The Good Stuff



There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind ... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how it sounds. If it sounds good it's successful; if it doesn't it has failed. --  Duke Ellington

This purpose of this thread is to provide a place to post outstanding examples of the Good Music. 
Genre Immaterial.

On the Old Kentucky Shore // Joan Osborne & Ricky Skaggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liTdpTz7g5A

My CD has a different cover art, but it is the same album.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK  KV 525

serenata notturna KV 239, 3 Divertimenti KV 136, KV 137, KV 138

Berlin Philharmoniker - Herbert von Karajan

DG  1956 / 1988

 

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPrRRdI9U3w

Andante : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-sPSUUWQm4

Allegretto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFU4UFy4CLw

Rondo, Allergo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAJ3RhqbpOk

 

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Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins

THE CLASSIC PRESTIGE SESSIONS, 1951-1956

Prestige   1951-1956,   Released 2009   2CD set

 

Dig : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehvorRA9zcc

Down : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41I_AoMp9UU

The Serpents Tooth : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3MMk2s5Qlg

Vierd Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWPfiZ3QlB4

 

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Miles Davis

BAG'S GROOVE

Prestige   1954 / 2008   RVG Remaster

Notes : "I remeber this session well, I remember how the musicians wanted to sound, and I remember their reactions to the playbacks.  Today, I feel strongly that I am their messenger." ---  Rudy Van Gelder

And folks say Miles had a big ego.

 

Bag's Groove : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRcOb0TUet8

Oleo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJUZroNIbYM

Airegin : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxop4KMVPpY

 

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Allen Toussaint

THE BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI

Nonesuch  2009

Allen Toussaint(piano & vocals), Don Byron(clarinet), Nicholas Payton(trumpet), Brad Mehldau(piano), Joshua Redman(tenor sax)

 

Egyptian Fantasy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlifDYDUuHI

Saint James Infirmary : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdZcU4SniIc

West End Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcPsgMa74Lk

Just a Closer Walk with Thee : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hxRMdXBFb4

 

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Ray Charles

THE BIRTH OF SOUL

The complete Atlantic R&B Recordings 1952-1959

Atlantic Records 1991 3CD Box    Includes 32 page Booklet with pics.

 

Losing Hand : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITbmAcHz-aE

Sinner’s Prayer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGPO3UqaQsM

I got a Woman : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc24itDDCvM

Greenbacks : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb2SLE3f-DY

The Right Time : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eHTDfqavQg

What’d I say, parts 1 & 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLniymUjy5I

 

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Various Artists

A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS

Special Olympics Productions  1987

 

Whitney Houston, Bob Seger, Stevie Hicks

Do You Hear What I Hear? : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRlv6tSiqh0

The Little Drummer Boy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vubZ3yAB8ds

Silent Night : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDgZHnuiuXs

 

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Miles Davis with John Coltrane and Sonny Stitt

IN STOCKHOLM 1960 COMPLETE

Miles Davis(trumpet), John Coltrane(tenor sax), Sonny Stitt(alto and tenor sax), Wynton Kelly(piano), Paul Chambers(bass), Jimmy Cobb(drums)

Royal jazz / Dragon   1960 / 1992    4 CD Set

Excellent booklet with pictures.  Recorded a few weeks before Coltrane left the group to form his own band.

 

Walkin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRo2MpLpUt4

All Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FICQq1pYls

So What : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN9cfZs8RwM

Fran-Dance : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVnZPzh57CI

 

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Original Cast Recording

THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS

The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, The Original Soul Stirrers, The J.D. Steele Singers, The Institutional radio Choir

Elektra / Nonesuch   1988

 

A Voice Foretold : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnqCfChKHfk

Lift Me Up : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoqU-NI_ajQ

 

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Horace Silver Quintet

FINGER POPPIN'

Blue Mitchell(trumpet), Junior Cook(tenor sax), Horace Silver(piano), Eugene Taylor(bass), Louis Hayes(drums)

Blue Note 1959 / Jazz Heritage 1992

 

Come on Home : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zAxNA70Qnk

Juicy Lucy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-KjJDooJmQ

Cookin' at the Contential : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWUJ8gyN9fY

Swingin' the Samba : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ogAkIc75_E

 

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Ultimate Mozart : The Essential Masterpieces

SERENATA NOTTURNA IN D MAJOR, K239

Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner

Decca  1968 / 2006    5 CD Box

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoTOlwJN88Q

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Dexter Gordon

HOMECOMING: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD

Dexter Gordon(tenor sax), Woody Shaw(trumpet), Ronnie Mathews(piano), Stafford James(bass), Louis Hayes(drums)

Columbia  1976 / 1990    2CD set

'Homecoming' refers to Gordon's return to the US after an extended stay in Europe.

