Me in 1975
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Me in 1975 |
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| "Researchers have scanned musicians' brains and found that the 'chills' that they feel when they hear stirring passages of music result from activity in the same parts of the brain stimulated by food and sex." — Drake Bennett, Survival of the harmonious |
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Music has always been one of my greatest passions. I grew up playing music, and in the early 70s I studied upright bass at Berklee College of Music  in Boston, a leading jazz school. You could say that before I was a
programmer I was more in touch with my right-brain.
Although I'm not actively playing any more, music is still one of my first loves and I can often be seen with my iPod's distinctive white
earbuds in my ears. I have broadened my tastes beyond the jazz I loved so much at one time, but improvisational music will always be my favorite
style, and jazz is the ultimate form of that because there are no boundaries to the influences on jazz musicians. For my current musical
choices, see my iPod songs .
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I taped this off an album I borrowed from a friend in the 70s and did not write down its name. On my tape it was with some Earth, Wind &
Fire songs, so I always assumed it was from the same album, but it is not their typical sound so I am guessing it was an album filler. I love
the song and later converted it to digital and put it on my iPod. I have listened to EWF
songs on the web and Limewire (now Frostwire) but have been unable to find it. Please contact me
if you recognize this song. I would really like to know its name and confirm that it is by EWF. So far several people have emailed me and
said that they thought they recognized it, but none of their suggested album cuts have matched this song, so on my iPod it is still entitled Earth, Wind & Fire - Instrumental filler.
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| "The inexpressible depth of music, so easy to understand and yet so inexplicable, is due to the fact that it reproduces all the emotions of our innermost being, but entirely without reality and remote from its pain. . . . Music expresses only the quintessence of life and of its events, never these themselves." — Arthur Schopenhauer |
  Music has always been a part of my life. I began taking piano lessons at age 7 in Payette, Idaho, and in 6th grade I took up trumpet, playing in the concert and marching bands. Since
I had a lot of drive and practiced diligently I was able to achieve the first chair position, which I held through 8th grade. When I started
high school band, there were many older and more experienced trumpet players already there, so with my desire to always be the best in the
section I switched  to French horn, which
I played for a year. At the end of my freshman year the lead trombone player graduated from high school, so with an eye on that position I
decided to switch to trombone. My older brother had played trombone before, so we had one at home, and by practicing a lot during the summer and
playing in several outdoor concerts at the bandshell in the park,
I got my chops in order and successfully achieved first chair trombone in the high school band.  After 10th grade I dropped out of band, for reasons I don't remember anymore, possibly
boredom, or maybe I thought being in band was un-cool, a very important consideration to an adolescent. The last two years of high school I was
not actively playing music, but when I went off to college in 1966, I did what many of my generation were doing—I took up guitar, grew my
hair long, and joined a rock band.
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After several years of playing a variety of improvisational types of music on guitar,  I started playing more and more jazz, and I decided that to better understand this complex
music I wanted to study it in college. I was
living in Seattle at the time but the school I chose was Berklee College of Music
in Boston. When I started at Berklee (1973) the school had an abundance of guitar players and a shortage of bass players, so I was asked,
would I consider switching to upright bass? Knowing I would be just one of many struggling guitarists I made the switch, which turned out to be
a good choice because, since there were so few acoustic bass players at school, we were always in demand. I studied at Berklee for two years
under John Neves and John Repucci. The recording and touring bass players that I was most inspired by at that time were
Dave Holland,
Stanley Clarke,
Miroslav Vitous, and
Charlie Haden, four bassists with very distinctive styles.
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My perspective on things has frequently leaned towards the cutting-edge so my taste in music ultimately evolved into the avant−garde style
that was being performed in the 70s in the jazz lofts. This very non-commercial style of music had a serious following among musicians and some
fine recordings of it can be found on the  Wildflowers series. When these musicians came to Boston, they
usually didn't play in the big name clubs of the day like the Jazz Workshop and Paul's Mall, or even the smaller ones
like the 1369 Club and Debby's, but they did find that, like New York, Boston had a loft scene. Some of the best music I
heard when I was in college was performed in the jazz lofts. In an Atlantic Monthly article, "Jazz − Religious and Circus", Francis Davis writes about how many of
us viewed the 1970s as the "Golden Age" of jazz. Alan Douglas, who recorded the Wildflowers sessions, says, "I think the loft jazz period
was the last time that significant changes took place in jazz."
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Wildflowers - The New York Loft Jazz SessionsLoft-y SoundsRiversteppingstones - The New York Loft Jazz SessionsWildflowers 5: New York Jazz Loft Sessions – with song samples| Jazz fusion |
 Much of the jazz I listened to over the years was produced before I was into it so being a contemporary person my tastes evolved
quite naturally into jazz fusion, a mixture of Jazz & Rock or
Jazz & Latin music. Some of my favorites in this genre are Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever (Chick
Corea's group), and Tony Williams Lifetime (Williams
was Miles Davis' drummer in the 60s). My all-time favorite album is Bitches Brew by Miles Davis, recorded in 1969 and featuring some of the best musicians of the time including Chick Corea
(keyboards), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Dave Holland (bass), John McLaughlin (guitar), Airto Moreira (drums and percussion), Wayne Shorter (sax),
Lenny White (drums), and Joe Zawinul (keyboards). Many of these artists went on to have their own fusion bands.
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| By the end of the 70s, although my interest in jazz remained very intense, my desire to play music for a living had lessened, so I basically reached the end of that pursuit. Since that time my creative energy has been consumed by computer programming and though some might find it hard to believe, I get some of the same fulfillment as a programmer I received from being a musician. I have heard that these two interests involve the same parts of the brain. |
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When my kids became teenagers I was exposed to musical styles that I wouldn't ordinarily discover on my own,
some of which were not even around when I was younger. My son Alex turned me on to Ska *,
and in summer 2000 we went to a concert by Reel Big Fish, one of the
top American Ska groups, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I love how a lot of Ska bands take previously recorded songs and do them in a Ska style. Come On Eileen, a top-40 song by Dexy's Midnight Runners,
was redone by the group Save Ferris (that great name comes from
the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off), and Take On Me, a top-40 hit by the
Norwegian group a-ha, was redone by Reel Big Fish.
Both of my sons have been actively involved in music. Alex took piano lessons for several years, and in high school and college has sung in a rock band. Ben is also quite accomplished on piano (I love to hear him play songs like Scott Joplin's The Entertainer) and is a great singer. He has taken voice lessons, and he sang in the high school chorus and performed in school plays. When he was in high school he participated in a yearly performance by the Southeast Region District Chorus, which has the top singers from all the school choruses in the area. We love to go to live Broadway musicals when they are in Boston. We often buy the CDs of these shows and the boys have grown up listening to this music, like Rent and Phantom of the Opera. It may appear that I have abandoned jazz, but I prefer to think that I am just not actively involved at the moment. Is jazz dead? On Sunday, August 4, 2002, there was an article in The Boston Globe, "Off the record", describing how the recording industry may think so. I hope not. |
As a music aficionado I acquired an extensive collection of
recordings by John Coltrane,
 who was always my favorite improvising musician, and I spent many hours listening to Trane and other tenor
players who were greatly influenced by him, like Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, and Wayne Shorter. Although decades have passed, some of my
greatest musical euphorias were experienced in the mid-70s. One of my favorite albums at that time was Shorter's Native Dancer, which introduced
me to Milton Nascimento, the great Brazilian vocalist. Some other
Brazilian musicians I enjoyed were drummer & percussionist Airto Moreira and his
wife, vocalist Flora Purim, who had many records of their own and also appeared on
the first two albums by Chick Corea's group Return to Forever (Return to Forever and Light as a Feather). Another member
of that group I really liked was reed & flute player, Joe Farrell, whose album Moon Germs was one of the best albums of that era. Bassist
Miroslav Vitous got an outstanding group of musicians together for his album Mountain in the Clouds. Guitarist John McLaughlin
and sax player John Surman recorded an album in 1969,
Extrapolation, which remains one of my favorites after all these decades. I still remember once of the best concerts I ever saw was the
duo of Miroslav Vitous (bass) and John Surman (sax) at Jonathan Swift's in Harvard Square about 1975.
