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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Jimmy Scott

ALL THE WAY

Sire / Warner    1992

Jimmy Scott(vocals), Kenny Barron(piano), Ron Carter(bass), Grady Tate(drums), John Pisano(guitar), David"fathead" Newman(sax)

Wiki ::  James Victor Scott, known professionally as Little Jimmy Scott or Jimmy Scott, was an American jazz vocalist known for his high natural contralto voice and his sensitivity on ballads and love songs. After success in the 1940s and 1950s, Scott's career faltered in the early 1960s.

Born: July 17, 1925, Cleveland, OH

Died: June 12, 2014, Las Vegas, NV

 

All the way : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKGMMJAsM7A

Angel eyes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSOtCP5z5e8

At last : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swf8s0-m69Q

Someone to watch over mehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHxa_VOk40w

 

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+1 on  Jimmy Scott.  What an incredible story of being rediscovered from abject poverty to performing again.  HIs "I go back home" is a tribute album and film that to me shows how much he was appreciated by people in the industry and I dig it out when I want to be emotionally moved.

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!

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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

 

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