Easy listening music albums

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Easy listening music albums

AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Easy Listening music is instrumental music that was designed to be soothing and relaxing. Unlike jazz, which demands your utmost attention, easy listening slips into the background, which is the very reason many critics and listeners dismissed the music as nothing more than disposible fluff. Although some records certainly fall into that category, there were a number of inventive arrangers and conductors working in the genre, such as Martin Denny, Les Baxter and Esquivel, who distinguished themselves with unpredictable instrumentation and idiosyncratic arrangements. Still, the primary characteristic of easy listening, from Ray Conniff's lush wordless vocals to the Latin flourishes of Herb Alpert, is that it's pleasant and easy on the ears. Easy Listening Album Highlights. Enoch Light Provocative Percussion. Esquivel Esquivel! Martin Denny Exotica [Vols. Liberace 16 Biggest Hits.

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The instrumentation in easy listening songs is known to calm the senses. The soft textural sound gives the format its signature identity. Easy listening rock songs came into prominence in the 70s. The folk movement paved the way for easy listening rock and in doing so attracted audiences from non-rock music formats. In the 80s radio stations playing easy listening music started including acoustic rock songs and rock ballads in broadcasts, and this shaped a new path for easy listening rock songs. Instrumental acoustic and electric guitar solos gave brand new identity to easy listening in the 80s and 90s. While soft passages of reed instruments such as clarinet and saxophone formed the signature tunes of the easy listening songs in the 60s and 70s, the was a dramatic turnover in the 80s with acoustic guitars, electric guitars and keyboards forming the major sound in the genre. The easy listening music format may have evolved drastically over the years, however, the smooth-relaxing instrumental parts and lush vocals yet form the soul of the genre. Over the years a number of record labels have released numerous compilations of easy listening songs.

Easy listening music albums

AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Easy Listening music is instrumental music that was designed to be soothing and relaxing. Unlike jazz, which demands your utmost attention, easy listening slips into the background, which is the very reason many critics and listeners dismissed the music as nothing more than disposible fluff. Although some records certainly fall into that category, there were a number of inventive arrangers and conductors working in the genre, such as Martin Denny, Les Baxter and Esquivel, who distinguished themselves with unpredictable instrumentation and idiosyncratic arrangements. Still, the primary characteristic of easy listening, from Ray Conniff's lush wordless vocals to the Latin flourishes of Herb Alpert, is that it's pleasant and easy on the ears. Easy Listening Album Highlights. Enoch Light Provocative Percussion.

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Total price:. Our last house party was greatly enhanced by the great tracks on this CD, love 'em all! More Hide. Conniff and his orchestra. Esquivel Esquivel! Not added. Jackie Gleason Music for Lovers Only. Post by vinyl master » 26 Sep I'll start with a few more Post by vinyl master » 26 Sep Nice! Free returns are available for the shipping address you chose.

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London Pops Orchestra. Art Ferrante A Touch of Art. Arthur Fiedler Peter and the Commissar. Herb Alpert Definitive Hits. Post by Tombo62 » 26 Sep Morgan Jaye P. Sold by. Previous page. Post by vinyl master » 26 Sep Oh, and my Top 10 of earlier, if anyone wants to search these out Last edited by vinyl master on 27 Sep , edited 1 time in total. Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. Back in the 70's and even in the 80's, they had radio stations that played "beautiful music"