All these albums have such musical virtuosity that I still enjoy listening to them immensely (now ripped to my iPod). Hover with mouse for artist name.
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| Listed below are some of the people who have really moved me through the years. The musicians listed by instrument are jazz musicians; non-jazz musicians and groups are listed at the end. Some of the groups may no longer exist and sadly, some of the musicians have passed away (see above), but I still want to list them here because they will always rank as some of my favorites. There are also some musicians listed below under 60s music. Photos of many of these artists can be seen at DowntownMusic.net. |
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I have included a link to each artist's page at All Music Guide for the discographies, cross-reference links, and song previews. Periodically AMG reorganizes their website and some of these links stop working. I try to correct them when I notice this. Please email me if you encounter a bad link. | |
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I have links to some of the artist's videos on YouTube | |
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Below is an In Memoriam section with more info on some of the artists who have passed on. |
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John Coltrane – tenor, soprano *Pharoah Sanders – tenor, sopranoArchie Shepp – tenor, sopranoWayne Shorter – tenor, soprano Dewey Redman – tenorSam Rivers – tenor, soprano, fluteJoe Henderson – tenorDavid Murray – tenorHamiet Bluiett – bariOliver Lake – alto, soprano, fluteHenry Threadgill – alto, fluteAnthony Braxton – alto, soprano, fluteJoe Farrell – tenor, soprano, fluteJulius Hemphill – alto, fluteHubert Laws – fluteJohn Surman – bari, sopranoArthur Blythe – alto | ||
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Stanley Clarke *Miroslav Vitous *Dave Holland *Fred Hopkins *Alex BlakeEberhard WeberCharlie Haden *Sirone – some great photosVictor Wooten * | ||
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McCoy Tyner *Chick Corea *Cecil Taylor – check out this SessionographyDon PullenMuhal Richard AbramsKeith Jarrett *Bill Evans *Joe ZawinulHerbie HancockThelonius Monk | ||
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Charles Tolliver – trumpetCharles Sullivan – trumpet, flugelhornLester Bowie – trumpet, flugelhornMiles Davis – trumpet *Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, flugelhornEnrico Rava – trumpetBill Watrous – trombone | ||
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Billy Cobham Tony Williams Jack DeJohnetteAirto MoreiraElvin JonesSunny Murray | ||
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Pat Metheny *Pat Metheny video with Kenny G remarks (uses RealPlayer)Pat's initial message board comments – Go Pat!Message board thread on Pat's comments – This gets hot!John AbercrombieJohn McLaughlin Allan HoldsworthGeorge Benson *Biréli Lagrène * (the French accent codes may make his name difficult to search) | ||
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Milton Nascimento *Flora PurimAirArt Ensemble of Chicago World Saxophone QuartetReturn to ForeverMahavishnu Orchestra *Richard Galliano * – a virtuoso accordian playerWeather Report *Maynard Ferguson OrchestraEarth, Wind & FirePink Floyd *Roger Waters 1988 Interview – describes the rise and fall of the bandChicagoLeon RussellElectric Light Orchestra The Byrds – here is a Byrds Family Tree someone put togetherThe EaglesTin Hat TrioBéla Fleck and the FlecktonesNeil YoungBob DylanBill Monroe – the father of bluegrass musicDavid Lindley – he formed the band Kaleidoscope in the 60sClarence White – he played guitar for the Kentucky Colonels, then The ByrdsBruce Langhorne – Bruce recorded with many artists in the mid-60s including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Richard & Mimi Farina Ian & Sylvia – great Canadian folk singers *Cleo Laine – a British singer with a huge rangeMidori – she recorded Paganini's 24 Caprices as a teenagerThe Lindsays – great Irish musicThe Racky Thomas Band – I know Racky and I've seen him performChristopher Tin – composerTin Works – good music all the timeYma Sumac – a Peruvian singer with a vocal range of five octavesGabriela Montero *
– and incredible concert pianist who also improvises* See video below
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Sadly not every artist whose music I love is still with us. Here are some of those who have passed on in my lifetime, many that I had the
privilege of seeing perform. Long live their legacies. |
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| Reference & reviews |
All Music Guide – a highly cross-referenced database of music and musicians with sample cuts
Yahoo Music
ARTIST direct Network – a searchable music database with sample cuts
Sing365.com – a huge database of pop music and musicians
Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews – "We listen to the lousy records so you don't have to."Restructures: Creative Music Forum – Artist info & discographies
Zookeeper Online – Stanford radio station KZSU music database
Songfacts – a searchable database of song information compiled by radio professionals and music enthusiasts| Jazz |
AACM – Association for the Advancement of Creative MusiciansThe Jazz Composers Collective
Jazz CornerAll About Jazz
Smithsonian Jazz – very extensiveJazz OnlineEurope Jazz NetworkJazzVisionsPhotos.com – Michael Wilderman's Jazz Photo/Graphics
Jazzhouse.org – The Jazz Journalists Association
Welcome to 52nd Street Jazz – reviews, discussions and news about the world of Jazz!
freejazz.org - Freedom in Music – an avant garde music discussion group| Festivals |
Montreux Jazz Festival
Festival Finder: Music Festivals of North America
echos.com: Remember A Day – An Analysis Of Over Twenty Years Of American Rock Music Festivals| Education |
Berklee College of MusicBerklee Today – the monthly magazine
New England Conservatory of MusicMusic Notes – an interactive online musical experienceThe Music Room – a very complete musical resource| Purchasing sites |
OmniTone – my favorite online CD store
CD Universe – this online CD store has song samples
Classic 45's – rare vinyl records on the web
Barnes & Noble.com Music – listen to samples of selections on CDs they sell| Assorted links |
BEATLES.COM
The Internet Beatles Album
List of Beatles' songs by singerThe Complete Works of the Rolling Stones 1962 - 2005
Innerviews® - Music Without Borders
Contemporary Cajun, Creole, and Zydeco Musicians
One Hit Wonder Central
Am I Right – Making fun of music. One song at a time...
