On June 7, Europe took the stage in their home country Sweden for a special occasion: celebrating 30 years of rock music. The Swedish rock band celebrated this event together with 30,000 fans at the prestigious Sweden Rock Festival. Europe performed 28 songs, selecting their personal favourite moments spanning from their earlier years up to their most recent songs taken from albums "Last Look At Eden" and "Bag Of Bones"; plus songs performed for the very first time. To pay tribute to some of their biggest rock heroes, Europe invited two very special guests to perform with them — Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy) for an electrifying version of "Jailbreak" and Michael Schenker (MSG, ex-UFO, Scorpions)…

Masahide Sakuma is known as one of the best recording producers in the Japanese music society, and also as a composer/arranger for rock, pop, movie scores, commercial films, TV etc. He was a member of Japanese rock legend Yonin Bayashi and of the Plastics, he released 4 solo albums too. He played guitars, basses, keyboards and other instruments for many recording sessions and live on stage including at the biggest concert with GLAY for 200,000 people at Makuhari in 1999. As a producer, his career started in 1979 when producing P-MODEL's first album "In a model room".

Various Artists - Live At The B&W Montreux Music Festival 1989 Vol.3
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 317 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: B&W Music # BW006 | Country/Year: UK 1991
Genre: Jazz | Style: Contemporary Jazz

A division of B&W Loudspeakers Ltd. (Bowers & Wilkins), B&W Music was a UK-based jazz, latin & electronica label launched in 1988 with the mission "to give the customer the chance to own a B&W speaker and also play B&W music". The loudspeaker company sponsored the Montreaux Jazz Festival between 1988 and 1990 and began releasing compilations recorded at the festival…

Only very short time after it’s birth, Mikrolux label presents itself with a clear profile: here you find finest old and new school electro of all kinds and the yet very young outlet has managed to gather some of the most talented German artists. Among them, in remarkable position, there is Rene Kirchner and his Mas 2008 project. Kirchner already proved himself as groundbreaking artist with his first Elektrolux album (’Decyphered Music’) and this new longplayer ’Punished By Machines’ shows how much he has moved on and how consistent he has followed on his path…

Kaempert always devoted to pleasant music (easy listening), catchy and danceable, and composed songs that have been world landmarks and light music that have stood the test of time. His music is easily recognizable by his unique sound. This album was released only three years before his death and shows his personal sound with a repertoire of twelve songs of Latin form and expression, of which half are his creations with his friend and collaborator, the German composer Herbert Rehbein. The remaining six subjects belongs to renowned Latin artists such as Jobim, Belafonte, Powell, De Moraes or Ferreira.

The original Blake Edwards film was released in 1963 and achieved worldwide success. Its soundtrack is definitely one of the great creations of Mancini. The 1989 CD features twelve original songs, although after 2001 have been published in other CDs with expanded repertoire that distort the content of the original work. The skill and compositional genius of Mancini unfold luxuriously melodies with rhythms such as bolero rumba, slow, samba, twist, chacha or slowfox that in some cases show airs jazz.

This innovative program pairing the seemingly antithetical compositions of Claudio Monteverdi and Astor Piazzolla was first featured at the Ambronay Festival in 2009 and was greeted with nearly universal acclaim. The brainchild of Argentine conductor Leonardo Garcia Alarcon and his ensemble Cappella Mediterranea, this unusual collection highlights the surprising connections and musical synergies present in works that are separated by centuries of time and thousands of miles. Under the baton of Alarcon, the madrigal and the tango are revealed as be musical sisters, both conjuring up powerful emotions - from nostalgia to sorrow to ecstasy - and rich in improvisational freedom.