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.

Cheers
128x128rok2id

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

 

an instrumental worth "hearing"

 

 I remember jamming this through my modded CV D9s' with the Rotel rb-1090 and the Emotiva XPA-1 500W monos.

preamp B and K pro10-mc (newer version, no handles)

Acurus acd-11, and onkyo dx-7500 cd players..- audio quest Topaz rcas' to pre.

Onkyo - EQ 540- barely set, almost flat, only a few bars raised about 4-5 mms'

used on and in off position.

 

short run 8 awg copper speaker wire, audio quest quartz rca  from preamp to amp's. 

 

also Stevie Wonders Original musiquarium remastered 2cd issue.

 

that was a nice fun rockin system, never distorted, or sounded strained at any volume.

 

I do miss the D9s', but I have gained so much more resolution, clarity, soundstage, non fatiguing sound, a more realistic midrange  schenker, moore, to the acoustic guitar which really, still gives me goosebumps on my neck and arms, and head with arlo guthrie, donovan, james taylor, tesla, the byrds, CCR, even some piano stuff by john dahlander, and eric darius jazzy stuff, to Johnny winter, and an old fav, uriah heep-the magicians birthday, y and t, dylan, even some odd kayak, atomic rooster, hawkwind, . Those schenker "thank you" cds, which sound just....perfect to me. all acoustic guitar, this midrange to me was made for guitar, acoustic and electric, it just hits you , first like a ocean wind, then a hammer drill when gary moore or jack starr let loose with a frantic yet perfectly executed blazing solo.

 

 

 

 

John Coltrane

BLUE WORLD

Impulse  2019

Slight controversy as to whether this should have been released.  Recorded as a soundtrack to a minor Canadian film.

 

Naima : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV7RkpFNxmQ

Village Blues (take 2) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTggUVllR_o

Blue World : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9WpopejKRw

Traneing In : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiusrLjQ-dw

 

Cheers

 

 

@curiousjim 

 

 there are 4 that i know of.

only acoustic music from Mike. they are a wee boring alone, but family over etc, good background stuff

@arcticdeth 

Thanks, We’re having people over Xmas day, so I’ll set them up as the background music.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

BIG BAND HOLIDAYS

Blue Engine Records  2015

with Wynton Marsalis,  Rene Marie, Gregory Porter, Cecile McLorin Salvant

 

Jingle Bells : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yYaoWJpPOo

Good Morning Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fcKYUhGHtU

Merry Christmas Baby : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAFB506NA80

Zat you Santa Claus? : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA3kpa0-9qc

Have Merry Christmas : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n98zKL0Xaos

Cheers

 

Kathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade, Wynton Marsalis, Andre Previn

A CARNEGIE HALL CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Sony  1992

 

Mary's Little Boy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P5FAcCJO3M

The 12 days of Christmas : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6IghaFYxE8

Winter Wonderland : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg25nfyus-c

Joy to the World : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1NE_81Rx9E

Silent Night : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndngq2YvqsA

My Favorite Things : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xhkO0_5TT0

The Christmas Song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOmOvTa_Tl0

 

Cheers

 

Kenny Burrell

AT THE FIVE SPOT CAFE

Blue Note  1959 / 1987

Tina Brooks(tenor sax), Kenny Burrell(guitar), Bobby Timmons(piano), Roland Hanna(piano), Ben Tucker(bass), Art Blakey(drums)

 

Birk's Works : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlsDm1_RKwY

Lady be Good (Hackensack?) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_t1QKJmlVM

Lover Man : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvbUaz6kHGA

Beef Stew Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_mxr3b5mwQ

 

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@curiousjim 

 

 ever find those acoustic Schenker CDs?

    If not, can make copies for u. 

@arcticdeth 

I can only find Thank you 3 and I’m listening to it now.😃 I’m currently using Amazon Music HD, but plan on trying Tidal and or Qobuz in the New year. Do you know if the rest are on either of them?

Oh and thanks for your generous offer, but I’m going to wait to see if they are online somewhere first.
 

Jim

 

Miles Davis

IN A SILENT WAY

Columbia  1969 / 1987

This is either one of the greatest albums by the greatest Jazz artist

or

This is the beginning of the decline of the greatest Jazz artist.

