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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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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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
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Seeing them while they make music just makes it more better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aryDMAP6oug Cheers
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Gene Harris ALLEY CATS Concord Jazz 1999 with: Niki Harris, Ernie Watts, Jack McDuff
Jive Samba : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTD_ygyD65k Blues March : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJSVM-KXPuY Put it where you want it : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSnC7QH8-3s&t=48s Walkin' with Zach : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TE1VGpLVR8
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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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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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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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Sunday Nearer my God to Thee : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1mQT1u_45I Amazing Grace : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3QbHNOxzcY Nothing like massed brass. Cheers |
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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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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@rok2id Not familiar with "Dexter Gordon and Orchestra MORE THAN YOU KNOW SteepleChase 1975 / 1989" But I have yet to be disappointed by anything I have purchased on Steeplechase Records. |
Sunday:
Motherless Child : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv5c9jvfIPE Joshua : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlm5gd30trY Amen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaExZxHNjAs
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@rok2id, beautiful! Martin L. Gore "cover version" Motherless Child, off Counterfeit e.p.
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Dee Dee Bridgewater MEMPHIS Okeh 2017
I can't get next to you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D12fn1a-Mes Going down slow : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tiONsEnRE The Sweeter He Is : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuibejJg9mA Precious Lord (take my hand) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRdszR6rCLA
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Delbert McClinton- The Jealous Kind 1980
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrhEywEYmn8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhT7NkqTZCU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w67n35oyQCg
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Delivered Indeed ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xTnvRNh7Go&list=RD7xTnvRNh7Go&start_radio=1 Cheers
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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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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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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 Cheers
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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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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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David Was / Don Was WHAT UP, DOG? Chrysalis 1988
Somewhere in America : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bncm9dH0czQ Anytime Lisa : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh2pZrppGq8 11 mph : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIWg95lnccc I can't turn you loose : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S9PkUTPlCk
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Playing for Change SONGS AROUND THE WORLD Hear Music 2008 / 2009 / 2019
Stand by Me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpc51uAvKmk One Love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWPtHDele7s No more trouble : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS4XI6UXkCs Love rescue me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coOjRG30zEg
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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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Various Artists A VISION SHARED A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly Folkways 1988
I ain't got no home : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeSrR1X65EA Syivie : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKvY9Yg2k-c Rock Island Line : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTgCjZkvNdQ This land is your land : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkqxkpl3vQg Goodnight Irene : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80hWncr7XZU
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater THE MUSIC OF REVELATIONS Entertainment One 1998
Wade in the Water : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaPCXRNFzUI I Wanna be Ready : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRBdsYew-t0 You May Run : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnkd2AHl5pw Rocka my Soul : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o7qIQ5iRxM
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Sounds good. You are fortunate to have your library as a resource for music. I've been using Bandcamp and All About Jazz Weekly to find new (to me) titles and then Tidal to sample them. Some do turn into "must buys". Looked at the system you have posted. Very nice. I bought an H390 myself some months back.
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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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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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Today's Listen Quincy Jones - THE DUDE & BACK ON THE BLOCK The Dude : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHDny3772ww Ai No Corrida : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVTVheyDY4s Just Once : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrCq65I5dZ4&list=OLAK5uy_mXTM5IqI4ybH9ayTUKKhaRUC_rP0DejzE&index=3 BACK ON THE BLOCK Back on the block : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HxenkZBSRU Birdland : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqv5mhZIt2A
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