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

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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 Voyagehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV2ALd3N2qQ

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

Senseihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It_XVFt6zzw

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

 

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Cassandra Wilson

BLUE LIGHT TIL DAWN

Blue Note   1993

Another Great from Mississippi.

 

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

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

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

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

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

 

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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 woodsidehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME-LEIgEGUw

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

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

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

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

 

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 moderatohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI6MnhNJedU

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

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

 

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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

 

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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.

 

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

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

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

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

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

 

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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

 

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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 Signhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyqXDM3mFhM

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

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

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

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

 

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

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..

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

Gene Ammons and his All-Stars

GROOVE BLUES

Prestige / OJC  1958 / 1992

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

 

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

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

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

 

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 Henryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6D5fcOnm0M

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

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

 

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Jay Jay Johnson

J.J. JOHNSON THE EMINENT, VOLUME ONE

Blue Note  1953 / 2001 RVG Edition  Mono

 

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

Turnpikehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOJ8Upt70aA

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

 

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

SYMPHONIES  38 - 41

Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Sir Charles Mackerras

LINN  2008  SACD  2CD set

The Symphony No. 38 in D majorK. 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-Allegrohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpZfrupGHjA

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

3. Finale: Prestohttps://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

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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 someonehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euUzq2QFvqQ

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

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

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

 

Cheers

 

 

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

 

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Freddie Hubbard

OPEN SESAME

Blue Note 1960 / 2002

RVG Edition.  Usual great notes from the original LP and updated notes from the CD reissue.  Hubbard's debut album.  Age 22.  Great supporting cast.

 

Open Sesamehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_slYh4DYVJ4

But beautifulhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t3H32spG7Q

All or nothinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBn4sk5AdFY

One Mint Julephttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVn8j-O4bt4

 

Cheers

 

Jon Hendricks and the All-Stars

BOPPIN' AT THE BLUE NOTE

Telarc  1995

The James Joyce of Jive -- TIME Magazine

 

Do you call that a buddy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn-B1Y-YT6k

Contemporary Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLyx9--y9Jk

Everybody's Boppin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzRLOYfQdKk

Roll'em Pete : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZHzz_eowSg

Since I fell for you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWcHoInpETs

One O'Clock Jump : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjTZBTdUg_M

The All-Stars include Wynton Marsalis, Al Grey, Benny Golson and members of Hendrick's family(vocals), and others.

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Horace Silver

6 PIECES OF SILVER

Blue Note   1956-1958 / 2000

Excellent fold-out with a personal history of each player.

 

Cool Eyeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBPy3LUAx8c

Camouflagehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqmCFwm-1R0

Tippin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JalbBrZQm-E

Senor Blueshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd2mByJxAfk

Senor Blues(vocal version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmvJ9vH0_so

 

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

PIANO MUSIC FOR FOUR HANDS

George Malcolm - Andras Schiff (fortepiano)

London  1994

Performed on Mozart's own fortepiano  c.1780

 

Sonata in C major, K521

1. Allegrohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHNzz0zab4c

2. Andantehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7WcCKcERSk

3. Allegrettohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHNzz0zab4c

 

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Mario Bauza and his Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra

TANGA

Messidor  1992

Special guest on "Chucho",  Paquito D'Rivera(alto sax)

 

Tanga, Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite in Five Movements

1. Cuban Lullaby : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssXP0OENgvg

2. Mambo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdc3KMT7nqk

3. Afro-Cuban Ritual : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g2k8koZ2qA

4. Bolero : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvTF7qzGUlA

5. Rumba Abierta : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FmHw2RpOcM

Chuchohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN8b7frboJg

 

Cheers

 

Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt

BOSS TENORS

Verve   1961 / 1990

WOW!   fort, s'il vous plaît

 

There is no greater lovehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-c38JJGegw

The one before thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1EtZaiKhjo

Blues up and downhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npqfOk7XN_0

 

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Modern Jazz Quartet

MJQ AND FRIENDS

friends include-- Take 6, Bobby Mcferrin, Phil Woods, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Harry "sweets" Edison and others.

