Let's talk music, no genre boundaries


This is an offshoot of the jazz thread. I and others found that we could not talk about jazz without discussing other musical genres, as well as the philosophy of music. So, this is a thread in which people can suggest good music of all genres, and spout off your feelings about music itself.

 

audio-b-dog

@audio-b-dog 

Have you heard "Season of Lights",  the live L. Nyro album?

As it happens, it features the same Jazz bassist as Astral Weeks- Richard Davis.

L. Nyro is too "breathy" for me and this makes her hard to understand.  As nice as her voice is, I don't want to have to "strain" to understand the words.

She sounds sort of like a Joni Mitchell but without the lower harmonics and inflection.

@stuartk 

"Season of Lights" will probably go to the top of my long list. Although I did hear her live, but that was late in her life. And many years ago in my life. Madonna and Warren Beaty were together and they were there with Sandra Bernhard. Probably in the mid- late-eighties.

@stuartk 

Mary Coughlan is considered a "jazz singer." (Not by me, but online.) Her best album is probably "Love for Sale." If you can find it, you might listen. She's damn good.

@audio-b-dog 

I will give her a listen.

BTW, Season of Lights was available in several versions as physical media.

One disc added a bunch of tracks left off the original vinyl due to space constraints. I hope you can stream the extended version. I'd be comfortable describing this album as "jazzy".