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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George Cables

CABLES VISION

Contemporary / OJC    1979 / 1992

with Freddie Hubbard and Bobby Hutcherson and others

 

Morning Song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-hXWvxezM

I Told You So : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc0qzTQrNBU

Inner Glow : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4phzyBPZ7I

Byrdlike : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTUYwacGjc4

 

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Ludwig van Beethoven

COMPLETE PIANO SONATAS

Igor Levit (piano)

Sony  2019     9CD Box

 

Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor "Pathetique", Op.13

Dedicated to Prince Karl von Lichnowsky

                                                    

1. Grave, Allegro di molte : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqOgLPb6iu0

2. Adagio Cantabile : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MWgWcCCwEE

3. Rondo, Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiHQwmb0DwY

 

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Touch Wood - Antonio Forcione

My deepest thank you for this one...

And my best to you...

New music is sometimes time out in heaven nowadays....

I can’t speak for others with my many flaws . but for me something knocks me over

at first hearing or never .

It is generally true for me too....

But there is sometimes exception...

I listened to all Bruckner symphonies and the one i like the less after many listening became the one i love the most because of his depth and meaning...It was impossible  for me to grasp that at first listening... For example the 6-7-8-9 th are all more easy and beautiful to listen... But the 5th is so deep in expressing life mystereies that beauty is not the word... When beauty and truth married i call that the deepest meaning... Try it.... The music recreated through his themas and motives  repeated in the finale long  fugue the remembered meaning of a human life after death...

The symphony is a wheel circling us like our life did....

I can't speak for others with my many flaws . but for me something  knocks me over

at first hearing or never .

@danager 

Glad you like the music. 

Jazz is hard for me I don't always get it.  Been trying for a couple years and the needle is starting to move but most of jazz intricacies are musically way over my head.

 

As with any type of music, no one likes it all.   Most times, there is nothing to "Get".  It just strikes a chord with you, or it does not.  Any Jazz tune with the word BLUES in the title is a safe place to start.   BTW, Jazz intricacies are musically way over most of our heads, The Frogman being an exception.  But that's no reason not to enjoy the music.

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@rok2id 

Holy Crappp!!! how many weeks/months/years did it it take you to put this together?  I just want to say THANKS!

Jazz is hard for me I don't always get it.  Been trying for a couple years and the needle is starting to move but most of jazz intricacies are musically way over my head.

One of my favorite albums Nancy Wilson / Julian "Cannonball" Adderley was on the list and I'm currently listening to The Grand Encounter "Tenderly" which makes it really hard to concentrate on typing but if there was a likes button you'd get mine

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Horace Silver Quintet

FINGER POPPIN'

Blue Note / Jazz Heritage   1959 / 1992

Notes: Silver gives a short insight of each tune.  Great.

 

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

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

 

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mahgister, I can only think the universe made these two to sing with and for each other .

When I lived in Berlin Pavarotti ,in his prime,was in town for "La Boheme"  and was on TV talking about Alto's with some big shot .

He went through a dozen or so in really interesting this and that's .

Big shot asked about  Bjoerling, Pavarotti just turned his head and said " don't ask me that , I'm just human " . 

I cannot imagine better for sure.... Beautiful is not enough powerful word here....

 

Thanks....

I now nothing of beautiful voices , man and woman , than Victoria de los Angeles

and Jussi Bjorling, and no one that could make it so than Puccini , in ’La Boheme"

He sung with a tear in his voice and she heard him . And he her .

 

 

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Duke Ellington

PIANO REFLECTIONS

Capitol Jazz   1953 / 1989

Duke Ellington(piano), Wendell Marshall(bass), Butch Ballard(drums), Dave Black(drums), Ralph Colier(congas)

 

Who Knows : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9DoPXLYi3I

Passion Flower : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nyPY_jx2ZI

B Sharp Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe8x1uWCpAg

Sentimental Mood : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atUg6Ehc7JI

What they used to be : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG5sD2i1s7o

Montevideo (night time) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyVivWlBCzo

 

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When it comes to Opera, all we need is Rossini for the overtures, and Mozart and Puccini for the Operas.

Great post.

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The Greatest of the Great ! Jussi Bjoerling .

The Great Pavarotti sang this for many years as his go-to from Puccini , it was fantastic to say the least .

For years I had Puccini lovers, like myself ,over ,I had it all .

I often had Jussi sing it right after the Big man .

Often people were speechless and /or tearful . Beyond the fantastic into the impossible !

