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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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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Allen Toussaint

THE BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI

Nonesuch  2009

Allen Toussaint(piano & vocals), Don Byron(clarinet), Nicholas Payton(trumpet), Brad Mehldau(piano), Joshua Redman(tenor sax)

 

Egyptian Fantasy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlifDYDUuHI

Saint James Infirmary : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdZcU4SniIc

West End Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcPsgMa74Lk

Just a Closer Walk with Thee : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hxRMdXBFb4

 

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Miles Davis

BAG'S GROOVE

Prestige   1954 / 2008   RVG Remaster

Notes : "I remeber this session well, I remember how the musicians wanted to sound, and I remember their reactions to the playbacks.  Today, I feel strongly that I am their messenger." ---  Rudy Van Gelder

And folks say Miles had a big ego.

 

Bag's Groove : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRcOb0TUet8

Oleo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJUZroNIbYM

Airegin : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxop4KMVPpY

 

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