Category: Music

A song for the season performed by SRV.

I just realized that I’ve neglected the legendary maestro Lindley Armstrong Jones, and that needs to be remedied. Here he and his ensemble perform a subtle and profound Russian orchestral masterpiece arranged for chamber ensemble with appropriate gravitas.

“Downtown” may be the obvious choice, but I like this one, too.

A tall tale from Steve Winwood and Traffic.

John Bayless recorded two albums of Beatles tunes in Baroque-ish piano arrangements. French pianist François Glorieux recorded a similar album, but he used a variety of composers, not just Bach, as models for his arrangements.

I can’t stand the stupidly popular later Fleetwood Mac, but the Peter Green band is worth listening to. This is the first tune of theirs I heard, and it remains a favorite.

Maxophone, another forgotten band from the golden age of Italian prog rock, released a single album in 1975 and disappeared for forty years.

The only James Taylor song I’ve ever listened to by choice.

Another easy-listening tune from Gentle Giant.

Yeah, I like a little Liszt. (Robbo can skip this one.)

I used to play this waltz years ago, but never this well. Dinu Lipatti, the godson of George Enescu, played a Mozart minuet at his baptism.

A Romanian fiddle tune, electrified a bit.

I used to play “Sir John Fenwick” on my hammered dulcimer with a friend who played a mountain dulcimer. Bruce Charlton has some notes on the history behind the tune.

A rarity by Malcom Dalglish, Grey Larsen and Pete Sutherland, back before they named themselves “Metamora.” This was a cassette-only release.

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For those who like to count.

Yardbirds fans should recognize this tune. It was originally recorded by Tiny Brandshaw.

A bit of Irish/French/Canadian music, with Larsen on flute and Marchand on voice, guitar and feet.

A different flavor of fusion, with Scott Henderson, Gary Willis, Kirk Covington and Scott Kinsey.

Chick Corea in an acoustic mood, with Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola and Lenny White.