 

Shhh / Peaceful : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yeEZ-bx63c

In a Silent way  : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bdBONxS-Es

 

Cheers

Sonny Clark

LEAPIN' AND LOPIN'

Blue Note  1961 / 2008

Wiki:

Birth name Conrad Yeatis Clark
Born July 21, 1931
HerminiePennsylvania, U.S.
Died January 13, 1963 (aged 31)
New York CityNew York, U.S

Excellent notes by Ira Gitler(1961) and Bob Blumenthal(2008)

 

Somethin' Special : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwPWQBVips0

Deep in a Dream : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSjzpAZn4wo

Voodoo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVFmiY2YNlQ

Melody for C : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hroXN0rGGA

 

Cheers

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

THE RETURN OF THE 5000 LB. MAN

Warner Bros / Collectables    1975 / 2005

Truly unique.

Wiki :

Born: August 7, 1935, Columbus, OH

Died: December 5, 1977, Bloomington, IN

 

Theme for the Eulipions : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4RgOoHKw_s

Sweet Georgia Brown : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0QB9uRQ8xk

Loving You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-CgiQtmVJk

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp8r2ouBIbE

 

Cheers

 

Grant Green

MATADOR

Blue Note  1965 / 1990

Wiki : 

Grant Green was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Recording prolifically for Blue Note Records as both leader and sideman, Green performed in the hard bop, soul jazz, bebop, and Latin-tinged idioms throughout his career.

Born: June 6, 1935, St. Louis, MO

Died: January 31, 1979, New York, NY

The great ones are like shooting stars.  Gone almost before you ever hear of them.

 

Matador : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS2-Ey7YXeU

My Favorite Things : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwVZJvInSrk

Green Jeans : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZPDR0c9kI

Cheers

John Coltrane

LUSH LIFE

Prestige / OJC  1958 / 1987

Notes : These performances come after Coltrane's first stay with the Miles Davis Quintet... and during and after his encounter with Thelonious Monk's music, as a member of the Monk quartet of 1957.

 

Lush Life : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JqTFAIiAn4

I hear a Rhapsody : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFfmREFb2lc

Trane's Slo Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFj8cfYEt8k

 

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Louis Jordan

FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE

original Decca recordings vol 2

Decca / MCA   1942-1952 / 1992

 

Is you is or is you ain't (my baby) :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFyjoGotmO8

Texas and Pacific : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e2xHYFolQo

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdcGuOJYhFw

G.I. Jive : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDLGwy_T1g0

Open the door Richard : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCQO7NrLRkE

Jack, you're dead : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlxlsjJ4p-0

 

Louis Thomas Jordan was an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "the King of the Jukebox", he earned his highest profile towards the end of the swing era. Wikipedia

Born: July 8, 1908, Brinkley, AR

Died: February 4, 1975, Los Angeles, CA

Cheers

Dr. John

DR. JOHN PLAYS MAC REBENNACK

The Legendary Sessions  Vol One

Clean Cuts Records  2002

Excellent fold out and booklet with pics of a young Dr. John and his parents.

 

Memories of Professor Longhair : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrivQa8-vRs

Wade in the Water : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5A5OsWjBC8

Careless Love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W-5tfYHgoY

Saints : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZpXVhT5Waw

Mac's Boogie : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fvJayA5sDY

 

Cheers

 

 

Willie Nelson / Wynton Marsalis

TWO MEN WITH THE BLUES

Blue Note  2008

Excellent picture booklet included.

 

Ain't nobody's business : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_9ezCkLorA

Stardust : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0M_ehxKpEY

Georgia on my mind : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEkhnzVObrE

Bright lights Big City : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv5B9HvEObc

My bucket's got a hole in it : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkXi-yGVG6g

 

Cheers

Charles Mingus

MINGUS AT THE BOHEMIA

Debut / OJC  1955 / 1990

Notes: This was Charles Mingus's first recording with a working band of his own.

 

Percussion Discussion : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaxBj_otfV8

Jump Monk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdMuK5bHWko

Work Song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NekAe5eX7GA

 

Cheers

Bobby Bland

TURN ON YOUR LOVE LIGHT

The Duke Recordings Vol. 2 

Duke / MCA   1960-64 / 1994     2 CD set.

Excellent booklet with pictures

 

Blues in the Night : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBfnCnwDpKA

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

Jelly Jelly Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70oPWBcs9is

Turn on your love light : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw1W9xAiLh0

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

Yield not to temptation : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-RoP05BdC4

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

and 43 more!!

 

Cheers

Monty Alexander

MY AMERICA

Telarc  2002

Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander is a Jamaican jazz pianist. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues rooted melodies. Wikipedia

Apparently named after British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery of Alamein.

