand, Chant, Royal Flush, The Cat Walk, and Off to the Races, Mosaic's Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Studio Sessions finds the Detroit natives at the top of their game during 1959-1962. Writing and performing some of the most original and tight hard bop around, Byrd and Adams led a variety of combos that featured the likes of Herbie Hancock (his first session), Wynton Kelly, Duke Pearson (who also contributed material), Charlie Rouse, Sam Jones, and Billy Higgins. From distinct covers ("Lover Come Back to Me") to seamlessly complex originals ("Bronze Dance"), Byrd's pure-toned trumpet and Adams' angular baritone unexpectedly make a perfect match. And beyond a wealth of sides that prove the point, the collection also features -- in typically thorough and classy Mosaic fashion -- some stunning session photos by Blue Note lensman Francis Wolff and an extensive essay by Bob Blumenthal. A hard bop experience of the highest order.
BBC - Sacred Music Series 1: Tallis Byrd and the Tudors (2008) PDTV x264 AC3-MVGroup
English | 00:58:57 | H264 | 992x560 | 25.00fps 1994 Kbps | AC3 128 Kbps 48.0khz | 840MB Genre: Documentary
Beale takes us back to Tudor England, a country in turmoil as monarchs change the national religion and Roman Catholicism is driven underground. In telling the story of Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, two composers at the centre of England's own musical Renaissance, Beale visits parish churches, great cathedrals and a private home where Catholic music would have been performed in secret.
Razor Blade Magic by Byrd and Coats (2005)
English | 02:03:11 | XviD | 720x480 | 30.00fps 978 Kbps | MP3 256 Kbps 48.0khz | 861MB Genre: eLearning
Are you tired of the same old dull magic? Are you looking for a DVD that's a cut above the rest? Maybe you're just looking to sharpen your skills. Join Nicholas Byrd and James Coats as they teach you the sharpest form of magic known to man, Razor Blade Magic! This DVD will show you, step-by-step, how to safely manipulate razor blades to give your routine the edge it needs.
William Byrd - Psalms, Sonnets and Songs of Sadness and Pietie (1588)[Lossless]
Full HQ Artwork | | FLAC (Image) + Cue | 44.1Khz-16Bits | 331MB (FS-FSn) Genre: Classical
Following the commercial failure of the Cantiones Sacrae, published jointly with Tallis in 1575, Byrd waited another eleven years before venturing into print again. This time, he trusted his fortunes to a collection of secular music, no doubt encouraged by the growing popularity in England of Italian madrigals adapted to English words, and specifically to the success in the same year of Nicholas Yonge's collection Musica Transalpina (which had itself included a piece by him). This time, too, he had judged public taste better, as the collection was a great success and went through several editions in the following years.
Charlie Byrd - The Guitar Artistry Of Charlie Byrd (1960) [Remastered 1997]
EAC rip | FLAC + CUE + LOG | Full Scans | 238 Mb
Genre ~ Brazilian Jazz | Guitar Jazz
Label ~ Riverside Records OJC