favorite musicians

everybody on this site old save me so allyuh actually know what great music is and not the diarrhea that ppl producing now. in no particular order

1. Miles Davis(USA)
2. Jorge Dalto(Argentina)-George Benson's keyboardist
3. John Coltrane
4. Mercedes Sosa(Argentina)
5. Ravi Shankar(India)
6. Fela Kuti(Nigeria)
7. Ustad Vilayat Khan(India)
8. Habib Faye(Senegal)
9. Earth Wind and Fire(USA)
10. Led Zeppelin(UK)
11. Rush (Canada)
12. Cream (UK)
13. Hugh Maekela, Winston Mankunku Ngozi and Sakhile(South Africa)
14. Adi and Suhail(india)
15. Bombay Jayashree(India)
16. Super Diamono(Senegal)
17. Merchant
18. Shadow.
19. Ken Professor Philmore
20 Hannif Mohammed
21 Salif Keita, richard bona, Bonga, Pierre Akendengue
25. Culture

Len Boogsie Sharpe
Phase II Pan Groove
Snarky Puppy (going to see them LIVE next Wednesday!)
Clive Bradley
Andre White
Caribbean Jazz Project
Irakere
David Rudder
Steel Pulse
Black Uhuru
EWF
Stevie Wonder
Michael Jackson
The Mighty Shadow
Sparrow
Kitchener
Merchant
Third World
Marvin Gaye
Commodores
Teddy Pendergrass
Parliament Funkadelic
Rush

In reply to imusic

parliament was a baaaaaaaaaad group. Irakere is another collective of magnificent musicians.

Queen
Journey
Prince
Lucky dube
Michael jackson
Celia cruz
Mighty gabby

In reply to velo

forgot five musicians on my list
marvin gaye, michael jackson, prince, Al Jarreau and Etienne charles

In reply to imusic


i envy you sooo much right now

In reply to velo
Lucky Dube simply copied Tosh to the extent he could so no way should he be mentioned without Tosh who embodied more being mentioned above him

In reply to Brerzerk

that's true.......dube actually started off as a Mbaqanga musician(zulu pop music) before turning to reggae. had a great band though. i have a greatest hits album from him.

I liked a Jamaican singer/songwriter, Bob Nestor...can't remember his last name

My ears never hear better voices than Judy Collins and George Michael

Voices I can’t stand are Beyoncé and anybody singing rock shite

 
Wow, you guys have versatile tastes. Big up fe dat. A few pleasant surprises among the lists so far...
Mercedes Sosa -- voice of the downtrodden
Ravi Shankar -- I remember him from the Beatles' days
Fela Ransom Kuti -- If yuh call African woman "woman", she no go 'gree; she go say I be 'lady' oh.
Celia Cruz -- At an early-80's show in PR, this woman was delivered to the stage by helicopter!

Marley is understood, but good to see the following making it in to some folks' faves: Boogsie Sharpe, Merchant, Shadow, Professor Philmore, David Rudder, Steel Pulse, Black Uhuru, Third World, Sparrow, Kitchener and Parliament/Funkadelic.
Surprised no D. Brown!

--Æ.

In reply to JayMor


BIG artist and BIG Tune!

I hunted for years for that tune until I finally found it

Link Text

Who the hell knew the song title was Egbemio?? Certainly not me. I always thought it was Lady.

What I posted is the short version. The long version is better.

That intro has got to be, alongside EWF’s Getaway, one of the best intros EVER in popular music.

One of my earliest and best memories of Jourvert was hearing Carib Tokyo playing that on Frederick St. The bass was just mesmerizing

Plenty:

Reggae: Steel Pulse, Third World, Bob, Dennis Brown, Dean Fraser, Chronixx, Damien Marley,

Jazz: Grover Washington, Monty Alexander, Ernest Ranglin, Pieces of A Dream, Wayman Tisdale, Julian Vaughn, Gerald Albright, Darren Rahn, George Benson, Bob James, etc...many more

Calypso/Soca/Zouk: Black Stalin, Shadow, Sparrow, Kitchener, David Rudder, Ronnie McIntosh, Baron, Machel, Kes, Roy Cape, Blaxx, Rikky Jai, KASSAV, TABOU Combo, Beethova Obas etc...

Prince, EWF, O'jays, Commodores, Sam Cooke, Natalie Cole, Shalamar, Gap Band, Lakeside, etc...plenty more

Oh yeah…..forgot to add Kassav

Back in the day, there was this wicked band out of St Vincent called Touch. Liked them a lot.

And how could I forget Mr Machel Montano?

He come like Marley. He’s a given

In reply to imusic

Check out Beetova Obas, piece called Rasanble.

In reply to Curtis

Will do

In reply to Jumpstart


You know that one of the drummers with Snarky Puppy, Larnell Lewis, is from St Kitts?

And his wife is a Trini

LARNELL LEWIS IS A BEAST!!

In reply to imusic


Music, you got a little mixed up, I'm afraid. The chune is in fact titled "Lady" and the link you posted, "Egbe Mi O", is not it. That long version you prefer is here. The intro is beautiful for sure.

--Æ.

Earnest "Ernie" Ranglin

In reply to Drapsey

Ernest Ranglin was an exceptional guitarist.

In reply to imusic

Oh that’s cool. I realize a lot of the American bands, if they are venturing into Caribbean or world music, hire Caribbean musicians of musicians with roots in the Caribbean. I went to a concert in Queens Hall and Etienne Charles was performing Carnival:Sound of a People. The Sax player and the drummer were from Haiti( studied in the USA of course) and the double Bassist was born in the US to Haitian and JA parents. I guess Snarky Puppy is doing the same thing

In reply to imusic

They made a comeback this past carnival. Even had a show in NY last weekend.

In reply to Da-Vincy

Will check them out

In reply to Da-Vincy

In SVG the name McIntosh is synonymous with Music among the
Best of them was Syl MacIntosh who had a band, and played
the saxophone . He has a cousin much younger than him who is a very good pianist called Frankie MacIntosh , and also had his own band

In SVG, the Mac Intosh families are very well known for their
dexterity in musical Instruments .

In reply to POINT
Frankie McIntosh is a genius. Was very instrumental in soca music across the region.