The Good Stuff
Lee Morgan THE COMPLETE LIVE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE Blue Note 1970 / 2021 8 CD set Lee Morgan's last release during his life time.
Friday, 10 July 1970, Set Two I remember Britt : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPLsU0h66jc Absolutions : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JJsTlRgbeM&t=76s Speedball : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1eq7b9UPhA
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Horace Silver JAZZ HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR Verve 1998 Notes : ..There are many more young Jazz musicians who are capable of carrying the music forward and insuring that it stays alive and vibrant. Insuring that it remains pure and unadulterated. Insuring that the masters have not sacrificed and dedicated their lives to this music in vain. Long live Jazz in its pure and unadulterated form. -- Horace Silver Silver’s final studio album.
Satisfaction Guaranteed : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NUB1-0R4J4 I love Annie’s fanny : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f09BF_xJp8 Where do I go from here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed2_841wz34 The mama suite: not enough mama : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIhxp0IduAo too much mama : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K07-kUiFgQ just right mama : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaen9OZwhOg
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Various Artists BODY + SOUL LOVE SERENADE Sony Music 1998 2cd set
from CD # 2: cruisin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlzY6cWpoMQ Love You Down : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMYw_sDFQwI Can you stop the rain : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt9yRFWvY8s Oh Girl : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fBJuYf9m8E Shake you down : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc8wmLul3uw Float On : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91E4aSMEpkQ Me and Mrs Jones : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYOQDnWFXYI
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Sly and The Family Stone THE ESSENTIAL SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE Epic / Sony 1967-1975 / 2002 2CD set
Dance to the music : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NSSw7wjyIM Stand : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48mDuNrEGxk Sing a simple song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4qqNl_nsUQ Everyday People : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ-cBthmUPI I want to take you higher : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fjZaSRoWG0
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Chick Corea NOW HE SINGS, NOW HE SOBS Blue Note 1968 Chick Corea(piano), Miroslav Vitous(bass), Roy Haynes(drums)
Steps-What Was : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foPHn7xGjZE Matrix : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZOprqPzpZY Bossa : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_i2r_1V_S0 Windows : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp5B64jXbu0 Pannonica : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRqcobYcDoc
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Florence Price's symphonies. I know I've mentioned her name before on this website, but right now I'm on Idagio, streaming performances of her First and Third Symphonies and truly lovin' 'em. She's an African-American composer who was active during the first half of the 20th Century. Aaron Copland-esque. Tuneful. Big. Truly excellent sound quality. If DG recordings always sounded this spacious, dynamic and sweet I'd be the happiest guy on the planet. |
Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton PLAY THE BLUES: LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER Reprise Records 2011 Real Fusion.
Forty-Four : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOixoY6k0I4 Careless Love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThjNXVHxwWc Kidman Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n28YNV3KNM Layla : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b6wCTi-FrQ Corrine, Corrina : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7eeb1MTkUY
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Count Basie THE COMPLETE ATOMIC BASIE Roulette / Blue Note 1957 / 1994 Mono
Kid From Red Bank : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R0KmnsqFew Foo Birds : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN8HHmSXjkI Whirly-Bird : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HJOD1_KfWU Duet : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVST9MiElfY Li'l Darlin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqn4nyZz0to Splanky : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMJOGhOrgrU
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Remember the Sabbath: My God is a Rock : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwwcsr5GXhQ Poor Mourner : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQFe0i98xBk Wade in the Water : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaPCXRNFzUI Soon one Mornin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJp8ckdaasM Lift me Up : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoqU-NI_ajQ Oh Freedom : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5XaKmUsqoc Hush! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVxm7g8xbE4 Something got a-hold of me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt4PyEFlf6Q Battle Hymn : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRnOZFB6afY Amen Cheers |
McCoy Tyner Quartet NEW YORK REUNION McCoy Tyner(piano), Joe Henderson(tenor sax), Ron Carter(bass), Al Foster(drums) Chesky Records 1991
Recorda me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D57hpVCOEw Miss Bea : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW0PJHukXnE What is this thing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xy4_evCWWY Ask me now : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc6XLApQ7hE
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Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra ¡Qué Viva Harlem! Jazzheads 2014 Notes : The MSM ACJO is dedicated to performing the music of the majestic "tradición" of the Latin Jazz continuum while pushing the genre forward premiering new works.
