Blues, Jazz, Rock Violinists?

Orpheus10:

Floating my boat today

Grazing in the Grass : The best of Hugh Masekela
This is a great review of his music.
(I always liked masekela, I played flugel horn in concert band.)

The very best of Grappelli & Menuhin - nice easy listening, does not reach out and grab.

The Blue Danube - Willi Boskovsky and VPO, I remember where I heard this for the first time. On pbs radio while driving thru louisiana on I-20. Wrote down the info and got it at Tower records in Austin. Great singing.

Manhattan Transfer - Swing, one of their best. When they are good, they are very good. they have made a few clunkers.

Gym Time. Later.

I have "The complete Blue Note Recordings of The Tina Brooks Quintets" on Mosaic LP's. This is "World Music" with Regina Carter. She can come out of many different bags, although this is the first time I saw her play world music. I liked the composition of the music and the instruments; but the musicians seemed to be on tranquilizers. I could live without it in my collection. She's got a long way to go to catch "Ray Nance", but she's got time.

I have "Grazing In The Grass" and a lot more by Masekela; I also like Manhattan Transfer, although some time I can't tell them from New York Voices which is another group I like.

It's nice to know we're on the same page.

jazz genre - Svend Asmussen - Grapelli-like in style. Check out his "Still Fiddling" release.

Orpheus10:

Have you ever ordered any CDs from mosaic? Talk about the sound quality.
Thanks

Orpheus10:
Don't wanna beat a dead horse, but this is an example of what I was talking about earlier. It's a review from the All Music Jazz Guide, speaking of a german group that could not play, 'inventing' something, they could play, and calling it euro-Jazz? I was surprised at how blunt the reviewer was.
check it out.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-berlin-71-r500891