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MUSIC
Music has been an important part of my life for a long time, as the O'Jays
so elegantly put it -
I love music, any kind of music.
To get some idea of my musical tastes have a look at my
CD collection (450+ line text file) and
Vinyl Jazz collection (300+ line text file) -
they give a clue as to where I'm coming from.
What follows below are lists of my favourite musical categories.
They (probably) make no sense to anyone else, I make no apologies for
that, they are for my reference.
If you have read my
memorable experiences
you may have deduced that I like conga players, so my first list has to be
my favourite conga players :-
- Giovanni Hidalgo
- Ray Barretto
- Candido
- Amando Perezza
- Carlos "Potato" Valdez
- Gene Jones
- Jose "Chipito" Areas
- Eddie Montalvo
- Raul Rekow
- Francisco Aquabella
my favourite musicians :-
- Billy Cobham - Drums
- Steve Gadd - Drums
- Airto Moreira - Percussion
- Herbie Hancock - Keyboards
- Stevie Wonder - Keyboards
- McCoy Tyner - Keyboards
- Stanley Clarke - Bass
- Alphonso Johnson - Bass
- George Coleman - Tenor Sax
- John Coltrane - Tenor Sax
- Miles Davis - Trumpet
- Wynton Marsalis - Trumpet
- Pat Metheny - Guitar
- (Devadip) Carlos Santana - Guitar
- Robben Ford - Guitar
- (Mahavishnu) John McLaughlin - Guitar
my favourite (straight ahead) Jazz albums :-
- Eastern Rebellion - Eastern Rebellion
- George Coleman - Amsterdam After Dark
- Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
- John Coltrane - Giant Steps
- McCoy Tyner - The Greeting
- Leon Thomas - Spirits Known And Unknown
- Phoroah Sanders - Karma
- Charles Mingus - Cumbria And Jazz Fusion
- Billy Higgins - Soweto
- Philly Joe Jones - Mean What You Say
- Woody Shaw - Rosewood
my favourite Jazz Fusion/Jazz Rock albums :-
- Billy Cobham - Crosswinds
- The Billy Cobham-George Duke Band - "Live" On Tour In Europe
- Return To Forever - Where Have I Known You Before
- Herbie Hancock - VSOP
- Stanley Clarke - Journey To Love
- Stanley Clarke - School Days
- Pat Metheny - Secret Story
- Pat Metheny - As Wichita Falls, So Falls Wichita Falls
- George Duke - A Brazilian Love Affair
- Mahavishnu Orchestra - Apocalypse
my favourite Stevie Wonder songs :-
my favourite soul songs (long) :-
- Bobby Womack - Harry Hippy
- Bobby Womack - That's The Way I Feel About Cha
- Bobby Womack - If You Don't Want My Love Give It Back
- Bobby Womack - Lookin' For A Love
- Bobby Womack - Woman's Gotta Have It
- Isaac Hayes - Shaft
- Isaac Hayes - Soulsville
- Isaac Hayes - Do Your Thing
- Isaac Hayes - Walk On By
- Isaac Hayes - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
- Isley Brothers - That Lady
- Isley Brothers - For The Love Of You
- Isley Brothers - The Highways Of My Life
- Isley Brothers - Harvest For The World
- Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze
- Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
- Al Green - Call Me (Come Back Home)
- Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You
- Al Green - Here I Am (Come And Take Me)
- Al Green - Lets Stay Together
- Al Green - Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)
- Al Green - Take Me To The River
- Al Green - You Ought To Be With Me
- Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
- Marvin Gaye - Whats Going On
- Marvin Gaye - (Sexual) Healing
- Marvin Gaye - Lets Get It On
- Lamont Dozier - Going Back To My Roots
- Lamont Dozier - Boogie Business
- Lamont Dozier - Love Me To The Max
- Lamont Dozier - True Love Is Bittersweet
- Lamont Dozier - Tough Act To Follow
- Billy Paul - Me And Mrs Jones
- Billy Paul - Your Song
- O'Jays - Backstabbers
- O'Jays - 992 Arguments
- O'Jays - I Love Music
- The Neville Brothers - Tell It Like It Is
- The Neville Brothers - Why Do You Wanna Break My Heart
- The Neville Brothers - The Ten Commandments Of Love
- The Neville Brothers - Sitting Here In Limbo
- The Neville Brothers - Mona Lisa
- The Neville Brothers - Run Joe
- Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
- Curtis Mayfield - People Get Ready
- Commodores - Easy
- Commodores - Machine Gun
- Commodores - Zoom
- Cameo - Word Up
- Cameo - She's Strange
- Cameo - Single Life
- Cameo - Back And Forth
- The Temptations - Get Ready
- The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg
- The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
- The Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
- The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
- Terry Callier - Lazarus
- Terry Callier - Keep Your Heart Right
- Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us
- Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
- Bill Withers - Lean On Me
- Bill Withers - Hello Like Before
- James Brown - It's A Man's Man's Man's World
- James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
- James Brown - Please Please Please
- James Brown - (Get Up I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
- Michael Jackson - Billy Jean
- Michael Jackson - Thriller
- Michael Jackson - Beat It
- Michael Jackson - Rock With You
- Doby Gray - Drift Away
- The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day
- Change - Searching
- Aretha Franklin - Angel
- Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me
- Aretha Franklin - Say A Little Prayer
- Dion Warwick - Walk On By
- Dion Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
- Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
- Diana Ross - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
- Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
- Whitney Houston - It's Not Right But It's Okay
- Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love
- Whitney Houston - I'm Every Woman
- Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt
- Patti Austin - I Will Remember You
- Gladys Knight And The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia
my favourite Santana tracks :-
Impossible to construct - I've just listened to all the Santana albums
and I love 'em all. I suppose if I had to choose my favourite albums
they would be (in no particular order)
- Welcome
- Borboletta
- Sacred Fire
- Lotus
- Freedom
- Caravanserai
- Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles - Live
my favourite Pat Metheny tracks :-
my favourite Van Morrison tracks (courtesy of Bruce) :-
- Moondance
- Spanish Steps
- Queen of the slipstream
- Celtic excavation
- Someone like you
- Natalia
- Higher
- So quiet in here
- Have I ever told you (that I love you)
- Domino
- Brown Eyed Girl
- Real real gone
- Kingdom Hall
- Wavelength
- Start all over again
- Did ye get healed?