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What Are Your Favorite Instrumental Tunes?
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What Are Your Favorite Instrumental Tunes?
The subject of instrumentals came up in another thread, so I thought it might be fun to see what instrumental tunes everyone enjoys. Instrumentals cover a wide range of genres when you start to think about it; classical (of course), movie soundtracks, pop, jazz, big band oldies, blues, country, rock, and many instrumental versions of your favorite song titles, too.
So what instrumental music do you like? What are your favorite tunes or instrumental versions of your favorite songs? Multiple tunes and multiple genres are okay. And, if you have favorite on youtube, feel free to post the link so that we can listen, too!
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Sooooooo many:
Classical Gas
Beethoven's 7th
Birdland
Samba pa ti
Take Five
Blue Rondo la Turk
Jingo
Soul Sacrifice
Seranade to a Cuckoo
Just about anything with Ian Anderson; Bouree, In the Grip of Stronger Stuff, his take on God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen
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I like Native American flute music - it’s calming and meditative. Most recently I’ve been listening to some music by Bill Neal Elk Whistle from his Facebook fan page. Here’s a link to a video I particularly like: https://www.facebook.com/BillNealElkWhistle/videos/1321596598700/.
Here’s another awesome song and video: https://www.facebook.com/BillNealElkWhistle/videos/1828675195348/.
The third song is different because it’s a traditional Americana song, but played in a way I haven’t heard before - it’s available as a download on Apple Music:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wayfaring-stranger-single/1257691732.
Enjoy!
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Here’s another of Bill Neal Elk Whistle’s music videos that I love to listen to:
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Anything by Duke Ellington from 1939.
Also my own tune, "Song for Lisa" -
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"Lighit Above the Trees" Keiko Matsui. I first heard this piece the night my mother passed away in May 2013. I recieved the call and jumped in the car to go to her home and this tune came on the radio. It took me to a place of piece and calm.
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1.) "'Round Midnight"-Miles Davis
2.) "Meeting of the Spirits"-John McLaughlin/Mahavishnu Orchestra
3.) "Satch's Boogie"-Joe Satriani
4.) "Race with the Devil"-Al DiMeola
5.) "Birdland"-Weather Report
6.) "Medley-*Crow River Waltz
*Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
*Jack Fig (Leo Kottke/My Feet Are Smiling)
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@jm2422wrote:1.) "'Round Midnight"-Miles Davis
2.) "Meeting of the Spirits"-John McLaughlin/Mahavishnu Orchestra
3.) "Satch's Boogie"-Joe Satriani
4.) "Race with the Devil"-Al DiMeola
5.) "Birdland"-Weather Report
6.) "Medley-*Crow River Waltz
*Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
*Jack Fig (Leo Kottke/My Feet Are Smiling)
Nice list! You must be a guitar player
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"Pink Panther" - Henry Mancini. Who can listen to this fun song and not smile.
"Grazin' In The Grass" - Hugh Masekela. Huge hit and great rock/jazz fusion.
"Samba Pa Ti" - Santana. Soothing song with Santana's great guitar work (as usual).
"Wipe Out" - The Safaries. The drum work that everybody was trying to tap out. (Okay, it has two words at the beginning: "Wipe Out".)
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I'd be remiss to let this topic go without mention of this favorite rockin' jazz classic -
Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9RovTGUGsA
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My favorite instrumentals were from the 60's - A Summer Place (I forget who the artist was) & Stranger on the Shore (by Acker Bilk). I was only 10 at the time & a few months later our country lost its innocence with the assassination of President Kennedy.
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