Shark's Overall Ranking

Shark
Mar 13, 2025
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Updated: 20 hours ago

With Understanding comes Appreciation

Milestones

5,500+ Albums

57,000+ Songs

500+ Artists Ranked

450+ Compilations & Albums Suggested

by artists who are not necessarily at the top of my book and didn't make the rankings, but round out well my musical taste.

800+ Great Mainstream Songs

which complement well the whole selection.

215+ Days of Continuous Listening

710+ GB of Music Stored

Updated: 04.2026

Gods’ Milestones

1,900+ albums

18,000+ songs

270+ GB of music stored

80+ days of continuous music

11 Gods

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My Gods in Music

🇺🇸🦈🎸🎷🎹 🎺🎻God of Gods: Frank Zappa; IMHO the greatest composer in the XX century. My all-time hero. He opened me the door to all kinds of avenues in music. His influence is immeasurable. Heck, his scores and music are taught in the most prestigious institutions of music around the world. The creator of “radical rock” during the '60s, who later pursued even more adventurous avenues, ranging from R&B to jazz fusion to comedy rock, hard rock, art rock, prog rock to experimental music, avant-garde, modern composition, musique concrète to classical composition, chamber music to complex & elaborated computer music to… you name it; yet rabid and die-hard fans (are out there any other kind of Zappa’s fans, anyways?) will tell you labels are far and away from his colossal catalog since the master plays in a league of his own. Multi-instrumentalist, uncompromising talent and creativity, self-taught, eclectic, boundary-pushing & prolific composer, virtuoso guitarist, film maker, arranger, producer, orchestral conductor, demanding recruiter, perfectionist bandleader, successful businessman, and not the least, uncensored and sharply articulated speaker, especially on social and political critique of the American culture.

Shark’s Top 10 Albums: 1. Hot Rats, 2. Läther, 3. The Yellow Shark, 4. Civilization Phaze III, 5. Absolutely Free, 6. Uncle Meat, 7. Apostrophe (‘), 8. Lumpy Gravy Primordial, 9. Over-Nite Sensation 10. Joe’s Garage.

🇺🇸🦈🎸🎹 🎷🎻🎬🪇Avant-Garde God: John Zorn; The one word virtually everyone can agree on in any discussion of the work of composer John Zorn is "prolific" in the strictest sense of the definition. Musical gadfly who has collaborated with countless artists. John Zorn is a highly influential, prolific avan-garde composer, bandleader, producer, and saxophonist known for his genre-defying music that blends free jazz, rock, hardcore, Jewish folk, film scores, and classical music into fast-paced, collage-like compositions. A central figure in New York's "downtown" experimental music scene since the mid-1970s, he founded the Tzadik record label and key venues like The Stone, leading influential projects such as the punk-jazz band Naked City and the klezmer-influenced quartet Masada.

Shark’s Top 10 Albums: 1. Bar Kokhoba, 2. Andras: The Book of Angels, Vol. 28, 3. The Gift, 4. Godard/Spillane, 5. Cobra: Game Pieces, Vol. 2, 6. Naked City 7. Masada - The Circle Maker, 8. At the Mountain of Madness - Live In Europe, 9. The Big Gundown, 10. The Best of Filmworks - 20 Years of Soundtrack Music.

🇺🇸🦈🎷Jazz God: Miles Davis; The epitome of cool, an eternally evolving trumpeter who repeatedly changed the course of jazz between the 1950s and '90s. A monumental innovator, icon, and maverick, trumpeter Miles Davis helped define the course of jazz as well as popular culture in the 20th century, bridging the gap between bebop, modal music, funk, and fusion.

Shark’s Top 10 Albums: 1. In a Silent Way, 2. Bitches Brew, 3. A Tribute To Jack Johnson, 4. Kind of Blue 5. Miles Ahead 6. Get Up With It, 7. 'Round About Midnight, 8. Sketches of Spain, 9. Miles Smiles, 10. On the Corner.

🇺🇸🦈🎻🎹 🎷 Structured Improviser God: Anthony Braxton; Innovative avant-garde multi-instrumentalist and composer, one of the most important figures in the later free jazz community. Multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton is among the most influential and prolific musicians and theorists to emerge from the 20th century. His hundreds of albums offer everything from experimental compositional techniques, graphic and non-specific notation, serialism, electronic, and improvisation, while employing vast knowledge of the jazz tradition from bebop to vanguard to post-bop.

Shark’s Top 10 Albums: 1. The Montreux/Berlin Concerts, 2. New York, Fall 1974, 3. Dortmund (Quarter) 1976 (Live), 4. Conference of the Birds, 5. One in Two – Tw in One (Live), 6. 3 Compositions of New Jaz, 7. For Alto, 8. Five Pieces 1975, 8. Creative Orchestra Music 1976, 9. Six Monk´s Compositions (1987), 10. Birth and Rebirth.

🇺🇸🦈🎷🎻Avant-Garde Jazz God: Sun Ra; Bandleader, composer, arranger, keyboard player, poet, philosopher, and cosmonaut Sun Ra advanced jazz into the space age. Through his elaborate concerts, films, and countless recordings, he fused imagery and mythology related to ancient Egypt as well as science fiction, planting the seeds for what would eventually be referred to as Afrofuturism.

Shark’s Top 10 Albums: 1. Lanquidity, 2. Sleeping Beauty, 3. Strange Celestial Road, 4. Space is the Place, 5. The Magic City, 6. Jazz in Silhouette, 7. Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy, 8. Sound of Joy, 9. Atlantis, 10. The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra Vol. 1. All his Official catalog which is available for streaming is also included (174 Albums/1,664 songs. 6.7 days of continuous listening)

🇬🇧🦈🎷🎻🎹Multi-Instrumental God: John Surman; A pioneering British composer and multi-instrumentalist, born in 1944, renowned for his innovative work on baritone and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, and synthesizers, expanding the international horizons of jazz with a deeply personal style that blends lyrical beauty with intense improvisation, drawing from folk music, choral music, and electronics. English saxophonist John Surman is a world-class composer, his large, diverse body of work —classical, theatrical, and soundtrack— has extended the boundaries of jazz. He studied clarinet as a child, then tenor, baritone, and soprano saxophones. He began playing jazz at the London College of Music and later studied at the London University Institute of Education.

Shark’s Top 10 Albums: 1. A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe, 2. Upon Reflection, 3. Coruscating, 4. Road to Saint Ives, 5. Cloud Line Blue, 6. Adventure Playground, 7. Proverbs and Songs, 8. Adventure Playground, 9. Westering Home, 10. Private City.

🇺🇸🦈🎷Piano God: McCoy Tyner; Jazz pianist whose inventive two-handed forays, extensive modal solos, and dashing phrases made him arguably the best pianist to debut in the '60s. One of the most celebrated and influential jazz pianists of his generation, McCoy Tyner was known for his harmonically expansive modal voicings, commanding two-handed block-chord style, and fearless improvisational lines that touched upon African and Eastern musical traditions. Along with contemporaries Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, and Chick Corea, Tyner redefined the sound of the modern jazz piano from the '60s onward, and his playing continues to guide up-and-coming musicians.

Shark’s Top 10 Albums: 1. The Real McCoy, 2. Sama Layuca, 3. Sahara, 4. Extensions, 5. Expansions, 6. Trident, 7. Time for Tyner, 8. Song of the New World, 9. Asante, 10. Echoes of a Friend.

🇺🇸🦈🎷🎻Sax God: John Coltrane; A titan of the 20th century, the saxophonist pioneered many of the jazz revolutions of the post-hard bop era. A towering musical figure, saxophonist John Coltrane reset the parameters of jazz during his decade as a leader. At the outset, he was a vigorous practitioner of hard bop, gaining prominence as a sideman for Miles Davis before setting out as a leader in 1957, when he released Coltrane on Prestige and Blue Train on Blue Note. Coltrane quickly expanded his horizons, pioneering a technique critic Ira Gitler dubbed "sheets of sound," consisting of the saxophonist playing a flurry of notes on his tenor within the confines of a few chords.

Shark’s Top 10 Albums: 1. Blue Train, 2. Giant Steps, 3. My Favorite Things, 4. Africa/Brass, 5. Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, 6. A Love Supreme, 7. Ascension, 8. John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman 9. Bags & Trane, 10. Olé Coltrane.

🇬🇧🦈🎸Prog-Rock Gods: King Crimson; If there is one group that embodies progressive rock, it is King Crimson. Led by guitar/Mellotron virtuoso Robert Fripp, during its first five years of existence the band stretched both the language and structure of rock into realms of jazz and classical music, all the while avoiding pop and psychedelic sensibilities. The absence of mainstream compromises and the lack of an overt sense of humor ultimately doomed the group to nothing more than a large cult following, but it made their albums some of the most enduring and respectable of the prog rock era.

Shark’s Top 10 Albums: 1. Discipline, 2. Larks' Tongues in Aspic 3. In the Court of the Crimson King, 4. In the Wake of Poseidon, 5. Islands, 6. Lizard, 7. Starless and Bible Black, 8. Red, 9. Beat, 10. Three of a Perfect Pair.

🇺🇸🦈🎸🎷🎻Guitar God: Buckethead; An accomplished prolific multi-instrumentalist best known for his virtuosic command of the electric guitar. Buckethead is one of the instrument's most recognizable contemporary innovators, his rapid-fire riffing, near-robotic fretwork, and idiosyncratic lead lines combining elements of Yngwie Malmsteen, Adrian Belew, Slayer's Kerry King, P-Funk's Eddie Hazel, and avant-improv artist John Zorn's Scud-attack sax abuse.

Shark’s Top 10 Albums: 1. Colma, 2. Giant Robot, 3. Electric Tears, 4. Crime Slunk Scene, 5. Monsters and Robots, 6. Population Override, 7. Chicken Noodles, 8. Enter the Kitchen, 9. Kaleidoscalp, 10. Acoustic Shards.

🇬🇧🦈🎸📟🎻Experimental Gods: The Legendary Pink Dots & Edward Ka-Spel; Influential, staggeringly prolific group led by enigmatic frontman Edward Ka-Spel. Emerging from the early-'80s post-punk underground and sometimes categorized as industrial due to associations with bands like Skinny Puppy, the group's music is nearly impossible to pin down, drawing from Krautrock, ambient, folk, synth pop, and numerous other styles; The Dots' music is by turns melodic pop and exotic psychedelia, with classical influences, sampling, and relentlessly dark, violent, apocalyptic lyrics.

Shark’s Top 10 Albums: 1. The Maria Dimension, 2. Poppy Variations, 3. Crushed Velvet Apocalypse, 4. The Golden Age, 5. Asylum, 6. Your Children Placate You from Premature Graves, 7. Stained Glass Soma Fountain, 8. Island of Jewels, 9. The Whispering Wall 10. Any Day Now.