Atlantic Jazz  1993

 

Bag's Groovehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc5H6y-pyvM

All the things you arehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TKo8Wy7Yz4

Djangohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9b_7qVaUuk

Willow weep for mehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYokT-IOnFI

Billy's Bouncehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeCoX9YjR7g

 

Cheers

Ray Sings, Basie Swings
Count Basie Orchestra and Ray Charles


Oh, What a Beautiful Morning

https://youtu.be/77CJ9aXjjL0

Feel So Bad

https://youtu.be/OuptVKEwiL4

How Long Has This Been Going On?

https://youtu.be/kN74SwHujhc

Georgia On My Mind

https://youtu.be/dkyFQnrW-FA

Randy Weston

PORTRAITS OF THELONIOUS MONK

Randy Weston(piano), Jamil Nasser(bass), Idris Muhammad(drums), Eric Asante(percussion)

Verve  1989

 

Well you needn'thttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHtevNNsvmY

Misteriosohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmZVhqOFeo0

Functionalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KamjIMYtMlQ

 

Cheers

Antonio Vivaldi

LE QUATTRO STAGIONI

Rachel Podger - Brecon Baroque

Channel Classics   2018

Excellent packaging, and  Booklet with pictures.

 

Concerto No.1 Op.8 No.1 -- Spring

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu_nRtT27Bw

Largo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iovtPJV7Vfw

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25av5OfaxpM

Concerto No.2  Op.8 No.2 -- Summer

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQPUTyx6fa4

Adagio : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3FcHtuYSfw

Presto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9ZdZ9gv-VM

Concerto No.3 Op.8 No.3 -- Autumn

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVab7QU3BMU

Adagio molto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx2n6e5HCz8

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cDIG2FSMVM

Concerto No.4 Op.8 No.4 -- Winter

Allegro non molto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prDLtYbbQsE

Largo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71_s2cdPW_I

Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3H922u5ZNw

 

Cheers

 

 

 

Santana

SANTANA

Columbia / Legacy   1969 / 1998

Santana's first album.  Always reminds me of Club Mexicana in Frankfurt, Germany.  Those were the days.

 

Jingohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KOaIc0rkbE

Evil Wayshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk0Z0xePx_Y

Persuasionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLWdtJ0_uCY

Soul Sacrificehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_wte93tG44

 

Cheers

 

Nina Simone

LITTLE GIRL BLUE

Bethlehem / Masters of Music   1957 / 2016

Nina Simone's First Recording.

 

Mood Indigo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5euaoFlU87g

You'll never walk alone : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXIwS8C3TOM

My baby just cares for me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIx8B9qirAw

I loves you porgy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy5wazA88aI

Central Park Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Jk35zfELI

 

Cheers

Lee Morgan

CANDY

Blue Note  1957-1958 / 1987

Lee Morgan(trumpet), Sonny Clark(piano), Doug Watkins(bass), Art Taylor(drums)

Lee Morgan at age 19.

 

Candy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1D8E1fclA

Since I Fell for You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sHn47DLnaQ

C.T.A. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2PgbM5krNk

All the Way : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2QdZ5mNiBw

 

Cheers

 

 

Artie Shaw

THE COMPLETE GRAMERCY FIVE SESSIONS

RCA / Bluebird / BMG     1940-1945 / 1989

Great booklet about the career of Shaw.  After Pearl Harbor he enlisted in the Navy.:)  Different era.

 

My Blue Heavenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K20NzOPmrcE

Mysteriosohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YNG0wfef8s

Smoke gets in your eyeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5I13iMKaOo

The Grabtown Grapplehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MnBLoRbJKo

Summit Ridge Drive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycdINaa8St0

Hop,Skip and Jumphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua7osZpJC4g

Special Delivery Stomphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCKyRUT6oRw

and 8 more!

Cheers