Favorite NON-ROCK (or metal...) Bands, songs, musicians!

[a21schizoidman]

Yes, there are about 1000 threads on the first 5 pages of the forum that deal with fav/underrated/overrated/etc ROCK (etc) how about your favorites in other genres?

heres some of mine:

I love jazz fusion and blues.
Jazz fusion favs:
Al Di Meola
Larry Coryell
John McLaughlin
Paco de Lucia
Sea Level

Jazz fusion albums:
Al DiMeola - Casino
Mahanishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Carlos Santana/John McLaughlin - Love, Devotion, Surrender


Jazz:
Jan Hammer
Utopia (ok, somewhat Rock...)

Blues:
Albert King
Jonny Lang
Buddy Guy
Carl Weathersby
Roy Buchanan
Rory Gallagher
Johnny Winter
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
John Mayall
Robert Cray
Elvin Bishop
Hot Tuna
(early) Fleetwood Mac

Misc:
Chet Atkins
Les Paul

[afterstasis]

some random top 5's...

jazz: alice coltrane, peter brotzmann, miles davis, sun ra, and nels cline.

folk: simon & garfunkel, vashti bunyan, incredible string band, comus, and pentangle.

noise: wolf eyes, prurient, kites, lightning bolt, and masonna.

[a21schizoidman]

gah, I forgot Folk:
Simon & Garfunkel
Arlo Guthrie
Joan Baez
Bob Dylan
Kingston Trio
John Denver

[Hungryfreak]

My tastes are most varied in rock, really, so my knowledge of other genres barely cracks the surface of them. I need more money for more CDs to delve further into each of them. I love them, nonetheless.

Jazz:

John Coltrane
Thelonious Monk
Chick Corea
Charles Mingus
Dave Brubeck
Louis Armstrong
Miles Davis

Blues:

Muddy Waters
John Lee Hooker
Buddy Guy

Classical:

Tchaikovsky
Holst
Dvorák
Beethoven

Country/Bluegrass:

Johnny Cash
Kenny Rogers
Doc Watson
Willie Nelson

Folk:

Gordon Lightfoot
Phil Ochs
Bob Dylan
George Brassens

Others:

Tom Lehrer (a piano-player with work mostly centered around parody. Kind of on the folky side, but not sure. Check out the compilation I did on him in the music blog, since no one's downloaded it)
George Gershwin (Showtunes, mostly classical-based in nature)
Bob Marley (only putting him under other since I haven't heard much reggae otherwise. Planning on downloading Afterstasis's reggae mixes soon, and hopefully catch up on the genre)

[Shredder87]

DAFT PUNK!!!!!

God I love that incredible French Duo.

[a21schizoidman]

Jazz:

John Coltrane
Thelonious Monk
Chick Corea
Charles Mingus
Dave Brubeck
Louis Armstrong
Miles Davis

Blues:

Muddy Waters
John Lee Hooker

Classical:

Tchaikovsky
Holst
Dvorák
Beethoven

Folk:

Gordon Lightfoot
Phil Ochs

couldn't agree with you more on how awesome those musicians all are

[Mystlyfe77]

Classical:
Vivaldi
Beethoven
Richard Wagner
Carl Orff
Hans Zimmer (even though he re-uses more crap than the sewer system)
etc.

Rap/Hip-Hop:
NWA
The Five One
Danger Doom
The Gorillaz
Kovas
etc.

Lots of random artits from other genres, but not really concentrated in any particular genres. I mean, hell, I've got cascada, michael jackson, bond, and tons of other stuff.

[Runesmith]

DAFT PUNK!!!!!

God I love that incredible French Duo.

QFT! Their first two albums were remarkably consistent, especially for a dance band. I haven't bought the third yet, but I heard it was a bit of a letdown.

Also...

