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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128x128rok2id

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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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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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

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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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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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Motherless Child

 

​​@rok2id, beautiful!

Martin L. Gore "cover version" Motherless Child, off Counterfeit e.p.

 

@jdougs 

But I have yet to be disappointed by anything I have purchased on Steeplechase Records.

 

Same here.  Maybe  I should have said : does not rise to the level of most of his recordings for SteepleChase.

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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.

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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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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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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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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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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Bobby Bland

TURN ON YOUR LOVE LIGHT: THE DUKE RECORDINGS VOL 2

Duke / MCA   1994


Turn On Your Love Light : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gszjF-OxJho

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

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

Yield Not To Temptation : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-RoP05BdC4

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

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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   

A night in tunisia : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jccsHMOdZo   

Scrapple from the apple : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwqciyqFhoA   

Like someone in love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGXR8odUb4c

 

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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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Kenny Burrell / Grover Washington Jr.

TOGETHERING

Blue Note  1984

Kenny Burrell(guitar), Grover Washington(saxophone), Ron Carter(bass), Jack De Johnette(drums), Ralph MacDonald(percussion)

 

Soulero : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYWV2_JbfoU

Asphalt Canyon Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AymC4YZQB1U

Togethering : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mou5bK3mJOk

What am I here for : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6l854Wssnw

 

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Solomon Burke

It's Saturday night somewhere.

Solomon Vincent McDonald Burke was an American singer who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues as one of the founding fathers of soul music in the 1960s. He has been called "a key transitional figure bridging R&B and soul", and was known for his "prodigious output". Wikipedia

Born: March 21, 1940, Philadelphia, PA

Died: October 10, 2010, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands

 

Along about midnight : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dHWdhHUysQ

No more nights by myself : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJBh-ojdrI0

Good rockin' tonight : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoyV3ySzMlQ

Ain't nobody's business : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M7mGme_n-s

 

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Grover Washington Jr.

INNER CITY BLUES

Verve   1972 / 2008

Washington's first session as leader.

 

Inner City Blues :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1xYt0oIFtI

Mercy Mercy Me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV6WkpDg_K0

Ain't no Sunshine : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltMwiCoRAng

 

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Modest Mussorgsky

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

Evgeny Kissin (piano)

RCA  2001

Recorded at SWR Studio, Freiburg Germany, August 4&5, 2001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH_Rsl7fjok

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Clark Terry

PORGY and BESS

with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra

Americana Music / 2004

 

It ain't necessarily so : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vMTZ1mivvc

I love you porgy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1FW-A46xt8

There's a boat leaving : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zD0Ws7MIGo

 

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Lee Morgan

THE COOKER

Blue Note 1957 / 2006 RvG Edition

Lee Morgan(trumpet), Pepper Adams(baritone sax), Bobby Timmons(piano), Paul Chambers(bass), Philly Joe Jones(drums)

Notes: If we accept Morgan’s distinction between an original style (which he claimed not to have at this point in his career) and an identity, THE COOKER can be heard as the album in which the Lee Morgan identity is announced.

Morgan is 19 years old on this recording. His 5th recording in less than a year.

 

A Night in Tunisia : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXYtFqXBGTU

Lover Man : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Kyqap3ZIs

Just one of those things : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2bKSBO40js

 

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Modern Jazz Quartet

CONCORDE

Prestige / OJCCD    1955 / 1987

Milt Jackson(vibes), John Lewis(piano), Percy Heath(bass), Connie Kay(drums)

Notes : The earlier MJQ sessions were released on 78s, 45s, EPs and 10 inch LPs.  Later they were collated on 12-inch LPs.  This was the first session done specifically for 12-inch and was also Connie Kay's first recording with the group after replacing Kenny Clarke.

 

Ralph's New Blueshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tlHmbZvHZk

Gershwin Medleyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es6D-WEIUtU

Concordehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z3J9tbOM7A

 

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Miles Davis

STEAMIN' WITH THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET

Prestige / OJCCD   1956 / 1989    (released 1961)

Miles Davis(trumpet), John Coltrane(tenor sax), Red Garland(piano), Paul Chambers(bass), Philly Joe Jones(drums)

 

Salt Peanuts : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e27xcTwkIgY

Well you needn't : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IADoYWvaFYI

Surrey with fringe on top : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OZormKf7Gs

 

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McCoy Tyner

NIGHTS OF BALLADS AND BLUES

Impulse / MCA  1963 / 1997

Notes : McCoy Tyner, in his third album under his own name, vividly illustrates he is one of those rare Jazz musicians that bridges the gap between erudite Jazz and lyrical commercial appeal.  Like Erroll Garner and Dave Brubeck, Tyner has "something" that engenders a universal listening response.

 

Satin Doll : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD_L_twj_50

Round Midnight : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxIj_8V865o

Blue Monk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnsDmKd04Uk

Star Eyes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB2XrXxtboo

Days of wine and roses : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD9P3M7FARM

 

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Various Artists

JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC BEST OF THE 1940s CONCERTS

Verve (compilation)  1998

Excellent foldout with pictures.

 

Philharmonic Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onVVxT6YRzA

Flying Home : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38ugWinexiE

Bugle Call rag : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqVTlWUncsU

How high the moon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPYPht-Vaf8

Embraceable You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5awGkfcRMak

 

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