Lyrics BoxDOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET || photo gallery – artist photos
Second Hand Songs – find out who performed the original version of a song, or who covered it
Traffic jams – an article in the Boston Globe stating that [music] "releases chemicals that create a sense of happiness and well-being in the brain"Playing for Change – a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music
Wolfgang's Vault – where live music lives
The Genealogy of Pop/Rock Music – a really cool graphicPlay Me - I’m Yours – pianos placed on the streets in cities to be played by anybody!see on YouTube Pay to Play – strict enforcement of copyrights jeopardizing live music in small venues
Songs of War in Vietnam – by Ike Pappas of CBS NewsDownload RealPlayer Windows Media  |
Windows Media Player download
WindowsMedia.comWindows Media Player Solution Center| Streaming audio (see Stream an audio file for more on streaming) |
SHOUTcast.com – Nullsoft's distributed streaming audio links (see Internet Radio in Winamp)SuperKeyword JukeboxJazzFM.comJazz After Hours
Live Radio en Direct Tuner Virtuel - COMFM – Live FM around the worldKZSU 90.1FM Stanford University – see program schedule
KMHD - 89.1FM, Gresham, OR – Jazz 24 hours/dayJazz24.org – KPLU - 88.5FM, Seattle, WAKBEM - Minneapolis, St. Paul – Jazz88fm.com
National Public Radio (NPR) Music
VirtualTuner.com
| I love the freedom ringtones give you to personalize your cellphone, so when someone calls you know it is your phone ringing. You can
even have different ringtones for different callers. Try to use ringtones as unique as possible so you immediately recognize them because you
don't want to think your cell is ringing when someone else's is. There are many websites that allow you to purchase and download ringtones
directly to your phone, but if you want a really unlimited selection you can make your own from any song on your PC and transfer them to your
phone (see below).
Here are some ringtones I made from songs I like (I use Goldwave, a shareware audio editor). They are small segments of the original songs (hopefully this prevents copyright infringement)—some are the intros to the songs and some are instrumental sections I cut and edited—I didn't include any singing because I don't like voices on phone rings. I usually like ringtones that start softly and build so they are not startling when they go off. The ones listed here are typically 15-20 seconds long (saved as 96kbps and mono to decrease size) and they will loop on a cellphone so the end should segue into the beginning. Keep them small because there may be a size limit on your cell. Click on a song to play it—to copy a song to your computer right click on the title and choose Save Link/Target As. |
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Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd (my default ringtone—I've never heard this on another cell)Dancing in the Moonlight – King Harvest (my wife Patti's ringtone)House of the Rising Sun – The Animals (my son Alex's unmistakable ringtone)She's a Rainbow – Rolling Stones (my son Ben's ringtone)A Song For You – Leon Russell (my mother's ringtone—she often calls when I am playing tennis and I hear this coming from my tennis bag on the side of the court)Gimme Shelter – Rolling Stones (my friend Jim's ringtone)In My Life – The Beatles (my friend JoAnne's ringtone—producer George Martin's piano solo)A Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol HarumClassical Gas – Mason WilliamsThese Days – Nico (Jackson Browne plays guitar on his song)MacArthur Park – Richard Harris (Jimmy Webb plays piano on his song)Darkness, Darkness – The Youngbloods (fiddle by David Lindley)Us and Them – Pink FloydEmbryonic Journey – Jefferson Airplane (Jorma Kaukonen on guitar)You Are The Sunshine Of My Life – Stevie WonderAnother Star – Stevie WonderPurple Haze – Jimi HendrixDoes Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? – ChicagoWake Up Everybody – Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesRhiannon – Fleetwood MacBeautiful Day – U2Hotel California – The EaglesDesperado – The EaglesThat's the Way of the World – Earth, Wind & FireTiny Dancer – Elton JohnBetty Davis Eyes – Kim CarnesHandbags and Gladrags – Rod StewartMaggie May – Rod StewartSecret Agent Man – Johnny RiversVenus – Shocking BlueIt's Friday I'm In Love – The CureStay With Me Tonight – Jeffrey OsborneStayin' Alive – Bee GeesCan't Get You Out Of My Head – Kylie MinogueCause We've Ended As Lovers – Jeff BeckWildfire – Michael Martin MurpheySecret Garden – Bruce SpringsteenThank U – Alanis MorissetteA Fifth of Beethoven – Walter MurphyYou Can't Always Get What You Want – Rolling StonesI Can't Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt| Jazz/Fusion |
In a Silent Way – Miles DavisLilia – Milton Nascimento (from a live concert video)Lilia – Herbie Hancock (the intro to the song on the Wayne Shorter album, Native DancerStolen Moments – Oliver NelsonWaltz For Nicky – Richard GallianoAn Evening With Vincent Van Ritz – Eberhard Weber (one of my favorite bass players)Tangaria – Richard Galliano (extracted from the video)Icarus – Paul Winter ConsortPremonition – Andrew HillTheme de Celine – Art Ensemble of ChicagoEarth, Wind & Fire – this was an album filler that I don't know the name of (see above for entire song)On The Nile – Music Inc.You're Everything – Chick CoreaCaptain Marvel – Chick CoreaReturn To Forever – Chick CoreaThe Gathering – Joe Bonner (his intro to the Pharoah Sanders song)Love Is Everywhere – Joe Bonner (from his piano solo in the Pharoah Sanders song)Samba da Rua – Archie SheppBass Folk Song – Stanley Clarke (his intro to song on Joe Farrell album, Moon Germs)Phase Dance – Pat MethenyFunky Tonk – Keith Jarrett (from his solo on the Miles Davis album, Live-Evil)Giant Steps – McCoy TynerMeeting of the Spirits – Mahavishnu OrchestraCelestial Terrestrial Commuters – Mahavishnu Orchestra| Other |
Caprice No 1: Andante – Midori (from her album, Paganini, 24 Caprices)The Sacrifice – Michael Nyman (from The Piano soundtrack)Eight Miles High – Leo KottkeSomewhere Over The Rainbow – Israel Kamakawiwo'oleThe Impression That I Get – The Mighty Mighty BosstonesSailor's Hornpipe – Bill Monroe (Bill Keith on banjo)Star Trek Communicator – "Beam me up, Scotty."Twilight Zone – the theme song from the TV showThere are several ways to put a ringtone from your PC on your cellphone:
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(find more 60s links on the Favorites page)
Because I was a teenager in the 1960s, the music of that time played a big part in my life. Like many young
people of that era I was in a rock band that existed primarily for our own entertainment, although
we did play a few gigs at fraternities and sororities on campus. In Seattle
I went regularly to concerts by the top West Coast groups of the day at the
Eagles Auditorium, and in 1968 (the year before Woodstock) I
joined 20,000 other "social revolutionaries, hippie communalists, psychedelic evangelists, musicians, and music fans" to attend one of
the  world’s first outdoor rock festivals, the 3-day Sky River Rock Festival and
Lighter than Air Fair (see photos, a 30-year review and a 40-year review), and in 1969 I went to Sky River II (see festival pictures). Not every band listed on the poster showed up, but there was still a
tremendous amount of great music. One thing besides music that I enjoyed was Richard Prior doing a standup comedy routine.
Here are some more links to that music.
