What do you like to listen to?

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littlegreyfox

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Can you get into the new music or do you listen to the golden oldies? I like a bit of both, Sinatra and Elvis to some more modern tastes that my daughter listens to! How about you?
 

I have to say I really enjoy whatever's on Radio 2! The station introduced me to Gotye and Lana Del Ray, both great artists!! I also love Sinatra and Elvis.

SBC
 
If I'm home I listen to anything before 1990 pretty much, I love classical music along with playing it, but can't stand rap.
 
Classical music from the likes of Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, Bach, Paganini. I also enjoy some jazz and soft rock every now and then. Music is the food of the soul in my opinion.
 
Mostly classicial music that we have in CD's.........

Unfortunately, we only have 2 radio stations where we live.
One strictly country and one local that plays a mixture of everything that they call "light rock"........
 
Trevor.
I agree with you and that is why we don't listen to country.

Although I must admit that our local girl has made it BIG in the country music field. We have a local girl named Eileen Edwards that is known the world over for her crossover country music. We often see her walking the streets of our village during the agricultural fair week-end. I have spoken to her a few times and I find her a very down to earth person. Not snobbish at all.......

Oh, you are asking "who is Eileen Edwards??????

You probably know her as ..... Shania Twain .......
 
Wow steve that is really great. She is a beautiful woman and she does seem very down to earth.

It's good to know there are still good people in the world.
 
When I want quality I listen to classical or 50s crooners (although that's just a bit before my time) like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and others of that era. When I'm doing something active I like disco. The beat just makes you want to move! I also enjoy big band music, country and even rap if the language is clean and inoffensive. In other words, I'm an equal opportunity listener.

I'm not terribly crazy about hard rock but Elvis, The Stones and other 60s rock is enjoyable. You know, the "American Bandstand" stuff!
 
I like to listen to a lot of classical music. I also listen to some john coltrane and good oldies music. Sometimes I listen to country when Im going on a road trip and there is nothing else on the radio. I can listen to pretty much anything if it sounds good.
 
I enjoy listening to different types of music. Oldies music of course..music from the 1920s to the 1970s, and then there's jazz and blues such as Charlie "Yardbird" Parker, Billie Holiday, and Stéphane Grappelli, the French jazz violinist. David Benoit (jazz pianist) is a favorite of mine. Of course there's also Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin too! At night when I need to relax, I listen to a "New Age" music channel on our TV station lineup. I love classical music too. :)
 
Just heard Marvin Gayes"s "What's Going On" on YouTube. 38 minutes of what sounds like jazz meets blues meets protest song of the sixties.

Then relaxed to Eric Clapton unplugged...the whole album without interruption!
 
Tend to graduate towards the oldies.Apart from the Corrs and Catalonia and Katie Melua not really up on anything after the eighties.
 
As the former bandleader of, "The most versatile dance band in the universe!," I like to listen to all good music, from classical to hip-hop, and all points in between.
 
@Inept I'm not sure if my first foray into Jazz was when I was 15 and my high school friend introduced me to Cal Tjader or if it was before that. I loved the following song, particularly the part that starts at 2:15. I loved it so much that my friend gave me the album. Not only was the cover (top picture) risque for that time, it was the first time I ever saw a clear red vinyl album. I became an instant Cal Tjader fan and bought a few of his albums.


I also got heavy into Donald Byrd. This is one of my favorites by him.


Other Jazz artists I was into back then were Ramsey Lewis, The Crusaders, Grover Washington, Jr and Azymuth (a Brazilian band). I'll post my favorites by them later.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
@Inept I'm not sure if my first foray into Jazz was when I was 15 and my high school friend introduced me to Cal Tjader or if it was before that. I loved the following song, particularly the part that starts at 2:15. I loved it so much that my friend gave me the album. Not only was the cover (top picture) risque for that time, it was the first time I ever saw a clear red vinyl album. I became an instant Cal Tjader fan and bought a few of his albums.


I also got heavy into Donald Byrd. This is one of my favorites by him.


Other Jazz artists I was into back then were Ramsey Lewis, The Crusaders, Grover Washington, Jr and Azymuth (a Brazilian band). I'll post my favorites by them later.
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Cal Tjäder ..... are you joking me?! I had most of his albums for sure. It upset me when I saw a jazz album that was entitled "No Vibe Zone" or something like that. Wait ...... I'll see if I can find it on Google. Yes, I found it: Don Byron Quintet. I've never listened to it and I refuse to. Your Cal Tjäder link doesn't work, by the way, but tell me the title and I'll find it.

Your Don Byrd link is nice. Very nice. There is something of Isaac Hayes in there.


Other jazz artists? God! I mean I'd have to start way back from Prez Prado, Toots Thielemans, Svend Asmussen, through the Latin Jazz era, Salsa, and up to the sixites or seventies anyway. After that I lost it.

Yes, please post your favourites! 😁

Before I go let me post something I think you'll enjoy, at least the keyboard bit at the middle of this live Salsa concert in Puerto Rico. He may be stiff in the hips but his fingers can move.

 
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Inept said:
Cal Tjäder ..... are you joking me?! I had most of his albums for sure. It upset me when I saw a jazz album that was entitled "No Vibe Zone" or something like that. Wait ...... I'll see if I can find it on Google. Yes, I found it: Don Byron Quintet. I've never listened to it and I refuse to. Your Cal Tjäder link doesn't work, by the way, but tell me the title and I'll find it.

Your Don Byrd link is nice. Very nice. There is something of Isaac Hayes in there.


