"Neoclassical" is my invented (rather than official definition that applies to the period between the two World Wars, with influence from 18th Century music) label to the music I selected here: Jean Michel Jarre's Oxygène and Ennio Morricone's soundtrack to the movie "Once Upon a Time in the West" (probably the best Western ever made). They may be part of the New Age genre, but I wanted to keep my selections away from some of the psychodelic stuff that also go as New Age. I combined this with Jazz on the same CD because I had space for both. (Oxygène is a 6 part 39-min piece, nearly 46 Mb in size, that took half the CD.)
Jazz
01-Harlem Nocturne (by Viscounts, 1966)
By Earle Hagen & Dick Rogers in 1939 to capture the sound of Duke Ellington's work.
02-Dave Brubeck Quartet, Take Five (better sound here!)
Live (1961)
Dave Brubeck, piano; Paul Desmond, alto sax; Eugene Wright, bass; Joe Morello, drums.
"Take Five" was written by Paul Desmond and performed in 1959 album Time Out.
03-Dave Brubeck Quartet, Blue Rondo A La Turk
The "A La Turk" part of the title came about when Brubeck heard the unusual "12 12 12 123" rhythm being performed by Turkish musicians on the street. Upon asking them where they got the rhythm from, one of them replied "This rhythm is to us, what the blues is to you." Hence the title. This piece is also from the 1959 Time Out album.
04-Jim Adkins, Lost in Love (Smooth Jazz, Instrumental)
This one is an arbitrary choice here; choose your own from this link!
NOTE. I reviewed many Jazz bands over the years, including, of course, Miles Davis. I still stand by my 3 picks here, though, in a right mood (like driving alone from San Diego to LA late a night for a date), most any Light Jazz on a radio station will do just fine.
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Neoclassical
01-Ennio Morricone, Soundtrack to "Once Upon a Time in the West," 1968
or As song in French by Mireille Mathieu: Un jour tu reviendras
02-Well, why not enjoy another piece by Mireille Mathieu: Caruso
03-Jean Michel Jarre, Oxygène, 1976 (Part 1: 7:44min)
This album led the synthesizer revolution of the Seventies and thereafter.
Play the parts from the links below! Due to the success of the 1st Oxygene, Jarre had 2 later additions up to 13 movements. Someone screwed up the parts on YouTube: first, the 6 parts do not correspond to the original 6 movements, and second, parts 7 and later are treated as if they are a continuation of the original, when they are not, and sound somewhat different--and there are 2 different Part 10s, and some parts are Remix versions, as added injury. In short, before the parts of the 1st Oxygene are done, you have the newer parts connecting. So, I include here the first 6 parts only. You can listen to all parts as if each is an individual piece. And if you want to hear a sample, rather than the whole thing, listen to Part 4 to get a feel for it and see if you like it.
Part 2: 7:40m
Part 3: 3:14m
Part 4: 4:30m
Part 5: 4:39m
Part 6: 6:20m
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