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Monterey International Pop Music Festival – June 16, 17, and 18, 1967WoodstockJimi HendrixUniVibes – International Jimi Hendrix MagazineJanis JoplinCountry Joe & the Fish – Gimme an F!Country Joe's PlaceGrateful DeadMoby GrapeJefferson AirplaneJorma Kaukonen's Web Site!The DoorsBuffalo Springield – members included Stephen Stills, Neil Young, and Jim MessinaNeil YoungCrosby, Stills, Nash, and YoungCreamThe Yardbirds – Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy page all played for the YardbirdsSteve Miller BandThe ByrdsBob DylanDonovanJohn Mayall – band members at various times included Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVieThe YoungbloodsJesse Colin YoungDan Hicks and His Hot LicksJim Kweskin Jug BandMaria MuldaurGeoff MuldaurKaleidoscopeDavid Lindley – still touring!Chris DarrowCrome Syrcus – a band I remember from my Seattle daysIke and Tina Turner RevueSixtiesRock.com
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| These search engines allow you to search for songs on sites like mine (or like mine used to be). The results typically provide the ability to listen to songs from the sites where they are found. If the link to play the song goes diredtly to the song file, to save a copy of the song put the mouse pointer on the link and press the right mouse button, and from the context menu choose Save Target/Link As. If the link goes to a webpage or player and not directly to the song, you can look in your browser cache after the song has played and you may be able to copy it from there. Sometimes you have to rename it and put an extension (usually .mp3) on it. |
Dogpile
Project Playlist
Soundflavor Music Search
SeeqPod
Rhapsody.comYahoo! Search - Audio
Grooveshark – listen to music for free
MP3Search.Ru Club – listen to songs for free, buy for small fee
MP3sHits.com
Mp3Realm - Mp3 Search
Mp3Raid.com
beeMP3Real SeachThe MIDI Farm| Peer-to-peer (p2p) |
| These MP3 search applications, pioneered by Napster, allow you to find shared files offered by others using software that you install on your PC. They are the best way get your own copies of audio files, although the RIAA is forcing the government to crack down on this process (I had to stop sharing). Also, some are rumored to install spyware (hidden software tracking your web-surfing habits) on your PC, and you can also download viruses, so be cautious. If you do frequent downloads, it is always a good idea to run anti-virus and anti-spyware programs regularly to keep your system clean. Many of these are clients of Gnutella, a large open protocol distributed file-sharing network. |
LimeWire
FrostWireGnucleusBearShareWarezMorpheusNapster – no longer does free file-sharing
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"The real threat of MP3 music piracy—to listeners and, conceivably, democracy itself—is the music industry's reaction to it."
— Charles C. Mann, The Atlantic Monthly
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MP3 tools
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The above quotation is from an article, "The Heavenly Jukebox",
that includes a history of the MP3, which is one of the digital formats for music that has become very popular on the Internet. Because they are
ubiquitous and you can download them for free, MP3s have the Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA) all freaked out. In 2001 the RIAA took peer-to-peer file-sharing company Napster to court and put them out
of business, and in 2003 they started going after individual "major offenders", those who offered more than 1,000
songs to others for downloading. The RIAA has the rather short-sighted view that being able to download MP3 songs
for free will keep people from purchasing the CDs. MP3s actually provide a great way to sample songs before buying
a CD, and people will continue to make purchases if the music is good. As far as MP3s being a threat to the
royalty income the musicians receive from CD sales, according to the previously mentioned Atlantic Monthly
article, if it exists at all this income is miniscule.
This is from the testimony in the trial of a Minnesota woman which resulted in her being fined $222.000 for sharing music. It looks like the RIAA are even bigger idiots than imagined. One can also be introduced to a new artist via MP3s, especially someone esoteric like Tin Hat Trio, who lacks the heavy marketing of the more commercial artists. I discovered them almost by accident (on a music system in Starbucks no less), yet I still purchased Tin Hat Trio's CDs, even though I knew I could download some of their MP3 music for free. Or suppose you have a song on a CD that you want to share with someone who lives far away from you. You can convert the song from the CD (rip it) to an MP3 file and send it as an email attachment, which may even encourage that person to go out and buy the CD, thereby increasing sales. |
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Convert analog
Shrink
Create WAV
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ID3 tags
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I don't know where the MP3 litigation will ultimately end up, but in the meantime MP3s provide some interesting technical
solutions. For instance, when I wanted to put a song I liked on a cassette tape to listen to in my Walkman (the old days), I could only
locate it in the MP3 format (it was also made on 7" vinyl but I couldn't find that). To get my MP3 on tape I had to
burn it to a CD, which I then played on a regular stereo system and recorded it to tape. For mobile music I use an
iPod now so I still convert many individual songs to MP3s from CDs or vinyl recordings
(see Convert a record or tape) to load them.
As MP3 usage and the software to do things with them gets more common, some of the tips I put here are no longer needed, and I will try to keep this section up−todate. Many of these tips make reference to various software I use (names in green italics). See see MP3 tools for more on these. |
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These are some of the tools I have used to manipulate MP3s. Some shareware/freeware may contain spyware, so use caution when installing them.
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MP3 songs
info & tips above 
MIDI files below
I also have Videos 
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I have moved my website to another hosting company since receiving that threat, but to play it safe I am still not sharing music here, and it appears I removed these songs and my iPod songs just in time, because a week later I read this story about a woman who was found guilty of sharing music "illegally" and fined $220,000! My music has always been one of the big draws to my website, so I am taking away something that people loved, and after awhile the music search engines will no longer show me having these songs, so I know the number of my visitors will decrease. I am still sharing ringtones, which I believe is still safe because they are only snippets of songs. Thank you RIAA, for improving the quality of our lives. Some (or all) of these songs are cached on SeeqPod and Project Playlist (which make them appear to still be on my website). Search those sites to listen to them. |
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Jazz
Pop/Rock/etc.
