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American music means so much to so many people. To me its folk, blues and jazz.


American Folk has a happy looking cover and is a compilation of light and pleasant American folk music and was released in August 2005. American Blues has some of the best showin' their stuff. It was released in 2003.


The more I hear New Orleans jazz, the more I like it. This section will grow over time. I bought this with a few others in Arad in August 2008. There's only one music store here - a small Tower Records.


Deep Moods - Warm Moments of Saxophone is a collection of romantic jazz (American and European) that I bought in October 2008. The saxophone and piano create a nice ambience. This cd was compiled in Israel by Nitzan Kramer, an Israeli jazz professional. I wasn't sure where to put it in my collection and decided that Jazz belongs with World Music. Jazz with a Brazilian feel to it (like Stan Getz's Compact Jazz) is in the Brazilian section.

I like these themed jazz cd's. When I want a few hours of instrumental ambience, I listen to this, Caribbean Jazz Projects and my Latin Jazz collections.


I bought The Best Of Stanley Jordan in Savannah, Georgia in December 2008. One of the songs on the cd is Georgia On My Mind! Every song here is incredibly arranged and performed. My favorites are his covers of My Favorite Things, Stairway To Heaven and Over The Rainbow. But everything on this cd counts - even the songs Jordan composed. This one impressed my wife!


Being Jewish and Israeli doesn't preclude one from enjoying Christmas. I have great childhood memories of driving through Miami to see homes with Christmas lights in the 70's and 80's with my parents and brother. Christmas music is beautiful. While in Georgia and Florida in December 2008, I couldn't resist buying some Bing Crosby Christmas music!! As soon as we got to Georgia, we saw the Christmas decorations everywhere. The radio stations we listened to played Christmas music non-stop and we loved it! The Carnival Glory cruise ship that we spent a week on had Christmas and Hannukah decorations throughout the ship.

We're not religious, but even secular people can enjoy the holiday spirit!

I bought Christmas With Bing Crosby in Savannah. I found Bing Crosby Classic Holiday Treasures and Christmas With Bing Crosby & Perry Como in Orlando at a bookstore while it was pouring outside.


Mistify is Sea World's summer fireworks, laser and water show. We were at Sea World in December so saw another show, Christmas Miracles, at the end of the day. I couldn't resist buying a cd to remind me of the atmosphere at Sea World. The music at all of the shows we saw was stunning and so is this one. Its ethereal and takes you back to Sea World - Florida's most interesting park.

World Music Forever was created by Kenny Sahr. Be sure to visit Sixties Collection and my personal site.