My Mortal Artists

Ranking my Overall Musical Taste by Artists

🇺🇸🦈🎸🎻Captain Beefheart Influential figure who fused disparate forms like free jazz, the avant-garde, blues, and rock into a highly original and nearly unclassifiable style. 1. Trout Mask Replica, 2. Sun Zoom Spark: 1970 to 1972, 3. Grow Fins: Rarities 1965-1982, 4. Doc at the Radar Station, 5. Strictly Personal, 6. The Mirror Man Sessions, 7. Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), 8. Ice Cream for Crow, 9. Bluejeans and Moonbeams, 10. Safe As Milk. (Special Mention: Magnetism I,II,II, Clear Spot, Unconditionally Guaranteed, The Spotlight Kid, The Legendary A&M Sessions, Son of Dust Sucker, London '74 – Live, Lick My Decals Off, Baby, I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do (Live at My Father's Place 1978), Dust Sucker) Shark’s entry point: Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: fast and bulbous; a massively misunderstood masterpiece
🇬🇧🦈🎸🎻Henry Cow During their brief and tumultuous lifespan, fiercely political British art rockers Henry Cow spawned a musical subgenre that became known as Rock In Opposition. 1. Western Culture, 2. Unrest, 3. Leg End, 4. In Praise Of Learning, 5. Desperate Straights, 6. Concerts, 7. A Cow Cabinet Of Curiosities, 8. Vol. 1: Beginnings, 9. Vol. 2: 1974-5, 10. Glastonbury and Elsewhere. Special Mention (1. Vol. 3: Hamburg, 2. Vol. 4 & 5: Trondheim, 3. Henry Cow: Stockholm & Göteborg, 4. Later and Post-Virgin, 5. Vol. 8: Bremen, Vol. 9: Late) Offshoots: 🇬🇧🎸🎻 Art Bears was an English avant-rock group formed in 1978 by three members of Henry Cow: Chris Cutler (percussion), Fred Frith (guitar, etc.), and Dagmar Krause (vocals). Their music was experimental, blending the avant-garde with more accessible song structures, often featuring political and surreal lyrics by Cutler. 🇬🇧🎸🎻 News From Babel was an English avant-garde rock group active from 1983 to 1986, formed by Chris Cutler, Lindsay Cooper, Zeena Parkins, and Dagmar Krause. They were a studio-based project inspired by the literary critic George Steiner's book, After Babel. The band, a successor to Art Bears and Henry Cow, released two albums, Work Resumed on the Tower (1984) and Letters Home (1986), before disbanding. 1. News Sirens and Silences / Work Resumed On the Tower, 2. Letters Home. Shark’s entry point: Western Culture by Henry Cow: a beautifully crafted and sophisticated Rock-in-Opposition masterpiece
🇬🇧🦈🎼🎸🎷Soft Machine A pioneering Canterbury psychedelic group that initially featured Robert Wyatt and Kevin Ayers, later developing into an experimental jazz-rock unit. 1. Third, 2. Bundles, 3. Volume 2, 4. The Soft Machine, 5. Softs, 6. Seven, 7. Fourth, 8. Six, 9. Fifth, 10. Other Doors (Special Mention: Hidden Details, Land of Cockayne, Thirteen , (The Dew at Dawn / Slightly) Slightly All the Time – Single) Offshoot: 🇬🇧🎸 Matching Mole Short-lived prog group formed by Robert Wyatt following his departure from Soft Machine. 1. Little Red Record, 2. Matching Mole. Shark’s entry point: Third by Soft Machine: an ambitious album, which push back the frontiers of space modal jazz-rock far beyond while defining the Canterbury Scene moving forward
🇬🇧🦈🎸Genesis Seminal British prog band whose ambitious, classical-tinged art rock gradually became more accessible by the '80s. 1. Selling England by the Pound, 2. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, 3. Archive #1 (1967-1975), 4. Nursery Cryme, 5. Foxtrot, 6. Trespass, 7. A Trick of the Tail, 8. Wind & Wuthering, 9. From Genesis to Revelation 10. And Then There Were Three. (Special Mention: Duke, Abacab, Genesis, Invisible Touch, We Can’t Dance, Genesis Live) Shark’s entry point: Selling England by the Pound by Genesis: everything is firing on all cylinders on this genre-defining & hallowed record
🇩🇪🦈🎸🎻Can Influential German group who produced a spontaneous yet highly disciplined form of groove-heavy experimental rock. 1. Unlimited Edition, 2. Tago Mago, 3. Ege Bamyasi, 4. Monster Movie, 5. Soundtracks, 6. Delay 1968, 7. Landed, 8. Future Days, 9. Soon Over Babluma, 10. Flow Motion. Shark’s entry point: Tago Mago by Can: a Stockhausen-esque, which fuses an avant-garde rock symphony with shamanic avant-funk trance
🇺🇸🎷🎹Ornette Coleman Father of the free jazz movement, and a saxophonist and composer who became one of the prime innovators in jazz and modern music. 1. The Shape of Jazz to Come, 2. Change of the Century, 3. Free Jazz, 4. Science Fiction, 5. Something Else!!!!, 6. This is Our Music, 7. The Art of Improvisers, 8. Tomorrow is the Question! 9. Ornette! 10. Dancing in Your Head
🇺🇸🎷Bill Evans American jazz pianist and composer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest jazz pianists (If not the greatest) of all time. Virtual king of the modern jazz pianists who forged a gentle style of his own from the 1950s on. Evans' musical style is defined by his impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, use of block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines. 1. You Must Believe In Spring, 2. Symbiosis, 3. Everybody Digs Bill Evans, 4. Portrait In Jazz, 5. Explorations, 6. Moon Beams, 7. Alone, 8. Sunday At The Village Vanguard (Live At The Village Vanguard / 1961), 9. Waltz for Debby, 10. Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz (feat. Bill Evans) (Special Mention: Conversations With Myself, The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album)
🇺🇸🎷🎻Charles Mingus A legendary composer, innovator, and bass virtuoso who articulated contemporary emotional currents as well as anyone in jazz. 1. The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, 2, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, 3. Blues and Roots, 4. Mingus Ah Um, 5. Let My Children Hear Music, 6. Pithecanthropus Erectus, 7. Tijuana Moods, 8. The Clown, 9. Oh Yeah, 10 Changes Two (Special Mention: Cumbia & Jazz Fusion, Charles Mingus presents Charles Mingus, Changes One)
🇺🇸🎷🎻Rahsaan Roland Kirk Prodigiously talented jazz multi-instrumentalist, renowned for his ability to play several horns simultaneously. 1. The Inflated Tear, 2. Rip, Dig, and Panic, 3. Prepare Thyself to Deal With A Miracle, 4. I Talk To The Spirits, 5. Volunteered Slavery, 6. Domino, 7. We Free Kings, 8. Reeds and Deeds, 9. The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color, 10. Blacknuss (Special Mention: Triple Threat, Here Comes the Whistleman, Now Please Don’t You Cry, Beautiful Edith)
🇺🇸🦈🎷Thelonious Monk A brilliant composer and criminally underrated pianist whose sense of rhythm, space, and harmony made him one of the founders of modern jazz. 1. Monk's Dream, 2. Monk's Music, 3. Brilliant Corners, 4. Misterioso, 5. Underground, 6. Genius of Modern Music, 7. Solo Monk, 8. Big Band and Quartet in Concert, 9. Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins, 10. Straight, No Chaser, Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane. Shark’s entry point: Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk: innovative and idiosyncratic approach to composition and performance; angular melodies, unexpected chord progressions, and intricate rhythmic patterns
🇺🇸🎷 Sonny Rollins Voted by Miles Davis as the greatest tenor ever, an inventive saxophonist and an astonishing soloist. 1. Saxophone Colossus, 2. Way Out West, 3. Sonny Rollins Vol. 2, 4. Sonny Side Up, 5. Sonny Rollins’ Next Album, 6. The Bridge, 7. East Broadway Run Down, 8. Newk’s Time, 9. Plus 4, 10. Sound of Sonny
🇺🇸🎷 Max Roach American jazz drummer, composer, and educator widely considered one of the most important figures in the history of jazz and a pioneer of bebop. Roach revolutionized drumming by freeing the bass drum from keeping strict time, instead using the ride cymbal to set the pulse while employing the rest of the kit for rhythmic counterpoint and thematic improvisation. 1. It's Time, 2. We Insist! Freedom Now Suite, 3. Members Don't Get Weary, 4. Clifford Brown And Max Roach, 5. Study In Brown, 6. Clifford Brown And Max Roach At Basin Street, 7. Percussion Bitter Sweet, 8. Brown and Roach Inc., 9. Max Roach + 4, 10. Deeds, Not Words (Special Mention: The Max Roach Trio (feat. Hasaan Ibn Ali), M'Boom)
🇺🇸🎷Pharoah Sanders Respected tenor saxophonist whose many acclaimed recordings developed his freedom of expression in a spiritual and often introspective setting. 1. Karma, 2. Love In Us All, 3. Black Unity, 4. Deaf Dumb Blind, 5. Pharoah, 6. Promises, 7. Izipho Zam (My Gifts), 8. Thembi, 9. Jewels of Thought, 10. Tauhid
🇳🇴🎷🎻🪇🪈Terje Rypdal Eclectic, inventive Norwegian electric jazz guitarist and classical composer who has been recording since the late 1960s. 1. Terje Rypdal, 2. Bleak House, 3. Whenever I Seem to Be Far Away, 4. Odyssey, 5. After the Rain, 6. Descendere, 7. Terje Rypdal/Miroslav Vitous/Jack DeJohnette, 8. To Be Continued, 9. Chaser, 10. Blue
🇩🇪🎷🪈Eberhard Weber A prodigiously talented and highly innovative German bassist. Weber's influences are primarily European, notably contemporary classical and new music. 1. The Colours of Chloë, 2. Yellow Fields, 3. The Following Morning, 4. Colours –Silent Feet, 5. Fluid Rustle, 6. Little Movements, 7. Later That Evening, 8. Chorus, 9. Pendulum, 10. Endless Days (Special Mention: Orchestra)
🇺🇸🎷Wayne Shorter was a foundational American jazz saxophonist and prolific composer, revered for his six-decade career, 12 Grammy Awards, and pivotal roles in shaping hard-bop, modal, and fusion jazz. A key member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis’s Second Great Quintet, and co-founder of Weather Report, Shorter’s innovative compositions and unique tenor/soprano saxophone sound profoundly influenced modern music. 1. Speak No Evil, 2. Juju, 3. Adam’s Apple, 4. Night Dreamer, 5. The All Seeing Eye, 6. Odyssey of Iska, 7. Schizophrenia, 8. Super Nova, 9. Native Dancer, 10. The Soothsayer
🇺🇸🎷 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers The guru of hard bop, whose famous technique —frequent, high-volume snare with bass-drum accents— made him one of jazz's all-time best messengers. 1. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ( Moanin’), 2. Free For All, 3. Mosaic, 4. Indestructible, 5. The Big Beat, 6. Caravan, 7. The Jazz Messengers, 8. Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers, 9. Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk, 10. A Night in Tunisia
🇺🇸🎷 Elvin Jones American jazz drummer known for revolutionizing jazz drumming through his powerful polyrhythmic style and improvisational approach. A technical virtuoso within jazz who expanded the role of post-bop drummers, bridging the gap between advanced hard bop and the avant-garde. 1. Puttin' It Together, 2. Poly-Currents, 3. The Ultimate, 4. Heavy Sounds, 5. Elvin!, 6. Dear John C., 7. Bill Frisell With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones, 8. Genesis, 9. African Exchange Student, 10. Mr. Jones (Special Mention: Youngblood, It Don't Mean a Thing...)
🇯🇵🦈🎷Hiromi Uehara Her style brings a wholly new approach to jazz fusion, as her prog influence is derived primarily from such artists as King Crimson, Gentle Giant, and Frank Zappa rather than earlier jazz fusion artists. 1. Hiromi's Sonicbloom: Time Control, 2. Another Mind, 3. Brain, 4. Voice (feat. Anthony Jackson & Simon Phillips), 5. Move (feat. Anthony Jackson & Simon Phillips), 6. Spark (feat. Anthony Jackson & Simon Phillips), 7. Spectrum, 8. Sonicwonderland (feat. Sonicwonder), 9. Beyond Standard, 10. Silver Lining Suite. Shark’s entry point: Time Control by Hiromi: refreshing the jazz-rock fusion airs by an extremely talented virtuoso piano player
🇬🇧🦈🎸Gentle Giant Acclaimed British progressive rock band noted for their meld of hard rock with classical music and medieval approach to singing. 1. Acquiring the Taste, 2. Octopus, 3. Free Hand, 4. Three Friends, 5. The Power and the Glory, 6. In a Glass House, 7. In'terview, 8. Gentle Giant, 9. Playing the Fool: The Official Live, 10. The Missing Piece. Shark’s entry point: Acquiring the Taste by Gentle Giant: techniques borrowed directly from the Renaissance and Baroque proved us all that there's so much more to do in rock music
🇩🇪🦈🎸Jane Krautrock at its finest mixing heavy guitar, dark grooves and organ soaked passages with passionate broken English vocals, while infusing a heavy dose of psychedelia. 1. Together, 2. Fire, Water, Earth & Air, 3. Between Heaven and Hell, 4. Here We Are, 5. Jane III, 6. Lady, 7. Age of Madness, 8. Sign No. 9, Live at Home, 10 Germania. Shark’s entry point: Together by Jane: astonishing blend of jazz fusion, blues rock, psychedelia, space rock, and even heavy metal at times, make this overlooked album a must
🇬🇧🦈🎸Camel Durable English prog rockers who released a spate of majestic, canonical records in the 1970s and '80s. 1. Rajaz, 2. The Snow Goose, 3. A Nod and a Wink, 4. Moonmadness, 5. Nude, 6. Camel, 7. Mirage, 8. Harbour Of Tears, 9. Stationary Traveller, 10. Rain Dances. (Special Mention: Alive Record, Breathless, Dust and Dreams, I Can See You From Here, Never Let Go, The Single Factor) Shark’s entry point: The Snow Goose by Camel: a beautiful fantasy that translates this moving tale of friendship, love, war and separation into a well structured sonic piece of music
🇩🇪🦈🎸🎻Amon Düül Influential German collective rooted in psychedelic, folk, and jazz but using a heavily experimental and improvisational framework. 1. Disaster, 2. Tanz der Lemminge (Dance of the Lemmings), 3. Yeti, 4. Phallus Dei, 5. Paradieswärts Düül, 6. Psychedelic Underground, 7. Airs On a Shoestring 8. Collapsing: Singvögel Rückwärts & Co., 9. Wolf City 10. Carnival in Babylon. (Special Mention: Hijack). Shark’s entry point: Tanz der Lemminge by Amon Düül II: pull out your tickets, and take the most mind-expanding excursion in music history
🇩🇪🦈🎸🎬📟🪈Popol Vuh Experimental German band whose cosmic, trance-like music was a huge influence on modern ambience and worldbeat. 1. Einsjäger & Siebenjäger, 2. In Den Gärten Pharaos, 3. Hosianna Mantra/Tantric Songs, 4. Aguirre, 5. Brüder des Schattens, Söhne des Lichts, 6. Agape-Agape (Love-Love), 7. Nosferatu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 8. Sei Still, Wisse Ich Bin, 9. Letzte Tage, Letzte Nächte 10. Sing, For Song Drives Away The Wolves. (Special Mention: Cobra Verde, Affenstunde, Das Hohelied Salomos, Seligpreisung) Shark’s entry point: Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte by Popol Vuh: an ability to create music that's simultaneously delicate and powerful, detailed and expansive, earthbound in its origins and cosmic in its reach
🇫🇮🪇🎸🎷Piirpauke Truly pioneers in the world-music scene, Piirpauke fuse traditional Finnish folk forms with motifs and rhythms from Latin, Caribbean, Arabic, Balkan, and Asian musical styles. Their music ranges and blends Progressive Folk, Jazz-Rock, Jazz Fusion, Progressive Rock, Chamber Folk and Chamber Jazz. 1. Piirpauke, 2. Piirpauke 2, 3. Birgi Bühtüi, 4. Kajastus, 5. Kirkastus, 6. The Wild East (Villi Itä), 7. Algazara, 8. Zerenade, 9. Lumo, 10. Sillat. (Special Mention: Global Servisi, Tuku tuku, Muuttolinnut (Terra Nova), Ave Maria, Laula sinäkin, Kalevala Spirit, Laulu laineilla, Ikiliikkuja, Kalabalik, Historia of Piirpauke, Vol. 1, Onneliset, Ilo, Juju, Hali)
🇺🇸🦈🎸🎻Tom Waits A neo-beatnik songwriter who grew weirder and wilder in the '80s, earning a cult following that only grew larger as the years passed. 1. Rain Dogs, 2. Swordfishtrombones, 3. Frank’s Wild Years, 4. Bone Machine, 5. The Black Rider, 6. Heartattack and Vine, 7. Alice, 8. Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards, 9. Mule Variations, 10. Blue Valentine. (Special Mention: The Heart of Saturday Night, Small Change, Real Gone) Shark’s entry point: Rain Dogs by Tom Waits: breathtaking dark cabaret and beat poetry, wrapped with seductive jarring rhythms and singular instrumentation