 

Body and Soul : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3IvbyffXOc

Fried Bananas : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Suzl1XTzo

'Round Midnight : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2DD_BWPjlQ

 

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Horace Silver Quintet

SONG FOR MY FATHER

Carmell Jones(trumpet), Joe Henderson(tenor sax), Horace Silver(piano), Teddy Smith(bass), Roger Humphries(drums)

Blue Note 1964 / 1989

 

Calcutta Cutie : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p78zIW0jF8

Que Pasa : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOjnA33p-pk

Song for my Father : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKf1x3CALAE

The Kicker : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS5RBRuzbjM

 

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@jdougs 

But I have yet to be disappointed by anything I have purchased on Steeplechase Records.

 

Same here.  Maybe  I should have said : does not rise to the level of most of his recordings for SteepleChase.

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Dexter Gordon and Orchestra

MORE THAN YOU KNOW

SteepleChase 1975 / 1989

This is a result of staying in Europe a little too long.

 

More than you know : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRE3WBZmnHw

Naima : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB6famNx1C8

 

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Horace Silver Quintet

FINGER POPPIN'

Blue Note   1959 / 1988

Blue Mitchell(trumpet), Junior Cook(tenor sax), Horace Silver(piano), Eugene Taylor(bass), Louis Hayes(drums)

 

Juicy Lucy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-KjJDooJmQ

Cookin' at the Continental : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWUJ8gyN9fY

Come on Home : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zAxNA70Qnk

Swingin' the Samba : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ogAkIc75_E

 

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Horace Silver

IN PURSUIT OF THE 27TH MAN

Blue Note   1972 / 2002

Randy Brecker(trumpet), Michael Brecker(tenor sax), David Friedman(vibes), Horace Silver(piano), Bob Cranshaw(electric bass), Mickey Roker(drums)

google--What is this? The meaning of angel number 27 is a message from the angels that you are on the right path and doing things in alignment with your divine purpose.

 

Liberated Brother : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XS79mmcs_0

Gregory is Here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH0dcxPBbj0

Nothin' can stop me now : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed04dStgKhY

In pursuit of the 27th man : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWTy8kM3Hak

 

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Lee Morgan

THE GIGOLO

Blue Note   1966 / 2005

LeeMorgan(trumpet), Wayne Shorter(tenor sax), Harold Mabern(piano), Bob Cranshaw(bass), Billy Higgins(drums)

 

Yes I Can, No you can't : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWY3WKewZ3M

Speedball : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gp72Pt-8JI

The Gigolo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU1ggIQBwz0

 

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Rachelle Ferrell

FIRST INSTRUMENT

Blue Note  1990

with Wayne Shorter, Michel Petrucciani and Stanley Clarke on 'Autumn Leaves'

 

You don't know what love is : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nAer-wDWzk

Bye bye blackbird : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnpaisZYtjQ

Autumn Leaves : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xgNA3rCw7U

 

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Bobby Bland

TURN ON YOUR LOVE LIGHT: THE DUKE RECORDINGS VOL 2

Duke / MCA   1994


Turn On Your Love Light : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gszjF-OxJho

Stormy Monday Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAWzczucDVs

Saint James Infirmary : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJoNAAWIprE

Yield Not To Temptation : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-RoP05BdC4

Ain't That lovin' you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSVC9oajnFs

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Dexter Gordon

OUR MAN IN PARIS

Blue Note   1963 / 1987

Dexter Gordon(tenor sax), Bud Powell(piano), Pierre Michelot(bass), Kenny Clarke(drums)

Notes : In this Paris album, Dexter's colleagues have a long history as a unit in that city...This, therefore, is not a date with a pick-up rhythm section.

 

Willow weep for me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh9CyimkKWc   

A night in tunisia : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jccsHMOdZo   

Scrapple from the apple : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwqciyqFhoA   

Like someone in love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGXR8odUb4c

 

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Carmen McRae

LOVER MAN

and other Billie Holiday classics

Columbia / Sony   1962 / 1997

Nat Adderley(cornet), Eddie "lockjaw" Davis(tenor sax)

 

Them there eyes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSqsTcVqFDk

Miss Brown to you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QaF4Y34MdY

I cried for you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClIJDe3aB6w

Lover man : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hhbLWxcvJg

God Bless the child : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE2zLIGVBNU

 

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Kenny Burrell / Grover Washington Jr.

TOGETHERING

Blue Note  1984

Kenny Burrell(guitar), Grover Washington(saxophone), Ron Carter(bass), Jack De Johnette(drums), Ralph MacDonald(percussion)

 

Soulero : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYWV2_JbfoU

Asphalt Canyon Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AymC4YZQB1U

Togethering : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mou5bK3mJOk

What am I here for : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6l854Wssnw

 

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Solomon Burke

It's Saturday night somewhere.

Solomon Vincent McDonald Burke was an American singer who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues as one of the founding fathers of soul music in the 1960s. He has been called "a key transitional figure bridging R&B and soul", and was known for his "prodigious output". Wikipedia

Born: March 21, 1940, Philadelphia, PA

Died: October 10, 2010, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands

 

Along about midnight : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dHWdhHUysQ

No more nights by myself : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJBh-ojdrI0

Good rockin' tonight : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoyV3ySzMlQ

Ain't nobody's business : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M7mGme_n-s

 

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