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MUSIC I LIKE:
My students have often asked me what music I like. My tastes are eclectic and have broadened over the years. I like many different types of music, and I am always interested in discovering and appreciating new genres.
The list is in rough chronological order, and I know the list dates me.

Genre
  • EARLY & BAROQUE  (I grew up listening to lots of Vivaldi & Telemann on Nonesuch Records, Bach)
  • SOUL (Booker T & the MGs, Sly & the Family Stone; I've come to appreciate Motown)
  •  CLASSICAL ERA (Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sibelius, Dvorak, Mahler, Stravinsky, Ravel, Satie)
  • EXPERIMENTAL (Cage, Reich, electro-acoustic music, Holger Hiller, Meredith Monk, Sussan Deyhim)
  • MINIMALIST/AMBIENT (Cage, Reich, Eno, Arvo Part)
  • PROGRESSIVES (Emerson, Lake, Palmer; Yes, Henry Cow/Art Bears; Slapp Happy, Gentle Giant, Gryphon, Mahavishnu Orchestra, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Soft Machine/Hatfield & the North, PFM, Faust, Ivor Cutler, The Slits, The Raincoats, Young Marble Giants/Weekend; Dead Can Dance, Tuxedo Moon, Brian Eno, Roxy Music, Kraftwerk, Popol Vuh
  • JAZZ  Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, Chick Corea/Return to Forever, Keith Jarrett, Oregon/Ralph Towner, Jon Hassell, McCoy Tyner, ECM jazz of the late 1970's, Mahavishnu Orchestra,  The Lounge Lizards, John Lurie, Gill Scott-Heron, 
  • PUNK/NEW WAVE Talking Heads, B-52s, The Police, Devo, The Clash, Blondie, The Pixies, Flying Lizards, The Contortions, Pere Ubu, Joan Jett
  • WORLD MUSIC Zap Moma, Balinese gamelan, Mongolian throat singers, Bulgarian women, Marta Sebastien, Mahmoud Ahmed (Ethiopia), tango, Throw Down Your Heart (Fleck et al), Buena Vista Social Club
  • POP  Joni Mitchell, The Kinks, Madonna, Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop, Kate Bush, Fleetwood Mac
  • ROCK The Who, The Pretenders, Neil Young, The Grateful Dead
  • FOLK Pete Seeger; Joan Baez; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  • DANCE  English Beat/UB40, all ska & reggae, New Order, Earth Wind & Fire
  • GUITARISTS Mark Ribot, Bill Frisell, Leo Kottke, John McLaughlin, Fred Frith
                       
Bands/Artists
  • THE BEATLES
  • THE WHO
  • DAVID BOWIE
  • ROXY MUSIC
  • TOM WAITS
  • CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
  • TALKING HEADS
  • B-52's
  • THE SLITS & THE RAINCOATS
  • CASSIBER
  • TUXEDO MOON
  • DEAD CAN DANCE
  • NINO ROTA

Albums
  • Kew.Rhone
  • Desperate Straights (Slapp Happy/Henry Cow)
  • Stranger Than Paradise (Lurie)
  • Birds of Fire
  • Light as a Feather (Corea/Purim)
  • Quadrophenia
  • Close to the Edge
  • Dark Side of the Moon
  • The Incredible Beat of Soweto
  • Clear Spot (Beefheart)
  • The Rotter's Club (Hatfield)
  • Holy Wars & Desire (Tuxedo Moon)
  • The Harder They Come
  • Until the End of the World (Wim Wenders soundtrack)
  • Vivaldi Recomposed (Richter)
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