Good music (jazz and popular music)

[Henk]

I'm enjoying non-classical music more than classical music these days. My taste develops much and also my ideas about what I regard as good music (with the help of what Miles Davis writes in his autobiography). The bands and music I listen to inspire me much and I develop my ideas about what's good music by listening to it. I like to share my preferences in this thread.

Much jazz for me sounds bad or I consider not good enough. Great jazz for me are:

Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu - Alma



This is such beautiful music.

Keith Jarret's latest recordings, Rio and Jasmine. Very free improvising, great musicianship.



Rio sounds a bit flat to me however after repeated listening. Isn't completely improvised music always tend to be flat?

Ahmad Jamal.



Alain Alioune Agbo - Their love make me sing

Soulful music. I love it.



Great pop music:

Blackmore's Night. Rock-folk genre.



Kassav'. Their latest recording, All you need is Zouk, is great.



Through the Roots - Here to Stay

Reggae



Marcela Mangabeira - Simples

Brazillian music. Indeed, simple music, but it works.

[Henk]

Some new discoveries:

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Solo release which was the previous release to Alma, as a serie.

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A good blues release.

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Really good stuff, combining styles which lead to highly enjoyable music. Good playing.

[Henk]

Jim Black trio - Somatic

Kind of tough jazz (like his band Alasnoaxis), but anyway beautiful and exciting. Great styles of improvising coming together in this ensemble. Great compositions.

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Brazilian music, new kind of style, very hip, fast music without getting too loud or irritating.

http://www.amazon.com/Area-52/dp/B006J1F5KO/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1333832160&sr=1-1-catcorr



http://www.amazon.com/Perpetual/dp/B003O1XK9K/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333832287&sr=301-1

Exciting music.

[Bulldog]

I'm enjoying non-classical music more than classical music these days.

Then I won't be sending you a Christmas card this year.

[Henk]

Then I won't be sending you a Christmas card this year.

I listened some parts of string quartet no. 127 by Beethoven today.

Jazz and pop music makes me feel better these days. I need some positive vibes in the world we live today. I don't get that from classical music. However when I feel more comfortable I will spin classical music more again.

Contemporary classical music doesn't give me positive vibes, the vibes I need to feel positive, I think it did in earlier times. Is this a weakness of contemporary classical music? Or is this a function jazz and pop music have just taken over?

[North Star]

Then I won't be sending you a Christmas card this year.

And Blackmore was a lot better before Candice.
I do get positive vibes from classical music.

[Henk]

And Blackmore was a lot better before Candice.
I do get positive vibes from classical music.

I meant to say the compositions are old. This doesn't make the music less attractive or sounding "outdated" or something, therefor it's "classical", but I get positive vibes from things created in these times, though I don't get that from too modern stuff, which also have it merits on his own, as I wanted to emphasize.

I do read classical books however nowadays.

I love the two latest releases by Blackmore's Night. Great stuff, very good music, which influenced my taste and perception of popular music.