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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Franz Joseph Haydn

STRING QUARTETS Op.71 and Op.74

The Griller String Quartet

Vanguard / Artemis    1959 / 2005

 

Quartet in B-flat major, Op.71, No.1

Allegrohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bET4qGwLoY

Adagiohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE2a1YPXzZs

Menuetto :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtJ3ud6BMHQ

Vivacehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nqbAayZpzs

 

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Just watched the Netflix Miles Davis Birth of the Cool documentary.  I'm not really a Miles Davis fan as but I will say I'm more of one today than yesterday.  Great soundtrack.

Big Davis fan here, as a Jazz player.  No so much as a Trumpet player.  Armstrong, Marsalis, Edison and Eldridge are my favorites.

Maybe he played muted trumpet just a little too much.

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McCoy Tyner

THE REAL McCOY

Blue Note    1967 / 1987

McCoy's debut at Blue Note.  Notes by Nat Hentoff.

 

Passion Dancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zdoOyeRTCA

Four by Fivehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CO-eIhgxuU

Blues on the Cornerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQFZNm7JGqg

 

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Jacky Terrasson

REACH

Blue Note   1996

Booklet includes Interesting info on the recordings process used for this session.  Notes : The Cello recorded approach brings back this sonic fidelity beyond even the best of the legendary vintage recordings.

 

Sentimental Reasonshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84DcSyPTwnc

I should Carehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8utvlx9mtw

Just one of those thingshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJks6gXPeT0

Reach/Smoke gets in your eyeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5lpahSpEFs

 

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Stanley Turrentine and The Three Sounds

BLUE HOUR--THE COMPLETE SESSIONS

Blue Note  1960 / 2000   2CD set

 

I want a little girlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaL-vjOBGqk

Ain't I good to youhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A6PE1Xc7Ds

Since I fell for youhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz1IRaVCkwI

Willow weep for mehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AJHLr7dJfE

Blues in the closethttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9vNUao-Cww

Blue hourhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2C6RInZ-0g

 

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Herbie Hancock

GERSHWIN'S WORLD

Verve 1998

with / Joni Mitchell, Kathleen Battle, Stevie Wonder, James Carter, Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Orpheus Chamber Orch, Wayne Shorter, and Eddie Henderson.

 

The man I Lovehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hng-V6zwaIE

Summertimehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrU73XFKkjM

St. Louis Blueshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8ETI30Oyhc

Cotton Tailhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C-jUAQJzWo

Prelude in C# minorhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jNqGX3wrd0

 

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Coleman Hawkins

THE HAWK FLIES HIGH

Riverside / OJCCD    1957 / 1987

Notes : Hawkins literally invented Jazz saxophone, starred in the first Jazz big band, and played with unfailing strength and invention into the sixties.

 

Sanctityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHeXHbb0IE8

Chanthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtGhtrDueO0

Laurahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8JkbVfoB1Y

 

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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

FIRST FLIGHT TO TOKYO

Recorded / Released by Blue Note   1961 / 2021   2CD set

Excellent packaging and absolutely Outstanding Booklet.

This set is a previously unissued gig by one of the greatest lineups in the long history of Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers -- Blakey, drums; Bobby Timmons, piano; Wayne Shorter, saxophone; Lee Morgan, trumpet; Jymie Merrit, bass. First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings are drawn from the final shows of the band's first tour of Japan. They were professionally recorded on a Nagra tape recorder to serve as a soundtrack for a documentary film that was never completed. At some point over the decades, the original tapes were transferred to quarter-inch tape reels, cataloged, shelved, and sat some more -- they were never really "lost."  ---  All Music Guide

 

 

Moanin'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTvRqqYBfmA

Dat Derehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRuAO2S_kB0

A Night in Tunisiahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGDs4FAWqCQ

Now's the timehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPM7bUsMGMc

'Round about Midnighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBGPeld0d4g

 

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The Tina Brooks Quintet

THE WAITING GAME

Blue note  recorded / released  1961 / 2002

Wiki : The Waiting Game is an album recorded by hard-bop tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks, recorded on March 2, 1961 for Blue Note, but not released as a single album until 2002. It features performances by Brooks, Johnny ColesKenny DrewWilbur Ware and Philly Joe Jones. It was Brooks last recording as leader.

 

Dhyanahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaMk8GBM1jY

David the Kinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJZ652bZ1jY

Stranger in Paradisehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifPxhbrWTkc

The Waiting Gamehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMkT55MU7yU

 

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Sergei Rachmaninoff

PIANO CONCERTO No.2 

Van Cliburn (piano)

Chicago Symphony -- Fritz Reiner

RCA  1961, 1962 / 1994

Notes : Informative booklet which includes, 'The History of Living Stereo.'