Mambo Inferno : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT1dhw_bOQc Moon Over Cuba : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6KhStp6bDo Feeding the Chickens : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkFREdgKydw Let there be swing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IA8ZJREg0U
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Dave Brubeck Quartet / Jimmy Rushing BRUBECK AND RUSHING Columbia / Sony 1960 / 1998 Nice try. No cigar.
Blues in the Dark : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqLqmEvQcnM Ain't Misbehavin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u23r1FIInIc Evenin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25w-3gQ7T0c
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Roland Kirk VOLUNTEERED SLAVERY Atlantic / Collectables 1969 / 2002
Volunteered Slavery : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uFWNAf7IPo Spirits up above : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnVcdXngMcA My Cherie Amour : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Xih5LKOaM Tribute John Coltrane : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kht0E9bmTo Three for the Festival : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q25K1qVZvF0
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Wayne Shorter THE SOOTHSAYER Blue Note 1965 / 2007 RvG Edition Excellent Booklet with notes from the original LP and the CD remaster.
Angola : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbE3jlLhJL8 The Big Push : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_laSspoY0M The Soothsayer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giIFf_a42t4 Lady Day : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK8uA9M2zoY
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Lizz Wright GRACE Concord Records 2017 Wiki : Wright was born in the small town of Hahira, Georgia, one of three children and the daughter of a minister and the musical director[2] of their church. She started singing gospel music and playing piano in church as a child, and also became interested in jazz and blues. She attended Houston County High School, where she was heavily involved in choral singing, receiving the National Choral Award. She went on to Georgia State University in Atlanta to study singing.[2]
Southern Nights : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdX7ZHt6XCs Stars Fell on Alabama : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAscgXTlzDA Singing in my Soul : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6K8AOoOYMo Grace : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eln747SehSE All the way Here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe2aIvC3_Ro
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Herbie Hancock INVENTIONS AND DIMENSIONS Blue Note 1963 / 2005 RvG edition Hancock's third album.
Mimosa(alt take) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5DxAvMDYvI Succotash : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSFJbFkwTgQ Triangle : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkWyhZFujsA
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McCoy Tyner TRIDENT Milestone / OJC 1975 / 1992 McCoy Tyner(piano, harpsichord, celeste), Ron Carter(bass), Elvin Jones(drums) You feel like you will hear Coltrane any minute now. Jones and Carter for the Bass and drum enthusiast.
Once I Loved : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq1w3WoCR9M Ruby My Dear : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPRShRZk7nE Impressions : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlKTxP7rPkY Celestial Chant : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHJfAF5iuhU
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Art Tatum SOLO MASTERPIECES VOL. TWO Pablo 1992 Recorded 1953-1955
Elegy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePUsJ8Jp5jw Tea for Two : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT0w0Qru02o This can't be love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWnPWpJ_6hE The very thought of you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ePYL6wS_ho Lover come back to me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7tzH9LzxDU
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Carmen McRae FOR LADY DAY Novus 1983 / 1995 Billie Holiday Tribute.
Miss Brown to you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWBVfV5e2Bg Good morning heartache : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caVBckscYxc Fine and Mellow : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJquRsHG13o Lover Man : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJYfbcrCxJg
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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
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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
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Hank Mobley ROLL CALL Blue Note 1960 / 2002 RvG Edition
Roll Call : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i8yYv83i3Q The Breakdown : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9n3HnUu8-A The More I See You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaE4ZLEYiPQ A Baptist Beat : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEMhnPLnRCQ
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Wayne Shorter Quartet WITHOUT A NET Blue Note 2013 Without a net, indeed!
Orbits : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XN6LfRBBk8 Plaza Real : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q0CYQi7pcI Starry Night : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7t0d4R9SCM Zero gravity 10th power : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-vDE1OvNK0
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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!!
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