Non classical piano based music recommendaiton
Alan Hovhaness has a solo disc of shorter piano compositions called "Shalimar". I think it's sublime. It's not jazz or pop, so I suppose you might call it classical but it's not what most people think of as classical. "Shalimar" at Amazon |
not the usual suspects.....elton john 11-7-70 (a trio performance that still holds up incredibly and is a good reminder of what all the fuss was about).......the great jazz trio-live at the village(their first was still their best, and hank jones covers monk and more, with tony williams flailing like he's auditioning for deep purple or zepplin....a microphone placed in the bass drum will tax small monitor speakers beyond their limits, but the performances are magic.)........jeff beck group-beck-ola (nicky hopkins' took this reord in a jam band direction, and he plays like he's fighting beck for control...wow).....more nicky on quicksilver-shady grove (holy moly).........bill evans, and the rest are always manditory anyway. |
N'awlins has produced some great piano blues and rock over the years - Fats Domino, Professor Longhair and Dr. John are among the best known. If you see it, you might also want to check out James Booker's "Lost Paramount Tapes" which is a great record of this type. Over in Alabama, Cow Cow Davenport also played some mighty boogie woogie on his piano. Marty |
