In Reply to: Your Top Five Favorite Songs posted by Inmate51 on January 18, 2022 at 03:27:32:
Here we go, in no particular order:
Domenico Scarlatti sonatas, as played by Mikhail Pletnev on this disc:
https://www.amazon.com/Scarlatti-Keyboard-Sonatas-Domenico/dp/B00005IA25/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=pletnev&qid=1642524296&s=music&sr=1-4
Tony Rice et. al. Nine Pound Hammer, as seen in this video:
https://youtu.be/_u964a0f38s
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, Blue Lou, featuring Roy Eldridge and Chu
Berry, as heard here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zejHMcyKbUs
Django Reinhardt and Stephan Grapelli, Sweet Georgia Brown, as heard in
this video, and on many CDs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpO5xIltlyU
Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West, China Boy, as heard in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuUWM9r7Irc
And I didn't even include any Count Basie, Ellington, Stan Getz, Coleman
Hawkins, Lester Young, or a multitude of others I love!
Lack of skill dictates economy of style. - Joey Ramone
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Follow Ups
- RE: Your Top Five Favorite Songs - Mike K 01/18/2208:56:58 01/18/22 (2)
- Believe it or not, when I lived in Nashville, I twice shook hands with Stephane Grappelli! - John Marks 06:53:15 01/19/22 (0)
- RE: Your Top Five Favorite Songs - Inmate51 11:27:19 01/18/22 (0)