 

 

Julian "Cannonball" Adderley

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY QUINTET IN SAN FRANCISCO

Riverside / OJC  1959 / 1989

Notes: When the Cannonball Adderley Quintet finished "Hi-Fly"--its closing number after a four-week engagement at the Jazz Workshop in October 1959--the audience stood and cheered and whistled and clapped for fifteen minutes.

 

Bohemia after dark : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfM5nJI60Vw

Spontaneous Combustion : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT_m8LVctk0

This Here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es8kM8FU6eU

Hi-Fly : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYSB6dlwHYo

 

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AT LAST !

Army Alaska now wears the Greatest Patch ever , the 11th Airborne Division ,

I was mean  as hell when they took mine away ! .

Gioachino Rossini

COMPLETE OVERTURES VOL 1

Prague Sinfonia Orchestra / Christian Benda

Naxos    2012

Very informative fold out booklet.

 

La gazza ladra : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNElkeCHRW8

Semiramide : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw4xHuTKP3U

*Elisabetta d'Inghilterra : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZuKaIqhsFU

 

*Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra (Italian pronunciation: [elizaˈbɛtta reˈdʒiːna diŋɡilˈtɛrra]; Elizabeth, Queen of England) is a dramma per musica or opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Giovanni Schmidt, from the play Il paggio di Leicester (Leicester's Page) by Carlo Federici, which itself "was derived from a novel The Recess (1785) by Sophia Lee." Some of Elisabetta 's music was recycled in later operas and a part of Elisabetta's first aria was re-used by Rossini four months later in Rosina's aria "Una voce poco fa" in the opera The Barber of Seville.

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Saturday. The Blues.

Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges

BACK TO BACK (Ellington and Hodges play the Blues)

Verve 1959 / 1997

Duke Ellington(piano), Johnny Hodges(alto sax), Harry "Sweets" Edison(trumpet), Les Spann(guitar), Sam Jones(bass), Jo Jones(drums)

 

Weary Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB-J2Bly0T0

Royal Garden Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOeaEj1nCyM

St. Louis Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSW2lRqssEo

Basin Street Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLt63R_m_Sk

 

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Dirty Dozen Brass Band

MY FEET CAN’T FAIL ME NOW

Concord Jazz 1984

Notes : Dirty Dozen Brass Band’s first recording.

 

Blue Monk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amx6g4zFKss

Caravan : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPgSiTh-GBk

St. James Infirmary : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhK7zXqEZxo

Li’l Liza Jane : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61gqJp-z0Nk

My Feet Can’t Fail : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLpaBXN_BAs

 

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Beautiful music!

Elvis lives, but me too! No Earthling can kidnap me, it is piece of cake to handle him!

:--) !

Oh! There you are!! :--)))

 

The Queen Lives!!!   I thought Putin had kidnapped you.  Good to hear from you.  What is Jazz without it's Queen?

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Miles Davis

LIVE AROUND THE WORLD

Warner Bros 1988-1991 / 1996

 

In a Silent Way : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzLgVMBMOM8

New Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBTgTdK-UkY

Human Nature : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lttlkkPWC3w

Time after Time : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BfXH3mgZdU

TuTu : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJQsOESMEZs

**Hannibal : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIOZHH8rtZ0

**Miles' last recording. He died a few weeks after this.

Excerpt from The Last Miles:
Live Around The World: On recording Miles’s last concert

Hindsight is a wonderful thing and you can be sure that if anyone had known that Miles’ performance at the Hollywood Bowl on 25 August 1991 would be his last, a video crew would have been dispatched to the stadium and probably a remote recording facility too. As it happened, this final performance was not even recorded professionally. Indeed, Miles’ concert sound mixer, Don Kurek didn’t even use a DAT [digital] recorder. Instead, he plugged an analogue Sony Walkman Pro deck into the mixing desk and in the words of road manager Gordon Meltzer: “ Recorded on the cheapest, one-dollar non-metal tape audio cassette you could get.” The resulting recording was dogged by tape hiss, pops and drop-outs (where the sound disappears because of blemishes on the tape’s oxide coating). Yet the producers of Live Around The World were able to salvage a recording that was good enough to include on a CD, and that was largely thanks to modern studio technology.

 

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Hindsight is a wonderful thing and you can be sure that if anyone had known that Miles’ performance at the Hollywood Bowl on 25 August 1991 would be his last, a video crew would have been dispatched to the stadium and probably a remote recording facility too. As it happened, this final performance was not even recorded professionally. Indeed, Miles’ concert sound mixer, Don Kurek didn’t even use a DAT [digital] recorder. Instead, he plugged an analogue Sony Walkman Pro deck into the mixing desk and in the words of road manager Gordon Meltzer: “ Recorded on the cheapest, one-dollar non-metal tape audio cassette you could get.” The resulting recording was dogged by tape hiss, pops and drop-outs (where the sound disappears because of blemishes on the tape’s oxide coating). Yet the producers of Live Around The World were able to salvage a recording that was good enough to include on a CD, and that was largely thanks to modern studio technology.