 

Love and Happiness : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfuN5COqvYo

Mack the Knife : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD1wPr2yv4g

Battle Hymn of the Republic : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I51cIP_ZGh0

Rockin' in Riddim : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDedaXg0OzY

 

Cheers

 

Thelonious Monk

AT THE BLACKHAWK

Riverside / OJCCD   1960 / 1987

Thelonious Monk(piano), Joe Gordon(trumpet), Charlie Rouse/Harold Land(tenor sax), John Ore(bass), Billy Higgins(drums)

 

Let's Call This : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx8WYjdED44

Four in One : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHJanPUBLiE

'Round Midnight : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmFJpS1HABo

Sentimental over You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_070LLRtfU

 

Cheers

 

Horace Silver

DOIN' THE THING -- AT THE VILLAGE GATE

Blue Note  1961 / 2006    RvG Edition

Blue Mitchell(trumpet), Junior Cook(tenor sax), Horace Silver(piano), Gene Taylor(bass), Roy Brooks(drums)

 

Filthy McNasty : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79mkzKEVjr0

Doin' the Thing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWjeslQOhfE

Kiss me Right : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mylrweNOF54

 

Cheers

Lee Morgan

TOM CAT

Blue Note  1964 / 2005  RvG Edition

Notes : Like many of Blue Note's artists in the 1950s and '60s, Lee Morgan produced the majority of his albums at the helm of bands that had no existence beyond the confines of Rudy Van Gelder's studio.

 

Tom Cat : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGqiloCbQYE

Twilight Mist : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWTgEvBltI0

Riggarmortes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Oe17Ck6cQ

 

Cheers

Thelonious Monk

THELONIOUS IN ACTION

Riverside / OJCCD   1958 / 1988

Thelonious Monk(piano), Johnny Griffin(tenor sax), Ahmed Abdul-Malik(bass), Roy Haynes(drums)

 

Coming on the Hudson : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py5oEI_JXM4

Rhythm-A-Ning : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzvxcyPG8IQ

Evidence : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AknVXi1m37Y

In Walked Bud : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfP-sKgCDvU

 

Cheers

B. B. King

LIVE IN COOK COUNTY JAIL

MCA   1971 / 1998

Booklet has an interesting story as to how this concert came about.

 

The Thrill is Gone : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x9x3aAF8GA

Everyday I have the Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNbZ7e4Wb78

How blue can you get : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7UiZOiCwOs

Sweet Sixteen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIwZnT-qbgg

 

Cheers

Nimbus

From Solstice (ECM 1060)

Ralph Towner, Jan Garbarek, Eberhard Weber, Jon Christensen

 

 

 

Charles Mingus

MINGUS THREE (A.K.A. TRIO)

Jubilee / Rhino 1957 / 2022 2CD set.

Very nice booklet with pictures, but overall very bad cardboard tri-fold packaging. Disc two is all alternate takes.

 

Back Home Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DGCJKSK2s

Dizzy Moods : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wNQ0VwBgAU

Summertime : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTodjj8xtbc

Laura : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UBMypsuAD0

 

Cheers

The Horace Silver Quintet

THE CAPE VERDEAN BLUES

Blue Note  1965 / 1989

featuring J.J. Johnson(trombone)

 

The Cape Verdean Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My6Jf-T5ZCQ

Pretty Eyes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CABz7G5jYwY

Mo' Joe : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukHn8H49SlQ

The African Queen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCjojzkl-hQ

 

Cheers

Sarah Vaughan and The Count Basie Orchestra

SEND IN THE CLOWNS

Pablo  1981 / 2001

The Basie Band, Minus The Count.

 

Send in the Clowns : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-a2LXx0WN8

I gotta right to sing the blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SJ-b9XcEJE

If you could see me now : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqXr--IQ_kA

When your lover has gone : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F8BU4qISZE

 

Cheers

Johnny Hodges & Billy Strayhorn

JOHNNY HODGES, SOLOIST, BILLY STRAYHORN AND ORCHESTRA

Verve / Fresh Sounds Records 1962 / 2013

Notes : Both albums collected here are delightful reminders not only of Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington’s alter ego as composer and pianist, but also one of the most beautiful Jazz instrumental voices ever--the alto saxophone of Johnny Hodges.

 

Don’t get around much anymore : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR3M35ycfqY

Jeep’s Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2JHdqnK-d0

Azure : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBYfmLXj-qY

Your Love has Faded : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu9jDNPN2XA

Juice A-Plenty : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-a9L9_0eZg

 

Cheers

Branford Marsalis Quartet

FOUR MFs PLAYIN' TUNES

Marsalis Music  2011

He took a different Jazz path from his brother.

 

Teo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmSCArWQ8es

The Mighty Sword : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooHUl2zSfcw

Maestra : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_SiLtYLxWQ

Treat it Gentle : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3R8-mrtj3A

 

Cheers