Top 10 Charles Lloyd tracks
my personal highlight reel from Charles Lloyd’s catalog through the years.
Continue ReadingTop 10 R&B Male Vocal Performances
J.B., Rev. Al, Bobby “Blue”, Brother Ray and 6 more . . .
Continue ReadingTop 10 Forgotten Early MTV-Era Songs
Here are my top 10 songs from MTV’s first few years that seem to have been all but forgotten even by those with nostalgic memories of that era.
Continue ReadingTop 10 Stevie Wonder Tracks
I love Stevie Wonder so much that coming up with a Top 10 list for him is really hard – hard to even know how to approach it. So I have ultimately decided on approaching it as the top 10 tracks I cannot imagine living without.
Continue ReadingTop 10 R&B Duo or Group Vocal Performances
Marvin and Tammi, the Isleys, Four Tops, Impressions and some surprises . . .
Continue ReadingTop 10 R&B Female Vocal Performances
This was a fun list to compile. Note that there is a separate category for duo/group performances, so some folks whose omission may seem puzzling will appear there. And here we go with our surprise #1 . . . 1. Fontella Bass: “Rescue Me” I went out on a bit of a limb by putting…
Continue ReadingTop 10 Albums That Have “Stuck With Me”
After taking a few days off from Facebook, I returned to find that many of my friends (both musicians and not) are posting lists of their top 15 albums that will “always stick with you.” Obviously I enjoy lists and enjoy talking about music that’s important to me. So to have my cake and eat it too, I’m turning that into a top 10 list.
Continue ReadingTop 10 Jazz Piano Trio Albums
Last month I blogged about my top 10 favorite jazz piano tracks, and this time around I’ll be looking at entire albums. Read on for props for Phineas, Cedar, Hampton, Mary Lou and others.
Continue ReadingTop 10 Piano Trio Tracks
Given my line of work, this is a particularly tough one to narrow down. If you look at my other top 10 lists, you’ll see that there are also lists for piano trio albums and for piano solos. This is for standout individual tracks and takes the whole performance (e.g. not just the piano) into account.
Continue ReadingTop 10 Los Lobos Tracks
I’m not sure that Los Lobos are particularly cool, but I love ’em and am struck by how hard it was for me to narrow down to 10 fave tracks from among the dozens of excellent songs they’ve come up with.
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