One-hit wonders
Reggae/Ska
Other
Spoofs (Spoofs are still playable)
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Jazz
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Return To Forever (12:06) – |
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Bass Folk Song (9:43) – |
Joe Farrell | (from Moon Germs, 1972, Stanley Clarke on bass) |
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From The Lonely Afternoons (3:14) – |
Wayne Shorter | (from Native Dancer, 1975, Milton Nascimento on vocal) |
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Francisco (4:26) – |
Milton Nascimento | (from the album Milton) |
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O Que Será (4:06) – |
Milton Nascimento | (with Chico Buarque, from the album Geraes) |
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O Que Será (2:48) – |
Milton Nascimento | (with Chico Buarque, from the movie Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands) |
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Uri (The Wind)2 (6:14) – |
Flora Purim | (from 500 Miles High, 1974) |
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Do You Hear The Voices You Left Behind? (7:38) – |
John McLaughlin | (from Electric Guitarist, 1978) |
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It's Funny (4:22) – |
John McLaughlin | (from Extrapolation, 1969, John Surman on soprano) |
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Glancing Backwards (8:58) – |
John Surman, John McLaughlin | (from Where Fortune Smiles, 1970) |
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Guardian Angel (3:57) – |
McLaughlin / DiMeola / de Lucia | (from Friday Night In San Francisco, 1981) |
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I Wonder (3:03) – |
Mahavishnu Orchestra | (from The Lost Trident Sessions, 1973) |
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A Lotus on Irish Streams (5:38) – |
Mahavishnu Orchestra | (from The Inner Mounting Flame, 1971) |
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Awakening (3:32) – |
Mahavishnu Orchestra | (from The Inner Mounting Flame, 1971) |
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Song to John (6:02) – |
Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola, Jean-Luc Ponty | (from Rite of Strings, 1996) |
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A guitar duet (5:14) – |
Sylvain Luc and Biréli Lagrène | (from Jazz in Marciac, 2000) |
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Individual Choice (4:43) – |
Jean Luc Ponty | (from Individual Choice, 1983) |
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Naima (15:06) – |
John Coltrane | (from Live At The Village Vanguard Again!, 1966) |
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Naima (4:26) – |
McCoy Tyner | (from Plays John Coltrane - Live At The Village Vanguard, 1997) |
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USO Dance (8:28) – |
Henry Threadgill | (from the Wildflowers sessions, 1976) |
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Portrait of Frank Edward Weston (9:16) – |
Randy Weston | (from the Wildflowers sessions, 1976) |
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Modern Times (7:31) – |
Gateway (John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette) | (from Homecoming, 1994) |
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Nefertitti (9:35) – |
Chick Corea | (from A.R.C, 1971) |
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Vedana (7:32) – |
Chick Corea | (from A.R.C, 1971) |
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On The Nile2 (9:35) – |
Music Inc. | (from Music Inc. & Big Band, 1970) |
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Moody Modes (10:57) – |
Billy Cobham | (Cobham with a big band, from A Funky Thide of Sings, 1975) |
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The Creator Has A Master Plan2 (18:46) – |
Pharoah Sanders | (Leon Thomas on vocals, from Karma, 1969) |
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Fort Yawuh3 (9:55) – |
Keith Jarrett | (live, about 1973, with a couple of very brief glitches) |
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Phase Dance (8:22) – |
Pat Metheny | (from Pat Metheny Group, 1978) |
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Lone Jack (6:42) – |
Pat Metheny | (from Pat Metheny Group, 1978) |
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Helium (4:32) – |
Tin Hat Trio | (from Helium, 2000) |
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Fred2 (6:46) – |
Tony Williams Lifetime | (from Believe It, 1975, Allan Holdsworth on guitar) |
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Love Theme from Spartacus (3:52) – |
Yusef Lateef | (we danced to this at our wedding) |
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Freedom Jazz Dance (10:49) – |
Miroslav Vitous | (from Infinite Search, 1969) |
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Just A Little Lovin'3 (3:01) – |
Sarah Vaughan |
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I Put A Spell On You2 (2:35) – |
Nina Simone |
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What A Wonderful World (2:17) – |
Louis Armstrong |
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Instrumental filler3 (1:01) – |
Earth, Wind, & Fire | (I think I recorded this from an EWF album about 1978) |
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Bluesette (4:23) – |
Toots Thielemans (live, Toots whistling and playing guitar) |
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Milano Strut (7:30) – |
Don Pullen | (from Milano Strut, 1978) |
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Happy 'Cause I'm Goin' Home (11:21) – |
Charles Earland | (from Intensity, 1972) |
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Little B's Poem (3:49) – |
Doug & Jean Carn | (from Infant Eyes, 1971) |
| ...excerpts (see extract for tips on how I created these) |
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Sometime Ago (2:18) – |
Stanley Clarke | (bass solo from the song on the Return to Forever album, 1972) |
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Funky Tonk2 (3:53) – |
Keith Jarrett | (his outstanding solo from the song on the Miles Davis album Live-Evil, 1970) |
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Love Is Everywhere2 (2:55) – |
Joe Bonner | (his beautiful solo from the song on the Pharoah Sanders album Love in Us All, 1973) |
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Bass Folk Song (0:57) – |
Stanley Clarke | (bass intro from his song on the Joe Farrell album, Moon Germs, 1972) |
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Moody Modes (2:16) – |
Alex Blake | (bass solo with extensive use of double-stops & chords; entire song above) |
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Samba da Rua2 (1:29) – |
Archie Shepp | (from There's A Trumpet In My Soul, 1975) |
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MacArthur Park2 (5:13) – |
Maynard Ferguson | (Bruce Johnstone on bari, from Live at Jimmy's, 1973) |
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Bluesette (2:07) – |
Rhoda Scott | (one of the great Hammond organ players, from Live at the Olympia, 2002) |
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Pop/Rock/etc.
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Pink Floyd - Us and Them (live) (7:05) – |
Pink Floyd | (from the 1987/1988 tour, released as The Delicate Sound of Thunder) |
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Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing (3:27) – |
Buffalo Springfield |
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I Can't Make You Love Me (4:15) – |
Bonnie Raitt | (live) |
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Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (7:05) – |
Bob Dylan | (from Blonde on Blonde, 1966) |
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It's All Right (3:25) – |
The Traveling Wilburys |
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Walk On The Wild Side (4:07) – |
Lou Reed |
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Come Softly To Me (2:21) – |
The Fleetwoods | (1959) |
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Mr. Blue (2:27) – |
The Fleetwoods | (an a cappella version of this beautiful song) |
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My Favorite Mistake (3:48) – |
Sheryl Crow | (voice and electric piano) |
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Phantom Lover1 (3:34) – |
GrooveLily | (listen to more of their music at GrooveLily.com) |
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Wild Horses (4:44) – |
The Sundays |
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I Can't Tell You Why (5:09) – |
The Eagles | (live) |
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Killing Me Softly (4:46) – |
Roberta Flack |
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Song For Our Ancestors (5:58) – |
Steve Miller Band |
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Showdown (3:55) – |
Electric Light Orchestra |
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A Song For You (4:08) – |
Leon Russell |
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The Living Years (5:32) – |
Mike + the Mechanics |
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Southern Man (5:25) – |
Neil Young |
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Can't Find My Way Home (3:15) – |
Blind Faith |
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Hey Joe (3:21) – |
Jimi Hendrix |
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All Along The Watchtower (4:00) – |
Jimi Hendrix |
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Cause We've Ended As Lovers (5:41) – |
Jeff Beck |
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Bang, Bang (2:42) – |
Nancy Sinatra | (from the movie Kill Bill) |
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Embryonic Journey (1:55) – |
Jorma Kaukonen | (from Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow, 1967) |
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So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) (2:36) – |
Everly Brothers |
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Wake Up Everybody (3:34) – |
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes |
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Get Together (4:37) – |
The Youngbloods | (a real anthem of the peace & love era) |
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The End Of The World (2:40) – |
Skeeter Davis |
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The Crystal Ship (2:30) – |
The Doors |
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Heroin (7:09) – |
The Velvet Underground | (from 1967, Lou Reed on vocal and guitar) |
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Omaha (2:45) – |
Moby Grape | (a great San Francisco band of the 60s) |
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Hey Grandma (2:31) – |
Moby Grape |
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Lookin' for Love in All the Wrong Places (3:41) – |
Johnny Lee | (from the movie Urban Cowboy) |
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Secret Agent Man (3:05) – |
Johnny Rivers |
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Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (2:24) – |
The Animals |
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A Whiter Shade of Pale (4:00) – |
Procol Harum | (the original mono recording, looking for stereo re-mix) |