 

Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18

Moderato; Allegrohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUrotc3cj-s

Adagio sostenutohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv3NfWt6LzM

Allegro scherzandohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5GbS96-_xw

 

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Gene Ammons' All Stars

THE BIG SOUND

Prestige / OJC   1958 / 1991

Notes : John Coltrane's only known recorded solos on Alto Saxophone.

 

Blue Hymnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuH9Q3BxRuM

That's All https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSvqVSqKm2E

Cheek to Cheekhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x3KnsxVulA

 

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Paul Chambers

BASS ON TOP

Blue Note  1957 / 2007

Kenny Burrell(guitar), Hank Jones(piano), Paul Chambers(bass), Art Taylor(drums)

Excellent Booklet with pics.

 

Yesterdayshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqitMFdcsMU

You'd be so nicehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG4KfCiUVrs

Dear Old Stockholmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU6_nMhhYDI

Chasin' the Birdhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnrWtO0hzBI

 

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The Pointer Sisters

YES WE CAN CAN

The best of the Blue Thumb Recordings

Universal Music  1997

You gotcha Blues, Country, Pop and Jazz, all on one disc.  A fourfer?

 

Going down slowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8EwD62JTjs

Fairytale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoZBErXJpIE

Cloudburst https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-OaC8LPdX4

Jadahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWrWtq7M9DM

Salt Peanutshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sKBSsaqeyY

 

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

CONCERTO NO.25 FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA

Leon Fleisher (piano) / Cleveland Orchestra - Szell

CBS   1960-1961 / 1987

 

Concerto NO. 25 in C major  K. 503

Allegro maestoso : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQlfeWv5KLQ

Andante : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryiiPm2HTEc

Allegretto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJOLzItn67M

 

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Jimmy Scott

ALL THE WAY

Sire / Warner    1992

Jimmy Scott(vocals), Kenny Barron(piano), Ron Carter(bass), Grady Tate(drums), John Pisano(guitar), David"fathead" Newman(sax)

Wiki ::  James Victor Scott, known professionally as Little Jimmy Scott or Jimmy Scott, was an American jazz vocalist known for his high natural contralto voice and his sensitivity on ballads and love songs. After success in the 1940s and 1950s, Scott's career faltered in the early 1960s.

Born: July 17, 1925, Cleveland, OH

Died: June 12, 2014, Las Vegas, NV

 

All the way : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKGMMJAsM7A

Angel eyes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSOtCP5z5e8

At last : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swf8s0-m69Q

Someone to watch over mehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHxa_VOk40w

 

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+1 on  Jimmy Scott.  What an incredible story of being rediscovered from abject poverty to performing again.  HIs "I go back home" is a tribute album and film that to me shows how much he was appreciated by people in the industry and I dig it out when I want to be emotionally moved.

Artie Shaw

THE COMPLETE GRAMERCY FIVE SESSIONS

RCA / Bluebird / BMG     1940-1945 / 1989

Great booklet about the career of Shaw.  After Pearl Harbor he enlisted in the Navy.:)  Different era.

 

My Blue Heavenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K20NzOPmrcE

Mysteriosohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YNG0wfef8s

Smoke gets in your eyeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5I13iMKaOo

The Grabtown Grapplehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MnBLoRbJKo

Summit Ridge Drive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycdINaa8St0

Hop,Skip and Jumphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua7osZpJC4g

Special Delivery Stomphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCKyRUT6oRw

and 8 more!

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Lee Morgan

CANDY

Blue Note  1957-1958 / 1987

Lee Morgan(trumpet), Sonny Clark(piano), Doug Watkins(bass), Art Taylor(drums)

Lee Morgan at age 19.

 

Candy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1D8E1fclA

Since I Fell for You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sHn47DLnaQ

C.T.A. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2PgbM5krNk

All the Way : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2QdZ5mNiBw

 

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Nina Simone

LITTLE GIRL BLUE

Bethlehem / Masters of Music   1957 / 2016

Nina Simone's First Recording.

 

Mood Indigo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5euaoFlU87g

You'll never walk alone : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXIwS8C3TOM

My baby just cares for me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIx8B9qirAw

I loves you porgy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy5wazA88aI

Central Park Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Jk35zfELI

 

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Santana

SANTANA

Columbia / Legacy   1969 / 1998

Santana's first album.  Always reminds me of Club Mexicana in Frankfurt, Germany.  Those were the days.

