Music Music to Lift Your Soul: 4 Genres & Honorable Mention

[Hornbein]

Here's my fave in jazz piano.

 

[Hornbein]

Though y'all might prefer this.

 

[jedishrfu]

And then there's Yuja Wang playing The Flight of the Bumblebee

 

[jedishrfu]

versus Al Hirt playing the Green Hornet theme

 

[pinball1970]

And then there's Yuja Wang playing The Flight of the Bumblebee

Insane technique.

 

[pinball1970]

No greater piano solo on record

This isn't bad either with nice breakdown from Rick Beato

 

[BWV]

This isn't had either with nice breakdown from Rick Beato

That is a great video as well. FWIW, OP was taught piano by a student of a student of Franz Liszt, there are plenty of great Jazz pianists, but none come close to OPs transcendental technique

 

[jedishrfu]

and very beautiful.

 

[BWV]

Although OP remained in awe of Art Tatum throughout his life

 

[pinball1970]

I never knew what this was till today, heard it years ago.

 

[pinball1970]

I can't find the Bach one I want but came across lots of others. I am terrible at remembering what the proper names and keys are.
I would be in a pickle if the Beatles would have done that. 'Yesterday ballad in position G, downtuned to F.'

 

[pinball1970]

This is over played but it does not stop it being sublime. It sounds nice on guitar too.

 

[pinball1970]

The one I could not remember was Bouree.

 

[Steve4Physics]

Hiromi playing (piano solo) ‘I got rhythm‘…

 

[Hornbein]

I never knew what this was till today, heard it years ago.

I never heard those quotations from hymns before.

I like this version. Why isn't it entitled the correct translation, Wake Up? I guess that could be thought rude.

 

[pinball1970]

I never heard those quotations from hymns before.

I like this version. Why isn't it entitled the correct translation, Wake Up? I guess that could be thought rude.

All the English titles tend to just say "Sleepers awake!"
"Awake, the Voice is Calling." is the wiki translation.

Some nice arrangements.

The one I posted has such an odd sound on that second key board, like an Oboe.

It even sounded out of tune first listen.The back story on the words is very nice, written during a plague and was meant to give hope to the congregation.

https://www.classicalwcrb.org/blog/2020-04-02/sleepers-awake-from-crisis-to-cantata

 

[pinball1970]

A last thing on Bach (for now) Whiter Shade of Pale used a progression and figure.

I don't think it was a direct copy or conscious thing. Not according to the writers anyway.

 

[Xenon02]

My recomendation might not be for everyone but I really like those guitar tweaks from Brontide :



Or from Estas Tonne :

 

[Hornbein]

A last thing on Bach (for now) Whiter Shade of Pale used a progression and figure.

In 2006 the organist sued for a portion of the royalties and won. One wonders why he waited such a long time to do this. The case went all the way to the Law Lords.

 

[jedishrfu]

Maybe the organist didn't know what had happened. There was an American music composer who discovered his music was wildly popular on China's CCTV but he got no royalties from them.

https://radii.co/article/american-composer-chinese-state-tv-music

He discovered it through use of the google-developed content id tool.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_ID_(system)

 

[Hornbein]

Maybe the organist didn't know what had happened. There was an American music composer who discovered his music was wildly popular on China's CCTV but he got no royalties from them.

https://radii.co/article/american-composer-chinese-state-tv-music

He discovered it through use of the google-developed content id tool.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_ID_(system)

Not a chance he didn't know. Whiter Shade of Pale was a big hit in the UK and elsewhere. Everyone with even an ounce of hipness knew it. I expect the judge ruled in the organists favor because he/she dug that melody in their youth. ( I wish bands like Procol Harum could be successful today.)

I heard of an elderly man who discovered that he was one of the most popular and respected authors in some place like Hungary. There's also Mai Mizuhashi who discovered that her dance vid was huge in China and now is a star there. And Indonesia's PeterPan who had a cover of their tune make it big in India. I doubt they got anything. Indonesia doesn't have much enforcement muscle.

 

[Hornbein]

How about choral music?
Locus Iste by Anton Bruckner.

 

[pinball1970]

How about choral music?
Locus Iste by Anton Bruckner.

Oh my. We used to sing that in Manchester Youth Choir 1988 ish.
It is a beautiful song, arrangement.

This was my number one though

 

[pinball1970]

In 2006 the organist sued for a portion of the royalties and won. One wonders why he waited such a long time to do this. The case went all the way to the Law Lords.