🇩🇪🦈🎸📟🪈Ash Ra Tempel One of the most formidable of the German Krautrock groups, Ash Ra Tempel were a powerful force led by virtuoso guitarist Manuel Göttsching, and also included former Tangerine Dream drummer Klaus Schulze at various points. 1. The Private Tapes Vol. 1-6, 2. Schwingungen, 3. Inventions for Electric Guitar, 4. Starring Rosi, 5. Ash Ra Temple, 6. Seven Up, 7. Join Inn, 8. Le Berceau De Crista,m, 9. Blackouts 10. New Age of Earth. Shark’s entry point: Starring Rosi by Ash Ra Tempel: the definitive trip into cerebral space land
🇬🇧🦈🎸Van Der Graaf Generator & Peter Hammill Art rock unit led by Peter Hammill, distinguished for a dynamic range rivaled only by King Crimson and for their surprising influence on British punk.1. Pawn Hearts, 2. H To He, Who Am The Only One, 3. The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other, 4. Godbluff, 5. Still Life, 6. World Record, 7. The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome, 8. Present 9. The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage 10. In Camera. Shark’s entry point: Pawn Hearts by Van Der Graaf Generator: an album so sublime that it is one of the rare sonic portals into a truly alternative universe
🇬🇧🦈🎸Yes The definitive English progressive rock band, purveyors of virtuoso playing and vast musical tapestries, topped off with gorgeous melodies. 1. Tales from Topographic Oceans, 2. Relayer, 3. The Yes Album, 4. Fragile, 5. Close to the Age, 6. Drama, 7. Keystudio, 8. Yes, 9. Going for the One, 10. Time and a Word. (Special Mention: Progeny Live Series Vol. 1-7) Shark’s entry point: Tales from Topographic Oceans by Yes: a four-suite, progressive, poetic tapestry depicting the human perception of time and memory
🇬🇧🦈🎸Jethro Tull Long-tenured English band known for their mixture of progressive and folk-rock, led by Ian Anderson. 1. Minstrel in the Gallery, 2. A Passion Play, 3. Thick as a Brick, 4. Aqualung, 5. Crest of a Knave, 6. Stand Up, 7. Heavy Horses, 8. This Was, 9. Benefit, 10. Songs from the Wood. (Special Mention: Rock Island, Roots to Branches, Stormwatch, The Broadsword and the Beast) Shark’s entry point: Minstrel in the Gallery by Jethro Tull: evoking the world of Shakespeare in its literate lyrics, Elizabethan imagery, and the mixture of rustic folk music and refined classical airs into their rock
🇬🇧🦈🎸Caravan Musically inventive progressive rock band that came out of the Canterbury scene with a gift for melody as well as imaginative improvisation. 1. For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night, 2. In the Land of Grey and Pink, 3. Caravan, 4. If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You, 5. Waterloo Lily, 6. Caravan & The New Symphonia, 7. Cunning Stunts, 8. Live at the Fairfield Halls, 1974, 9. Blind Dog At St. Dunstans, 10. BBC Sessions and Concerts (70-75). Shark’s entry point: If I Could Do It All Over Again... by Caravan: a healthy dose of the psychedelic scene of the era, smooths things over with pop sensibilities and dresses it all up with progressive rock workouts
🇩🇪🦈🎸🎻Faust Pioneering and influential German rock outfit who blended avant-garde electronics and trippy psychedelia to create a radical musical collage. 1. Faust IV, 2. 71 Minutes of Faust, 3. Faust, 4. The Faust Tapes, 5. So Far, 6. Ravvivando, 7. Outside the Dream Syndicate, 8. Something Dirty, 9. Punkt, 10. Daumenbruch
🇺🇸🎸🎻The Residents Anonymous Fab Four of the avant-garde whose absurd musical deconstructions have alternated between experimentalism and accessibility. 1. The Third Reich 'N' Roll 2. Duck Stab / Buster & Glen, 3. Not Available 4. Meet The Residents 5. Eskimo 6. Fingerprince 7. Demons Dance Alone 8. The 12 Days of Brumalia 9. Wormwood: Curious Stories From the Bible 10. Commercial Album
🇸🇪🎸🎻Samla Mammas Manna was a Swedish experimental/avant-prog band formed in 1969 by keyboardist Lars Hollmer, known for a unique blend of virtuoso musicianship, humor, and circus-like themes. A founding member of the Rock in Opposition (RIO) movement, the group released several albums and went through various name changes and lineup shifts, eventually disbanding in 2008. 1. Måltid, 2. Klossa Knapitatet, 3. Samla Mammas Manna, 4. Gregory Allan Fitzpatrick's Snorungarnas Symfoni, 5. Familjesprickor, 6. För äldre nybegynnare / Schlagerns mystik, 7. Kaka
🇲🇽🎸🎷🎻 🪇Cabezas de Cera is an eclectic trio from Mexico, known for combining homemade and ethnic instruments with electronics and technology. The group's music blends elements of avant-jazz, progressive rock, world music, and RIO (Rock in Opposition). Their sound is characterized by a complex, layered approach that incorporates a wide array of sounds, from acoustic work to searing electric guitar and wind controller parts. The band is noted for their innovative instrumentation and intricate compositions, creating a unique sonic landscape that defies easy categorization. 1. Cabezas de Cera, 2. Metal Música – Aleaciones Aleatoreas, 3. …Un Segundo, 4, Cabezas de Cera – Live USA, 5. Hermandad, 6. Música en Escala de Grises, 7. Hecho en México (En Vivo), 8. Contigo y en Directo: En Vivo en el Alicia. 9. La Otra Orilla (Single), 10. Cabezas de Cera Metaensamble (Special Mention: Ojos de Jade (Single)) Offshoot: 🇲🇽🎼🎸🎷🎻 🪇Luz de Riada is a Mexican progressive rock/fusion band formed in 2010, known for its eclectic sound that blends jazz, experimental, and avant-garde elements. 1. Cuentos y Fábulas, 2. Cuentos y Fábulas (Recapitulación e Inventario), 3. Cuentos y Fábulas, Vol. 3, 4. Rizma.
🇬🇧🎸Hatfield & The North Canterbury prog-rock supergroup featuring members of Caravan, Matching Mole, Egg, and Gong. 1. Hatfield & The North, 2. The Rotters' Club. Offshoot: 🇬🇧🎸 National Health was an English progressive rock band from the Canterbury scene, active from 1975 to 1980. The band was founded by keyboardists Dave Stewart and Alan Gowen and featured members from Robert Wyatt's Hatfield and theNorth and Gilgamesh. Known for their complex compositions and unique blend of rock, jazz, and classical music. 1. National Health, 2. Of Queues and Cures
🇮🇹🦈🎸🪇Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso One of the "big three" in Italian prog rock history (with Le Orme and PFM). Formed in Rome in 1969, the band is celebrated for its complex compositions that blend classical music, jazz, and traditional Italian melodies. 1. Darwin!, 2. Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso, 3. Io Sono Nato Libero, 4. Transiberiana, 5. Banco, 6. Come In Un'ultima Cena, 7. ...Di terra, 8. Canto di Primavera, 9. Orlando: Le Forme dell'Amore, 10. Garofano rosso (Colonna sonora originale del film). Shark’s entry point: Darwin! by Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso: passionate vocals, complex song structure, fantastic keyboards, tranquil moments and powerful passages
🇳🇱🎸Focus Dutch prog rockers, led by Thijs van Leer, who surprisingly hit it big in 1972 with their instrumental single "Hocus Pocus." 1. Focus III, 2. Focus con Proby, 3. Moving Waves, 4. Focus 8, 5. In and Out of Focus, 6. Hamburger Concerto, 7. Jan Akkerman & Thijs Van Leer: Focus, 8. Focus 9 / New Skin, 9. Focus 11, 10. Focus 12
🇬🇧🦈🎸🎷Gong Anarchic, experimental, and whimsical ensemble originally led by guitarist Daevid Allen, a founding member of the Soft Machine. 1. You (Radio Gnome Invisible, Vol. 3), 2. Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible, Vol. 2), 3. Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible, Vol. 1), 4. Gazeuse! 5. Camembert Électrique, 6. Expresso II, 7. Shamal, 8. I See You, 9. Acid Motherhood, 10. Rejoice! I'm Dead! Shark’s entry point: You by Gong: incarnates the perfect marriage of Canterbury jazz-rock whimsy, cosmic psychedelic guitar workouts and complex percussive accouterments
🇬🇧🎸🎹The Enid is a pioneering British progressive rock band formed in 1973–1974 by Robert John Godfrey, Steve Stewart, and Francis Lickerish, known for blending classical music with rock, symphonic structures, and romantic, instrumental themes. 1. Aerie Faerie Nonsense, 2. In the Region of the Summer Stars, 3. Invicta, 4. White Goddess, 5. Six Pieces, 6. Sundialer, 7. Journey’s End, 8. Something Wicked This Way Comes, 9. Tripping the Light Fantastic, 10. Arise and Shine (Special Mention: Risen, Dust, Touch Me)
🇺🇸🎷Duke Ellington One of the greatest composers of the 20th century, and the leader for 50 years of a band that became the greatest of all jazz orchestras. 1. Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins, 2. Ellington Uptown, 3. And His Mother Called Him Bill, 4. Masterpieces by Ellington, 5. Such Sweet Thunder, 6. Black, Brown and Beige 7. Duke Ellington: Three Suites, 8. Money Jungle, 9. First Time! The Count Meets the Duke, 10. Duke Ellington's Far East Suite
🇭🇺🪇🎷🎸Gábor Szabó was a highly influential Hungarian-American jazz guitarist renowned for blending jazz with Hungarian folk, pop, rock, and Indian music. 1. Dreams, 2. Bacchanal, 3. Spellbinder, 4. Jazz Raga, 5. Mizrab, 6. Belsta River, 7. High Contrast, 8. 1969, 9. Gypsy ‘66
🇬🇧🎸🎷Hugh Hopper was a British bassist, composer, and a central figure in the Canterbury scene of progressive jazz-rock. Best known for his 1968–1973 tenure in Soft Machine, he was a pioneer of "fuzz bass" and experimental tape-loop composition, later pursuing a prolific solo career and collaborating widely with musicians like Elton Dean and Phil Miller. 1. Vol. 2: Frangloband, 2. Vol. 3: North and South, 3. Vol. 4: Four by Hugh by Four, 4. Vol. 5: Heart to Heart (feat. Phil Miller), 5. Vol. 6: Special Friends, 6. Vol. 7: Soft Boundaries. 8. Vol. 9: Anatomy of a Facelift, 10. Jazzloops (Special Mention: Huge, Cryptids)
🇺🇸🎷Charlie Parker Jazz giant who changed the face of the entire form, practically inventing modern jazz and shaping the course of 20th century music. 1. Jazz at Massey Hall, 2 Bird and Diz, 3. Charlie Parker, 4. The Genius of Charlie Parker #8: Swedish Schnapps, 5. Jam Session, 6. The Genius of Charlie Parker #5: Plays Cole Porter, 7. Charlie Parker With Strings, 8. April In Paris: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #2, 9. Bird (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 10. The Magnificent Charlie Parker (Special Mention: The Complete Savoy & Dial aster Takes, The Complete Live Performances n Savoy)
🇺🇸🎷Louis Armstrong The most important and influential musician in jazz history, and one of the leading singers and entertainers from the 1920s through the '50s. 1. The Complete Louis Armstrong - Duke Ellington Sessions, 2. Porgy and Bess, 3. Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy, 4. Ella and Louis Again, 5. Satch Plays Fat, 6. Satchmo Plays King Oliver, 7. Ella and Louis, 8. Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson, 9. Hello, Dolly!, 10. Louis and The Good Book
🇺🇸🦈🎷Cannonball Adderley Alto saxophonist whose blues-soaked tone and swinging delivery made him one of the most successful proponents of soul-jazz. 1. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy!: Live at "The Club”, 2. Somethin' Else, 3. Cannonball Adderley and The Poll-Winners, 4. Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley, 5. The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco, 6. Know What I Mean?, 7. Them Dirty Blues, 8. Portrait of Cannonball, 9. The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago, 10. African Waltz/Plus. Shark’s entry point: this music is exceptionally captivating and smooth, effortlessly permeating the mind, body, and soul of the listener
🇺🇸🦈🎷Herbie Hancock Inventive and intelligent jazz pianist/keyboardist whose distinguished career has covered hard bop, fusion, hip-hop, and dance. 1. Maiden Voyage, 2. Crossings, 3. Mwandishi, 4. Head Hunters, 5. Takin’ Off, 6. Mn-Child, 7. Sextant, 8. Thrust, 9. Inventions & Dimensions, 10. Empyrean Isles. Shark’s entry point: Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock: considered to be one of (if not THE) vanguard recordings that gave birth to funk/rock jazz fusion
🇺🇸🎷Eddie Harris Innovative jazz multi-instrumentalist primarily known for his work on the saxophone, particularly his use of plugged-in electronic effects. 1. Exodus to Jazz, 2. The In Sound, 3. The Electrifying Eddie Harris, 4. Swiss Movement, 5. Silver Cycles, 6. Instant Death, 7. Excursions, 8. Dancing by a Rainbow, 9. E.H. in the U.K., 10. For Bird and Bags
🇺🇸🦈🎷Mahavishnu Orchestra Led by guitarist John McLaughlin, a band whose sophisticated improvisations and high-powered music helped pioneer the jazz-rock fusion of the '70s. 1. The Inner Mounting Flame, 2. Birds of Fire & Lost Trident, 3. Between Nothingness & Eternity, 4. Apocalypse, 5. Visions of the Emerald Beyond, 6. Inner Worlds 7. The Lost Trident Sessions 8. Unreleased Tracks From Between Nothingness & Eternity 9. Love Devotion Surrender. Shark’s entry point: Inner Mounting Flame by Mahavishnu Orchestra: a monstrous masterpiece performed at 300 MPH, where virtuosos let us see that they're not normal earthlings
🇺🇸🦈🎷Weather Report Jazz fusion innovators who explored exotic textures and rhythms, revealing a decidedly global aesthetic. 1. Black Market, 2. Mysterious Traveller, 3. Sweetnighter, 4. Weather Report, 5. Heavy Weather, 6. I Sing The Body Electric, 7. Procession 8. Tale Spinnin’, 9. Night Passage, 10. 8:30. Shark’s entry point: Mysterious Traveller by Weather Report: a drop-dead gorgeous jazz-rock fusion record. Complex, yet emotional
🇺🇸🦈🎷Return To Forever & Chick Corea One of the key fusion groups of the '70s, helmed by Chick Corea and featuring an impressive list of leading jazz musicians. 1. Return to Forever, 2. Light as a Feather, 3. Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy, 4. Circle( Paris Concert), 5. Romantic Warrior, 6. Where Have I Known You Before, 7. No Mystery, 8. The Mothership Returns (Live), 9. Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, 10. Three Quartets. (Special Mention: Tone’s for Joan’s Bones, My Spanish Heart, Eye of the Beholder, Remembering Bud Powell, Chinese Butterfly, CoreaHancock: An Evening With Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock (Live), Crystal Silence, Live In Montreux, corea.concerto) Shark’s entry point: Return to Forever by Chick Corea: bossa nova & jazz fusion wielded beautifully together; it's all very warm, light, and airy, like a soft breeze on a tropical beach
🇺🇸🎷🎸🪇Al Di Meola Spellbinding jazz guitarist who is revered for his blazing, complex fretwork in the vein of jazz fusion, Latin fusion, and acoustic styles. 1. Land of Midnight Sun, 2. Elegant Gypsy, 3. World Sinfonia, 4. Diabolic Inventions and Seduction for Solo Guitar, Vol. 1: Music of Astor Piazzolla, 5. Consequence of Chaos, 6. The Grande Passion, 7. Casino, 8. Electric Rendezvous, 9. Flesh On Flesh, 10. Splendido Hotel
🇺🇸🎷🪈Oregon Purveyors of acoustically based fusion incorporating modern jazz, classical chamber music and global folk sounds and traditions. 1. Music of Another Present Era, 2. Winter Light, 3. Rots in the Sky, 4. Beyond Words, 5. Together, 6. Out of the Woods, 7. Mon and Mind, 8. Distant Hills, 9. Our First Record, 10. Friends
🇺🇸🎷John Abercrombie Versatile and inventive guitarist who skirted the edge of fusion and rock while remaining true to jazz. 1. Timeless, 2. Structures, 3. Night, 4. John Abercrombie / Marc Johnson / Peter Erskine, 5. Gateway, 6. Sargasso Sea, 7. Characters, 8. Brewster's Rooster, 9. Five Years Later, 10. Arcade
🇺🇸🎷Gateway An occasional jazz trio featuring the immense talents of John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. 1. Gateway 2, Gateway, 3. Homecoming, 4. In the Moment
🇺🇸🎷Ralph Towner Founder of Oregon and vivid soloist, one of the few top-flight contemporary guitarists who's focused on acoustic. 1. Solstice, 2. Matchbook, 3. Oracle, Anthem, 4. Batik, 5. Ana, 6. Old Friends, New Friends, 7. Diary
🇬🇧🎸🪈Mike Oldfield Talented and successful multi-instrumentalist who will forever be associated with Tubular Bells, a progressive rock masterpiece that sold millions. 1. Amarok, 2. Tubular Bells, 3. Ommadawn, 4. Hergest Ridge, 5. Incantations, 6. Return to Ommadawn, 7. Five Miles Out, 8. Tubular Bells II, 8. The Songs Of Distant Earth, 9. QE2, 10. Crises
