UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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
Bands/Artists
Albums
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)