The Good Stuff

Oliver Nelson

BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT TRUTH

Impulse / MCA   1961 / 1986

Fold out, with the genesis of each tune.  Microscope required.  Considered one of the great Jazz albums.

Stolen Moments : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44DfWE0gatQ

Yearnin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tNZ6AG0xWc&t=74s

Teenie's Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHLir4XibmU

Hoe-Down : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlkkQiZ-gV4

Cheers

Percy Mayfield

PERCY MAYFIELD LIVE

Winner  1992

The performances in this album were recorded live at Mark Naftalin's Blue Monday Party -- a weekly Blues show and dance which ran from March, 1979, through September, 1983, heard throughout the San Francisco Bay area on KTIM-FM.

Please send me someone : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euUzq2QFvqQ

The River's Invitation : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__cMuhlIbJs

My Jug and I : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ8IUoowIXk&t=227s

Don't start lying to me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuMvj56bNSg

Cheers

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

SYMPHONIES  38 - 41

Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Sir Charles Mackerras

LINN  2008  SACD  2CD set

The Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in late 1786. It premiered in Prague on January 19, 1787,^[1][2] during Mozart's first visit to the city. Because it was first performed in Prague, it is popularly known as the Prague Symphony. --wiki

Symphony No.38 IN D (Prague), K.504

1. Adagio-Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpZfrupGHjA

2. Andante : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2qXRl3J6Co

3. Finale: Presto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-1OJ_4BXaQ

wiki--Mackerras is a Scottish surname consisting of Mac "son of" and Kerras (=Fergus), i.e. Ferguson.  

Born: November 17, 1925, Schenectady, NY

Died: July 14, 2010, London, United Kingdom

Cheers

Jay Jay Johnson

J.J. JOHNSON THE EMINENT, VOLUME ONE

Blue Note  1953 / 2001 RVG Edition  Mono

It could happen to you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOXg6ZfNabI

Turnpike : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOJ8Upt70aA

Get Happy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQSs8G6iX4Y

Cheers

Cécile McLorin Salvant

WOMAN CHILD

Mack Avenue Records  2013

Cécile McLorin Salvant (born August 28, 1989)^[1] is an American jazz vocalist.^[2][3][4] She was the winner of the first prize in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2010,^[5] releasing her first album, Cécile, shortly thereafter. Her second album, WomanChild, was released in 2013 on Mack Avenue Records, receiving a 2014 Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Salvant won four categories in the 2014 DownBeat Critics Poll: Jazz Album of the Year, Female Vocalist, Rising Star–Jazz Artist, and Rising Star–Female Vocalist. -- Wiki

Woman Child : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz3yd1NPsRI

John Henry : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6D5fcOnm0M

Jitterbug Waltz : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caR2t2H4OMg

Le Front Cache Sur Tes Genoux : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5kr0uX_Ths

Cheers

Gene Ammons and his All-Stars

GROOVE BLUES

Prestige / OJC  1958 / 1992

Saxophone : Gene Ammons, Paul Quinichette, John Coltrane, Pepper Adams

Groove Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9AjGgHc5OQ

Jug Handle : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNBGYnuNXhI

It might as well be spring : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3JzPkDMo-Q

Cheers

Ernestine Anderson

NEVER MAKE YOUR MOVE TOO SOON

Concord Jazz  1980

Ernestine Anderson(vocals), Monty Alexander(piano), Ray Brown(bass), Frank Gant(drums)

Notes:  "...a voice to make more heralded singers weep with envy.  The accompaniment is flawless; the recording is excellent. -- Chris Albertson Stereo Review

Never move too soon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8OotoTeLAk

What a difference : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUN2E_NO2yI&t=182s

My shining hour : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrI0FUXsn-0&t=59s

Poor Butterfly : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXHCaJbMs_o&t=193s

Cheers

Try "The Dance at the Gym" from the Spielberg West Side Story soundtrack. On Qobuz. It never fails to get me out of my listening chair and dancing around like a wild man..

I have this version: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqn-lO2QCGc

It's all great.