🇳🇴🎸Jordsjø Norwegian symphonic progressive rock duo formed in 2014 in Oslo by multi-instrumentalist Håkon Oftung (Tusmørke, The Chronicles of Father Robin) and drummer Kristian Frøland. Known for blending 1970s prog, Norwegian folk, and cosmic music. 1. Jord, 2. Jordsjø, 3. Nattfiolen, 4. Pastoralia, 5. Salighet, 6. Kontraster, 7. Jord Sessions
🇦🇷🎼🎸 Luis Alberto Spinetta was a highly influential Argentine musician, singer, guitarist, songwriter, and poet, considered a pioneer of Argentine rock. Nicknamed "El Flaco," he founded seminal bands like Almendra, Pescado Rabioso, and Invisible, and had a prolific solo career, merging rock with jazz, tango, and folk music. His poetic and experimental lyrics, often drawing from philosophy and art, made him a legendary figure in Spanish-language music. 1. A 18´del Sol, 2. Kamikaze, 3. Tester de Violencia, 4. Un Mañana, 5. Pelusón of Milk, 6. La La La, 7. Don Lucero, 8. Spinettalandia y su Amigos. Offshots: 🇦🇷🎸🪘Pescado Rabioso was a rock band from Argentina, founded in 1971, after the break-up of Almendra, Spinetta's first band. Despite its short life, it is considered a fundamental band in the history of the rock of Argentina. 1. Ataúd, 2. Pescado Rabioso 2, 3. Desatormentándonos. 🇦🇷🎸🪘Invisible was an influential Argentine progressive rock band formed in 1973 by Luis Alberto Spinetta after the dissolution of Pescado Rabioso. 1. El Jardin de los Presentes, 2. Durazno Sangrando, 3. Invisible, 4. En vivo Teatro Coliseo 1975. 🇦🇷🎼🎸🎷 Spinetta Jade was an Argentine rock-jazz band led by Luis Alberto Spinetta that was active from 1980 to 1985. The band was known for its blend of jazz and rock, which was innovative for the time in Argentina. 1. Alma de Diamante, 2. Los Niños que Escriben en el Cielo, 3. Bajo Belgrano. 🇦🇷🎸 Almendra was an influential Argentine rock band formed in 1967, known for pioneering Spanish-language rock songwriting and experimental music. 1. Almendra 2. Almendra II
🇦🇷🎼🎸🪘Charly García Argentinian singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist regarded as the founding father of his country's rock scene. 1. Clics modernos, 2. Parte de la Religión, 3. Piano Bar, 4. Yendo de la cama al living, 5. Filosofía barata y zapatos de goma, 6. Say No More, 7. Cómo conseguir chicas. Offshoots: 🇦🇷🎸🪇La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros Charly Garcia left behind the minimalism to form a real band with real musicians that could play anything he asked them to. The band was the post-Sui Generis musical vehicle for the renowned musician Charly García, who aimed to move away from the folk-rock style of his previous band and venture into more complex symphonic and jazz-rock territories, influenced by acts like Genesis, Yes, PFM, and Steely Dan. 1. La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros, 2. Películas. 🇦🇷🎸🪘Serú Girán Progressive rock band from Argentina, was formed in the late '70s by Charly García, guitarist David Lebón, bassist Pedro Aznar, and drummer Oscar Moro 1. Serú Girán, 2. Grasa de las Capitales, 3. Bicicleta, 4. Peperina. 🇦🇷🎸🪘Sui Generis Argentinean folk-rock band Sui Generis was formed in the early '70s by singer, guitarist, and keyboardist Charly García and singer/instrumentalist Nito Mestre. 1. Pequenas Anécdotas Sobre las Instituciones, 2. Confesiones de Invierno, 3. Vida
🇺🇸🎼🎸Sonic Youth Pioneers in noise rock who continued creating sophisticated, visceral music long after they became an alt-rock institution. 1. Daydream Nation, 2. Sister, 3. Evol, 4. Goo, 5. Washing Machine, 6. Dirty, 7. Murrey Street, 8. Sonic Nurse, 9. Bad Moon Rising, 10. A Thousand Leaves, (Special Mention: Invito Al Cielo (Syr 3)) (Special mention: Sonic Youth, The Whitey Album, Confusion Is Sex/ Kill Yr. Idols, Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star)
🇺🇸🎼🎸Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 (often shortened to TFUL282) was an influential American experimental indie/noise-rock band formed in 1986, moving from Iowa to San Francisco. Known for blending unconventional sounds ("Feller filler") with structured, avant-pop songs, they were a highly collaborative, multi-instrumental group with a cult following. 1. Strangers from the Universe, 2. Tubby Turdners's Celebrity Avalanche (Bob Dinners and Larry Noodles Present), 3. Mother of All Saints, 4. I Hope It Lands, 5. Lovelyville, 6. Wormed by Leonard, 7. Tangle.
🇬🇧🎸Pink Floyd One of the most predominant and celebrated rock bands of all time, prog- and space-rock legends, known for superlative musicianship. 1. The Dark Side of the Moon, 2. Obscured by Clouds, 3. Atom Heart Mother, 4. Animals, 5. Meddle, 6. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 7. A Saucerful of Secrets, 8. Wish You Were Here, 9. The Wall, 10. The Final Cut. (Special Mention: The Division Bell, Ummagumma, More, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, The Endless River, The Early Years Collection Boxset, The Later Years Collection Boxset) Offshoot: 🇬🇧🎸 Syd Barret The greatest cult figure in rock history, he created a whimsical, haunting brand of psychedelia both on his own and as the early leader of Pink Floyd. 1. The Madcap Laughs, 2. Barret, 3. Opel
🇨🇦🦈🎸Rush Beloved by millions and scorned by critics, one of the great prog-rock bands, possessing an instrumental acumen rivaled by few other groups. 1. 2112, 2. Moving Pictures, 3. Permanent Waves, 4. Hemispheres, 5. A Farewell to Kings, 6. Signals, 7. Counterparts, 8. Clockwork Angels, 9. Caress of Steel, 10. Grace Under Pressure. (Special Mention: Hold Your Fire, Vapor Trails, Snakes & Arrows, Rush, Power Windows, Fly By Night) Shark’s entry point: 2112 by Rush: conjuring up the kind of sci-fi images and otherworldly magic that would later become the hallmark of the band
🇫🇮🎸🪇 Pekka Pohjola was a renowned Finnish multi-instrumentalist, composer, and bass virtuoso who rose to fame with the progressive rock band Wigwam before embarking on a distinguished solo career blending jazz fusion with progressive rock, heavily influenced by Frank Zappa and eventually developing a unique sound. 1. Visitation, 2. Harakka Bialoipokku, 3. Kätkävaaran lohikäärme, 4. Pewit, 5. Views, 6. Flight of the Angel, 7. Urban Tango, 8. Jokamies, 9. Space Waltz
🇺🇸🎼🎸Fugazi The thinking person's hardcore band, with an independent D.I.Y. ethos and a musical focus on free-form experimentalism. Their sound is characterized as post-hardcore, often featuring dual vocalists (MacKaye and Picciotto) with a dynamic blend of quiet intensity and explosive rock. 1. Repeater & 3 Songs, 2. 13 Songs, 3. The Argument, 4. In On the Kill Taker, 5. Red Medicine, 6. End Hits, 7. Steady Diet of Nothing, 8. First Demo
🇩🇪🎷🎸Missus Beastly was a pioneering German Krautrock/jazz-rock fusion band formed in 1968, known for their evolving psychedelic jams, significant personnel changes, and role in the German music scene, releasing several albums in the 70s with a blend of improvisation, funk, and rock. 1. Missus Beastly, 2. Dr. Aftershave and the Mixed Pickles, 3. Space Guerilla, 4. First
🇺🇸🎸Swans Part of the original No Wave scene in the early 1980's, the New York City rock band Swans has since become one of the most respected experimental rock outfits to the present. 1. Children of God, 2. Soundtracks For the Blind, 3. To Be Kind, 4. White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity, 5. The Great Annihilator, 6. My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky, 7. The Seer, 8. The Glowing Man, 9. Leaving Meaning, 10. The Beggar
🇺🇸🎼🎸Tool American quartet that elevated their early-'90s metal sonics with a sophisticated, progressive flourish. 1. Lateralus, 2. Ænima, 3. 10,000 Days, 4. Fear Inoculum, 5. Undertow
🇸🇪🎼🎸Opeth Influential and acclaimed Swedish prog-metal outfit that deftly mixes death metal crunch with ambitious instrumental flash. 1. Blackwater Park, 2. Still Life, 3. Ghost Reveries, 4. Damnation, 5. My Arms, Your Hearse, 6. Watershed, 7. Deliverance, 8. Morningrise, 9. The Last Will and Testament, 10. Heritage, 11. Pale Communion
🇩🇪🦈🎸Eloy A venerable progressive rock outfit and one of the most popular German bands of the 1970s. 1, Ocean, 2. Dawn, 3. Power and the Passion, 4. Floating, 5. Silent Cries & Mighty Echoes, 6. Inside, 7. Eloy. Shark’s entry point: Ocean by Eloy: worlds atomize and oceans evaporate in eternity on this epic record
🇮🇹🦈🎸🪇PFM Premiata Forneria Marconi Italy's leading progressive rock outfit of the early '70s, PFM would have remained a purely Italian phenomenon had they not been signed to Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Manticore label. 1. Per un Amico, 2. Storia di un Minuto, 3. Photos of Ghosts, 4. L’ Isola di Niente, 5. Chocolate Kings, 6. Stati Di Immaginazione, 7. A.D. 2010 - La Buona Novella. Shark’s entry point: Per Un Amico by Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM): jaw dropping musical acrobatics with ease which never lose the pace of a sophisticated graceful poetic dance of sounds
🇬🇧🎸The Moody Blues Pop mystics of the rock era whose impeccably produced albums exuded pseudo-classical glory, driven by lush Mellotron orchestrations. 1. Days of Future Passed, 2. A Question of Balance, 3. Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, 4. To Our Children's Children's Children, 5. On the Threshold of a Dream, 6. In Search of the Lost Chord, 7. Seventh Sojourn 7. Long Distance Voyager, 8. Octave
🇬🇧🎸🎻 Robert Wyatt. Former Soft Machine drummer and vocalist who merged the avant-garde with English eccentricity. 1. Rock Bottom 2. Sleep, 3. Comicopera, 4. Dondestan, 5. Old Rottenhat, 6. Cuckooland, 7. Rush is Stranger than Richard, 8. The End of an Ear
🇬🇧🦈🎸Emerson Lake and Palmer The original prog rock supergroup of the 1970s, they combined heavy riffs with classical influences. 1. Emerson, Lake & Palmer, 2. Tarkus, 3. Pictures at an Exhibition, 4. Trilogy, 5. Brain Salad Surgery, 6. Works Vol. 1&2. Shark’s entry point: Trilogy by Emerson, Lake & Palmer: everything has been carefully thought, arranged, and performed to perfection, a process that also included some form of sterilization
🇺🇸🦈🎸The Velvet Underground The quintessential bohemian New York band of the '60s that fused art, rock, and poetry in a fashion that proved incalculably influential. 1. Loaded, 2. The Velvet Underground & Nico, 3. The Velvet Underground, 4. White Light/White Heat, 5. VU. Shark’s entry point: The Velvet Underground & Nico: its experimental fingertips and legacy permeated the whole pop/rock realm
🇬🇧🦈🎸Roxy Music Cult favorites, and perhaps the quintessential art rock band, who transitioned from hard-edged glam to sophisticated rock. 1. For Your Pleasure, 2. Roxy Music, 3. Standed, 4. Country Life, 5. Siren, 6. Avalon, 7. Manifesto, 8. Flesh + Blood. Shark’s entry point: Roxy Music by Roxy Music: from an art school project to the most adventurous rock band of the early '70s
🇬🇧🎸The Alan Parson’s Project A high-concept art rock band with several pop hits, formed around talented producer Parsons and songwriter Eric Woolfson. 1. Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan Poem, 2. I Robot, 3. The Turn of a Friendly Card, 4. Pyramid, 5. Eye in the Sky, 6. Ammonia Avenue, 7. Gaudi, 8. Eve 9. Stereotomy 10. Vulture Culture
🇮🇹🎸🪇Le Orme Excellent early-70's Italian progressive trio (still around today) with classical stylings, featuring keyboards to the fore and a unique dreamy/powerful style. 1. Felona E Sorona, 2. Uomo Di Pezza, 3. Contrappunti, 4. Collage, 5. Florian, 6. Storia o leggenda, 7. Verita' nascoste, 8. Il Leone e la Bandiera, 9. La Via Della Seta
🇬🇧🎸Barclay James Harvest Purveyors of pastoral chamber-prog, rife with surging rock energy and boasting a unique, Mellotron-driven sound. 1. Everyone is Everybody Else, 2. Once Again, 3. Time Honoured Ghosts, 4. Octoberon, 5. Xii, 6. Gone to Earth, 7. Barclay James Harvest
🇬🇧🎸Porcupine Tree Contemporary prog act with a wide-ranging set of influences, from classic rock to psychedelic to metal. 1.Fear of a Blank Planet, 2. In Absentia, 3. Stupid Dream, 4. The Sky Moves Sideways, 5. Lightbulb Sun, 6. Deadwing, 7. Up the Downstair, 8. Signify, 9. Metanoia, 10. On the Sunday of Life… (Special Mention: The Incident, Closure/Continuation)
🇬🇧🦈🎸Steven Wilson Prolific progressive rock icon who founded the band Porcupine Tree before going on to a celebrated solo career. 1. The Raven That Refused to Sing and Other Stories, 2. Hand. Cannot. Erase., 3. Insurgentes, 4. Grace for Drowning, 5. To the Bone, 6. The Harmony Codex, 7. NSRGNTS RMXS, 8. The Future Bites, 9. 41/2, 10. The Overview. Offshoot: 🇬🇧🎸Bass Communion Starting in 1994, Wilson began solo recordings described as "experiments in texture," resulting in his work under the name Bass Communion. 1. Bass Communion 1, 2. Bass Communion II. Shark’s entry point: The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories) by Steven Wilson: new prog-rock music in the vain of the 70's with top notch production can't go wrong
🇲🇽🎸Cast is a pioneering Mexican symphonic/progressive rock band formed in Mexicali in 1978 by keyboardist Alfonso Vidales, known for their keyboard-driven, Genesis-esque sound, prolific album output, and organizing the annual Baja Prog Festival, maintaining a long career despite challenges with consistent lineup changes and evolving from English to Spanish lyrics to find their unique voice in the prog scene. 1. Imaginary Windows, 2. Originallis, 3. Arsis, 4. Vida, 5. Power and Outcme, 6. Vigesimus, 7. Com.union, 8. Nimbus, 9. Al Bandaluz
🇬🇧🎸🎻This Heat Experimental U.K. band, whose music ranges from quietly beautiful to an all-out assault. 1. Deceit, 2. This Heat, 3. Made Available - John Peel Sessions
🇫🇷🎸Moving Gelatin Plates was a French progressive rock band formed in 1968 by Gérard Bertram and Didier Thibault. Their music, heavily influenced by jazz, was compared to the Canterbury scene, particularly Soft Machine. 1. The World of Genius Hans, 2. Moving Gelatin Plates, 3. Removing
🇬🇧🎸U.K. Featuring members of Yes, King Crimson, Roxy Music, and Soft Machine, U.K. was one of the most prominent progressive rock supergroups of the late '70s. 1. UK, 2. Night After Night, 3. Danger Money, 4. The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo
🇩🇪🎸 Krautwerk is the solo electronic, krautrock project of Nico Seel, approaching music in a minimalistic and DIY way. It is a tribute to German first wave krautrock legends like Can, Kraftwerk, Neu! etc. 1. 1971, 2. 1975, 3. Computerrock, 4. 1973, 5. Nueling, 6. 1972, 7. Fenster, 8. 1974
🇺🇸🎷🎸🎹Larry Coryell Pioneering fusion guitarist who explored everything from psychedelic rock to unaccompanied acoustic music to straight-ahead bebop. 1. Barefoot Boy, 2. Introducing the Eleventh House, 3. Three Guitars, 4. Tricycles (with Paul Wertico & Marc Egan), 5. Monk, Trane, Miles and Me, 6. Coryell, 7. Spaces, 8. Together, 9. Cause and Effect, 10. Level One
🇺🇸🎷🎺Stanley Clarke Gifted jazz bassist who established many contemporary techniques with his dazzling, rapid patterns and a highly influential slapping technique. 1. School Days, 2. Journey to Love, 3. Children of Forever, 4. Stanley Clarke, 5. Live At the Greek, 6. Jazz in the Garden
🇬🇧🦈🎷Brand X English fusion band that included Phil Collins and guitarist John Goodsall. They have a very original, though laidback, approach to their music with a special focus on Percy Jones's brilliant fretless bass playing, something that made the band legendary. 1. Unorthodox Behaviour, 2. Moroccan Roll, 3. Masques, 4. Do They Hurt? 5. Livestock 6. Is There Anything About? 7. Xcommunication, 8. Product, 9. Manifest Destiny: Trilogy I 10. Trilogy III: Live At the Bottom Line. Shark’s entry point: Unorthodox Behaviour by Brand X: frenetic drum rolls, layers of silence, funky bass, atmospheric synthesizers, and rhythmic developments accompanied by proggy jazzed up time signature outbursts
🇺🇸🎷George Duke Fusion pianist with outstanding work alongside Frank Zappa and later a successful crossover career blending rock, jazz, and R&B. 1. The Aura Will Prevail, 2. Soft Shoe (feat. Harry Edison, Jake Hanna & George Duke), 3. Follow the Rainbow, 4. Brazilian Love Affair, 5. Faces in Reflection, 6. The Inner Source, 7. “Live” On the Tour In Europe (The Billy Cobham Band), 8. Feel, 9. I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry, 10. Dream On
