Music.

Another jazz giant on an instrument which was never designed for jazz and seems very restrictive, until you hear him play.
I present the harmonica virtuoso, Toots Thielemans performing Killer Joe.

and with Bill Evans on Sno Peas
Sno' Peas - Toots Thielemans-Bill Evans - YouTube (Can anyone tell me the name of the sax player?)
Toots accompanies Lizz Wright on this beautiful old standard. Come Rain or Come Shine.
Come Rain or Come Shine (with Lizz Wright) - YouTube
And a solo vocal from Lizz Wright. I can guarantee that any serious listener will wipe a tear. This is what I was referring to women’s (and all poetry lovers) emotional connection with lyrics as well as the melody.
Lizz Wright - Dreaming Wide Awake - YouTube

LOL, you got me going now.
For saxophone lovers. This Buddy Rich Big Band rendition if Groovin Hard is excellent. The sax solo is not particularly noteworthy, but the sax ensemble play is wonderful.

oh, and wonderful solos by Art Farmer and Clifford Jordan are on this take of Pyramid by the Horace Silver quintet.
Clifford Jordan’s tenor solo is astoundingly masculine.

And Harold Land’s tenor solo on Land’s End on the album Study in Brown, drips with melancholy. Clifford Brown needs no introduction.

And for alto sax lovers, Cannonball Adderley (and Bill Evans) on the album “Know what I Mean” is excellent.

More later.

Another jazz giant on an instrument which was never designed for jazz and seems very restrictive, until you hear him play. I present the harmonica virtuoso, Toots Thielemans performing Killer Joe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GJaxGP53us
As soon as I read Harmonica, I thought of this trio and this particular rendition, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5ZpXg0GEC4 Watch the girl, she just can't keep it straight, and listen to some of their other work. A lot of classical music here. The only way she could keep it together was to not watch the other guys.
Another jazz giant on an instrument which was never designed for jazz and seems very restrictive, until you hear him play. I present the harmonica virtuoso, Toots Thielemans performing Killer Joe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GJaxGP53us
As soon as I read Harmonica, I thought of this trio and this particular rendition, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5ZpXg0GEC4 Watch the girl, she just can't keep it straight, and listen to some of their other work. A lot of classical music here. The only way she could keep it together was to not watch the other guys. Hilarious! And they are excellent players, but not in the class of Toots.
And they are excellent players, but not in the class of Toots.
Sorry, but I didn't realize it was a competition.
And they are excellent players, but not in the class of Toots.
Sorry, but I didn't realize it was a competition. Well, I am not trying to compete, nor are the performers, I'm sure. I am just trying to present a few examples of what I consider to be Art by exceptional musicians (see my signature line). I gave just due to the trio for their very funny and competent rendition of a harmonica classic. I enjoyed it!

One of my all time favorite compositions and performances of Django.

Pianist and musical director for the Modern Jazz Quartet, John Lewis, composed “Django" in 1954 as a tribute to the great gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt.
A good remastered version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLjjN2zovRU And speaking of DR, do listen to this recording of Spain by Bireli Lagrene and Vic Juris . This tour de force live performance is just astounding!!!! Bireli is the second soloist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZkQNJToXI8 p.s. For music lovers on a budget. VLC media player is outstanding and its free! It can record and play just about any format and features a 10 band equalizer (plus other goodies), as well as environment settings. I used to use Winamp for its ease of use, but VLC is much better, IMO. And for downloading anything, I use DAP (Download Accelerator Plus). It doesn't record streaming but goes directly to the web addy (copy/paste) and downloads the entire file in a few seconds. No fooling around with site dedicated drivers, etc. It is also free and has never failed me yet.
There was one major orchestra that would not consider a female musician until recently,
Really? Thats hard to believe, many orchestras seem to have female members.
It was a left over from an age of male dominance, hopefully we are growing out of it now. I'm afraid it might take a few more years for women to be fully equal with men in all areas, in music there are still gender roles that are enforced by unwritten rules. It seems that culture is rather slow to evolve.
Eh, its probably that men are more into playing music, and sperging out over music, than women are.