Cheers

Abbey Lincoln

ABBEY IS BLUE

Riverside / OJCCD   1959 / 1987

Bass ( Vocal): Sam Jones, Vocalist: Abbey Lincoln, Guitar: Les Spann, Trumpet: Kenny Dorham, Drums: Philly Joe Jones, Piano: Phil Wright

Come Sunday : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAvN_ygGtdM

Let Up : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxSLzAtg07M

Afro Blue : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2CnECtXAjk

Lonely House : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbPmq_18lR0

Softly, as in a morning sunrise : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BlCsduMm0Q

Cheers

Albert King

BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN

Stax / Concord Music Group   1966-67 / 2013

Notes : Thanks to Born Under A Bad Sign, Albert King became a full-fledged blues luminary, masterfully bridging the gap between the chitlin' circuit and the rock arena.  He would make more great Stax albums, but he'd never top this one.           --Bill Dahl

Born Under A Bad Sign : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyqXDM3mFhM

Crosscut Saw : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUBMJk3syzI

Oh, pretty woman : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzhQfU1tYh4

The Hunter : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUO_jUqSbLE

Laundromat Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8qPXdZJca4

Cheers

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

THE STRING QUINTETS (complete)

The Budapest String Quartet

Walter Trampler, viola

Praga Digitals 1965-66 / 2017

String Quintet No.1 in B flat major, KV.174

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

Adagio : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtBjTfA7Lgc

Minuetto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsRBrD-aN3Y

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVRoARngrq0

Cheers

Sonny Rollins

SONNY ROLLINS WITH THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET

Prestige / OJC   1951-53 / 1988

'I Know' was Rollins' first track as Leader.  Features Miles Davis on Piano.

Stopper : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bqoIIygP4A

Almost Like Being in Love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7tsMeloX7U

No Moe : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTEo3kNdgFo

In a sentimental mood : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqkQAR-mrww

I Know : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMH-5xNxiN8

Cheers

John Coltrane

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

Impulse / MCA    1963 / 1995

Lush Life : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXXSmmZI3DU

My one and only love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fue4mYwJjeU

Autumn Serenade : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtLDbhTSTUQ

Cheers

Willis Jackson

BAR WARS

Savoy / 32 Jazz 1977 / 1997

Willis Jackson(tenor sax), Charlie Earland(organ), Pat Martino(guitar), Idris Muhammad(drums), Buddy Caldwell(congas)

Bar Wars : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDtvMjF5jzQ

The Goose is Loose : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vj0RS0x6H8

Later : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdZRSLpBGBI

It’s all right with me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_LJO189ceg

Cheers

Freddie Hubbard

RED CLAY

CTI / Masterwork Jazz   1970 / 2002

Minimal Cardboard packaging.

Red Clay : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OjuCA-SsJM

Delphia : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ha6omVqX0U

Intrepid Fox : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IMJOG-ukFU

Cheers

Dee Dee Bridgewater

LIVE IN PARIS

Impulse    1987

All Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDVq3wHtqio

Misty : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU4IEbvgVzc

Medley Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v2IuE8S1H4

There is no greater Love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUj795l4PfE

Cheers

B.B. King

COMPLETELY WELL

Bluesway / MCA    1969 / 1987

So Excited : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVsU24pnhBU

You're losin' me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svvrGnlyjEg

The Thrill is Gone : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpC69qIe02E

Crying won't help you now : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScoUrmxx1ek

Cheers

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D, OP.35

Julia Fischer (violin)

Russian National Orchestra / Yakov Kreizberg

PentaTone Classics  2006  SACD

Excellent Booklet in three languages.

1. Allegro moderato : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI6MnhNJedU

2. Canzonetta : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E005SttMmNI

3. Finale (Allegro vivacissimo) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1NyEV-7ZgA

Cheers

Count Basie

SING ALONG WITH BASIE

Joe Williams, Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, Annie Ross, The Basie Band

Roulette  1958 / 1991

Notes : This collaboration between the celebrated trio, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross and the equally celebrated Count Basie Orchestra was the most imaginative use of voice with the band since the departure of Billie Holiday twenty years earlier.

Jumpin' at the woodside : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME-LEIgEGUw

Tickle Toe : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFdwB64IMV4

Swingin' the Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLVBlQ1ORmI

Li'l Darlin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRFV0DzZzu8

Going to Chicago Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE7-vOO69OM

Cheers

Flanagan / Coltrane / Burrell

THE CATS

OJC / New Jazz     1957 / 1989

Minor Mishap : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGRhy66grKc

How long this been going on : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vou1Ovyp3X4

Eclypso : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HumQ4M0OOE

Cheers

Cassandra Wilson

BLUE LIGHT TIL DAWN

Blue Note   1993

Another Great from Mississippi.

