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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Bill Evans

THE PARIS CONCERT, Edition One

Elektra Masters  1989

 

My Romance : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ESPzJB9JOI

*I Loves You Porgy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWCtoE7OX4Q

Beautiful Love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeDufyIIdeM

*He seems to leave 'Porgy' altogether, but comes back at the very end at 6:39.  Love it.

 

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Nancy Wilson / Julian "Cannonball" Adderley

NANCY WILSON / CANNONBALL ADDERLEY

Nancy Wilson(vocals), Cannonball Adderley(alto sax), Nat Adderley(cornet), Joe Zawinul(piano), Sam Jones(bass), Louis Hayes(drums)

Capitol  1961 / 1993

 

Save Your Love for Me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpqQwbayrzM

The Masquerade is Over : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNa9PJLIdsA

Teaneck : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCsoR62epPs

The Old Country : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWElAxatI4Y

 

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Jon Henderson

DOUBLE RAINBOW - The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim

Joe Henderson(tenor sax), Eliane Elias(piano), Oscar Castro-Nieves(guitar), Nico Assumpcao(Bass), Paulo Braga(drums)

Verve   1995

Felicidade : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdqioEDQsGY

Once I Loved : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg3smyF8B14

 

Joe Henderson9Tenor sax), Herbie Hancock(piano), Christian McBride(bass), Jack DeJohnette(drums)

Triste : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W81MHzVykc

Zingaro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sPfRGo7QKE

No More Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15aI1r_skhE

 

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Nat Adderley

WORK SONG

Riverside / OJC        1960 / 1989

Notes: "Cornet, cello, and guitar make up a front line that will probably never be duplicated.  The guitarist was his friend Wes Montgomery, just emerging towards Jazz stardom; the cellist was the longtime bassist of Cannonball's band, Sam Jones."

Work Song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqUd7gXxqmc

My Heart Stood Still : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyhGSG33xfs

Mean to Me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KyJ2mSlzbU

Sack of Woe : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM9qOX8HXtQ

 

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Ellington & Coltrane

DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHN COLTRANE

John Coltrane(tenor sax, soprano sax), Duke Ellington(piano), Jimmy Garrison(bass), Aaron Bell(bass), Elvin Jones(drums), Sam Woodyard(drums)

Impulse      1962 /1995

Notes: "Duke Ellington was put into the Jazz world to separate the men from the boys.  His grasp of harmony and instrumental voicing is more advanced than anybody else's in the entire range of Jazz, and the reason why many modern fans are unable to accept him is not that they are too modern for Duke, but that Duke is too modern for them."

 

In a sentimental Mood : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiP7jKdAhD0

Take the Coltrane : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJnIgZwnDuM

Big Nick : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCu7Dd8CqoE

My Little Brown Book : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q18F--zZ-I

 

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