What artists can you not get enough of?


I liked reading the thread about artists you can't stand, so I'm curious which artists you like so much you never get tired of.

tomcarr

Showing 2 responses by simonmoon

Way to many to list...

These and many others, hold up for me, extremely well for repeated listenings. Although, some of them I don't listen to as often as I used to, since keeping up with new, great music in these genres keeps me plenty busy. 

Prog:

King Crimson 

Yes - only up to Drama, nothing after is of interest to me. 

Genesis - only up to Wind and Wuthering, everything after is unlistenable to me.

PFM - Incredible Italian prog band.

Univers Zero - avant-prog from Belgium.

Gentle Giant

Änglagård - Hybris

Magma - Could be my favorite prog band. 

Jazz:

Return to Forever

Mahavishnu Orchestra

Allan Holdsworth

John Coltrane

McCoy Tyner

Steve Coleman

Anthony Braxton

Weather Report

Mary Halvorson

Brand X

Keith Jarrett

The Art Ensemble of Chicago

Classical:

Elliott Carter - Uncompromising avant-garde composer.

The Second Viennese school - i.e., Schoenberg, Berg, Webern

Charles Wuorinen

Joan Tower

Kaija Saariaho

Bruno Maderna

Beat Furrer

Olga Neuwirth

Magnus Lindberg

Gyorgy Ligeti

 

Miscellaneous:

Frank Zappa - He covers all bases for me, he has music that is classifiable as prog (Inca Roads, as 1 example) , jazz (Big Swifty), classical (Yellow Shark, Perfect Stranger).

@philosurfer 

Lots of these made my list, and some that didn’t, easily could have.

 

Short list:

Leszek Mozdzer
Keith Jarrett & Bobo Stenson
Allan Holdsworth
Mike Stern
Scott Henderson and Tribal Tech
Paco de Lucia
Ralph Towner
Bill Evans
Brad Mehldau
Carla Bley
Chick Corea
Ella Fitzgerald
Eberhard Weber
Fred Hersch
Glenn Gould
John Coltrane
John McLaughlin
Lars Danielsson
Lyle Mays
Marcin Wasilewski
Michael Brecker
Miles
Paquito D’Rivera
Tony Williams
Jack DeJohnette
Vladimir Horowitz
Zakir Hussain
Arthur Rubinstein