What is Musicality?


Hello fellow music lovers,

I am upgrading my system like a lot of us who follow Audiogon. I read a lot about musicality on Audiogon as though the search for musicality can ultimately end by acquiring the perfect music system -- or the best system that one can afford. I really appreciate the sonic improvements that new components, cables, plugs and tweaks are bringing to my own system. But ultimately a lot of musicality comes from within and not from without. I probably appreciated my Rocket Radio and my first transistor radio in the 1950s as much I do my high-end system in 2010. Appreciating good music is not only a matter of how good your equipment is. It is a measure of how musical a person you are. Most people appreciate good music but some people are born more musical than others and appreciate singing in the shower as much as they do listening to a high-end system or playing a musical instrument or attending a concert. Music begins in the soul. It is not only a function of how good a system you have.

Sabai
sabai
Speaking of Monk compositions, unorthodox playing technique and MUSICALITY, this is about as good as it gets; imo:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MOm17yw__6U
I never get tired of listening to Monk. He was so creative, he always keeps me interested.
Frogman,
That was beautiful, thanks. I have a 1959 recording of Wes playing this tune with Melvin Rhyne on the Hammond b3 and it's also beautiful.
Glad you liked it, Charles1dad; and thanks for the rec. I am not familiar with his recording with Melvin Rhyne, but will check it out.
Frogman,
The recording is "The Wes Montgomery Trio". Wes and Melvin along with drummer Paul Parker formed this trio in Wes's hometown of Indianapolis, IN.

Frogman I'd suggest the recording "Bags meets Wes". Bags is Milt Jackson(vibraphone) and this is also a Riverside label recording.

Sabai, sorry for briefly straying from your original topic.
Charles,