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She's Not There (2:24) – |
The Zombies |
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River Deep, Mountain High (3:36) – |
Ike & Tina Turner |
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You Are So Beautiful (2:42) – |
Joe Cocker |
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Cool Water (2:53) – |
Sons of the Pioneers |
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I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow (4:15) – |
Soggy Bottom Boys | (from the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?) |
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Mr. Bojangles (3:33) – |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
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Someday Soon (2:21) – |
Ian & Sylvia | (from Northern Journey, 1964) |
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Lovin' Sound (2:37) – |
Ian & Sylvia | (in their folk-rock phase, 1968) |
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Dueling Banjos (3:16) – |
Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell | (from the movie Deliverance) |
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Black Mountain Rag (1:35) – |
Clarence White | (from his bluegrass days) |
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Sailor's Hornpipe (1:56) – |
Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys | (Bill Keith on banjo) |
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One-hit wonders
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Mule Skinner Blues (2:24) – |
The Fendermen | (1960, artist info) |
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Dancing in the Moonlight (2:52) – |
King Harvest | (1973, artist info – this song is often mistakenly attributed to Van Morrison) |
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Duke of Earl (2:25) – |
Gene Chandler | (1962, artist info) |
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Hey Paula (2:36) – |
Paul & Paula | (1962, artist info) |
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Louie, Louie (2:46) – |
The Kingsmen | (1963, artist info) |
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Surfin' Bird (2:22) – |
The Trashmen | (1964, artist info, "Pa Pa Ooh Mow Mow") |
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Dirty Water (2:43) – |
The Standells | (1966, artist info) |
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They're Coming to Take Me Away (2:12) – |
Napoleon XIV | (1966, artist info) |
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Classical Gas (3:05) – |
Mason Williams | (1967, artist info) |
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Fire (2:53) – |
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown | (1967, artist info) |
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(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet (2:18) – |
Blues Magoos | (1967, artist info) |
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You Keep Me Hangin' On (3:01) – |
Vanilla Fudge | (1968, artist info, a remake of The Supremes 1966 original) |
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Journey to the Center of the Mind (3:36) – |
The Amboy Dukes | (1968, artist info) |
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (17:02) – |
Iron Butterfly | (1968, artist info) |
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MacArthur Park (7:28) – |
Richard Harris | (1968, artist info) |
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There's Something In The Air (3:54) – |
Thunderclap Newman | (1969, artist info) |
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Venus (3:07) – |
Shocking Blue | (1970, artist info) |
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Hot Rod Lincoln (2:43) – |
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen | (1972, artist info) |
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Wildflower (4:11) – |
Skylark | (1973, artist info) |
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Midnight At The Oasis (3:46) – |
Maria Muldaur | (1974, artist info, I loved her with Jim Kweskin) |
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Lovin' You (3:20) – |
Minnie Riperton | (1975, artist info) |
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Don't Leave Me This Way (3:35) – |
Thelma Houston | (1977, artist info) |
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I Love The Nightlife (3:19) – |
Alicia Bridges | (1978, artist info) |
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Betty Davis Eyes (3:49) – |
Kim Carnes | (1981, artist info) |
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Come On Eileen (4:09) – |
Dexy's Midnight Runners | (1982, artist info, has a great Ska remake) |
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I Want Candy (2:46) – |
Bow Wow Wow | (1982, artist info) |
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Walking On Sunshine (3:53) – |
Katrina & The Waves | (1983, artist info) |
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Maniac (4:12) – |
Michael Sembello | (1983, artist info) |
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One Night In Bangkok (3:30) – |
Murray Head | (1984, artist info, some interesting trivia) |
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Take On Me (3:50) – |
a-ha | (1985, artist info, has a great Ska remake) |
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Don't Worry, Be Happy (3:54) – |
Bobby McFerrin | (1988, artist info) |
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What I Am (4:57) – |
Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians | (1989, artist info) |
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| Reggae/Ska |
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No Woman, No Cry (3:39) – |
Bob Marley & The Wailers | (the original recording from Natty Dread, 1974) |
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No Woman, No Cry (4:20) – |
Bob Marley & The Wailers | (great Marley guitar on this up-tempo version) |
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The Harder They Come (3:38) – |
Jimmy Cliff |
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The Impression That I Get (3:15) – |
Mighty Mighty Bosstones |
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Take On Me (3:01) – |
Reel Big Fish | (a cover of the A-Ha song) |
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Come On Eileen (4:08) – |
Save Ferris | (a cover of the Dexy's Midnight Runners song) |
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| Other |
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Adiemus (3:54) – |
Karl Jenkins (a great new age piece by composer Jenkins - watch video) |
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Somewhere Over The Rainbow (5:06) – |
Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole | (the great Hawaiian singer) |
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Caprice No. 1: Andante (1:46) – |
Midori | (one of Paganini's 24 Caprices) |
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Caprice No. 24: Tema-Quasi Presto (4:43) – |
Midori | (one of Paganini's 24 Caprices) |
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Paganini Stomp2 (1:49) – |
Dave Apollon | (a mandolin variation of Paganini's Caprice No. 24) |
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O Fortuna (2:32) – |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | (from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana) |
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The Sacrifice (2:45) – |
Michael Nyman | (from the movie The Piano) |
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Flight of the Bumble Bee (1:04) – |
Winton Marsalis |
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Cajun Bayou (4:16) – |
Buckwheat Zydeco |
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Woo Hoo (1:58) – |
The 5.6.7.8's | (from the movie Kill Bill) |
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These Days (3:32) – |
Nico | (from Chelsea Girl, 1967, used in the movie The Royal Tenenbaums) |
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Memory (4:16) – |
Elaine Paige | (from the Broadway musical Cats, see the video) |
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Eight Miles High (3:37) – |
Leo Kottke |
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Charlie on the MTA (3:18) – |
Kingston Trio | (we have the CharlieCard in Boston now) |
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Canon in D major (6:11) – |
Johann Pachelbel |
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Moonlight Sonata (5:57) – |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
| ...excerpts (see extract for tips on this) |
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Kuyawa (0:54) – |
Yma Sumac | (from an Inca love song) |
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| Spoofs have been moved to the Humor page under Audio humor |
| 1 | This audio file is located on a remote server and still playable. | 2 | I ripped this from an analog audio tape or LP. | 3 | I originally tape-recorded this from radio (WBUR, WERS) in 1973-1975. | ||||||
| These MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) files are digitized, instrumental versions of the original songs. |
| Jazz |
La Fiesta (85kb) - Chick CoreaSpain (24kb) - Chick CoreaAll Blues (39kb) - Miles DavisSo What (85kb) - Miles DavisJames (51kb) - Pat MethenyLove Theme from Spartacus (23kb) - Bill Evans (more here)Naima (6kb) - John Coltrane (the chord changes)| Pop/Rock |
Stayin' Alive (35kb) - Bee GeesAnji (3kb) - Paul SimonSamba Pa Ti (51kb) - SantanaIronic (43kb) - Alanis MorissetteWhen You're Gone (78kb) - the CranberriesThe Sign (35kb) - Ace of BaseKiss From a Rose (31kb) - SealI Am the Walrus (25kb) - The BeatlesHere Comes the Sun (33kb) - The BeatlesStairway to Heaven (47kb) - Led ZeppelinHotel California (72kb) - The EaglesDesperado (12kb) - The EaglesLa Bamba (34kb) - Richie ValensWhiter Shade of Pale (32kb) - Procol HarumAnother Star (113kb) - Stevie WonderStay (43kb) - Lisa Loeb| Other |
The Impression That I Get (46kb) - Mighty Mighty BosstonesThe Simpsons (18kb) - theme from the TV showPeanuts (21kb) - theme from the Charlie Brown TV showDueling Banjos (20kb) - from the movie DeliveranceIsland Music (17kb) - Reggae, steel drums, etc.Chip's Challenge (12kb) - from a game of that nameDance of the Sugarplum Fairies (16kb) - from The NutcrackerDr. Gradus ad Parnassum (31kb) - Claude Debussy
Music videos
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Jazz favorites
Rock & Pop favorites
Keyboard players
Guitar players
Bass players
Other
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| Here are some great music videos by various artists. When I first created this section I was just putting links to the videos on the websites where I found them, showing them in popups I created on my website. Then I ran into some videos, primarily on YouTube, that don't let you do that (they give a message that prohibits "embedding" them), or sometimes a video I had linked was taken down, so I started saving the videos (there is an extension in Firefox that lets you do this easily) and putting my own copies of them on my server. Most of these are in the FLV format, which streams, and I am playing them with this Flash Video Player in popup windows (which you can safely enable on my website). For you programmers, see my Perl section to see how this is done. |
Adobe Flash Player plugin (a quick and simple install). or other web information.