You don't know what Love is : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9bgKaz9yD0

I can't stand the rain : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52p6PLoucsI

Come into my Kitchen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ltuCFFbSo

Hell Hound on my Trail : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmf43jZeodA

Tupelo Honey : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Otp8_d28E

Cheers

Larry Willis Sextet

A TRIBUTE TO SOMEONE

Audioquest  1994

Larry Willis(piano), Curtis Fuller(trombone), John Stubblefield(tenor sax), Tom Williams(trumpet), David Williams(bass), Ben Riley(drums)

Maiden Voyage : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV2ALd3N2qQ

Wayman's Way : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy2j_wuVqwo

Sensei : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It_XVFt6zzw

Teasdale Place : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24L_jZHWkmI

Cheers

Miles Davis and The Modern Jazz Giants

BAG'S GROOVE

Prestige / OJCCD   1954 / 1987

Bag's Groove (take one) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUHUjqJ9-RQ

Airegin : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkEhBty-N3k

Oleo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR_YKuD4K-k

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

Cheers

Labi Siffre

SO STRONG

China Records  1988

Listen to the Voices : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7bF1OZSGBo

I will always love you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc0zCCHypiI

So Strong : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmNclh9lVkU

All I wanna do : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=047VQNCKXJg

Cheers

Franz Liszt

6 HUNGARIAN RHAPSODIES

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig / Kurt Masur

Philips Digital Classics  1984

Notes in German and French only.  😒

Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in D minor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m_X227FKs4

Hungarian Rhapsody No.1 in F

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDnGPgU2BD8

Cheers

Phineas Newborn Trio

HARLEM BLUES

Contemporary / OJCCD   1969 / 1991

Harlem Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4UU_SikRc4

Ray's Idea : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIqip_b0_W8

Cookin' at the Continental : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQsxlI1Mdo0

Cheers

Thelonious Monk

BRILLIANT CORNERS

Riverside / OJCCD   1957 / 1987

Thelonious Monk(piano), Ernie Henry(alto sax), Sonny Rollins(tenor sax), Oscar Pettiford(bass), Max Roach(drums), Clark Terry(trumpet), Paul Chambers(bass)

Notes : Brilliant Corners has an all-star cast --- it took real stars to master some of Thelonious's most difficult and brilliant music.

Brilliant Corners : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwlbjCzO9KU

Pannonica : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fkmrkmoJHs

Bemsha Swing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28oWoH33Si8

Cheers

Charles Mingus

MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS

Impulse    1963 / 1995

Somewhat Different titles to Great music.

Mood Indigo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhkDlvGy_84

Better get hit in yo' soul : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn1fep3fl40

Theme for Lester Young : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Dj3K7gGT0

II B.S. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PnE6X027OE

Cheers

Jason Miles

WHAT’S GOING ON

Narad Jazz 2006

Songs of Marvin Gaye

What’s going on : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYqh5nibJSM

Sexual healing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFEHI03boy8

Too busy thinkin’ bout my baby : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn9lYolyt5k

I heard through the grapevine : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYPxKGu4Qf0

Let’s get it on : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SCAW42CZhE

Cheers

Rok, I think this belongs here with you on the Love Trane.😂

@acman3 

Outrage,  I cry.

Cheers

George Frideric Handel

MESSIAH

Seraphim Classics    2000

Highlights of the Highlights

Sinfonia : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T8uPe_wTHg

Comfort ye my people : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr1CTZhIgr4

Ev'ry valley shall be exalted : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYKg8_75PHo

For unto us a child is born : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW1UXLRORv8

All we like sheep : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7O7JEDK7yY

Why do the nations : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqWLcCkCgFI

Hallelujah : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIkVFUgjoJo

Cheers

an older release. as a heavy metal somewhat collector.

 juist arrived 5 min ago. Holy Moses - redefined mayhem Japan cd.

John Coltrane

COLTRANE JAZZ

Atlantic / Essential Jazz Classics    1959-61 / 2011

John Coltrane(tenor sax), Wynton Kelly(piano), Paul Chambers(bass), Jimmy Cobb(drums)

Village Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rla2BwgHrCc

Harmonique : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa3Y5XXbffo

Like Sonny : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGlgXez7xak

I'll wait and pray : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97L2687jCfc

Cheers

Wynton Marsalis

LIVE AT BLUES ALLEY

Sony / Wounded Bird Records   1988 / 2007   2CD set

Notes require a microscope.

