Music, Music, Music

Following a thread from Scott Peterkin's recent post for a new Louis Armstrong album release, I wound up at Jazzwise magazine's website and found an annotated list of their top 100 Jazz albums from way back in 2006 (thanks Scott). I am going to try to match this up with my personal collection of 800 -1,000 Jazz titles and take some notes or identify others I need to check out.

https://www.jazzwise.com/features/article/the-100-jazz-albums-that-shook-the-world

Are there any other best of/master lists out there that you would like to share? I like many types of music including rock, blues, prog rock, fusion, folk, country, classical, etc. I really like guitar music too, so I get a lot of my "leads" from reading various guitar mags. I also view "Sea Of Tranquility" on YouTube for some other recommendations/reviews.

THANKS!

Larry

Great Topic!

I appreciate lists that allow me to discover new albums/artists. Maybe that's why I am slowly collecting all of the KGSR Broadcast CDs which contain two cd's of different artists.

example

Guy Clark with Peter Rowan - Dublin Blues (Live, KGSR)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7njySUiPLc

Getting back to "Best Of" lists... Here's a link I made to top 10 songs/albums/artists by Americana artists as highlighted by a UK website...

https://americana-uk.com/page/2?s=top

A sampling of this search result:

The Top Ten Michael Hurley Songs

The Top Ten Laura Cantrell Songs

The Top 10 William Topley Songs

The Top 10 Jason Molina songs

The Top 10 Ry Cooder Albums

The Top 10 Donnie Fritts Songs

The Top 10 Buddy Miller songs

The Top 10 Josh Ritter Songs

The Top 10 Gillian Welch/David Rawlings songs

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: The Full List

Sauzan Neupane

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Can you recommend some Blues music?

Oh yeah… I’m all about the Blues

1. Walkin’ Blues - originally recorded by Son House, covered by Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton and etc..
2. Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson
3. Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson, another version is of Eric Clapton
4. Smokestack Lightinin’ - Howlin’ Wolf
5. I Put A Spell On You - Jay Hawkins (I guess)
6. Thrill Is Gone - B.B King
7. Red House - Jimi Hendrix
8. Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
9. My Home Is In Delta - Muddy Waters
10. Soul of A Man - Blind Willie Johnson
11. Parchman Farm - don’t know who originally composed it
12. Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
13. John The Reveleator - Blind Willie Johnson, Son House
14. Pony Boy - Allman Brothers Band
15. Crossroads - Robert Johnson, Cream, John Mayer
16. Jumpin’ At Shadows - Gary Moore
17. Ramblin’ Man - Robert Johnson, Bluesbreakers
18. There Must Be A Better World - B.B King
19. Hill Stomp - Robert Belfour
20. Downhearted Blues - Son House

The above are mainly acoustic Delta Blues songs…

Blues-Rock, Boogie Woogie Blues are:-

1. Born In Chicago
2. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
3. Still Got The Blues - Gary Moore
4. Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
5. Key To The Highway - Big Bill Bronzy, Derek & Dominos
6. Mean Old Frisco - Big Bill Bronzy, Eric Clapton
7. Call Me The Breeze - J.J Cale, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric Clapton
8. Viola Lee Blues- Grateful Dead
9. Whipping Post - Allman Brothers Band
10. Rock Me Baby - Jimi Hendrix
11. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
12. Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
13. You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover - Cactus, Derek & Dominos
14. Rude Mood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
15. Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan

There is also the Chicago Blues which is sung by Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Chuck Berry etc… search for more…. also many 50s Rock & Roll is Blues music on 12 bars or 8 bars blues chord progression

Found this on Quora in response to someone asking about some Blues music recommendations. The book "Blues For Dummies" also has an extensive list of recommended Blues artists and songs in the Appendix.

BTW - From Wikipedia

"Parchman Farm" or "Parchman Farm Blues" is a blues song first recorded by American Delta blues musician Bukka White in 1940. It is an autobiographical piece, in which White sings of his experience at the infamous Mississippi State Penitentiary, otherwise known as Parchman Farm.

Be sure to check out the version of this song as performed by John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton from 1966. RIP John Mayall who died earlier this week. :(

Here are some classical music "Best Of" lists I found.

https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/pictures/artist/100-classical-music-recordings-you-must-own/

https://www.classical-music.com/features/recordings/50-greatest-recordings-all-time

https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/250-greatest-recordings-of-all-time-chosen-by-35-of-the-world-s-leading-musicians

https://classicalguy.substack.com/p/the-complete-list-of-the-top-50-classical