| Jazz favorites |  |
| Miles Davis
– members of his bands always went on to outstanding solo careers
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 Bitches Brew, 1969 (52 min.) |
 Splatch |
 Isle of Wight Festival (35 min.) |
 Hannibal |
 Human Nature |
 Footprints |
 So What |
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Mahavishnu
Orchestra
– John McLaughlin's superb fusion band of the early-70s (see more McLaughlin below)
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 You Know You Know |
 You Know You Know |
 The Noonward Race |
 Dance of Mya |
 Meeting of the Spirits |
 One Word |
 A Lotus on Irish Streams |
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 4 songs (hover for names) |
 You Know You Know |
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| Return to Forever
– Chick Corea's jazz fusion group of the 70s
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 Spain |
 500 Miles High |
 Romantic Warrior |
 Beyond the 7th Galaxy |
 Vulcan Worlds |
 Space Circus |
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| Milton Nascimento
– one of the best performers in my favorite genre, Brazilian jazz
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 Milagre dos Peixes |
 Nada Será Como Antes |
 Lilia |
 Lilia |
 O Que Será (w⁄ Chico Buarque) |
 Cravo e Canela |
 Acustico Na Suica |
 Travessia |
 Don Quixote |
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| Airto Moreira and Flora Purim
– fantastic Brazilian husband and wife musicians
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 Shoulder |
 1982 Harvest Jazz series |
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| John Coltrane
– one of the most influential improvisors and composers of all time
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 Naima |
 Afro Blue |
 My Favorite Things |
 Impressions |
 Impressions (w/ Eric Dolphy) |
 I Want To Talk About You |
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| Richard Galliano
– amazing! (richardgalliano.com)
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 Waltz For Nicky (w/ Birelli Lagrene) |
 Tangaria |
 Mozartango |
 Libertango |
 La Valse a Margaux |
 Mozambique (w/ Michel Portal) |
 Tchaikovsky 1st Concerto (1972) |
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| Anthony Braxton
– fantastic avant-garde reed player
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 Impressions |
 Iridium |
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| Weather Report
– outstanding musicians who also had successful individual careers
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 Black Market |
 Elegant People |
 Birdland |
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| Rock & Pop favorites | |
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Bob Dylan
– Dylan had a tremendous influence on everyone who came after him
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 It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) |
 Maggie's Farm Newport '65 Dylan goes electric |
 Like a Rolling Stone Newport '65 |
 Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo |
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Pink Floyd
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 Us and Them (1988) |
 Brain Damage* (1994) |
 Another Brick In The Wall (1980) |
 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1990) |
 Time (1988) |
 Money (1989) |
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 Cymbaline (1970) |
 Grantchester Meadows (1970) |
 Green is the Colour (1970) |
 Atom Heart Mother (1970) |
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 Comfortably Numb (1980) |
 Wish You Were Here (1988) |
 Live 8 (2005) |
 Us and Them (David Gilmour) |
 Us and Them (Rick Wright intro) |
 MTV Rockumentary |
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Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
– the original band (pre- Nicks & Buckingham) when they were an English group in the 60s
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 Oh Well |
 Albatross |
 Man of the World The Peter Green Story |
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Crosby, Stills, & Nash (and Young)
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 Teach Your Children |
 Long Time Gone |
 Helplessly Hoping |
 Southern Man |
 Down By The River |
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Joni Mitchell |
– | a 1979 tour backed by Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Michael Brecker, Jaco Pastorius, and Don Alias; some of the songs have film clips edited in at Mitchell's direction |
 Free Man in Paris |
 In France They Kiss On Main Street |
 Raised On Robbery |
 Black Crow |
 Edith and The Kingpin |
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John Lennon
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 Imagine |
 Woman |
 Yer Blues |
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The Yardbirds
– from the 1966 Antonioni film Blowup, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on guitars
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 Stroll On |
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Peter Frampton
– like the rest of us baby-boomers Frampton has aged, just a little more publicly
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 Baby, I Love Your Way (1976) |
 Show Me The Way (1976) |
 Baby, I Love Your Way (2000) |
 The Geico commercial (2007) |
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Bruce Springsteen
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 Secret Garden |
 Dancing in the Dark (Courteney Cox dancing) |
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Spirit
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 Nature's Way |
 Nature's Way (environmental theme) |
 I Got a Line on You |
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The Bangles
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 Hazy Shade of Winter |
From the movie, Less Than Zero | ||||||
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| Keyboard players | |
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Chick Corea
– one of the best pianists of all time
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 'Round Midnight |
 500 Miles High (w/ some RTF) |
 Why Wait (w/ some RTF) |
 L's Bop (w/ some RTF) |
 Spain (w/ Hiromi Uehara) |
 Mozart Allegro (w/ Keith Jarrett) |
 Sometime Ago |
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Keith Jarrett
– I first saw this incredible jazz pianist perform with Charles Lloyd in the 60s
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 Fort Yawuh, Berlin '73 |
 Tokyo '84 Encore |
 Solar |
 Funky Tonk solo (w⁄ Miles Davis) |
 Umbria Jazz Festival, Perugia, Italy '74 |
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McCoy Tyner
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 Giant Steps |
 Mr. P.C. |
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Bill Evans
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 Person I Knew |
 Gloria's Step |
 My Romance |
 Waltz For Debby |
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Thelonius Monk
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 'Round Midnight |
 Don't Blame Me |
 Blue Monk |
 Straight, No Chaser |
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Roger Friedman
(www.rogerfriedman.com)
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I love watching his fascinating instructional videos on YouTube, many with a MIDI keyboard above the one he is playing on showing which keys are being pressed. Roger was at Berklee at the same time I was, and in addition to being an outstanding piano player he is also a doctor. See also Lot2learn Jazz Piano. |
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 2009 Inauguration (w/ Ma,Perlman,McGill) |
 Paganini Duet (w/ Martha Argerich) |
 Joropo |
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John McLaughlin –
Paco de Lucia –
Al Di Meola –
Larry Coryell
– these guys could just blow everybody away in the guitar world
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 Rio Ancho McLaughlin, de Lucia & Di Meola |
 Rio Ancho Di Meola & de Lucia |
 Rio Ancho Paco de Lucia (the original) |
 Meeting Of The Spirits McLaughlin, de Lucia & Coryell |
 Guardian Angel McLaughlin, de Lucia & Coryell |
 Solo videos Al Di Meola |
 Spain McLaughlin, de Lucia & Di Meola |
 Callejon del Muro Paco de Lucia |
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Pat Metheny
– one of the most versatile guitarists influenced by many genres
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 Have You Heard |
 Phase Dance |
 Lone Jack |
 Bright Size Life |
 Acoustic Medley |
 Waltz For Ruth (w/ Charlie Haden) |
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Bireli Lagrene
– one of the world's greatest guitarists (lagrene.com)
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 A duet with Sylvain Luc (Live in Marciac 2000) |
 Vienne Song |
 Dinello (w/ Dominique Di Piazza) |
 Mediterranian Sundance (w/ Al Di Meola) |
 age 13 at Montreux |
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George Benson
– I saw him perform several times in the '60s when he was a jazz guitarist (before he became a pop singer)
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 'Round Midnight |
 Stella By Starlight (w⁄ McCoy Tyner) |
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Jeff Beck (one of a kind)  Cause We've Ended as Lovers |
Luis Moreno (guitar hammering)  Fusion |
Mason Williams (a pop classic)  Classical Gas |
Paul Simon (and his brother Ed)  Anji |
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Stanley Clarke
– my favorite bass player (listen to Clarke's 1972 solo on Sometime Ago
by Return to Forever). I posted the first Clarke video below on YouTube.
