CanJam Music Appreciation Contest
Apr 4, 2015 at 8:25 AM Post #181 of 295
Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat
Susan Wong - Somewhere Beyond The Sea
Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy (album)
Joe Sample - Rainbow Seeker (album)
The Rosenberg Trio - Sueños Gitanos (album)
The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World (album)
Bill Elgart (a recording by Mark Levinson) - Percussion (album)
Mickey Hart - Dafos (album)
Kodo - Heartbeat Drummers Of Japan (album, a Sheffield Lab recording)
 
Apr 4, 2015 at 9:22 AM Post #182 of 295
Joe Sample - Rainbow Seeker (album)


Joe Sample...always a good listen and has played in several jazz styles and groups.

Here's one - The Three w/Ray Brown & Shelley Mann...any song is good but i like 'On Green Dolphin Street' and 'Funky Blues'
 
Apr 4, 2015 at 1:04 PM Post #187 of 295
Three of my favourite headphone albums are:

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme
Jeff Buckley: Grace
 
Apr 4, 2015 at 8:39 PM Post #189 of 295
  I sold hifi for 12 years of my life and know the benefits of good demo material. (Like making a decent paycheck) So I have always been on the lookout for not only great but great sounding music. Here are a few of my favorites. I have a playlist of 250+ demo songs so this just scratches the surface.
 
Day Is Done        Charlie Hunter Quartet(feat. Norah Jones) Songs From The Analog Playground
One Trick Pony        Holly Cole        Romantically Helpless
I'm A Man        Chicago            Chicago Transit Authority (HD Tracks)
Take Five        Dave Brubeck        Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits (Sony HD remaster)
So What            Miles Davis        Kind Of Blue (2007 Japan Hybrid SACD)
Sing Sang Sung        Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band        Swingin' For The Fences
I Don't Care Anymore    Phil Collins        Hello, I Must Be Going (2011 SHM Remaster)
Time            Pink Floyd        The Dark Side Of The Moon  (24/96kHz)
Barber Shop        Tom Waits        Foreign Affairs [Japan]
Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (Unreleased Version)  Paul Simon       Graceland        
Homeless        Paul Simon        Graceland (25th Anniversary Edition Vinyl)
Tighten Up        The Black Keys        Brothers
Papa Legba        Talking Heads        True Stories
Little Wing        Jimi Hendrix        The Best Of Jimi Hendrix (2008 SHM remaster)
One            Johnny Cash        American III
Stardust        Willie Nelson        Stardust    [SACD]
Mona Ray        Leo Kottke        My Father's Face
Little Martha        Duane Allman        An Anthology, Vol I (CD2) (SHM 2008)
Larry the Logger Two-Step    The Doobie Brothers    Livin' on the Fault Line
Missing You        Hans Theessink        Lifeline
Riviera Paradise    Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble    In Step (MFSL SACD)
Soon As I Get Paid    Keb' Mo'        Slow Down (SACD)
Sometimes I'm Right    Hubert Sumlin        Blues Guitar Boss (SACD)
Who Will Comfort Me    Melody Gardot        My One And Only Thrill
Dreamland        Joni Mitchell        Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
Paper Airplane        Alison Krauss and Union Station        Paper Airplane (HDTracks)
Love Song (live)    Adele            Live At The Royal Albert Hall
God Only Knows        Bonnie Raitt        Slipstream (HDTracks)
Dat Dere        Rickie Lee Jones    Pop Pop


What can I say? Your taste in music seems to equal mine! Great list of great tracks!
 
Apr 4, 2015 at 9:00 PM Post #190 of 295
I have already listed seven tracks in an earlier post, but I've got to add one more track:
 
Carly Simon - "De Bat (fly in me face)" from the album "Boys In The Trees"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_epO8pUPz4
 
Apr 5, 2015 at 1:43 AM Post #192 of 295
Gerry Mulligan - Night Lights
Randi Tytingvaag - Let Go
Youn Sun Nah - Lento
Janine Jansen - Tchajkovski
John_Mayer - Born and Raised
Jacqui Naylor - Shelter
 
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Apr 5, 2015 at 3:17 AM Post #193 of 295
Let's listen to - - -
 
"Ripple" by the Grateful Dead
 
"Sunday Night" by Kim Simmonds / Savoy Brown
 
"One Last Time" by Arianna Grande
 
"Bird on a Wire" by Jennifer Warnes
 
"Son of a Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield
 
"Candy Says" by the Velvet Underground
 
"Stray Cat Blues" (Live) by the Rolling Stones
 
"Take" Five" by Dave Brubeck
 
"Flamenco Sketches" by Miles Davis
 
and
 
"Paradise is You" by La Roux
 
Apr 5, 2015 at 6:01 AM Post #194 of 295
The Eagles : Hotel California (Hell Freezes Over version)
Paul Simon - Homeless
Pink Floyd - Coming Back To Life
Deadmau5 -Arguru
Prodigy - Narayan
Ace Ventura - Connected
 
Apr 5, 2015 at 9:38 AM Post #195 of 295
I sold hifi for 12 years of my life and know the benefits of good demo material. (Like making a decent paycheck) So I have always been on the lookout for not only great but great sounding music. Here are a few of my favorites. I have a playlist of 250+ demo songs so this just scratches the surface...

Sing Sang Sung        Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band        Swingin' For The Fences

One            Johnny Cash        American III

Stardust        Willie Nelson        Stardust    [SACD]

Riviera Paradise    Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble    In Step (MFSL SACD)


What can I say? Your taste in music seems to equal mine! Great list of great tracks!



+1...never heard of Big Phat Band -- thanks!

Just downloaded Sing Sang Sung very nice.


Some others your list made me think of and listen to...

SRV - Chitlins Con Carne (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJiyY5mh5zI)
and also Wham! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbfgBlkSoqc)...w/Lonnie Mack

Willie - Moonlight in Vermont...also from Stardust album (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M52UCChnME)

Johnny Cash cover of NIN's 'Hurt' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCdBc5uByFQ)...raw
 

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