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Mystical Performances

A few other threads have prompted me to start this one...

I'm wanting performances where the artist seems to transcend him/herself and tap into something/someone greater than themselves to create an almost mystical experience...almost channeling something else or someone else with Music flowing out of them almost without their ability to resist it. I"m talking about more than just virtuosity here...but soul. Usually it's somewhat spontaneous...so perhaps live performances more likely...but also a few studio recordings. Few artists that I know have done this.... I would say probably Coltrane on "A love supreme" and maybe Miles Davis. Some would say Hendrix did it on occaision. As for women...help me here.. Who are some others? What are the albums? Irrespective of genre.
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acoustat6
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Gong.....Flying Teapot

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ncarv
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I'm mostly a rocker, but Maria Callas singing "Casta Diva" from Bellini's "Norma" is otherworldly.
timrhu
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Jeff Buckley - Grace, from album of same title. Also Hallelujah from same album.
Kula Shaker - Temple Of Everlasting Light and Govinda.
Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy.
rel2
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Lyle Lovett: North Dakota (Joshua, Judges, Ruth)
Bruce Cockburn: Use Me While You Can (Breakfast In New Orleans...)
Peter Gabriel: I Have The Touch (Security)
Dire Straits: Telegraph Road (Love Over Gold)
Richard Wagner: Almost ALL of his Operatic Overtures

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jax2
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Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy

Timrhu - thanks for that...I've been trying to get into Sufjan's music and find I'm hot and cold with it and have a hard time getting through his albums start to finish. I read your post and cued up the Gacy cut and really enjoyed that (from an album I otherwise had not listened to much). You might enjoy the first cut from Damien Jurado's CD, Where Shall You Take Me, titled "Amateur Night". Hypnotic and creepy in a different way than Stevens..similar subject matter....I don't know if I'd put it as a response to the OP's query though..it is hypnotic though, but I don't know if I'd put it in the company of those he listed. "Virtuosity" perhaps is not a word that would otherwise come to mind when I thought of that cut, but it is a very expressive use of music nonetheless.
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