Hank Mobley

STRAIGHT NO FILTER

Blue Note  1963-1966 / 2001

Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins, Freddie Hubbard, Barry Harris, Paul Chambers, Andrew Hill, Philly Joe Jones, John Ore, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren

 

Straight No Filter : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6_--p9LFS4

Yes Indeed : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaADTWuga1k

Feeling Good : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEeiBSKVATs

Soft Impressions : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpIMF-Nx-Qs

Chain Reaction : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7LCG3Y0Uuo

 

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Irakere

THE BEST OF IRAKERE

Columbia / Sony   1979-1980 / 1994

Notes: This compilation features the best of the all-too-brief period during which they were still performing as a unit.  Jazz greats Paquito D'Rivera and Arturo Sandoval head the all-star line-up.

 

Gira Gira : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSodmEsZJy8

Aguanile : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvW2vl-ZYZ8

Ciento Anos De Juventud : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTWrUjXoLF0

Misa Negra : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35VE2rZUz_g

 

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Phineas Newborn Jr

A WORLD OF PIANO

Contemporary / OJC      1961 / 1991

Phineas Newborn(piano), Paul Chambers / Sam Jones(bass), Philly Joe Jones / Louis Hayes(drums)

 

Cherylhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLc6r11E4JI

Mantecahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVPSS0MUaXo

Daahoudhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2JZhnp5dDY

Juicy Lucyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9GzzJEmB7o

 

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Jon Hendricks and Friends

FREDDIE FREELOADER

Denon 1990

’Friends’ include, George Benson, Al Jarreau, Bobby McFerrin, Manhattan Transfer, Wynton Marsalis, Stanley Turrentine, Jimmy Cobb, Al Grey, Tommy Flanagan and others. Excellent Booklet. Gives details on each song and lists who ’sings’ who.

For instance, Judith Hendricks ’sings’ the Louis Armstrong solos on STARDUST.

 

Jumpin’ at the Woodside : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz91_Lee8Ks

Stardust : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyDZsfMF8c4

Freddie Freeloader : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3-wvcStsoo

Take the "A" Train : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6qfVvsG_ts

Sing Sing Sing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Q6r77Q1w4

Trinkle Tinkle : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFtnZm-AfZo

Swing that Music : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNAk0zboYgU

Ain’t got it, git it.

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Horace Silver

THE JODY GRIND

Blue Note  1966 / 1991

Horace Silver(piano), Larry Ridley(bass), Roger Humphries(drums), Woody Shaw(trumpet), James Spaulding(alto sax -flute), Tyrone Washington(tenor sax)

 

The Jody Grind : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIrE6sZduWo

Grease Piece :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1dhbakqt9E

Mexican Hip Dance : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5e1tsP18WI

 

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Muddy Waters

THE MONTREUX YEARS

BMG    1972,1974,1977 / 2021    MQA Disc. ??

All tracks recorded live at Montreux.  Excellent remaster.

Packaging sets the standard for CD minus the plastic.

 

Mannish Boy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VutfudJzxa4

Same Thing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld1NTx14pJM

Long Distance Call : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFi-oIqgVLM

Rollin' and Tumblin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtK-nocUWL4

Got my Mojo working : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuAKA8aKRjE

Hoochie Coochie Man : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlvbRNF3YiY

 

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Wynton Marsalis

BOLDEN

Blue Engine Records    2019

Wynton in his element.  Plays Trumpet and Cornet.  With the JALC  Orchestra.

Vocalists Catherine Russell and Brianna Thomas.

 

Creole Belles : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex4GzQSbSgk

Dinah : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_oIHrXgobY

You Rascal You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3AetslINOM

Stardust : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obJ8igGOCo0

Tiger Rag : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdhI1mwWD5o

Russian Lullaby : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWCVcWzhJoc

Black and Blue : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTrgyWW203I

 

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Gene Harris Quartet

BLACK AND BLUE

Concord Jazz 1991

Gene Harris(piano), Ron Eschete(guitar), Luther Hughes(bass), Harold Jones(drums)

 

Black and Blue : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jYSjqYABHg

C.C. Rider : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5UkBJWMVz4

Blue Bossa : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1UZTOHzFAA

Might be Spring : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8XDG-ZM1D4

Nobody knows You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLPvqnGkex8

 

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