🇬🇧🦈🎸🎷🪕Jeff Beck British guitar god, both with the Yardbirds in the 1960s and while leading his own band into jazz-rock fusion in the '70s. 1. Blow by Blow, 2. Truth, 3. Wired, 4. Beck-Ola, 5. You Had It Coming, 6. Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop, 7. Rough and Ready, 8. Who Else!, 9. Jeff Beck Group Shark’s entry point: Blow by Blow by Jeff Beck: a powerhouse of jazzy funk rock fusion with nine strong tracks by a Guitar God
🇫🇷🦈🎷Jean-Luc Ponty A wide-ranging violinist who helped popularize the use of electronics among string players, and developed a varied style mixing many jazz genres. 1. Enigmatic Ocean, 2. King Kong - Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa, 3. Upon The Wings Of Music, 4. Electric Connection, 5. Aurora, 6. Cosmic Messenger, 7. Mystical Adventures 8. Open Strings, 9. Ponty - Grappelli, 10. Imaginary Voyage. Shark’s entry point: Enigmatic Ocean by Jean-Luc Ponty: flawless playing and utterly fluid transitions and interplay
🇺🇸🎷Jim Hall Richly talented jazz guitarist known for his fluid, bop-based style and pioneering work in a solo and duo context. 1. Telephone, 2. Concierto, 3. Undercurrent, 4. Commitment, 5. Intermodulation, 6. Folk Jazz, 7. Alone Together, 8. Dialogues, 9. Something Special, 10. Magic Meeting. (Special Mention: Jazz Guitar)
🇺🇸🎺Steve Khan Session guitarist for the likes of Lou Rawls, Steely Dan, and Michael Franks, among others; also recorded as a leader, starting with 1977's Tightrope. 1. Evidence, 2. Tightrope, 3. The Blue Man, 4. Eyewitness, 5. Let’s Call This, 6. The Green Field, 7. Public Access, 8. Casa Loco, 9. Borrowed Time, 10. Modern Times
🇩🇪🎷Monika Roscher Bigband is a German collective of 18 musicians which tries to stretch the stylistic conventions of the brass-centered big band format to their limit. 1. Failure in Wonderland, 2. Of Monsters and Birds, 3. Witchy Activities and the Maple Death
🇬🇧🎸🪕Led Zeppelin Acknowledged as the most successful and influential band of the heavy rock era, with a catalog that continues to inspire. 1. Led Zeppelin I-IV, 5. Houses of the Holy, 6. Physical Graffiti, 7. Presence 8. In Through the Out Door, 9. Celebration Day, 10. Coda
🇬🇧🎸Black Sabbath The embodiment of heavy metal, with the overpowering volume, sludgy attack, and fantasy lyrics that would define the genre. 1. Paranoid 2. Black Sabbath, 3. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, 4. Master of Reality, 5. Vol. 4, 6. Sabotage, 7. Heaven And Hell, 8. 13, 9. Mob Rules
🇬🇧🎸Budgie Hard rockers from Cardiff, Wales who were one of the earliest British heavy metal bands. 1. Never Turn Your Back on a Friend, 2. Budgie, 3. In for the Kill! 4. Squawk, 5. Bandolier, 6. If I Were Brittania I'd Waive The Rules, 7. Impeckable
🇺🇸🎸Death Aptly named Florida metal band whose aggressive style helped spawn both the death metal and grindcore genres. 1. Human, 2. Scream Bloody Gore, 3. Individual Thought Patterns, 4. The Sound of Perseverance, 5. Spiritual Healing, 6. Leprosy, 7. Symbolic
🇺🇸🎼🎸Primus One of the original and most distinctive alt-metal groups, a whimsical party band with the chops to absorb punk rock, thrash, and funk. 1. Frizzle Fry, 2. Sailing the Seas of Cheese, 3. Tales from the Punchbowl, 4. Pork Soda 5. Brown Album, 6. Antipop, 7. Green Naugahyde, 8. Suck on This, 9. Primus & The Chocolate Factory with The Fungi Ensemble, 10. The Desaturating Seven
🇺🇸🎼🎸Grateful Dead Legendary Haight-Ashbury sextet who took a long, strange trip from acid-testing jugband to worldwide countercultural institution. 1. Blues for Allah, 2. Workingman's Dead, 3. American Beauty, 4. Wake of the Flood, 5. Anthem of the Sun, 6. Live/Dead, 7. Europe '72, 8. Grateful Dead, 9. From the Mars Hotel, 10. Terrapin Station
🇬🇧🎼🎸The Who An explosive combo that pioneered progressive and arena rock, each new sound increasing their influence and legacy. 1. Who's Next, 2. Quadrophenia, 3. The Who Sell Out, 4. The Who Sings My Generation, 5. Tommy, 6. A Quick One, 7. The Who by Numbers, 8. It’s Hard
🇮🇪🎸🪇🎤Horslips Irish rock band whose style was a unique mix of folk, hard rock, and progressive influences. 1. The Táin, 2. Book of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony, 3. Dancehall Sweethearts, 4. Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part, 5. Aliens
🇩🇪🎸🎷Embryo Long-running German jazz-rock group who have incorporated numerous global styles and instruments. 1. Embryo's Rache, 2. Rocksession, 3. Steig Aus [also released as: This Is Embryo], 4. Opal, 5. Father, Son And Holy Ghosts
🇬🇧🎸🎻📟🎹🪈Brian Eno A trailblazer in ambient, experimental music, and electronica as well as a producer of numerous major rock acts. 1. Another Green World, 2. Ambient 4 - On Land, 3. Brian Eno & David Byrne: My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts, 4. Before And After Science, 5. Eno, Moebius & Roedelius: After The Heat, 6. Small Craft On A Milk Sea, 7. Apollo - Atmospheres & Soundtracks, 8. Here Come the Warm Jets, 9. Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), 10. Ambient 1 - Music for Airports
🇫🇷🎸🎷Magma Relentless martial fusion, chanted vocals, an invented language, and an interstellar mythology mark Magma as the essence of zeuhl. 1. Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh, 2. 1,001 Degrees Centigrade, 3. K.A (Köhntarkösz Anteria), 4. Magma [Aka: Kobaïa], 5. Christian Vander: Tristan et Iseult [Aka: Ẁurdah Ïtah], 6. Live/Hhaï (Köhntark),7. Retrospektïẁ I-II, 8. Üdü Ẁüdü, 9. Attahk, 10. Rïah Sahïltaahk
🇫🇷🎸🎷 ZAO was a French progressive rock band founded in 1971 by two ex-members of the band Magma, Yochk'o Seffer and François Cahen. Active primarily in the 1970s, they played a style of progressive rock and zeuhl that was a spin-off from Magma's sound and also incorporated jazz fusion and other influences. 1. Shekina, 2. Osiris, 3. Typhareth
🇩🇰🎸🎷 Secret Oyster was a Danish jazz-rock and progressive fusion supergroup formed in 1972 by members of the bands Burnin' Red Ivanhoe, Hurdy Gurdy, and Coronarias Dans. Their music featured improvisational jams, complex instrumental structures, and a spacious, fusion-heavy sound that evolved from rockier, guitar-driven early work to more synth-based, cinematic prog on later albums. 1. Sea Son, 2. Secret Oyser, 3. Straight to the Krankenhaus
🇬🇧🎸🪇Peter Gabriel Theatrical leader of '70s-era Genesis and a bona fide pop star by the '80s despite his experimental, often exotic, material. 1. Peter Gabriel 3 [Aka: Melt], 2. Up, 3. Peter Gabriel 4 [Aka: Mask, Aka: Security], 4. Passion - Music from The Last Temptation of Christ, 5. So, 6. Us, 7. Peter Gabriel 1 [Aka: Car], 9. New Blood, 10- i/o 8. Peter Gabriel 2 [Aka: Scratch]
🇫🇷🎸Kevin Ayers A gifted songwriter, guitarist, bassist and singer, Kevin Ayers has been flitting in and out of prog throughout his long, languid career. 1. Shooting At the Moon, 2. Joy of a Toy, 3. Whatevershebringswesing
🇬🇧🎸🎻 Black Midi London-based experimental rock band known for its complex blend of math rock, post-punk, noise rock, and avant-jazz, active from 2017 to 2024. Formed at the BRIT School by Geordie Greep, Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, Cameron Picton, and Morgan Simpson, the band gained notoriety for its virtuosic musicianship, chaotic live performances, and debut album Schlagenheim (2019), which earned a Mercury Prize nomination. 1. Hellfire, 2. Schlagenheim, 3. Cavalcade
🇬🇧🎸Fripp & Eno is the iconic ambient music collaboration between guitarist Robert Fripp (King Crimson) and producer/musician Brian Eno (Roxy Music), famous for pioneering Frippertronics, a tape-delay looping technique that creates evolving, instrumental soundscapes. 1. The Equatorial Stars. 2. Evening Star. No Pussyfooting.
🇬🇧🎸Egg Canterbury-based progressive rock trio released a pair of ambitiously conceived, stylistically diverse albums in the early ‘70s 1. The Polite Force, 2. The Civil Surface, 3. Egg
🇩🇪🎸Out of Focus was one of the many creative groups that arose from Germany in the early '70s. Its inventive take on fusion laid the groundwork for their three LPs released a year apart from each other. 1. Out of Focus, 2. Four Letter Monday Afternoon, 3. Rat Roads, 4. Not Too Late
🇩🇪🎸The Cosmic Jockers were the greatest Krautrock supergroup that never was, a cosmic joke even on most of the musicians who played on the sessions, unbeknownst they were members of this new "group.” 1. Galactic Supermarket, 2. Galactic Joke
🇬🇧🎸🪈🎬🪇📟 Anthony Philips One of the founders of Genesis, a guitarist of supreme skill and confidence steeped in classical, pre-Baroque, and folk influences. 1. The Geese & The Ghost, 2. Wise After the Event, 3. Private Parts & Pieces I-VIII, 1984
🇬🇧🎸Renaissance Classical rock ensemble formed as an outlet for a pair of ex-Yardbirds, but later driven by Annie Haslam's three-octave voice and John Tout's piano. 1. Scheherazade and Other Stories, 2. Ashes Are Burning, 3. Turn of the Cards, 4. Prologue, 5. Renaissance, 6. Novella, 7. Live at Carnegie Hall,8. A Song for All Seasons, 9. Illusion
🇬🇧🎸Kate Bush Haunting second-wave art rocker who was critically deified in the 1980s thanks to her tasteful, intelligent, and stimulating songwriting. 1. The Kick Inside, 2. Hounds of Love, 3. Never for Ever, 4. The Dreaming, 5. 50 Words for Snow, 6. Aerial, 7. The Sensual World, 8. Lionheart, 9. Director's Cut, 10. The Red Shoes
🇬🇧🎸Marillion Frontrunners of the U.K.'s progressive rock revival, led by Fish and later Steve Hogarth without missing a beat. 1. Misplaced Childhood, 2. Script for a Jester's Tear, 3. Clutching at Straws, 4. Fugazi, 5. Brave, 6. Marbles, 7. Afraid of Sunlight, 8. F*** Everyone and Run, 9. Seasons End. 10. An Hour Before It's Dark
🇸🇪🎸Bo Hansson Swedish keyboard player/composer Bo Hansson first emerged in the 1960s as part of a duo that made a name for itself, first in Sweden and then on tour in Europe, and issued a series of three albums. 1. Attic Thoughts, 2. Magician's Hat, 3. Lord of the Rings, 4. Music Inspired By Watership Down
🇮🇹🎸Homunculus Res Sicilian band draws influence from the '60s-'70s Canterbury scene and early Italian prog, melding breeziness with complexity. 1. Limiti All'eguaglianza della Parte con il Tutto 2. Come Si Diventa Cio' Che Si Era, 3. Andiamo In Giro di Notte E Ci Consumiamo Nel Fuoco, 4. Della Stessa Sostanza Dei Sogni, 5. Ecco l'Impero Dei Doppi Sensi
🇦🇷🎸Bubu Along with the traditional rock set-up (guitar, bass, and drums), the band featured a violonist, flutist, saxophonist, and pianist. Their music is complex, energetic, and diabolical in a King Crimson-ish sort of way. Influences are varied (classic, jazz, rock, folk) but make up quite an interesting blend. 1. Anabelas, 2 El Eco del Sol
🇬🇧🎹🪈🎷🎤🪇📟🎸Pinguin Cafe Orchestra was a brainchild of a classically trained British multi-instrumentalist and composer Simon Jeffes. Musically omnivorous, he was influenced by classical, folk, jazz, world, ethnic, experimental and pop music and those influences were synthesized in the music of PCO. 1. Music from the Pinguin Cafe, 2. Pinguin Café Orchestra, 3. Broadcasting From Home, 4. Union Café, 5. Signs of Life, 5. Concert Program
🇩🇪🎸📟Neu! Minimalist rhythmic electronic band whose motorik style became a major influence on artists ranging from David Bowie to Sonic Youth to Stereolab. 1. Neu! 2. Neu! 75
🇩🇪🎸Agitation Free 1970s Krautrock group who specialized in ambient, droning electronics with touches of bluesy Grateful Dead-style jamming. 1. 2Nd, 2. Malesch
🇧🇪🎸🎻Univers Zéro Longstanding dark-hued Belgian chamber rockers and avant-prog pioneers led by drummer/composer Daniel Denis. 1. Uzed, 2. Hérésie, 3. Univers Zéro, 4. Ceux du dehors, 5. Phosphorescent Dreams, 6. Lueur. Offshoot: 🇧🇪🎸🎻 Present Dark and often relentless avant-prog band formed by guitarist Roger Trigaux upon his departure from Univers Zero in 1979. 1. Triskaidekaphobie, 2. Le Poison Qui Rend Fou
🇫🇷🎸🎻🎬🎹🪇📟Art Zoyd French avant Rock in Opposition collective founded in 1969 with a virtually unclassifiable sound applied to film scores and experimental works. 1. Häxan, 2. Berlin, 3. Marathonerre, 4. Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les Cités, 5. Phase IV, 6. Le Mariage Du Ciel Et De L'Enfer, 7. Faust, 8. Metropolis, 9. Eyecatcher
🇯🇵🎸 betcover!! Formed in 2015, betcover!! are a J-rock band with jazz rock influences, recently moving to a more progressive sound. 1. Tamago (卵), 2. 時間 Jikan, 3. 勇気 Yuki, 4. 馬 Uma, 5. 中学生 Love Forever, 6. 告白 Kokuhaku
🇲🇽🎸🎻DECiBEL is a legendary Mexican avant-garde/Rock in Opposition (RIO) band formed in Mexico City in 1973, known for their experimental, complex sound blending prog rock, modern classical, jazz, and improvisation, heavily influenced by European bands like Henry Cow. 1. El Poeta del Ruido, 2. Fortuna Virilis, 3. Méliès, 4. Insecto Mecánico, 5. Secuencias Genéticas, 6. Tmand el Té con Alicia y el Sombrero Loco
🇬🇧🎸🎷Colosseum Influential British band that pioneered a progressive form of jazz-rock, with unusual chord progressions and variant song structures. 1. Valentyne Suite, 2. The Grass Is Greener, 3. Daughter of Time, 4. Those Who Are About to Die Salute You
🇬🇧🎸🎤Strawbs Sprawling, eclectic folk-rock act whose spacy mix of rock and neo-classical presaged prog-rock. 1. Grave New World, 2. Hero and Heroine, 3. From the Witchwood, 4. Ghosts 5. Bursting at the Seams, 6. Nomadness, 7. Strawbs
🇺🇸🎸Happy the Man Progressive rock band known for their high-caliber musicianship and complex, sometimes whimsical compositions. 1. Crafty Hands, 2. Happy the Man (Starborne)
🇩🇪🎸🎻🎷🪈Annexus Quam This early-'70s Krautrock band from Kamp-Lintfort, a suburb of Düsseldorf, mixed jazz, rock, avant-garde, and psychedelic music into a unique blend on their two albums. 1. Osmose, 2. Beziehungen
🇬🇧🎸🎷🪇🎹John Mclaughlin Influential jazz guitarist who also explored blues, flamenco, and Indian music, and helped found the jazz/rock fusion movement. 1. Devotion, 2. Extrapolation, 3. Love Devotion Surrender, 4. The Guitar Trio 5. My Goal's Beyond, 6. Passion, Grace & Fire, 7. Floating Point, 8. The Promise, 9. Friday Night in San Francisco, 10. Electric Guitarist
🇬🇧🎺🎸Bill Bruford his career is like his drumming sound —inimitable. Known for his ringing metal snare drum, crisp cymbal work, and knack for complex time signatures, a young Bruford came to prominence in the late '60s with Yes. 1. One of a Kind, 2. Feels Good to Me, 3. Gradually Going Tornado3, 4. If Summer Had Its Ghosts, 5. The Bruford Tapes 6. Master Strokes, 7. Rock Goes to College, 8. In Two Minds
🇺🇸🎷Larry Young An acclaimed innovator of the '60s jazz organ approach, who utilized swirling chords, surging lines, and rock-influenced improvisations. 1. Lawrence of Newmark, 2. Unity, 3. Young Blues, 4. Into Somethin’, 5. Of Love and Peace, 6. Contrasts
🇯🇵🎷Soil & "Pimp" Sessions Japanese jazz combo who play music inspired by the sound and style of classic bebop, Latin jazz, and cool jazz, but with a funky undertow and the passion, aggression, and force of rock & roll. 1. 6, 2. Brothers & Sisters, 3. Pimpin’, 4. Pimp Master, 5. Pimp of the Year, 6. Planet Pimp, 7. Pimpoint, 8. Man Steals the Stars, 9. Magnetic Soil, 10. 真夜中のハリネズミ: Music From and Inspired by Hello Harinezumi
🇵🇦🦈🎷🎸Billy Cobham A technically accomplished soloist whose combination of bombastic power and rhythmic clarity made him the quintessential fusion drummer. 1. Spectrum, 2. Stratus, 3. Shabazz, 4. Crosswinds, 5. Total Eclipse, 6. A Funky Thide Of Sings, 7. Life & Times 8. Inner Conflicts, 9. Focused, 10. Drum 'N' Voice - All That Groove. Shark’s entry point: Spectrum by Billy Cobham: the accessible, though effective and addictive, entry to the jazz-rock world
