The Good Stuff

Ray Charles

THE BIRTH OF SOUL

The complete Atlantic R&B Recordings 1952-1959

Atlantic Records 1991 3CD Box    Includes 32 page Booklet with pics.

Losing Hand : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITbmAcHz-aE

Sinner’s Prayer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGPO3UqaQsM

I got a Woman : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc24itDDCvM

Greenbacks : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb2SLE3f-DY

The Right Time : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eHTDfqavQg

What’d I say, parts 1 & 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLniymUjy5I

Cheers

Today's Listen

Quincy Jones - THE DUDE & BACK ON THE BLOCK

The Dude : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHDny3772ww

Ai No Corrida : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVTVheyDY4s

Just Once : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrCq65I5dZ4&list=OLAK5uy_mXTM5IqI4ybH9ayTUKKhaRUC_rP0DejzE&index=3

BACK ON THE BLOCK

Back on the block : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HxenkZBSRU

Birdland : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqv5mhZIt2A

Cheers

Allen Toussaint

THE BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI

Nonesuch  2009

Allen Toussaint(piano & vocals), Don Byron(clarinet), Nicholas Payton(trumpet), Brad Mehldau(piano), Joshua Redman(tenor sax)

Egyptian Fantasy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlifDYDUuHI

Saint James Infirmary : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdZcU4SniIc

West End Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcPsgMa74Lk

Just a Closer Walk with Thee : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hxRMdXBFb4

Cheers

Miles Davis

BAG'S GROOVE

Prestige   1954 / 2008   RVG Remaster

Notes : "I remeber this session well, I remember how the musicians wanted to sound, and I remember their reactions to the playbacks.  Today, I feel strongly that I am their messenger." ---  Rudy Van Gelder

And folks say Miles had a big ego.

Bag's Groove : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRcOb0TUet8

Oleo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJUZroNIbYM

Airegin : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxop4KMVPpY

Cheers

Christmas:

Ray Charles : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og97RMCvYMk

JALC : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAFB506NA80

Temptations : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUhvkXZufbg

JALC : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fcKYUhGHtU

Charles Brown : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjpt4kpzNpM

Cheers