Everybody has music they love. Some blogs have “currently listening to” sidebars, and others discuss the merits of their favorites. For the most part, what they have in common from my point of view is that I don’t recognize a word of what they are talking about.
\nHow could I be a trained musician, and have gotten so far removed from pop music?? I can’t figure it out. What I find is that I recognize some music here and there, but I’ve missed most of the hits of the nineties, and I have NO idea who is popular in the new millennium.<\/p>\n
\nI have very eclectic taste. I’m trained as a band director, but I suppose that jazz, swing, and musical theater are my favorites after band music. That shows in the CDs that are in my office. I have a rectangular wicker basket that I store CDs in. It holds about 25 CDs. Here are some of my favorites:
\n1. The Doobie Brothers – Greatest Hits
\n2. The Essential Stan Getz
\n3. Audra McDonald – How Glory Goes
\n4. Diana Krall – The Look of Love
\n5. Stan Kenton – Standards in Silhouette (I’ve loved this album for more than
\nthirty years, but “Willow Weep for Me,” “When Sunny Gets Blue,”
\nand “Django” are my favorite cuts.
\n6. David Sanborn – Pearls
\n7. Andrea Bocelli – Romanza
\n8. Rosemary Clooney Sings Rogers, Hart & Hammerstein
\n9. John Pizzarelli – After Hours
\nI’d like to add a copy of “Take Five” by Dave Brubeck, and Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess.”
\nHave you ever listened to “Victory at Sea,” or “Mannin Veen?” You should.
\nIf you have an all time favorite to suggest to me, I’ll give it a listen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Everybody has music they love. Some blogs have “currently listening to” sidebars, and others discuss the merits of their favorites. For the most part, what they have in common from my point of view is that I don’t recognize a … Continue reading