🇬🇧🎷🎸Allan Holdsworth Fleet-fingered British guitarist with a liquid sound, respected by aficionados as one of the greatest axemen in the electric jazz-rock fusion genre. 1. Metal Fatigue, 2. I.O.U., 3. Truth in Shredding, 4. The Sixteen Men of Tain, 5. Secrets, 6. Hard Hat Area, 7. None Too Soon, 8. Anders Johansson, Jens Johansson & Allan Holdsworth - Heavy Machinery, 9. Allan Holdsworth & Gordon Beck: The Things You See, 10. Wardenclyffe Tower. Shark’s entry point: Metal Fatigue by Allan Holdsworth: prepare to be dazzled by the most futuristic guitar playing this side of the universe!
🇺🇸🎷Alphonse Mouzon Premiere fusion/funk drummer with Weather Report and Larry Coryell, plus a leader of dates for Blue Note, MPS, Pausa, and his own Tenacious label. 1. Mind Transplant, 2. Funky Snakefoot, 3. Virtue, 4. In Search of a Dream, 5. The Essence of Mystery, 6. Back Together Again
🇺🇸🎷🎺Lenny White Influential jazz fusion drummer and Return to Forever member who has played with Miles Davis, Chaka Khan, Al Di Meola, and countless others. 1. The Adventures Of Astral Pirates, 2. Venusian Summer, 3. The Griffith Park Collection
🇺🇸🎷Buddy Rich The most gifted drummer of the swing era, who backed many major artists before leading his own long-running band. 1. Mercy, Mercy (Live), 2. Krupa and Rich, 3. This one’s for Basie, 4. The Roar ’74, 5. Blues Caravan, 6. The New One! 7. Big Band Machine, 8. Stick it! 9. Buddy and Sweets, 10. The Drum Battle.
🇧🇷🎷🪇Airto Moreira Famed Brazilian-born percussionist who rose to prominence with his innovative blend of jazz, fusion, and Latin traditions. 1. Free, 2. Seeds on the Ground —The Natural Sound of Airto, 3. Fingers, 4. The Other Side of This, 5. Samba De Flora, 6. Natural Feeling, 7. Virgin Land
🇺🇸🎸🎻Secret Chiefs 3 is an Avant-Garde band led by Trey Spruance. Their style is influenced by oriental folklore and electronic music, fused with metal. 1. Book M, 2. Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws, 3. Book of Horizons, 4. Xaphan - Book Of Angels, Vol. 9, 5. Traditionalists: Le Mani Destre Recise Degli Ultimi Uomini, 6. Book of Souls - Folio A, 7. Ishraqiyun: Perichoresis, 8. Malkhut, 9. First Grand Constitution and Bylaws?
🇳🇴🎸Motorpsycho Norwegian power trio influenced by psychedelia and heavy acid rock. 1. The Death Defying Unicorn (feat. Staale Storloekken, Ola Kvernberg, Trondheimsolistene & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra), 2. Timothy's Monster, 3. Let Them Eat Cake, 4. Phanerothyme, 5. Little Lucid Moments, 6. Behind the Sun, 7. The Tower, 8. The All is One, 9. Here Be Monsters, 10. The Crucible
🇮🇹🎸Alphataurus A dramatic Italian rock band readily bearing comparison to an unholy collision of Uriah Heep and Van der Graaf Generator. 1. Alphataurus, 2. AttosecondO, 3. Dietro l'Uragano
🇬🇧🎸Gilgamesh British prog rock/jazz fusion ensemble led by keyboard player Alan Gowen. 1. Gilgamesh 2. Another Fine Tune You’ve Got Me Into
🇮🇹🎸🪇Quella Vecchia Locanda plays a complex music with a lot of instrumental combinations, beautiful melodies and a very high sophistication. 1. Il tempo della gioia, 2. Quella Vecchia Locanda
🇮🇹🎸🪇Area Uncompromising blend of jazz-rock, ethnic folk, experimentation, and political philosophies made them a unique presence in Italy during the 1970s. 1. Arbeit Macht Frei, 2. Crac!, 3. Caution Radiation Area, 4. Maledetti, 5. 1978 - Gli Dei Se Ne Vanno, Gli Arrabbiati Restano!
🇵🇱🎸🪇 CzesŁaw Niemen He recorded "Dziwny jest ten świat" (Strange Is This World) as a major Polish protest song in 1967, and was an early pioneer of psychedelic music in communist Poland in the late 60's. 1. Niemen, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 by, 2. Enigmatic, 3. Niemen, 4. Aerolit, 5. Katharsis
🇬🇧🎸🎷East of Eden A perfect illustration of the futility that England's Decca Records faced in cultivating progressive rock (apart from the Moody Blues). A critically acclaimed jazz-fusion band with a strong Eastern music influence. 1. Snafu, 2. Mercator Projected
🇦🇷🎸El Reloj The band was formed in 1971 by guitarist Willy Gardi and bassist Eduardo Frezza. The style of El Reloj was characterized by a fusion of hard rock, progressive rock and jazz-rock, with complex song structures, symphonic trends and a prominent use of two Hammond guitars and organ. Their music was mainly instrumental, with brief but effective vocal passages, and showed a powerful and energetic sound, with a focus on twin guitars and forceful percussion. 1. El Reloj II, 2. El Reloj
🇧🇪🎸🪇CoS Often referred to as the Belgian answer to ZAO, they offer a mixture of prog rock, jazz and Canterbury styles 1. Viva Boma, 2. Postaeolian Train Robbery, 3. Babel
🇮🇹🎸🪇Picchio Dal Pozzo is an Italian progressive rock band formed in Genoa in 1976, known for its "Canterbury scene" sound. Their music is characterized by a mix of jazzy improvisation, complex arrangements, surreal lyrics, and a unique, sometimes challenging, instrumental style. 1. Picchio Dal Pozzo, 2. Abbiamo tuttii suoi problomi
🇮🇹🎸Goblin Influential Italian progressive rock outfit known for its horror film scores. 1. Roller, 2. Profondo Rosso [Aka: Deep Red] (OST), 3. Suspiria (OST), 4. Il Fantastico Viaggio Del "Bagarozzo" Mark, 5. Zombi [aka: Dawn Of The Dead] (OST), 6. Il Reale Impero Britannico: Perché Si Uccidono (OST)
🇸🇪🎸Änglagård Swedish band Änglagård is part of a whole breed of young progressive rockers who have cut their teeth on King Crimson's Red. 1. Viljans Oga, 2. Hybris, 3. Epilog
🇨🇳🎷🪇Omnipotent Youth Society (万能青年旅店) is a prestigious Chinese alternative rock band that formed in Shijiazhuang in 1996 and officially named in 2002. Known for their unique style blending rock with traditional and orchestral elements, they gained immense popularity in China with their self-titled debut album in 2010. 1. Omnipotent Youth Society (万能青年旅店), 2 Inside the Cable Temple (冀西南林路行).
🇲🇽🎷🎻🪘🪇 Klezmerson. One of the Mexican bands that combines melodies and rhythms of traditional Jewish music from Eastern Europe with influences from the Mexican tradition of sones, sounds from Latin America and the Middle East. 1. Klezmerson, 2. Amon: Book of Angels, Vol. 24, 3. The Book Beri'ah, Vol. 6: Tiferet, 4. Siete
🇫🇷🎸🎷Mörglbl is a French instrumental fusion band founded in 1997 (originally as The Mörglbl Trio) in Annecy by virtuoso guitarist Christophe Godin and bassist Ivan Rougny. Known for blending progressive rock, heavy metal, and jazz with humorous, Zappa-esque undertones, the band is characterized by complex, high-energy technical skill and "power-jazz-metal" sounds. 1. Grötesk, 2. Jazz for the Deaf, 3. Brütal Romance, 4. Tea Time for Punks, 5. The Story of Scott Rötti.
🇳🇱🎼🎸Brainbox Part of a vibrant Amsterdam pop music scene in the late sixties with their harder edged blend of psychedelic rock and Chicago blues, Dutch band Brainbox paid hommage to both American and British Contemporaries while at the same time developing their own more progressive brand of pop music. 1. To You, 2. Brainbox
🇺🇸 🇧🇷🎼🎸🎷Codona The group was formed in the late 70s as an experimental, multi-ethnic improvisational ensemble that acted as a forerunner to modern "world music". They were known for combining the free-jazz sensibilities of Cherry, the Indian classical and folk expertise of Walcott, and the rhythmic, indigenous instrumentation of Brazil brought by Vasconcelos. Codona 3, Codona 2, Codona
🇬🇧🎸Wishbone Ash One of the definitive British bands balancing hard rock edge and prog-rock ambition during the '70s, complete with trademarked twin lead guitars. 1. Argus, 2. Pilgrimage, 3. Wishbone Ash, 4. Live Dates, 5. There's the Rub, 6. No Smoke Without Fire, 7. Illuminations, 8. Bona Fide, 9. Elegant Stealth, 10. Blue Horizon
🇬🇧🎸Procol Harum British band best known for "A Whiter Shade of Pale," whose style encompassed psychedelia, prog, and art rock. 1. Shine on Brightly, 2. Procol Harum, 3. Grand Hotel, 4. Salty Dog, 5. Home, 6. Exotic Birds and Fruit, 7. Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, 8. Broken Barricades
🇬🇧🎸Traffic West Midlands rockers whose adventurous blend of folk, rock, jazz, and soul were driven by Jim Capaldi and Steve Winwood. 1. The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, 2. John Barleycorn Must Die, 3. Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory, 4. Mr. Fantasy
🇨🇭🎸Dirty Sound Magnet Hailing from Fribourg, Switzerland, Dirty Sound Magnet is a psychedelic rock power trio formed in 2008 by teenagers Stavros Dzodzos (vocals, guitar), Marco Mottolini(bass), and Maxime Cosandey (drums). Known for their DIY ethic and intense live performances, the band blends 1960s-70s psychedelic rock influences with modern progressive and blues rock. 1. DSM III, 2. Dreaming in Dystopia, 3. Me and My Shadow, Transgenic
🇩🇪🎸Novalis was a German progressive rock band from Hamburg, active from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s, who took their name from the 18th-century Romantic poet. Starting with English lyrics and a sound influenced by bands like King Crimson, they shifted to German lyrics and developed a unique, romantic symphonic rock style that became highly influential. 1. Novalis, 2. Sommerabend, 3. Banished Bridge
🇩🇪🎸 Satin Whale was a German progressive rock band from the 1970s known for blending jazz fusion, symphonic rock, and Krautrock elements with a focus on instrumental skill. 1. Desert Places, 2. Lost Mankind, 3. A Whale of a Time, 4. Don’t Stop the Show
🇬🇧🎸Hawkwind Soaring, sci-fi-influenced British space rockers, respected in both metal and progressive circles during the 1970s and '80s. 1. Warrior on the Edge of Time, 2. Hall of the Mountain Grill, 3. Levitation, 4. Doremi Fasol Latido, 5. Space Ritual, 6. X In Search Of Space, 7. Quark, Strangeness And Charm,m 8. Electric Tepee, 9. Blood Of The Earth, 10. Onward
🇺🇸🎼🎸Kansas Classic rock radio staples who found fame in the 1970s with a mixture of prog-rock complexity, hard rock riffs, and pop hooks. 1. Leftoverture, 2. Point of Know Return, 3. Song for America, 4. Kansas, 5. The Absence of Presence, 6. The Prelude Implicit
🇩🇪🎸Nektar Prog-rockers of the '60s and '70s formed in Germany by a quartet of Englishmen. 1. A Tab in the Ocean, 2. Recycled, 3. Journey To The Centre Of The Eye, 4. Remember the Future
🇩🇪🎸Grobschnitt Progressive German group, best known for their signature epic "Solar Music," mixing psychedelic Krautrock with hard rock. 1. Solar Music - Live, 2. Jumbo, 3. Grobschnitt, 4. Rockpommel's Land, 5. Ballermann
🇯🇵🎸Far East Family Band Regarded by many as the first Japanese progressive rock group, the Far East Family Band featured the keyboardist and future new age composer, Kitaro. A keyboard-dominated space rock band, the Far East Family Band played extended compositions that brought comparisons to Tangerine Dream and early Pink Floyd. 1. Parallel World, 2. The Cave Down To The Earth, 3. Nipponjin
🇳🇴🎸Wobbler is a Norwegian symphonic progressive rock band formed in 1999, renowned for its authentic recreation of early 1970s vintage sound using period-accurate instruments like Mellotron and Moog synthesizers. 1. From Silence to Somewhere, 2. Rites of Dawn, 3. Dwellers of the Deep, 4. Hinterland, 5. Afterglow
🇺🇸🪕🎺Howlin' Wolf A primal, ferocious blues belter with a roster of classics rivaling anyone else, and a sandpaper growl of a voice that has been widely imitated. 1. Moanin' in the Moonlight, 2. Howlin' Wolf [The Rockin' Chair Album], 3. The Back Door Wolf, 4. Message To The Young, 5. The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (Reissue) [feat. Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman & Charlie Watts, 6. Message To The Young]
🇺🇸🪕Muddy Waters The giant of postwar blues, who eloquently defined Chicago's swaggering, Delta-rooted sound with his declamatory vocals and piercing slide guitar. 1. Hard Again, 2. Folk Singer, 3. Fathers and Sons, 4 After the Rain, 5. I’m Ready, 6. Electric Mud 7. King Bee, 8. Muddy Waters Sings "Big Bill”, 9."Unk" in Funk, 10. The London Muddy Waters Sessions
🇨🇦🎸🪕Neil Young Eternally restless figure who pursued an idiosyncratic solo career touching on everything from noise-rock and synth pop to blues and rockabilly. 1. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 2. After the Gold Rush, 3. On the Beach, 4. Tonight's the Night, 5. Harvest, 6. Zuma, 7. Comes a Time, 8. Rust Never Sleeps, 9. Raged Glory, 10. Neil Young
🇺🇸🎸🎤Bob Dylan Iconic singer/songwriter and musical wanderer who rose to prominence during the '60s folk revival and changed the world of music. 1. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 2. Highway 61 Revisited, 3. Blood on the Tracks, 4. Blonde on Blonde, 5. Bringing It All Back Home, 6. John Wesley Harding, 7. The Times They Are A-Changin’, 8. Another Side of Bob Dylan, 9. The Basement Tapes, 10. Desire. (Special Mention: Nashville Skyline, New Morning, Empire Burlesque, Love and Theft, Modern Times, Infields, Time Out of Mind, Together Through Life, Shadows In The Night, Fallen Angels, Triplicate, Rough and Rowdy Ways, Shadow Kingdom, Tempest).
🇺🇸🪕John Lee Hooker the most elemental of the electric blues giants, one of few to both inspire and draw from rock & roll idols. 1. It Serve You Right To Suffer, 2. The Real Folk Blues, 3. Hooker 'N Heat, 4. That's My Story, 5. Never Get Out of These Blues Alive, 6. I'm John Lee Hooker, 7. Urban Blues, 8. Burnin', 9. Travelin', 10. Plays & Sings The Blues (Special Mention: Sings Blues, Sittin' Here Thinkin')
🇬🇧🪕🎸John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers Finishing school for leading British blues-rock musicians including Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, John McVie, Jack Bruce, and many others. 1. Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, 2. A Hard Road, 3. Blues from Laurel Canyon 4. Crusade 5. Jazz Blues Fusion ((Performed and Recorded Live in Boston and New York)), 6. The Turning Point, 7. Back to the Roots, 8. USA Union, 9. Ten Years Are Gone
🇺🇸🪕🎺B.B. King One of the most important electric guitarists in history, whose bent notes and staccato picking style influenced legions to come. 1. Live at the Regal, 2. King of Blues, 3. Live in Cook Country Jail, 4. The Blues, 5. Indianola Mississippi Seeds, 6. Completely Well, 7. Live & Well, 8. Blues on the Bayou, 9. Lucille, 10. Singin’ the Blues
🇮🇪🎸🎺 Van Morrison Soulful Irish singer/songwriter who combines folk, gospel, R&B, rock, and jazz, often with a mystical bent. 1. Astral Weeks, 2. Moondance, 3. Saint Dominic’s Preview, 4. Veedon Fleece, 5. Into the Music, 6. No Guru, No Method, No Teacher, 7. Common One, 8. Poetic Champion Compose, 9. His Band and the Street Choir, 10. Irish Heartbeat
🇮🇪🎸🪕Rory Gallagher Influential Irish guitarist who played an earthy, stripped-down brand of blues-rock that touched everyone who heard it. 1. Deuce, 2. Tattoo, Rory Gallagher, 3. Top Priority, 4. Calling Card, 5. Photo-Finish, 6. Against the Grain, 7. Blueprint. Offshoot: 🇮🇪🎸🪕Taste Irish blues-rock group led by influential guitarist Rory Gallagher in the late '60s and early '70s which re-formed after his death in 1996. 1. On the Boards 2. Taste
🇺🇸🎸🪕🎷Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble formed the most impressive blues act of the 1980s, which made Vaughan's death in a helicopter crash at the start of the '90s all the more tragic 1. Texas Flood, 2. In Step, 3. The Sky is Crying, 4. Couldn't Stand the Weather, 5. Soul to Soul
🇩🇪 🎷🎸Aera was a German jazz-rock/progressive fusion band that was active during the 1970s and 1980s. They are known for their improvisational style, often compared to other South German jazz-rock bands like Embryo and Dyzan. 1. Human est, 2. Hand und FuB
🇬🇧🎸If was a significant British jazz-rock band formed in 1969, known as pioneers in blending rock with jazz, featuring powerful horn arrangements (saxophones) and extensive touring in the US and Europe, releasing several albums between 1970-1975 before a later comeback, distinct from other progressive acts of the era like King Crimson or Yes. 1. If, 2. If 3, 3. If 2, 4. If 4, 5. Waterfall.
🇭🇺🎸Omega Hungary's most successful rock band, who began covering British hits before embracing hard rock and prog rock. 1. Time Robber, 2. The Hall of Floaters in the Sky, 3. Nem Tudom a Neved, 4. 200 Years After The Las War, 5. Csillagok, 6. Skyrover, 7. Gammapolis, 8. Idörabló
