MUSIC YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO RIGHT NOW!! - #1
Here are a few im listening to - some old - some not so old. I hope you hear something that makes you feel something new!
Theloneous Monk - 'Round Midnight
I have been listening to this song played on horn and on guitar since I first started playing. I never bothered learning who wrote it until I started playing piano. Theloneous Monk was a player from the 40s who composed this piece which has become one of the more popular "jazz standards".. In many peoples opinion his song is the only "jazz standard" written by a jazz musician. Imagine someone making this SOUND with his piano in the 1940s.
Carole King - "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"
My absolute favorite version of this song is by Carole King in 1970 when she performed it at the BBC. The song has been played by a million different artists - but they all pale in comparison to this single performance :)
Corrine Bailey Ray - "Since Ive Been Loving You"
Very interesting take on the Led Zeppelin classic - she doesn't try to blast it out like "Heart" did - its a very subtle and beautiful blues song that I think is expressed exceptionally well by her vocal. If you haven't heard the Led Zeppelin original - you haven't heard what an electric guitar was designed for!
Jim Croce - "Operator"
Some of you probably don't know Jim Croce and you need to know Jim Croce because he was amazing.
Stevie Wonder - "As"
All I can tell you about this one is that Stevie has won more grammy awards than anyone else alive or dead - he is the best there is when it comes to melody. His songs can range from pop to jazz - often time its a fusion of the two. This song is an experience if you pay attention!
Hi, Ryan,
Thanks for this series... I've always been in need of "musical guidance" because I don't generally go looking for new music on my own.
BTW, I'm here courtesy of your dad having re-steemed your recent article on Music.
For most of my life, the music that I come to love has been "hand-me-downs," usually from friends, quite often from my younger sister. Nowadays, occasionally from something I heard in passing on a TV show and identified courtesy of the "Soundhound" app...
And so, your suggestions here are valuable to me. Interestingly enough, I am already pretty much a lifelong fan of Carole King and Jim Croce.
I remember some Stevie Wonder stuff from growing up and the occasional TV special, but it's good to be reminded and maybe I'll look further now. Same with Thelonious Monk.
Corrine Bailey Ray is completely new to me, and I found her piece absolutely spectacular. I really appreciate you having shared these! :D
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Hopefully people will enjoy the series ;) The Carole King BBC 1970 concert is spectacular - I only put the one song but really that entire performance was amazing. Its essentially "Tapestry" unplugged! You'd be surprised how many people don't know who Jim Croche is... "Time in a bottle" would have been the popular choice but that songs on the back burner for a little while (they used it in a commercial recently)..
Thanks for mentioning the source of the particular Carole King performance. I will have to check out the rest of the concert. Tapestry was in fact the very first Carole King album that my sister shared with me, and I still listen to it quite often. "Smackwater Jack" is amazing!
I also have a Solid Gold Jim Croce album...
And now you have me looking forward to hearing more of the lovely Corrine Bailey Ray. ;)
Great choices! Thanks!
BTW, I have now also discovered that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree... I read your "Southern Girl" story and found it delightful! :D
I hope you'll become more prolific at the computer/fiction keyboard like your dad... ;)