The Good Stuff

Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie

THE GIFTED ONES

Pablo / OJC    1979 / 1996

Count Basie(piano), Dizzy Gillespie(trumpet), Ray Brown(bass), Mickey Roker(drums)

Back to the Land : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIZ57eqRNis

St. James Infirmary : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me_7MvpHm2w

Ow! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg1V4uaJsHw

Cheers

Willie Dixon

I AM THE BLUES

Columbia / Legacy   1993

Notes : "Now for the first time we hear Willie and his hand-picked crew of Chicago Blues veterans in a program of his compositions exactly as he wanted them interpreted -- strong, direct, ungimmicked.  It's been worth the wait."

Spoonful : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ7fNUJ3qTE

I can't quit you baby : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GO2nU57Ldk

The Little Red Rooster : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us7UZD8BdRE

Back Door Man : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I17sIMCYXSM

The Seventh Son : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llOo7OmnmYA

Cheers

Ludwig van Beethoven

GEORGE SZELL CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN

Sony 1957 / 2013   5CD set

Symphony No.3 in E-flat major op.55 "Eroica"

Allegro con brio : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0w84_AOJVg

Adagio assai : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TaiFswHARM

Scherzo. Allegro vivace : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCUu6Q4qe2E

Finale. Allegro molto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK6KCkv79kQ

Cheers

Modern Jazz Quartet

FONTESSA

Atlantic   1956 / 1989

Versailles : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl8G9f-7OFo

Bluesology : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2sfC-QQc5k

Willow Weep for Me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP7sZ9UlhBU

Woody N You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt3jo3CD8jI

Cheers

Hank Mobley

NO ROOM FOR SQUARES

Blue Note  1963 / 2000       RvG Edition

Three way split : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdY_T_TEFF8

Up a Step : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cypfeCIthQ

No room for squares : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLWQkjcLC8Y

Old World, New Imports : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88kS_3UHxso

Cheers