Portishead (Trip-hop)
Nellie McKay (An odd combination of jazz, rap, comedy, and cabaret)
Eric B. and Rakim (Hip-hop)
Pet Shop Boys (Dance)
Muddy Waters (Blues)

[clostor]

can't stand comus.....

goldfrapp is probably my fav

[sg327]

Blues:
Robert Cray
B.B. King
S.R.V.
Buddy Guy
Muddy Waters

R&B:
Ray Charles
Otis Redding
George Benson
Sam Cooke
The Four Tops
The Temptations
James Brown
Marvin Gaye
Bill Withers
Wilson Pickett
Dusty Springfield (not really sure if she's considered R&B but "Son Of A Preacher Man" is a great song).
(and lots of others)

Country/Bluegrass:
New Grass Revival
Nickel Creek
Allison Krauss & Union Station
Willie, Waylon, Jerry Reed, The Statler Brothers, Don Williams, and others. (too many to list).

Jazz:
Just started trying to get deeper into Jazz over the past couple years. Still don't know too much about it but I sure like "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck.

[Insane3]

I don't feel like naming a lot of bands/artists so what about electro-pop swedish Jay-Jay Johanson.

[CheezerRox]

Daft Punk I always sorta liked, although I haven't heard too much.

Sonn Sharrock (Jazz) is pretty good.


I'm pretty much a n00b to almost anything besides rock. I like the blues A LOT, but most of it I like is more blues-rock.

[synthesizedpiano]

Classical:
Rachmaninov
Chopin
Beethoven
Haydn
Bach
Pachelbel

Jazz:
Chick Corea
Charles Mingus (Has the best bass solo ever at the begining of Haitian Fight Song, and he's my favorite bassist of any genre)
Charlie Parker
Benny Goodman
Dizzy Gillespie
Nina Simone (amazing voice...)

[Metallican]

Um, do Christmas songs count? :confused:

[AeroZeppelinSevenfold]

Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Mozart and those other dudes are pretty badass as well.

[Shredder87]

Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Mozart and those other dudes are pretty badass as well.
Looking at your sig makes me think...


I WANT LITTLE WING GOD DAMN IT!!!!!



that is all

[OldFogey]

Tom Lehrer (a piano-player with work mostly centered around parody. Kind of on the folky side, but not sure. Check out the compilation I did on him in the music blog, since no one's downloaded it)

Tom Lehrer is great. Really funny stuff. Musically he reminds me a little bit of Mose Allison. Mose is great. His song Parchman Farm has become a blues standard, thanks in large part to John Mayall (it's on the Bluesbreakers album with Clapton). Mose has a funny streak, too. One of my favorite songs of his is "Your Molecular Structure."

Mose wrote "Young Man Blues."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUnGI5XkP3U

Your Mind is on Vacation reminds me of a jazzy Zappa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCpekvOkwNM

[Hungryfreak]

I hadn't heard Mose Allison before. I love those songs, though, especially the second song there. It definitely reminds me of some of Zappa's stuff, especially the bass. I'm definitely going to have to check him out further. Thanks for bringing him to light for me.

[FujiSkunk]

It's a fine line between rock and pop, so I imagine there would be quite a few arguments about who is in my "pop" and "rock" directories. Are Hall & Oates rock? I say yes. Are the Beach Boys? I say no; their influence is indisputable, but to me their music is a little too rooted in the '60s to have that "timeless" quality that defines true rock music to me, so I call them "classic pop." Other favorite borderliners are Dan Fogelberg (rock), Duran Duran (pop), the Little River Band (rock), Cyndi Lauper (pop), the Lovin' Spoonful (rock), and Tommy James and the Shondells (haven't decided yet).

In the less-debatable genres, my favorite country artists include Alabama, Willie Nelson and Kenny Rogers, and my favorite new age artists include Enya, Jean Michel Jarre, the Mannheim Steamroller and Yanni (stop laughing). My favorite classical piece is Mendelssohn's "Fingal's Cave."

[My name is Fez]

Simon & Garfunkel, Kenna, and Michael Jackson ftw.

[Bowiefanperson]

hmm well I listen to some folk Music. like Neil Young (though some of it especially as solo was more rock) and Bob Dylan.

[kwami42]

Electronic:
Daft Punk
Justice
Booka Shade
Holy F*ck

Rap:
Deltron
Aesop Rock
Kanye

Other:
LotR Soundtrack (lol)
Vitamin String Quartet (love them)