🇬🇧🎸Phil Manzanera is a renowned English guitarist, producer, and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist for Roxy Music. A pivotal figure in 1970s art-rock, he brought a distinctive, textural, and experimental style to mainstream music. He has also worked with Brian Eno, David Gilmour, and released solo works. 1. Diamond Head, 2. Primitive Guitars, 3. Listen Now, 4. K-Scope, 5. 801 Live, 6. Mainstream
🇩🇪🎸🎷Between Formed in Munich in 1970, this international band, led by Peter Michael Hamel, blended classical, ethnic, jazz, and Krautrock, pioneering world music with albums like Dharana before disbanding around 1980. 1. And the Waters Opened, 2. Contemplation, 3. Einstieg/Re-Entry, 4. Dharana
🇦🇹🎸Blank Manuskript Art Rock project from Salzburg, Austria. Typical long songs ornamented with a high level of symphonic density and elaborate polyphonic structures as well as extended improvised sections lead their audience through an entire musical adventure. 1. The Waiting Soldier, 2. Krásná Hora
🇩🇪🎸Triumvirat is one of the most maligned but at the same beloved bands, they were accused of being ELP clones, but at the same time most people love the pristine music they created and the unique arrangements by that virtuoso keyboardist named Jürgen Fritz. 1. Mediterranean Tales (Across the Waters), 2. Illusions on a Double Dimple, 3. Spartacus, 4. Old Loves Die Hard, 5. Pompeii
🇩🇪🎸Birth Control 1970s Krautrock band known for earthy rhythms and extended solos, with numerous reunions in later decades. 1. Hoodoo Man, 2. Plastic People, 3. Operation, 4. Rebirth, 5. Plastic People, 6. Backdoor Possibilities
🇬🇧🎼🎸Supertramp A variant of progressive rock that some have called sophisto-rock. One of the biggest prog rock bands of the '70s, thanks in large part to their pop smash Breakfast in America. 1. Crime of the Century, 2. Even In The Quietest Moments …, 3. Crisis? What Crisis? 4. Breakfast in America), 5. Brother Where You Bound
🇮🇹🎸🎷Arti & Mestieri The sextet Arti & Mestieri was formed in 1974 in Torino, Italy, by drummer Furio Chirico, following his departure from the Trip. Drawing membership from the cream of the local jazz-rock scene. 1. Tilt, 2. Giro di Valzer per Domani
🇫🇷🎸Alco Frisbass is a French duo consisting of multi-instrumentalists Fabrice Chouette (keyboards, guitars, voice, recorder, whistling, percussion) and Patrick Dufour (Fender Rhodes, keyboards, drum programming, chimes). They fuse jazz, Canterbury, and symphonic elements. 1. Alco Frisbass, 2. Le Bateleur
🇫🇷🎸🪇Ange Considered the French equivalent of Genesis due to their heavy theatrical version of progressive rock, Ange released 14 albums from the '70s to the mid-'80s. 1. Au-Delà du Délire, 2. Emile Jacotey, 3. Par Les Fils De Mandrin, 4. Le Cimetiere des Arlequins
🇨🇿🎸Blue Effect was a prominent Czech progressive rock band founded by guitarist Radim Hladík in 1968 initially named The Blue Effect, and also operating under aliases like M. Efekt and Modrý efekt. The band was active until Hladík's death in 2016 and is noted for its unique combination of free jazz, blues-rock, and progressive rock. 1. Svitanie, 2. Svět Hledačů, 3. 33, 4. The Blue Effect & The Jazz Q Prague: Coniunctio
🇬🇧🎸Family Influential British psychedelic band who evolved into prog-rockers in the 1970s. 1. Music in a Doll's House, 2. Family Entertainment, 3. Fearless, 4. Bandstand, 5. A Song for Me, 6. Anyway
🇬🇧🎸Man Eclectic Welsh rockers put a new spin on psychedelia in the 1970s, then remained a U.K. attraction for decades. 1. Do You Like It Here, Are You Settling In?, 2. Be Good to Yourself at Least Once a Day, 3. Back Into the Future, 4. Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics
🇳🇱🎸Alquin Dutch band Alquin released four studio albums in the early to mid-'70s, initially playing prog rock influenced by Pink Floyd and Roxy Music. 1. Marks 2. The Mountain Queen
🇬🇧🎸Gnidrolog Twin brothers Stewart and Colin Goldring formed the eclectic prog group Gnidrolog in the late '60s after having worked together in various musical projects throughout the years. 1. Lady Lake, 2. In Spite of Harry’s Toenail
🇬🇧🎸Audience British art-rock unit Audience was formed in London in 1969 by singer/guitarist Howard Werth, saxophonist Keith Gemmell, bassist Trevor Williams, and percussionist Tony Connor. Set apart from their contemporaries thanks to their use of acoustic guitar and saxophone. 1. The House on the Hill, 2. Friends, Friends, Friend, 3. Audience
🇳🇴🎸Arabs in Aspic Their wide range of influences make a very rewarding listen, including stoner-rock music, 60s psychedelic rock, and the 70s heavy weights, with prime influences being Black Sabbath and Wetton-era King Crimson (hence their name). 1. Far Out in Aradabia 2. Syndenes Magi, 3. Victim of Your Father’s Agony, 4. Pictures in a Dream, 5. Madness and Magic, 6. The Magic of Sin, 7. Strange Frame of Mind
🇯🇵🎸Ruins was a Japanese progressive/zeuhl/noise rock duo, formed in 1985 by drummer and vocalist Tatsuya Yoshida and bassist Hideki Kawamoto. 1. Hyderomastgroningem, 2. Symphonica, 3. Pallaschtom, 4. Vrresto
🇺🇸🎸🎷Terry Bozzio American drummer and composer renowned for his work with Frank Zappa, the New Wave band Missing Persons, and his innovative melodic drumming style. He is widely considered one of the most technical and influential drummers in rock history. 1. Chamber Works, 2. Bozzio / Mastelotto – BoMo, 3. Polytown, 4. Situation
🇬🇧🎸Curved Air is a pioneering English progressive rock band formed in 1970, known for their unique blend of classical, folk, electronic, and rock music, fronted by the charismatic vocalist Sonja Kristina and featuring virtuosic violin from Darryl Way. 1. Phantasmagoria, 2. Air Cut, 3. Second Album, 4. Air Conditioning
🇬🇧🎸The Incredible String Band Experimental, psychedelic folk travelers who did more than any other act to give the United Kingdom its own distinctive hippie identity in the 1960s. 1. The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion, 2. The Big Huge, 3. U, 4. Wee Tam, 5. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, 6. Be Glad For The Song Has No Ending, 7. Earthspan, 8. Changing Horses
🇩🇪🎸Frumpy were a German heavy psych band in the vein of early Deep Purple and the like. This is classic rock with subtle progressive touches for friendly & catchy compositions. 1. Frumpy 2, 2. All Will Be Changed
🇺🇸🎸🪕Harvey Mandel Legendary blues, jazz, rock, and funk guitarist and musical innovator also known as "Snake." His tapping technique has proved influential. 1. Baby Batter, 2. Cristo Redentor, 3. Get Off Chicago, 4. The Snake, 5. Blues From Chicago, 6. Shangrenade
🇺🇸🎼🎸Atheist Arguably the ultimate progressive metal band of their day, Atheist's impossibly Byzantine death-jazz proved too advanced even for committed metalheads to stomach. 1. Unquestionable Presence, 2. Piece of Time, 3. Elements
🇬🇧🎼🎸🎤Fairport Convention Folk-rock ensemble who became British legends by successfully melding authentic folk stylings with competent (and even virtuosic) rock playing. 1. Liege and Lief, 2. Unhalfbricking, 3. What We Did in Our Holidays, 4. Full house, 5. “Babbacombe” Lee
🇺🇸🎸Steve MacLean Ensemble is a New York-based group led by guitarist, composer, and Berklee College of Music professor Steve MacLean, known for performing complex, composed polyrhythmic pieces interspersed with atmospheric, structured improvisations. The music often follows a parallel-metre style pioneered in their 1999 album The Opposite of War, blending elements of chamber jazz-rock, progressive rock, and experimental electronic music with influences reminiscent of Frank Zappa and King Crimson. 1. The Opposite of War, 2. Gps
🇯🇵🎸Flower Travellin' Band was a pioneering Japanese rock band formed in Tokyo in 1967 that became a cornerstone of Japan's counterculture movement. The group is best known for blending early heavy metal, psychedelic rock, and progressive rock with Eastern musical influences, earning them a cult status for their intense, riff-driven sound. 1. Satori, 2. Made in Japon, 3. Make Up
🇺🇸🎼🎸Blue Öyster Cult Seminal hard rockers whose best work is ambitious and intelligent, making them the thinking man's heavy metal group through much of the '70s and beyond. 1. Secret Treaties, 2. Fire of Unknown Orign, 3. Imaginos
🇮🇹🎸Il Volo Il Volo's music blended symphonic progressive rock with jazz-rock fusion elements, characterized by a sophisticated use of keyboards (Moog, Fender Rhodes, organ, piano), strong guitar work, and a relaxed, melodic feel. 1. Il Volo, 2. Essere O Non Essere
🇺🇸🎸Phideaux American musician and composer known for creating complex, cinematic progressive rock that often echoes the sound of 1970s British progressive and symphonic rock while maintaining a modern, distinctive edge. He is often hailed as a leading figure in modern progressive rock, producing intricate, concept-driven "headphone albums". 1. Snowtorch, 2. Doomsday Afternoon, 3. Number Seven, 4. Chupacabras, 5. Ghost Story, 6. The Great Leap
🇬🇧🎸Third Ear Band was a pioneering British experimental folk/progressive ensemble (late 1960s–early 1970s) known for a unique blend of Eastern raga, medieval music, and free improvisation. Led by percussionist Glen Sweeney, they used acoustic instruments—violin, cello, oboe, and tablas—to create hypnotic, drone-based soundscapes. 1. Alchemy, 2. Elements, 3. Music From Macbeth
🇬🇧🎸Talk Talk were an influential English band led by singer-songwriter Mark Hollis, who evolved from 80s synth-pop hits into pioneers of avant-garde post-rock. Famed for masterpieces Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock, they transitioned from polished pop to a experimental blend of jazz, classical, and ambient music. 1. Spirit of Eden, 2. Laughing Stock, 3. The Colour of Spring
🇳🇴🎸Gazpacho Norwegian art rock/progressive rock band formed in 1996, known for creating highly atmospheric, emotional, and cinematic music. Often classified within the "post-progressive" genre, their sound combines elements of art rock, classical music, folk, and ambient passages with a melancholic, often dark Scandinavian aesthetic. 1. Tick Tock, 2. Night, 3. March of Ghosts, 4. Damon, 5. Moolok, 6. Fire Worker, 7. Magic 8-Ball, 8. Missa Atropos
🇺🇸🎸Ambrosia The musicians were inspired by the progressive rock era, and developed a large regional following for their inventive musicianship and skillful arranging. 1. Ambrosia, 2. Somewhere I've Never Travelled
🇬🇧🎸10cc Quirky '70s British hitmakers with a refined sense of songcraft and a balance between rock and smooth pop. 1. The Original Soundtrack, 2. How Dare You! 3. Sheet Music
🇺🇸🎸Spirit Ambitious and acclaimed West Coast psychedelic band that fused hard rock to jazz, blues, country, and folk. 1. Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, 2. Clear, 3. The Family That Plays Together, 4. Spirit
🇬🇧🎸The Move Adventurous British combo that began with merry psychedelic odes but later pumped up their guitar amperage and attack to planet-cracking levels. 1. Looking On, 2. Shazam, 3. Message From The Country
🇺🇸🎼🎸The Mars Volta El Paso-based creators of dense, swirling, melodic-at-heart compositions beloved by prog and indie rockers alike. 1. Deloused in the Comatorium, 2. Frances the Mute, 3. Amputechture, 4. Noctourniquet, 5. Lucro Sucio: Los Ojos del Vacío, 6. Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazón
🇬🇧🎸Beggars Opera The group’s grandiose ambition was to fuse classical and progressive rock elements, an accommodation they achieved but only to moderate critical and commercial interest. 1. Act One, 2. Waters of Change, 3. Pathfinder
🇦🇹🎷🎸🎹Joe Zawinul An outstanding jazz pianist/keyboardist who worked with artists such as Cannonball Adderley and Miles Davis. 1. Zawinul, 2. Dialects, 3. The Rise & Fall of the Third Stream, 4. Soulmates
🇬🇧🎷🎸The Keith Tippett Group British jazz and improvisational pianist with close ties to the progressive rock community who frequently worked with Robert Fripp. 1. Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening, 2. You Are Here... I Am There, 3. How Long This Time? Live 1970
🇫🇷🎸🎷Camembert French Progressive Jazz Fusion band articulated around very original instruments such as Harp, Xylophone and Vibraphone. 1. Schnörgl Attahk 2. Negative Toe
🇬🇧🎷Nucleus began its long jazz-rock journey in 1969, when it was originally formed by trumpeter Ian Carr. 1. We'll Talk About It Later, 2. Elastic Rock, 3. Chris Spedding: Songs Without Words, 3. Ian Carr with Nucleus: Solar Plexus, 4. Ian Carr: Belladonna, 5. Under The Sun, 6. Ian Carr with Nucleus: Labyrinth, 7. Ian Carr's Nucleus: Roots
🇩🇪🎷Passport Long-running, ever-shifting German jazz fusion ensemble founded by saxophonist Klaus Doldinger in 1970. 1. Doldinger, 2. Second Passport, 3. Cross-Collateral, 4. Infinity Machine, 5. Looking Thru, 6. Hand Made
🇺🇸🎷Collin Walcott Engaging sitar player and percussionist, original member of the jazz and world-fusion ensemble Oregon. 1. Works, 2. Cloud Dance, 3. Grazing Dreams
🇺🇸🎷🎹Pat Metheny Guitar virtuoso whose accessible, original style and extraordinary sense of technique bridged the gap between jazz and rock. 1. Bright Size Life, 2. Watercolors, 3. Pat Metheny Group, 4. American Garage, 5. New Chautauqua, 6. Beyond the Missouri Sky, 7. As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls, 8. Offramp, 9. First Circle, 10. Still Life. Special Mention: Steve Reich: Different Trains & Electric Counterpoint, The Way Up
🇺🇸🎷🎸Dixie Dregs Eclectic band led by guitar virtuoso Steve Morse, added a new wrinkle to jazz-rock fusion in the mid-1970s. 1. Free Fall 2. Night of the Living Dregs, 3. Dregs of the Earth
🇬🇧🎷Isotope The more-jazz-than-rock fusion band Isotope may have not had the longest career, but they played an integral part in the Canterbury Scene with some of its key players spending time in the band. 1. Illusion, 2. Isotope, 3. Deep End
🇺🇸🎸🎷The Lounge Lizards Band of eclectic merry jazzmen, led by John Lurie, whose lighthearted take on the avant-garde made them an NYC institution. The Lounge Lizards, Live in Berlin Vol. 1 & 2
🇮🇹🎷🎸Perigeo was an influential Italian jazz-rock and progressive rock band of the 70s, led by bassist Giovanni Tommaso and formed by experienced jazz musicians, standing out for fusing jazz improvisation with elements of rock, funk and oriental music. 1. La Valle dei Templi, 2. Azimut, 3. Abbiamo tutti un blues da piangere, 4. Genealogia
🇮🇹🎷 Napoli Centrale was a pioneering Italian jazz-rock band formed in Naples in 1974 by saxophonist James Senese and drummer Franco Del Prete, known for fusing jazz, rock, and folk with lyrics in the Neapolitan dialect addressing social issues. 1. Napoli Centrale, 2. Mattanza
🇩🇪🎷🎸Thirsty Moon was a German Krautrock band formed in Bremen in the early 1970s. Their music blended progressive rock with significant jazz influences, and the band is known for its complex compositions, extensive use of percussion, and psychedelic elements. 1. Thirsty Moon, 2. You’ll Never Come Back
🇯🇵🎷 Casiopea is a renowned Japanese jazz fusion band, active from 1976–2006 and 2012–present. The band is known for its energetic, virtuosic, and fast-paced sound that blends complex jazz harmonies with funk and smooth jazz elements. 1. Casiopea, 2. Super Flight, 3. Asian Dreamer, 4. Make up City, 5. Cross Point
🇯🇵🎷 Kazumi Watanabe is a pioneering Japanese jazz and jazz-fusion guitarist, composer, and arranger. Renowned for his virtuosic technique and versatility, he is considered one of Japan's most influential and globally recognized jazz musicians, often referred to as a "guitarist's guitarist." 1. Lonesome Cat, 2. Olive's Step, 3. To Chi Ka, 4. Kylyn, 5. Guitar Workshop Vol.1, 6. Village in Bubbles, 7. Endless Way
🇬🇧🎸🎷📟Portishead Bristol outfit that popularized trip-hop with liberal doses of cool jazz and spy soundtracks, featuring the angelic vocals of Beth Gibbons. 1. Dummy, 2. Portishead, 3. Third, 4. Roseland NYC Live, 4. Third
