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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Art Tatum

BEST OF THE COMPLETE PABLO GROUP MASTERPIECES

Pablo            1954, 55, 56 / 2003

Excellent notes by Scott Yanow.

During the last three years of his life, Art Tatum was extensively recorded by producer Norman Granz for his Clef and Verve labels, including 125 solo performances contained in the seven-CD Complete Pablo Solo Masterpieces (Pablo 4404). Granz knew that Tatum also excelled when teamed with stimulating players, so 80 selections were recorded with all-star groups and collected in the six-CD Complete Pablo Group Masterpieces (Pablo 4401). It is from the latter that the dozen selections on this "best of" set are drawn.

 

Perdido : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl0hQ1l2Xjs

Body and Soul : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5b_hFXRZWc

Deep Night : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNhzhwgZUd0

Just One of Those Things : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRnKQUyNIcE

All the Things You Are : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2YMl5o8sck

 

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Dexter Gordon

BITING THE APPLE

Dexter Gordon(tenor sax), Barry Harris(piano), Sam Jones(bass), Al Foster(drums)

Steeple Chase      1988

One of a series of  excellent albums recorded by Dexter while living in Denmark.

 

I'll Remember April : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJIXfqLV3iA

Apple Jump : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onR-StJhYis

Skylark : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QndQ3Fgf_pA

A La Modal : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NKte347zMU

 

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