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Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson EDDIE VINSON AND ROOMFUL OF BLUES Muse Records  1982 / 1992   Past Sixty Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ucPlIw8wzg He was a Friend of Mine : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9aUTsUoTq4 Movin' with Lester : ... 
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Bill Evans THE PARIS CONCERT, EDITION TWO Elektra Musician / Blue Note 1979 / 2001 Notes : Evans, the pianist and composer, sought to create beauty and explore and reveal what was best around us, without being overly sentimental or becoming too... 
War And Treaty - New Video
Now this is what I call The Good Stuff. Thanks Cheers  
The Good Stuff
Hank Mobley SOUL STATION Blue Note  1960 / 1999 Notes : ...Soul Station stands at the head of Mobley's magnificent 1960-63 body of work, and why it has been frequently called his Saxophone Colossus or Giant Steps...   Remember : https://www.y... 
Are you discovering new music?
this guy talent is probably beyond Charlie Parker Surely you Jest! Cheers  
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Nicholas Payton GUMBO NOUVEAU Verve  1996 New Orleans meets bebop.  Wonder what Pops would make of it all.   Whoopin' Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaphqsKzGAE Way down yonder : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SVkDD4x-Uw St. Jame... 
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Sonny Rollins A NIGHT AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD Blue Note  1957 / 1987 Sonny Rollins(tenor sax), Wilbur Ware(bass), Elvin Jones(drums), Donald Bailey(bass), Pete La Roca(drums) Notes : This LP constitutes a double premiere.  For the first time S... 
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Coleman Hawkins / Lester Young CLASSIC TENORS Flying Dutchman / CBS       1943 / 1989   The man I love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3BYMGnrpaM Sweet Lorraine : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-egQjQcI0zg Get Happy : https://www.youtube... 
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Ludwig van Beethoven SYMPHONY NO.5 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Manfred Honeck Reference Recordings 2015    SACD Excellent and very informative booklet. Notes: Beethoven wrote his Fifth Symphony over the course of four years. During the sa... 
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Wayne Shorter SPEAK NO EVIL Blue Note  1964 / 1987 Notes : Legends, folklore, black magic---all sources of artistic inspiration.  But nothing about the work of Wayne Shorter and his group can be traced to necromantic secrets.  In Speak No Evil ... 
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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown STANDING MY GROUND Alligator Records  1989 On this disc Brown sings and plays Guitar, Fiddle, Piano and Drums.   Got my mojo working : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikNVbUxQ_Bc Born in Louisiana : https://www.you... 
For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system.
Spend whatever it cost to take a course in electronics 101 at the nearest college or tech school.  Then all you have to worry about, and spend real money on, is the speakers and the room. Cheers  
Jazz for aficionados
Joey and Houston: Moonlight in Vermont : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ikl8pnHz6k What's going on : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRcqjIr6ItA   no Joey, just great Houston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGKOehe1LTs Cheers    
Jazz for aficionados
Loved his organ stuff with Houston Person.  Best Jazz organist ever! Cheers  
The Good Stuff
Chucho Valdés LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD Blue Note   1999 Notes : Regarding his own compositions, Chucho Valdés explains how he melds Cuban and Jazz idioms with such finesse: "There is one thing that is bilingual," he says, "the eight chords ...