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 School Days (Live at Montreux) |
 School Days |
 Jam |
 Duals |
 Song To John |
 Solo and interview at Newport, 2003 |
 Saratoga Jazz Fest, 2008 |
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 Romantic Warrior |
 The Thunder Tour at the Hollywood Bowl (more info) |
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Victor Wooten
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 Club A38, Budapest, 2007 |
 2-hand tapping jazz solo |
 San Sebastian Jazz Fest, 2006 |
 With Flecktones at San Sebastian |
 Amazing Grace (Flecktones concert) |
 Amazing Grace (Bass Day 1998) |
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 Norwegian Wood |
 Slapping & tapping, brother Regi on guitar |
 A Chick From Corea (w/Steve Bailey) |
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Miroslav Vitous
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 Agitation (w/ Stanley Clarke) |
 Freedom Jazz Dance (w/ Stanley Clarke) |
 My Foolish Heart |
 Solo with Jan Garbarek |
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Dave Holland
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 Homecoming |
 Metamorphose |
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Fred Hopkins
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 Bass solo at Village Vanguard |
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Charlie Haden
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 Ornette Coleman clips |
 Lonely Woman |
 Body and Soul (w/ Richard Galliano) |
 La Passionara |
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Jaco Pastorius
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 A Portrait of Tracy |
 Slang |
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Eberhard Weber
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 Brother Wind March |
 Why Not Brazilian |
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Jean Baudin
– tapping, slapping and fingerstyle on 11-string and 9-string bass (jeanbaudin.com)
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 Mario Theme |
 Bach |
 Every Breath You Take (w/ Yves Carbonne) |
 Nuclear Rabbit information |
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Stuart Hamm
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 SF Concert Medley
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 Star-Spangled Banner |
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 Little Sunflower |
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 Little Rose |
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Maggot Brain by Funkadelic
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Jake Shimabukuro
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 While My Guitar Gently Weeps |
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Duo 4 by 6 (guitar & violin)
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 Vivaldi Summer III |
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Ian & Sylvia (a favorite 60s duo)
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 Greenwood Sidie O |
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Adiemus |
– | I love this New Age piece by composer/conductor Karl Jenkins.
The vocals are used as instruments, with the words made up by Jenkins. See Adiemus Unofficial Website, The Adiemus Singers, Adiemus Profile, and Adiemus - Wikipedia for more. |
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Miriam Stockley Original recording 1995 |
Karen Melis
 Night of the Proms 2001 |
Various choruses |
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 Anastasia Volochkova |
 The Alchemist M – Indy Parkour |
 Delta Commercial (French) |
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 Carmina Burana |
Seiji Ozawa conducts the Berlin Philharmonic and the Shin-Yu Chorus of Japan performing O Fortuna and Fortune plango vulnera, the first two pieces in the Carmina Burana, a collection of 24 poems set to music by Bavarian composer Carl Orff. |
 Bobby McFerrin |
Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale at the 2009 World Science Festival. |
 Stand By Me |
Recorded by artists all around the world, from the award-winning documentary, Playing For Change: Peace Through Music. |
 Video Games Live |
This is the trailer for the first video game concert tour, featuring the music of Christopher Tin and other game composers. See the website for more. |
 Tico Tico |
Cecilia Siqueira (Uruguay) and Fernando Lima (Brasil) play a really incredible guitar duet at the 2009 Brazilian Music Institute. |
 Rainbow Connection |
Kermit the Frog sings from The Muppet Movie |
House music
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House M.D. is one of my favorite TV shows and it has
some great music, particularly in the closing scenes of many episodes. Whoever is in charge of music for the show does an excellent job of matching
existing music to drama.
Hugh Laurie, the British actor who plays Dr. Gregory House with a pretty good American accent ("I just do the best that I can, gets tough at the end of a long day. And with some of the jargon, I end up feeling like I've been in a fistfight."), can also play comedy and was in a hilarious series in England in the 80s, Blackadder. |
 The Down Low |
- Maggot Brain by Funkadelic (Eddie Hazel on guitar) - Just after they tell a drug dealer (really an undercover cop) he is dying this mournful song begins to play, and at the same time the drug raid he was working on goes down. |
 Black Hole |
- A Whiter Shade of Pale by Hugh Laurie (House) - Laurie, who is actually a musician, plays a Hammond B-3 organ given to him by his colleague and roomate Wilson. |
 All In |
- Hymn To Freedom, Hugh Laurie (House) plays the Oscar Pederson song - A 6-year-old boy is dying of the same ailment that killed a 73-year-old woman twelve years before. House is obsessed with solving it this time. |
 Wilson's Heart |
- Passing Afternoon by Iron & Wine (Samuel Beam) - This is one of the heaviest House M.D. stories (perhaps one of the heaviest TV shows I have ever seen) involving Amber's death in an eposide where House and Amber (who is Wilson's girlfriend and also a doctor) are involved in a serious bus accident that results in the failure of her major organs. The video begins with House and Amber in a dream sequence experienced by House in a coma, then continues as House awakens and several loose ends are wrapped up, including Thirteen learning that she has Huntington's disease. |
 Autopsy |
- Beautiful by Elvis Costello - House stops the hallucinations of a very brave young girl with terminal cancer. |
 Cane and Able |
- Gravity by John Mayer - A seven-year-old boy is born with 2 sets of DNA because he was the product of "In Vitro Fertilization" that created twins that merged in his body. When his lesser twin awakens he thinks aliens have invaded his body. |
 No More Mr. Nice Guy |
- You Keep Me Hangin' On by The Supremes - A subplot in this episode is the battle between House and Amber for the companionship of Wilson, who is House's best friend and Amber's boyfriend. Their disagreement gets pretty intense and is referred to by Cuddy as a "custody battle." |
 Don't Ever Change |
- Waiting On A Friend by The Rolling Stones - House solves the kidney problem of a former music producer who had recently converted to Hasidic Judaism and collapsed at her wedding. This conversion defies House's philosophy that people cannot change. On the video he makes a tongue-in-cheek jab at Thirteen who is bisexual. |
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