I'm not sure how I could have missed him----but thank you for the introduction :cool: :clap:
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I'm not sure how I could have missed him----but thank you for the introduction :cool: :clap:
Lindsay Ell — Criminal
https://youtu.be/XcFcXn2vwPs
No need to watch :rolleyes2: just listen.
Well---OK Ben---you can watch :angel:
BTW---as best as I can find out, the guitar she is playing is priced well north of $20K.
Something nice —
Emmanuel played by Kristina Cooper (cello).
https://youtu.be/kcMaxo0OaZo
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Btw, it is best to mention the name of the artist and name of the song/piece in your post, so that when readers scan this long thread for a particular post they have a clue and do not have to open the url to find out what it is. I just went back looking for something and there are many posts which do not tell what is being presented, which makes it inconvenient searching.
Not only did I not know Robert Downey Jr. could sing, he is damned good!
Here he is singing Driven To Tears.
https://youtu.be/aQbOF-RKLgQ
This is why I can’t stay away from YouTube Music & finds I stumble upon — Melody Gardot, a smokey Jazz singer, oozing out her “So We Meet Again” backed up with a fine guitar, clarinet & cello.
https://youtu.be/_XDL1jvHFsc
Blues clubs, at least in my somewhat limited experience, seem to be open to spontaneity, even possibly more so than Jazz clubs. It is always a treat to be in on one of them. I had seen the Muddy Walters video before---that is a historic video in the world of music greats. I do have to add that my personal taste favors Blues and Muddy Waters was one of the best.
Shifting gears to another genre, the hand drum used in this piece is called a Bodhra'n and is an Irish instrument.
The two singers are Dave Carroll and his brother. They are from Nova Scotia and gained fame when United broke Dave's Taylor guitar---and he wrote the first of three "songs" to United
I love watching musicians obviously having fun at "work" :cool:
Enjoy Ben :pimpgrin:
Every classical guitarist with the capacity attempts this standard for the instrument — Asturias (Leyenda), originally written for piano by Isaac Albeniz, but most often the Andres Segovia transcription is what is played by guitarists. The piece calls for both a rare exposition of both technical difficulty and feeling at the same time. It is also my go to piece to measure the quality of a classical guitarist. To really play it superbly and approach Segovia himself is truly a feat of artistry. This woman I have not heard before has done this. Quite remarkable. Her tremolo is machine-like perfection at a fast tempo of that of a younger Segovia contrasted with the modulations in the middle showing her depth of feeling. Alexandra Whittingham — a real treat!
https://youtu.be/V2F6RswMYpw
And then there’s this guy... He plays the guitar like nobody else I have ever seen and is astounding. You may have caught him on America’s Got Talent a couple of seasons ago, when he surprised everyone. He is from Poland and was about 17 or 18 at the time. Name is Marvin Petzralek.
https://youtu.be/gUarhwho0f8
He always plays percussively, and I have no idea if he can play melodically, but is entertaining and just plain fun.
103 years ago today the first ever Jazz recording was made. My only worthy contribution to this thread and I had to steal it. :shrug:
February 26, 2020: On February 26, 2020—103 years ago today—the Original Dixieland Jass Band entered the studio to record a pair of tunes for the Victor Talking Machine Company. Just a couple of weeks later, the "Dixie Jazz Band One Step" and "Livery Stable Blues" were released as flip sides on a 78 RPM record.[1]
The five-piece band “had just taken up residence at Reisenweber’s Café, a swanky eatery on 8th Avenue, near Columbus Circle—coincidentally, now the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center” in New York, New York.[2] Later that year, they changed the spelling in the name from “Jass” to “Jazz.” You can hear Livery Stable Blues on YouTube.
While the band is little remembered, the Camden, New Jersey-based Victor Talking Machine Company would go on to have a huge impact on the recording industry. HistoricCamdenCounty.com states that in 1896, "29-year-old machinist Eldridge Johnson invented the spring mechanism that made recorded music a commercially viable possibility. By 1900 he was manufacturing recorded music on the flat disks we would come to know as ‘records.’”[3]
The company quickly became an industry leader but faced challenges when another new technology emerged: radio. Some thought with music on the radio there would be no need for people to buy records. In 1929, Johnson sold the company to the radio industry giant RCA (Radio Corporation of America). One key innovation resulting from the merger was that RCA began marketing radios and phonographs in the same unit. You could then hear a song on the radio, buy the record, and play it when you wanted.[4]
The new firm eventually created the RCA Victor record label.[4]
Today, you can buy original Victor Talking Machine Company phonographs on e-Bay.[5]
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I have to add one for the team. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q41ctPLDHvU
^^^
Excellent! First rate orchestra (not a band) and the solo singer has an outstanding voice. I would love to hear them in person.
Here is another example of a wonderful female guitarist playing an exquisitely difficult piece beautifully. I had never heard her before, but YouTube is a fine vehicle to discover talent.
Stephanie Jones playing “Cielo Abeirto,” by a new Argentinian composer to me, Quique Senesi —
https://youtu.be/7UwA8zvDcho
I just spent about 90 minutes watching "ZZ Top, That Little Band From Texas". It's a documentary on ZZ Top with interviews from the band and others. Like most good stories it starts at the beginning and follows their career.