Other jazz artists? God! I mean I'd have to start way back from Prez Prado, Toots Thielemans, Svend Asmussen, through the Latin Jazz era, Salsa, and up to the sixites or seventies anyway. After that I lost it.

Yes, please post your favourites! 😁

Before I go let me post something I think you'll enjoy, at least the keyboard bit at the middle of this live Salsa concert in Puerto Rico. He may be stiff in the hips but his fingers can move.

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Are you in another country? That could be why link doesn't work for you. The song is listed as Cubano Chant (Instrumental). Other albums I have by Cal are Soul Bird: Whippenpoof, Breeze From The East, Soul Burst and Several Shades of Jade, which I can't believe my supervisor found a pristine copy of at a record show to replace mine which was scratched!! I also bought a compilation CD years later.

I usually prefer my up tempo Latin without vocals, but the band you posted is cookin'! They sound good. I bet my honorary deejay son (not my biological deejay son) would love to play that on his radio broadcast. The keyboard player was workin' ! I remember Prez Prado had a pop hit. Never got into Toots, never heard of Svend.

Here's one of my favorites by Ramsey Lewis, recorded live at the Bohemian Caverns. I think the production and sound are outstanding. In case you can't open it, it's Love Theme From Spartacus from The In Crowd album.


And The Crusaders, The Way We Was from the LP Free As The Wind. I'll always remember this fondly because I remember playing it just before my son and I were leaving to take the train to Washington, DC for vacation; we were so excited. He was just a youngster then.

 
OneEyedDiva said:
Are you in another country?
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Yes, I am.
OneEyedDiva said:
The song is listed as Cubano Chant (Instrumental). Other albums I have by Cal are Soul Bird: Whippenpoof, Breeze From The East, Soul Burst and Several Shades of Jade,.....
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I remember "Cubano Chant". It's imprinted in my brain. I can still hum/whistle/scat every note of it. I had several albums by Cal Tjäder including Soul Burst but I don't recall which one of them had Cubano Chant on it. Anyway, Cubano Chant reminds me of Herbie Mann. I had a couple of his albums too that I thought were great but now when I listen to his music I don't think he was very good. It doesn't move my ass, if you know what I mean.
OneEyedDiva said:
I usually prefer my up tempo Latin without vocals, but the band you posted is cookin'! They sound good. I bet my honorary deejay son (not my biological deejay son) would love to play that on his radio broadcast. The keyboard player was workin' !
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I can link you two more from that concert or you can find all three of them if you search for "Viva La Salsa" on you Tube.

OneEyedDiva said:
Here's one of my favorites by Ramsey Lewis, recorded live at the Bohemian Caverns. I think the production and sound are outstanding. In case you can't open it, it's Love Theme From Spartacus from The In Crowd album.

And The Crusaders, The Way We Was from the LP Free As The Wind. I'll always remember this fondly because I remember playing it just before my son and I were leaving to take the train to Washington, DC for vacation; we were so excited. He was just a youngster then.
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Yes, Ramsey Lewis did some good stuff. He was popular even on the top 40 with tunes like Wade in the Water.
 
Try to maintain a well-rounded choice of the music I listen to.
It's a mood thing. Might be Classic Rock, Bossa Nova, Classical.

My main love is Jazz, be it the greats like Coltrane, Miles, Parker, Ron Carter, etc.
or groups like Retun to Forever, Fourplay, Sant Andreu Jazz band, etc.

I'm still discovering lost treasures in Jazz, recordings always being rereleased.
The musical 'Tree' of Jazz has many branches and one song always lead me to another branch.
I keep a notebook handy so I can keep track of the many avenues I need to go down.
90 % of my listening is done with Headphones, so I don't miss one single note.
 
Inept said:
Yes, I am.

I remember "Cubano Chant". It's imprinted in my brain. I can still hum/whistle/scat every note of it. I had several albums by Cal Tjäder including Soul Burst but I don't recall which one of them had Cubano Chant on it. Anyway, Cubano Chant reminds me of Herbie Mann. I had a couple of his albums too that I thought were great but now when I listen to his music I don't think he was very good. It doesn't move my ass, if you know what I mean.


I can link you two more from that concert or you can find all three of them if you search for "Viva La Salsa" on you Tube.



Yes, Ramsey Lewis did some good stuff. He was popular even on the top 40 with tunes like Wade in the Water.
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Cubano Chant is on the album Los Ritmos Calientes. It has a bare breasted woman on the cover, ergo why I said the cover was risque for the time it came out. Thank you for the recommendation (the concert), I'll check it out. Yes, I remember Wade In The Water, which if I recall, wasn't one of my favorites. I did get to see Ramsey in person with Earth Wind and Fire at an outdoor concert in the park. I've always loved this, but I kinda think of it as an EWF song. :D From the LP Ramsey Lewis: Sun Goddess...the title song:

 
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I too like Cal Tjader. I like Winston Marsalis, and Miles David (before 1970). And classic jazz singers like Ella and Billie Holiday are great. I also like the jazz-fusion recordings of people like guitarist Larry Carlton.

I like B.B. King a lot. There's a lot of classic Motown that I enjoy. Steve Wonder has kept his music alive & growing. There are bits of rock from about 1966 to 1975 that I still enjoy, but the Beatles freshened-up the pop music scene before that. Steely Dan was always unique, and came out of that period then gradually into the jazz-fusion sphere, getting strongly into that, and with real vitality into the 2000s (I especially like their live performance recordings).

When my daughter comes way over here from Vancouver, together we listen to all the sort of music I've mentioned, plus orchestral music in the "classical" vein (17th-19th centuries). Well, and we like Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson too.
 

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