The Good Stuff

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

THE 6 STRING QUINTETS

The Talich Quartet, Karel Rehak (viola)

Calliope 1999   3CD set

Notes : The quintet K.515, on the other hand is a model of balance and harmony. Mozart had just returned from Prague, where Die Zauberflote had been a triumph and he had been commissioned to write Don Giovanni.

String Quintet in C major KV515

1. Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0KyHLlIrB8

2. Menuetto (allegretto) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTnjS1ZQyB4

3. Andante : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0mG3_hjraI

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

Cheers

Oscar Peterson

PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON

Pablo  1967-1986 / 1999

Take the A train : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2a9HKIO9Y4

Don't get around much : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3gQd07wHnI

Cotton Tail : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBUhwQ_xzKw

Medley : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQp6NbFWDbE

I got it bad and that ain't good : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stOi-c7Jgps

Cheers

Freddie Redd

MUSIC FROM THE CONNECTION

Blue Note   1960 / 2005

Wiki : The Music From "The Connection" is an album of music composed by jazz pianist Freddie Redd for Jack Gelber's 1959 play The Connection. This first recording of the music was released on the Blue Note label in 1960. It features performances by Redd, Jackie McLean, Michael Mattos, and Larry Ritchie.

Who killed Cock Robin : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ48r6yKqSc

Wiggin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hytTylTCMr0

Music forever : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGTJFH1JLXo

O.D. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FvVAppTtEM

Cheers

James Williams and ICU

TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE BLUES

Evidence  1996

Notes : While James Williams calls his Intensive Care Unit "a Jazz-Gospel ensemble, for lack of a better description," its blend of the sacred and the secular and its use of both lyrics and wordless vocals place the pianist's latest project in the beyond-category realm of such immortals as Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams.

Self-Esteem : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgoJs3NzQLs

On His Word : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_fXt6z2YTQ

Yes, Yes, Oh Yes! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOG_4RivmRs

You're my Alter Ego : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCAK0CfWzF0

Truth, Justice and the Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jhsqhoBfJw

Cheers

Nicholas Payton

SMOKE SESSIONS

Smoke Sessions Records   2021

Not bad for 2021.

Hangin' in and Jivin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUfrqVQ10DI

Big George : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlkfUS3xfq4

Levin's Hope : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmpEOYatk7Q

Turn-a-Ron : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1gdRQNkt4g

Cheers