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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #4 Gershwin An American in Paris

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  • September 8, 2020September 8, 2020
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At #4 on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical is George Gershwin with his wonderful An American in Paris. George Gershwin composed Tin Pan Alley musicals in the early teens and

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #8 Ellington Afro-Eurasian Eclipse

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  • August 26, 2020August 26, 2020
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On Sunday, June 26, 1994, I was working as a sales associate at the Men’s Wearhouse in Woodside, California. On Sundays at work, Chris, one of the salesmen, would put

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – Honorable Mention – Coleman Lonely Woman

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  • August 18, 2020August 18, 2020
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1959 was a magnificent year for music, particularly jazz. I’ve noted a few of these compositions here to this point. Miles Davis with his album Kind of Blue and his

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #13 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

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  • August 12, 2020August 12, 2020
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George Gershwin comes in at #13 on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical with his classical/jazz hybrid, Rhapsody in Blue. I know this piece has been overplayed, some say overhyped, known

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – Honorable Mention – Jobim Girl From Ipanema

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  • August 12, 2020August 12, 2020
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I’m giving an honorable mention to Antonio Carlos Jobim in my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical for his amazing and inventive song, The Girl From Ipanema.  Jobim was born in Brazil

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – Honorable Mention – Shostakovich Suite for Variety Orchestra

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  • August 10, 2020August 10, 2020
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I need to give Shostakovich an honorable mention for his Suite for Variety Orchestra. Hardly anyone today knows it by that name. This is one of those pieces that got

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #15 Coltrane My Favorite Things

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  • August 7, 2020August 7, 2020
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Coming in at #15 on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical is John Coltrane, the amazing saxophonist, with his rendition of My Favorite Things, composed originally by Richard Rodgers for My

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – Honorable Mention – Desmond Take Five

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  • July 27, 2020July 27, 2020
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When I revise this Top 50, this piece by Paul Desmond, and played by the Dave Brubeck Band will be added in the Top 50, because it is just so

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – Honorable Mention – Davis So What

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  • July 21, 2020July 21, 2020
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The separation of lines in music are supposedly drawn bright and clear since the 20th century. Classical music follows this line with these “rules.” Film scores follow with these “rules.”

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Burnin’ Bright in Bb Minor

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  • December 28, 2018December 28, 2018
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A nice short jazz piece for soprano saxophone with a piano and upright bass. Hope y’all enjoy it.

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Recent Posts

  • Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #1 Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minor
  • Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #2 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74
  • Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #3 Wagner Götterdämmerung
  • Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #4 Gershwin An American in Paris
  • Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #5 – Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

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