Greetings:
I'm not much into pop stuff anymore, so my recommendations are a bit
different:
the Fandango from Tres Piezas Espanolas by Joaquin Rodrigo, played
by Andres Segovia
(great piece, astonishing guitar performance to make even the
Skunk turn green with envy)
Rothko Chapel, by Morton Feldman
(one of the most beautiful compositions of the 20th century)
Form for Piano, by Stefan Wolpe
(a small masterwork by a terribly overlooked composer)
Concerto for Orchestra
String Quartets
Syringa
all by Elliott Carter (I should just recommend anything by
Elliott Carter)
I Put A Spell On You, as recorded by Natacha Atlas
(Screamin' Jay would love it...)
Enta Omri, by Om Kholsoom
(the Voice, none better)
After The Rain, by John Coltrane
(beautiful, beautiful, beautiful music)
all the Budd/Eno ambient music
Pli Selon Pli, by Pierre Boulez
(my all-time favorite piece by PB)
O Virga Mediatrix
O Tu Suavissima Virga
O Virdissima Virga
all by Hildegard von Bingen, all ravishingly beautiful
just about anything by Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Jelly Roll
Morton, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, Charlie Parker...
The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines, by Joni Mitchell (well, really it's
Jaco's tune, but Joni sang it)
all of Aja, by Steely Dan
(well, they *are* pretty good, and ya just gotta love a band that
would name itself after a Bill Burroughs reference to a dildo...)
Pony Blues, Down The Dirt Road, and High Water Everywhere, by
Charlie Patton
(real blues)
anything by Howlin' Wolf, Skip James, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters,
JB Lenoir, Magic Sam...
(more real blues)
I suppose that reveals what I like to listen for in music... :-)
Best,
dp
Jan Depner wrote:
>On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 01:06, Lee Revell wrote:
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>>OK, with all the 'common linux audio layer' stuff, this list is getting
>>dry...
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>>I advise everyone to listen to 'Countdown to Ecstasy' ASAP. I hadn't
>>heard it in a while, and after doing so I have to say it's guaranteed to
>>blow your freaking mind. It's one of the all time guitar records, Jeff
>>Baxter and Denny Dias, holy shit. And the production, there are so many
>>brilliant subtle things going on... wow. It's an inspiration to us all.
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> My second favorite Steely Dan album. I've always been a huge Skunk
>Baxter fan.
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>Jan
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