Wynton Marsalis(trumpet), Marcus Roberts(piano), Robert Hurst(drums), Jeff "Tain" Watts(drums)

Cherokee : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLDfGDLkbOM

Autumn Leaves : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc9a3m4zNow

Knozz-Moe-King : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTuRbRQyk20

Just Friends : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sloYDRCrMnU

Au Privave : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYdHezYaJgQ 

Chamber of Tain : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIVXbaG8mzM

Cheers

McCoy Tyner Big Band

UPTOWN / DOWNTOWN

Milestone   1989

Recorded live at The Blue Note 1988.

Uptown : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCzA8nNYHpk

Blues for Basie : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56SVeiByojc

Lotus Flower : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SAnKluCJyw

Cheers

Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack

THE LEGENDARY SESSIONS  VOL TWO

Clean Cuts Records  2006

Saddled the Cow : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvZNmDBH6so

Waiting for a Train : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXxFOQAf73A

Rockin' pneumonia : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cV1gH-KPMA

Medley-A closer walk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdn2mt-Ctgo

Key to the Highway : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnHTROdR6TY

Average kind of Guy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVPP57fpxDg

Cheers

@rok2id , good call, have the first and the second one that you mentioned and both are outstanding. After all who doesn't like Mac. Enjoy the music

@tooblue,  I have vol 1 also.  He is one of those artist who is incapable of making a bad recording.  He is New Orleans music.

Cheers

Lee Morgan

THE SIDEWINDER

Blue Note  1963 LP / 1989 CD / 1999 RvG

One of Blue Note's greatest hits.

Boy what a night : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qusTbkgRKtQ

Totem pole : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIF3TkssZfk

Gary's Notebook : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2jCyTR1nOk

Cheers

arrived 3 days ago

X-Ray Complete box from Japan.

great Japanese metal!!

United - anniversary box be here n a week 1/2

great  band!!!

just finished getting all the Earthquake cds for great price, most on sale for 1000Yen (8-9$)

just finished loading the "live" cds from Sabbrabells Japan box into iTunes  

Love the Japanese metal bands. the singing is a getting used to, but, its musically amazing!

Looking for the Action! complete box -hardto find one

James Brown

LIVE AT THE APOLLO

King / Polydor   1962 / 1990

Try Me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK85B_hWUYc

Think : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtNz-jZbUI8

I'll go crazy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvCmu186Zws 

Night Train : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1WlQH0klR0

Cheers

Wycliffe Gordon and The Garden City Gospel Choir

IN THE CROSS

Criss Cross Jazz 2004

All day long l : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8HMPdlWb6g

Just a closer walk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1bgCxEpQtM

Wade in the water : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoeR26uuqUk

When the Saints go : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qreLViYa20o

All day long ll : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkhX_Ss2FYs

Glory Hallelujah : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kbk8PTAgtQ

Cheers

Good Ones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE3ZELvekzY

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sWF0NPQlz0

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Ab_A8LXrI&t=29s

Cheers

Percy Faith and His Orchestra

MUSIC OF CHRISTMAS

Columbia / Real Gone Music    1959 / 2017

Notes : This Columbia STEREO FIDELITY recording is designed for use on 331/3 RPM stereophonic reproducers.

Silent night, Holy night : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Apd0ckPiY

Lo, How a rose e'er Blooming : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYc1WFJ2NPg

Deck the Halls : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTaOX42wi18

O Holy Night : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnekFHy6aP8

All Ye Faithful : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTU7ILngsLE

Good King Wenceslas :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUV_BQEKTPM

Cheers

Ray Brown Trio

CHRISTMAS SONGS

Telarc  1999

Away in a Manger : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en-jEJUs3jQ

Santa is coming to town : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UNycxiRWzY

Christmas Song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEMzkQkhGnY

Rest Ye Gentlemen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpEPQKUZ5u8&t=110s

Wish Merry Christmas : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRNCnPz28E8

Cheers

Wynton Marsalis

CRESCENT CITY CHRISTMAS CARD

Columbia  1989

Kathleen Battle and Jon Hendricks --  vocals

All arrangements by Wynton Marsalis.

Silent Night : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPEcbgxSp54

Sleigh Ride : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vC8lR8eRm4

Little Drummer Boy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcEBZ87Cb5A

God rest ye gentlemen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G8aBz-VGEU

We Three Kings : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcLLPL7tDZY

Oh Tannenbaum : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT1z_a3Z_rU

Cheers

Cannonball Adderley Quintet

MERCY, MERCY, MERCY!

Capitol Jazz   1966 / 1995

Fun Indeed.

Fun : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRv9T06Gk74

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9mYN0Tkoik

Sticks : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XCYYCyI99w

Sack O' Woe :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gteFzyLpvAQ

Cheers