 

Jingohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KOaIc0rkbE

Evil Wayshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk0Z0xePx_Y

Persuasionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLWdtJ0_uCY

Soul Sacrificehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_wte93tG44

 

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Antonio Vivaldi

LE QUATTRO STAGIONI

Rachel Podger - Brecon Baroque

Channel Classics   2018

Excellent packaging, and  Booklet with pictures.

 

Concerto No.1 Op.8 No.1 -- Spring

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu_nRtT27Bw

Largo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iovtPJV7Vfw

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25av5OfaxpM

Concerto No.2  Op.8 No.2 -- Summer

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQPUTyx6fa4

Adagio : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3FcHtuYSfw

Presto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9ZdZ9gv-VM

Concerto No.3 Op.8 No.3 -- Autumn

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVab7QU3BMU

Adagio molto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx2n6e5HCz8

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cDIG2FSMVM

Concerto No.4 Op.8 No.4 -- Winter

Allegro non molto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prDLtYbbQsE

Largo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71_s2cdPW_I

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3H922u5ZNw

 

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Randy Weston

PORTRAITS OF THELONIOUS MONK

Randy Weston(piano), Jamil Nasser(bass), Idris Muhammad(drums), Eric Asante(percussion)

Verve  1989

 

Well you needn'thttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHtevNNsvmY

Misteriosohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmZVhqOFeo0

Functionalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KamjIMYtMlQ

 

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Ray Sings, Basie Swings
Count Basie Orchestra and Ray Charles


Oh, What a Beautiful Morning

https://youtu.be/77CJ9aXjjL0

Feel So Bad

https://youtu.be/OuptVKEwiL4

How Long Has This Been Going On?

https://youtu.be/kN74SwHujhc

Georgia On My Mind

https://youtu.be/dkyFQnrW-FA

Modern Jazz Quartet

MJQ AND FRIENDS

friends include-- Take 6, Bobby Mcferrin, Phil Woods, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Harry "sweets" Edison and others.

Atlantic Jazz  1993

 

Bag's Groovehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc5H6y-pyvM

All the things you arehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TKo8Wy7Yz4

Djangohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9b_7qVaUuk

Willow weep for mehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYokT-IOnFI

Billy's Bouncehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeCoX9YjR7g

 

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Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt

BOSS TENORS

Verve   1961 / 1990

WOW!   fort, s'il vous plaît

 

There is no greater lovehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-c38JJGegw

The one before thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1EtZaiKhjo

Blues up and downhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npqfOk7XN_0

 

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Mario Bauza and his Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra

TANGA

Messidor  1992

Special guest on "Chucho",  Paquito D'Rivera(alto sax)

 

Tanga, Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite in Five Movements

1. Cuban Lullaby : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssXP0OENgvg

2. Mambo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdc3KMT7nqk

3. Afro-Cuban Ritual : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g2k8koZ2qA

4. Bolero : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvTF7qzGUlA

5. Rumba Abierta : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FmHw2RpOcM

Chuchohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN8b7frboJg

 

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

PIANO MUSIC FOR FOUR HANDS

George Malcolm - Andras Schiff (fortepiano)

London  1994

Performed on Mozart's own fortepiano  c.1780

 

Sonata in C major, K521

1. Allegrohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHNzz0zab4c

2. Andantehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7WcCKcERSk

3. Allegrettohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHNzz0zab4c

 

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Horace Silver

6 PIECES OF SILVER

Blue Note   1956-1958 / 2000

Excellent fold-out with a personal history of each player.

 

Cool Eyeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBPy3LUAx8c

Camouflagehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqmCFwm-1R0

Tippin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JalbBrZQm-E

Senor Blueshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd2mByJxAfk

Senor Blues(vocal version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmvJ9vH0_so

 

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Jon Hendricks and the All-Stars

BOPPIN' AT THE BLUE NOTE

Telarc  1995

The James Joyce of Jive -- TIME Magazine

 

Do you call that a buddy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn-B1Y-YT6k

Contemporary Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLyx9--y9Jk

Everybody's Boppin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzRLOYfQdKk

Roll'em Pete : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZHzz_eowSg

Since I fell for you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWcHoInpETs

One O'Clock Jump : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjTZBTdUg_M

The All-Stars include Wynton Marsalis, Al Grey, Benny Golson and members of Hendrick's family(vocals), and others.

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Freddie Hubbard

OPEN SESAME

Blue Note 1960 / 2002

RVG Edition.  Usual great notes from the original LP and updated notes from the CD reissue.  Hubbard's debut album.  Age 22.  Great supporting cast.

 

Open Sesamehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_slYh4DYVJ4

But beautifulhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t3H32spG7Q

All or nothinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBn4sk5AdFY

One Mint Julephttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVn8j-O4bt4

 

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