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Kumar
January 12, 2015

Recommended music - other than classical and pop

  • January 12, 2015
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I am not sure there is a thread on what Sonos is truly about - the music, so this might be an interesting thread. I have left out classical because that deserves a thread of its own and modern pop because it all sounds the same to me.
I have Phil Keaggy strumming Solitude from his Acoustic Sketches album right now in the bedroom on a play 1 pair and sounding very good indeed.
Recently heard and equally good music and mastering:
1. Michel Petrucciani and NHOP
2. Beyond the Missouri Sky - Metheny and Haden
3. Chiaroscuro - Fresu and Towner
4. Jan Johannsen - Jazz pa Svenska
5. The Astounding Eyes of Rita - Anouar Brahem
6. Last Dance/Jasmine - Jarrett and Haden
7. Saturday Morning - Ahmad Jamal
8. Melos - Paolo Fresu
All but the last are ITunes 256kbps purchases, the last a lossless CD rip.
Very little lost in translation for the lossy thing and Sonos convenience.
Any recommendations on similar music that uses the silence between the notes effectively?
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    chicks
    chicks
    June 30, 2015
    Yes, it's one of the best ballads album out there, IMO. Alan Broadbent provides the perfect accompaniment, another jazz treasure. Tessa had several gigs with him in Manhattan last month; wish it wasn't 3,000 miles distant! A Broadbent/Souter album would be fascinating.
    KumarAuthor
    June 30, 2015
    Broadbent is also good in jazz piano trio format - I have his Gianelli Square and Pacific Standard Time. Both very good efforts.
    chicks
    chicks
    June 30, 2015
    And as part of a Quartet. He was a longtime member of Charlie Haden's Quartet West. Listening to their Haunted Heart album now, in fact.
    jgiddyup
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    June 30, 2015
    Only read part of the thread, but for my diverse taste I can recommend best of Stan Getz the Verve Years and any 1985 or prior Dead Kennedy's.
    chicks
    chicks
    July 3, 2015
    First listen of Kurt Elling's new album tonight. Excellent, recommended to any jazz vocal fan. Here's Will Friedwald's review: http://kurtelling.com/news/press_article_948.php
    KumarAuthor
    August 6, 2015
    I find that my preferences in jazz seem to cycle through piano trios through small jazz combos with horns and then to guitar led trios/quartets. Currently I have piano trios in heavy circulation and recent excellent discoveries:
    1. Gary Peacock and Marilyn Crispell - Azure and Amaryllis
    2. Gary Peacock led trio - Now This
    3. Giovanni Guidi - City of Broken Dreams
    4. Jarrett/Peacock/De Johnette - Somewhere
    Largely quiet and contemplative music, that works equally well for ambient, but good for attentive listening as well. All ECM records, and to their usual standard of mastering quality. Recommended.
    chicks
    chicks
    August 6, 2015
    Testing YouTube link. It won't accept m.youtube.com links from my iPad, has to be the PC link, apparently.

    My favorite of the Novo Fadistas

    KumarAuthor
    August 6, 2015
    All I see is a black rectangle.

    No, I had to set my browser, it works fine now! Music always sounds better when the singer is beautiful!
    KumarAuthor
    August 6, 2015
    And now I have Rdio, I have the album on play right away! Excellent.

    Is the Spanish or Portuguese?
    chicks
    chicks
    August 6, 2015
    And now I have Rdio, I have the album on play right away! Excellent.

    Is the Spanish or Portuguese?

    Portuguese, but Katia probably speaks Spanish, too! She speaks perfect French, there's an hour long video of her performing in the more traditional Fado style for French TV. And she's an MD, who apparently still practices! Dunno how she finds the time.
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