You can find it on Netflix. It is well worth your time.
Strange, but I finished watching the video, and two minutes later I’m reading your post on it. Something is going on here, and I have never been what you would call a fan of ZZ Top. I did enjoy the show though, and it gave me a greater knowledge of and appreciation for what they do.
It was a total learning experience for me as I've never kept up with them.
I woke up this morning with "Sharp Dressed Man" stuck in my head in a loop. Damn I hate it when that happens!
I found it odd that as far as I can remember they only mentioned Sharp Dressed Man once and that was after the credits in an addendum but still did not play any of it.
At least the loop in my head has changed to the Rolling Stones "Brown Sugar".
Will do..
Back in the ancient daze.. late 80s-early 90s.. my organization at work managed the “sky suite” at the old Capital Center.. occasionally I would “have” to attend an event and be the adult leadership (also had the corporate AmEx).. standard fare was an open bar and deli platter..
Anyway.. ZZ Top was in town for three daze.. I hosted the Sky Suite for two of them and a group of us rented a construction company’s suit for the third.. was the tour where an analog dashboard was the stage for the first half and a digital dash after the break..
Also hosted several Dead concerts.. private rest room and open bar,! (Arena bars were closed for the Dead)
Nice! Justin Johnson...I thought he was a woman. Strange little 4-string guitar. Here’s another on a conventional 6-string —
https://youtu.be/RDqPTKnS--E
I'm working at home today and enjoying music as I do. As broad as the spectrum of music genres that I enjoy there are some that I am continually drawn back to and I will devote a block of time to indulge those compulsions. One of the leaders in that category is Les Miserables, in particular the 10th Anniversary performance. Within that I have some particular favorites which I will replay as the concert progresses. One of the "best of the best" is Philip Quast and "Stars". I know this is a repeat--but indulge yourself in a fantastic voice.
Quast, with whom I am unfamiliar generally, has a wonderful voice. Really good baritones are so rare and remain a favorite of mine. That song, sung by anyone of lesser talents, would be unlistenable, imho, in fact the song reminds me of the old meme of “could sing the phone book,” (I hate “talky” songs) but that voice rocks it. I have the dvd of that show, but have not watched it since I lost my home theater. Ought to put it on anyway.
Joan Baez covers John Prine’s “Hello in there”..
https://youtu.be/CJPvc5vvKY4
Original.. (sorry Joan, like John’s version better)..
https://youtu.be/OVhA01J0Zsg
The John Prine vid is after his battle with throat cancer.. not like on his youthful “Prime Prine”.. many a beer has been cried in over this song..
And.. I was in the 54th Street recording studio (54th at 10th ave, Hell’s Kitchen?) when Sony owned it.. x1997?
Please excuse my shameless promotion.
The artist named in this article is my nephew. At the end of the article is a link to "Wheels to the Ground", a piece on his first album release.
I hope you enjoy!
John Prine past today of the covid-19 virus.
Rest in peace:clap:
RIP John Prine...
this is not his best but most closely connected to the subject at hand..
https://youtu.be/DEhqzOeJnto
Another beautiful lady with a beautiful voice!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbaz_T6BN3g
I posted this in the past - Sissel & Tennessee Ernie Ford - mixed together singing Shenandoah. Sissel’s exquisite soprano contrasted with Ford’s superb baritone is done so well done by whomever did this composite. Worth posting again. I love Tennessee Ernie Ford.
https://youtu.be/NNlyQKbb3No
I hope youse guys have discovered One World: Together At Home Special To Celebrate COVID-19 Workers on ABC tv. It is 8 hours of basement videos from musicians all over the world, many of whom I am unfamiliar. I have discovered numerous fine singers and musicians as well as familiar ones on the show. Below is one of the unfamiliar ones I should have known about. This is a tune from the second season on he Australian Voice, which I hope she won — Delta Goodrem.
https://youtu.be/oi6zbPjtO6I
Certified member of guitar hierarchy, Joe Bonamassa, “Different Shades Of Blue.”
https://youtu.be/Z3_GOk36JD0
I love me some statement & answer guitar duels too —
https://youtu.be/s78WCIJD734
People who remember Jerry Reed at all generally recall his second banana rolls in the Smokey And The Bandit movies or his many novelty tunes. Behind the scenes in his former life, he was a top Nashville session guitar player of renown of the insiders, kinda like Glen Campbell. To mark how skillful he was, Chet Atkins took him under his wing and both performed and recorded albums with Reed.
I’m not a big fan of novelty tunes.
Btw, Puffy, there is a lot of fine music on this thread, when you have a lot of time.
Someone needs to make an index...
Legendary jazz trumpet player, Chet Baker, was also a great singer that got little notice. Here is his famous rendition of My Funny Valentine. His tone on the trumpet did not have the full-bodied and sonorous embouchure of a Chris Bott, but one of a barroom intimacy with the notes squeezed from his heroin-soaked soul.
https://youtu.be/IzpfZaZfsZg