If he wrote it did he not just get a %?
As composer?
Or did he get one of those dodgy 1960s record company deals?

 

[Hornbein]

If he wrote it did he not just get a %?
As composer?
Or did he get one of those dodgy 1960s record company deals?

He won a percentage of royalties and a share of composer credit.

 

[Hornbein]

Ashokan Farewell

I performed this with a chorus on the night my mother died. Though I didn't know that until afterward. I like to believe that she passed away during Moon River. It was one of her favorites.

 

[pinball1970]

Ashokan Farewell

I performed this with a chorus on the night my mother died. Though I didn't know that until afterward. I like to believe that she passed away during Moon River. It was one of her favorites.

That's very sad but a beautiful story at the same time. Moon River breaks my heart, I don't even know what the words are but every time I was flicking through my ex song book, I would insist she sang while I fumbled my way through the chords on piano.

 

[Hornbein]

Six great slide guitar solos.

 

[OCR]

Another one. . . .



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[Hornbein]

Two people covering Stevie Wonder's Sir Duke, outdoing the original. I would have thought that impossible.

 

[Hornbein]

A dobro cover of A White Shade of Pale.

 

[pinball1970]

Two people covering Stevie Wonder's Sir Duke, outdoing the original. I would have thought that impossible.

Where's the brass!?

Ha ha only joking! absolutely loved it. Great to see young kids playing the stuff I grew up with and getting it.

 

[pinball1970]

A dobro cover of A White Shade of Pale.

Well, I certainly can't play it like that! Not as much my thing and let's face it the tune is so beautiful it would still sound good played on an out of tune bag pipe.
I appreciate the skill though, upvoted but not loved.

 

[pinball1970]

 

[Bob Walance]

I find that The Shaggs' music is especially refreshing.

 

[pinball1970]

I find that The Shaggs' music is especially refreshing.

They are certainly different! Their story is interesting too.

 

[pinball1970]

I find that The Shaggs' music is especially refreshing.

The drumming is like a broken clock, every so often it tells the right time.

 

[pinball1970]

We always had the radio on and that is where I heard all that great music in the late 60s and early 70s.
Mum always dragging me into the kitchen and saying, “Tony! Listen to this!”
She was always right too. First time I heard Hendrix, she said, “he could make his guitar talk, listen to this!”
I thought the daft old bat what she on about this time? The record was all the watch tower, the third solo after the slide solo in come the Wah. I thought “OMG! It actually DOES sound like it is talking!”
Lots of great radio memories before I started get my hands on tapes and vinyl. So..

Beatles

Stones

Kinks

Hollies

Mamas Papas

Doors

Hendrix

Then Deep Purple – best players and easily the best singer of all time besides McCartney
1970s it was ABBA, ELO Supertramp McCartney/Wings and Steely Dan, Yes and Genesis
Late 70s/early 80s Gary Newman, Blondie, The Specials, Kate Bush (genius) then…everything seem to go to pot.

I don’t think I watched TOTP between 1984-1994.

Unfortunately seen few of my idols. Dead or split up before I was old enough to go to gigs.
Lucky enough to see Yes before Chris Squire passed, Deep Purple before Jon Lord passed.
ELO without Jeff lynne but with Mike Edwards (I think) before he passed.
Macca before Linda passed.

Time machine to go back to a few gigs?

Beatles Japan 1966- no much screaming

Purple 1972- Japan again

Kate Bush at the Hammersmith 1979 ish

 

[jedishrfu]

There's a great youtube channel called Prof of Rock that gets into the backstories of a lot classic hits. Your favorite may be there.

THis one is on the top ten of the 1980's

https://www.youtube.com/c/ProfessorofRock

 

[pinball1970]

I like Rick Beato and this was an unexpected combo.

 

[Hornbein]

Kate Bush at the Hammersmith 1979 ish

She changed everything. Invented the modern pop music show.

Here's a great concert from one of her best friends.

 

[Hornbein]

Japanese popular music : hot fast and tight. TV rules : you've made it if you have the theme song for a show. Jazz is popular. The latest hit is Mixed Nuts.

Drum cover. From France!


Piano:

 

[fresh_42]

 

[jedishrfu]

And this version for when we can't pay for four musicians:

 

[StevieTNZ]

 

[StevieTNZ]

 

[StevieTNZ]

Forgot about this song:

 

[StevieTNZ]

Oh my....!

 

[Hornbein]

Oh my....!

Shades of Uptown Funk and Norwegian Wood.

 

[BWV]

RIP Jeff Beck