Contemporary music

[markolas]

Originally Posted by amber

He'll find something. He just has to web around and look for stuff.

Yeah, I've been looking the last couple of days. Found a jazzy singer named Madeleine Peyroux whom I had not heard of; she sounded good. There are some good instrumentalists, too. I'd always written off Chris Botti, but he's actually very good. Regina Carter is a jazz violinist who is amazing.

There is some good contemporary R&B/hip-hop/soul, but you have to wade through a *lot* of dreck, and sometimes it's just too disheartening.

I swear, this one Charlie guy is so good (instrumental) wish I could remember. The CD got a little messed up, hope I didn't toss it. That reminds me of something I would do while cleaning, as I hate cleaning so much that I'll just throw things away.

You mentioned Getz & Gilberto, so maybe it's Charlie Byrd? He did a bossa nova album w/ Getz called "Jazz Samba" that was very popular.