🇸🇪🎸🎷Solar Plexus was a high profile jazz rock band from Stockholm formed in 1969. Solar Plexus tried to embrace many elements which resulted in albums containing groovy psychedelic jazz tracks on one hand, and ambitious orchestral compositions sometimes crossing over to the genre of symphonic rock. 1. Solar Plexus: Concerto Grosso, 2. Solar Plexus 2, 3. Det Är Inte Båten Som Gungar - Det Är Havet Som Rör Sig, 4. Hellre Gycklare Än Hycklare
🇺🇸🎷🪇Stan Getz Tenor saxophonist with a luxuriant tone who helped the spread of cool jazz in the '50s and furthered the bossa nova explosion of the '60s. 1. Getz/Gilberto, 2. Sweet Rain, 3. Jazz Samba, 4. Jazz Samba Encore! 5. Change of Scene, 6. Stan Getz And J.J. Johnson at the Opera House (Special Mention: Captain Marvel, For Musicians Only)
🇺🇸🎷David Fiuczynski ("Fuze") is an American avant-garde jazz guitarist and educator known for blending funk, rock, and world music with microtonal techniques. 1. Amandala, 2. KiF, 3. KiF Express, 4. Jazzpunk
🇬🇧🎻Renaldo & The Loaf Coupled with an eccentric viewpoint, the group's inventive use of tape loops and acoustic instruments such as mandolin, bouzouki, and clarinet made Renaldo & the Loaf distinctive even within the realm of experimental music. 1. Arabic Yodeling/Grain by Grain (for Accuracy), 2. Songs for Swinging Larve/Songs from the Surgery, 3. The Elbow is Taboo, 4. Title in Limbo
🇮🇳🪇Shankar renowned Indian violinist, vocalist, and composer, recognized as a pioneer in world music for fusing Carnatic and Western styles. A child prodigy, he began vocal training at age two and launched a prolific career, selling over 100 million albums and performing with artists like Frank Zappa, Peter Gabriel, and Phil Collins. 1. Who's to Know, 2. Raga Aberi, 3. Eternal Light, 4. Pancha Nadai Pallavi, 5. Song for Everyone
🇩🇪🎸Holger Czukay was a groundbreaking German musician, bassist, and co-founder of the influential krautrock band Can. A pioneer of sampling, world music, and ambient textures, he combined avant-garde classical training with rock, creating unique sonic collages. 1. Canaxis, 2. Movies, 3. Full Circle, 4. On the Way to the Peak of Normal, 5. Plight & Premonition Flux & Mutability
🇩🇪🎸Dark Suns is a German progressive metal/rock band formed in 1997 in Leipzig by Niko Knappe and Tobias Gommlich. Originally playing death/doom metal, they evolved into a sophisticated progressive and experimental rock sound. Known for albums like Existence and Orange, they are recognized for complex, emotionally driven compositions and a 1970s prog-rock influence. 1. Grave Human Genuine, 2. Existence, 3. Everchild, 4. Orange
🇩🇪🎸Floh de Cologne was a pioneering West German Krautrock and political satire group known for blending avant-garde music with radical leftist cabaret and agitprop theater. 1. Lucky Streik, 2. Fliessbandbaby Beat – Show, 3. Tilt.
🇬🇧🎼🎸Warhorse was a British hard rock/progressive band formed in 1970 by original Deep Purple bassist Nick Simper, known for heavy organ-driven,, proto-metal sounds. 1. Warhorse, 2. Red Sea
🇬🇧🎸Motörhead Ferocious rock act that brought the concept of the power trio to new heights, attracting a huge following with breakneck speed and deafening volume. 1. Ace of Spades, 2. Overkill, 3. Bomber, 4. Iron Fist, 5. Another Perfect Day, 6. Bastards, 7. Inferno, 8. Orgasmatron, 9. 1916, 10. Motörhead
🇬🇧🎸Iron Maiden At the forefront of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and a major metal contender from the late '70s into the 21st century. 1. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 2. The Number of the Beast, 3. Powerslave, 4. Piece of Mind, 5. Somewhere in Time, 6. Iron Maiden, 7. Killers, 8. Fear of the Dark, 9. A Matter of Life and Death, 10. Brave New World (Empire of the Clouds, Paschendale)
🇺🇸🎼🎸🎷🪘Santana Latin rocker who successfully married elements of blues, rock, and Latin music, and enjoyed international acclaim for decades. 1. Caravanserai, 2. Abraxas, 3. Santana, 4. Santana III, 5. Welcome, 6. Lotus, 7. Borboletta, 8. Amigos
🇬🇧🎼🎸Deep Purple Progressive rock giants who made hard rock a fine art, and unleashed some of the greatest guitar riffs known to the world. 1. Machine World, 2. Deep Purple in Rock, 3. Burn, 4. Fireball, 5. Perfect Strangers, 6. Deep Purple, 7. Stormbringer, 8. Shades of Deep Purple
🇺🇸🎸The Doors Mystical blues-based rockers who revolved around the dark poetry and shamanic presence of Jim Morrison. 1. The Doors, 2. L.A. Woman, 3. Strange Days, 4. Waiting for the Sun, 5. Morrison Hotel, 6. The Soft Parade
🇬🇧🎸The Rolling Stones The premier British rock band for over half a century, creators of the sound and style imitated by countless groups. 1. Sticky Fingers, 2. Exile on Main St., 3. Let It Bleed, 4. Beggars Banquet, 5. Some Girls, 6. Aftermath, 7. Between the Buttons, 8. 12 X 5 , 9. Out of Our Heads, 10. Their Satanic Majesties Request (Special Mention: Goats Head Soup, December's Children (And Everybody's), The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones 2, The Rolling Stones, Now!, Flowers).
🇬🇧🎸Dire Straits English rockers who created some treasured moments of 1980s rock with Mark Knopfler's tightly executed songs and distinctive finger-plucked guitar. 1. Love Over Gold, 2. Brothers in Arms, 3. Making Movies, 4. Dire Straits, 5. Communiqué, 6. On Every Street
🇬🇧🎸The Cure The flagship for Great Britain's post-punk gloom-rock trend of the late '70s, with a ghoulish image that masked the diversity of their music. 1. Disintegration, 2. Pornography, 3. The Head on the Door 4. Faith, 5. Three Imaginary Boys, 6. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, 7. Seventeen Seconds, 8. Wish, 9. Boys Don’t Cry, 10. Bloodflowers. (Special Mention: Songs of a Lost Word, Japanese Whispers, Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities)
🇬🇧🎼🎸David Bowie The mercurial music icon widely considered the original pop chameleon and figurehead for countless musical movements. 1. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, 2. Hunky Dory, 3. The Man Who Sold the World, 4. Aladdin Sane, 5. Station to Station, 6. Low, 7. Heroes, 8. Scary Monsters, 9. Lodger, 10. Blackstar
🇺🇸🎸Talking Heads One of the most acclaimed bands of the post-punk era, a vision of innovative art-pop featuring David Byrne's manic yelp over tight R&B grooves. 1. Remain in Light, 2. More Songs About Buildings and Food, 3. Fear of Music, 4. Speaking in Tongues, 5. Talking Heads 77, 6. The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads, 7. Little Creatures, 8. True Stories
🇬🇧🎸Joy Division The definitive post-punk band, whose vocalist Ian Curtis sang of despair and isolation until his tragic suicide in 1980. 1. Unknown Pleasures, 2. Closer
🇺🇸🎸The God Machine was a critically acclaimed San Diego-formed, UK-based alternative rock trio (Robin Proper-Sheppard, Jimmy Fernandez, Ronald Austin) active in the early 90s, known for their dark, industrial-tinged sound. 1. Scenes from the Second Storey, 2. One Last Laugh In A Place Of Dying
🇬🇧🎸The Sound The Sound's inability to break through to the type of '80s post-punk prominence reserved for the likes of Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen, the two bands the Sound fell in between sound-wise, isn't all that easy to explain away. 1. From the Lion’s Mouth, 2. Jeopardy, 3. Propaganda, 4. Heads and Hearts, 5. All Fall Down
🇬🇧🎸Echo & The Bunnymen Liverpool-based rock band whose dark, guitar-centered music was infused with a psychedelic undercurrent. 1. Ocean Rain, 2. Heaven Up Here, 3. Porcupine, 4. Crocodiles
🇬🇧🎸Bauhaus Formed in Northampton, England, in 1978, Bauhaus is a seminal gothic rock band consisting of Peter Murphy (vocals), Daniel Ash (guitar), Kevin Haskins (drums), and David J (bass). Renowned for their dark, atmospheric sound and theatrical style, they pioneered the goth genre with their 1979 debut single, "Bela Lugosi's Dead". 1. In the Flat Field, 2. The Sky's Gone Out, 3. Mask, 4. Burning from the Inside
🇺🇸🎸The White Stripes Detroit duo that walked the line between blues-rock primitivism and arty minimalism, unexpectedly becoming kings of garage rock in the 2000s. 1. Elephant, 2. White Blood Cells, 3. De Stijl, 4. The White Stripes, 5. Get Behind Me Satan, 6. Icky Thump, 7. Under Great White Northern Lights
🇬🇧🎸The Smiths One of the great bands of the '80s, driven equally by Johnny Marr's dexterous guitar riffs and Morrissey's fiercely witty wordplay. 1. The Queen Is Dead, 2. The Smiths, 3. Meat is Murder, 4. Strangeways, Here We Come, 5. Hatful of Hollow, 6. Louder Than Bombs)
🇮🇪🎸U2 Trafficking in big ideas and big sounds, a band that operated on a grander scale than any other from the '80s and attracted legions of devoted fans. 1. Achtung Baby, 2. The Joshua Tree, 3. War, 4. The Unforgettable Fire, 5. Boy, 6. Zooropa, 7. October
🇬🇧🎸Radiohead One of the great groups of the alternative era, a restless, experimental unit that has incorporated adventurous electronics into their intellectual rock. 1. OK Computer, 2. Kid A, 3. A Moon Shaped Pool, 4. The Bends, 5. Amnesiac, 6. Hail to the Thief, 7. In Rainbows, 8. The King of Limbs, 9. Pablo Honey
🇬🇧🎸The Beatles The most popular and influential rock act of all time, a band that blazed several new trails for popular music. 1. Abbey Road, 2. Revolver, 3. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 4. Magical Mystery Tour, 5. The Beatles [Aka: The White Album], 6. Rubber Soul, 7. Let It Be
🇬🇧🎸Elton John Soulful English singer who moved from simple, sensitive piano rock to become a glamorous music superstar. 1. Blue Moves, 2. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 3. Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, 4. Honky Château, 5. Tumbleweed Connection, 6. Madman Across the Water, 7. Elton John, 8. Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player, 9. Caribou
🇺🇸🎸🎺Prince One of the most singular talents in music, a multi-talented pop/funk/rock performer who showed remarkable stylistic growth and musical diversity. 1. Purple Rain, 2. Dirty Mind, 3. Sign 'O' the Times, 4. 1999, 5. Around the World in a Day, 6. The Gold Experience, 7. Controversy, 8. Prince, 9. Parade, 10. The Love Symbol Album
🇬🇧 🎸Elvis Costello The most evocative, innovative, and gifted songwriter since Bob Dylan, with songs that offered highly personal takes on love and politics. 1. My Aim Is True, 2. This Year's Model, 3. Armed Forces, 4. Get Happy!! , 5. Trust, 6. Imperial Bedroom, 7. Almost Blue, 8. King of America, 9. Blood and Chocolate, 10. Punch the Clock
🇺🇸🎼🎸Steely Dan Sophisticated, distinctive rock group built around accessible melodic hooks, complex harmonies and time signatures, and a devotion to the studio. 1. Aja, 2. Countdown to Ecstasy, 3. The Royal Scam, 4. Pretzel Logic, 5. Katy Lied, 6. Can't Buy a Thrill, 7. Gaucho
🇺🇸🎸Tom Petty A seminal figure in rock & roll who distinctively fused American rock & roll and British Invasion pop with his band the Heartbreakers. 1. Damn the Torpedoes, 2. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, 3. Hard Promises, 4. Full Moon Fever, 5. Wildflowers, 6. An American Treasure, 7. Echo, 8. Hypnotic Eye
🇬🇧🇺🇸🎸Carmen In the early seventies, the British-American group Carmen broke new ground in rock music, combining the British flair for progressive rock with traditional Spanish folk themes into a very fresh, energetic and powerful new mix. 1. Fandangos in Space, 2. Dancing on a Cold Wind
🇮🇹🎸La Maschera Di Cera is a critically acclaimed Italian progressive rock band founded in 2001 by bassist/keyboardist Fabio Zuffanti (of Finisterre). Known for a nostalgic 70s sound, the group features Mellotron, Moog, flute, and dramatic vocals, drawing comparisons to Museo Rosenbach and Il Balletto di Bronzo. They are a prominent name in modern Italian symphonic prog. 1. La Maschera Di Cera, 2. Il grande labirinto, 3. Le Porte Del Domani, 4. The Gates of Tomorrow, 5. S.E.I.
🇩🇪📟🎸Kraftwerk Düsseldorf group whose advancements in electronic music have resonated in virtually every development of contemporary pop since the late 20th century. 1. Trans-Europe Express, 2. The Man-Machine, 3. Computer World, 4. Autobahn
🇳🇱🎸Kayak Dutch band whose music mixed pop and prog influences. The band began as a symphonic progressive rock act with an emphasis in songwriting, but from 1977 on Kayak changed direction moving into crossover territories. 1. Kayak, 2. See See the Sun, 3. Royal Bed Bouncer
🇨🇦🇫🇷🎸Jelly Fiche This band literally swims into a sea of artistic creativity. Its unique concept surpasses all the limits of the actual French-Canadian scene. Jelly Fiche will transport you into a whirlwind of surrealism, mystery, fantasy, psychic balance and unbalance. 1. Tout ce que j'ai rêvé, 2. Symbiose, 3. Comme au dernier jour
🇬🇧🎸Electric Light Orchestra Creators of high-tech Beatlesque prog-rock in the 1970s, heavy on the synths and strings, influential on later atmospheric pop. 1. El Dorado, 2. On the Third Day, 3. Electric Light Orchestra [Aka: No Answer], 4. Out Of The Blue, 5. ELO 2 [Aka: Electric Light Orchestra II]
🇲🇽🎸Iconoclasta A mostly instrumental band and one of the first Mexican progressive groups, Iconoclasta has been revered for years for epic-length songs that are influenced by classical, folk, and jazz music. 1. Suite Mexicana, 2. Reminiscencias, 3. Soliloquio, 4. Adolescencia Crónica, 5. Iconoclasta, 6. Movilidad, 7. Granja Humana, 8. Resurrección, 9. En Busca de Sentido, 10. En Concierto:Teatro de la Ciudad. (Special Mention: Iconoclasta 2015)
🇬🇧🎸Fish Scottish singer-songwriter and poet best known as the charismatic original frontman of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion from 1981 to 1988. He defined their early sound with hits like "Kayleigh" before pursuing a successful, albeit often challenging, solo career. Known for literate lyrics and theatrical performances. 1. A Feast of Consequences, 2. Weltschmerz, 3. Vigil In the Wilderness of Mirrors, 4. 13^th Star, 5. Sunsets of Empire, 6. Rain Gods With Zippos
🇨🇱🎷🎻🎸Fulano was a highly influential Chilean avant-jazz/rock fusion band, recognized as a pillar of experimental music in Latin America, active primarily between 1984 and 2015. The band is known for its complex, high-virtuosity style that blended rock, jazz, and varied styles with a "punk attitude" and satirical lyrics. 1. Fulano, 2. En el Bunker, 3. El Infierno de los Payasos, 4. Trabajos Inútiles
🇩🇪🎸Wallenstein were a band that transcended a number of musical styles during their decade-plus of existence, from early krautrock to symphonic to space rock toward the end of their existence. 1. Blitzkrieg, 2. Cosmic Century, 3. Mother Universe, 4. Stories, Songs and Symphonies.
🇬🇧🎸 🎙️Gordon Giltrap Innovative British guitarist who emerged during the 1960s folk scene and found success in the '70s with a trio of instrumental prog rock albums. 1. Perilous Journey, 2. Fear of the Dark, 3. Visionary
🇺🇸🎸🎷Liquid Tension Experiment is an American instrumental prog rock "supergroup." Founded in 1997 by drummer Mike Portnoy, then a member of Dream Theater, their sound offers complex compositions —sometimes of protracted length— wedding riff-laden hard rock and heavy metal to knotty jazz fusion, and meaty funk with constantly shifting dynamics, rhythms, time signatures, and textures. 1. Liquid Tension Experiment 2, 2. Liquid Tension Experiment
🇬🇷📟🪈🎻🎹🎬🎸Vangelis Greek composer, arranger, and musician whose influence on electronic music and the world of film scores is immeasurable. 1. Blade Runner, 2. 1492 – Conquest of Paradise, 3. Heaven and Hell, 4. Voices, 5. China, 6. L' Apocalypse Des Animaux, 7. Albedo 0.39, 8. Spiral, 9. Direct, 10. Mask (Special Mention: 1. Odes, 2. Chariots of Fire, 3. Opera Sauvage)
🇮🇹🎸Eris Pluvia Italian progressive rock band formed in Genoa in 1988, renowned for a melodic, symphonic sound blending 70s rock (Camel, Pink Floyd) with folk and pastoral elements. 1. Rings of Earthly Light, 2. Third Eye Light, 3. Different Earths, 4. Tales From Another Time
🇬🇧🎸 Manfred Mann’s Earth band The fourth incarnation of Manfred Mann, an art-rock band who scored big with "Blinded By the Light." 1. Solar Fire, 2. Nightingales and Bombers, 3. The Roaring Silence, 4. Watch
🇬🇧🎸Gryphon They shared a vision of blending traditional English folk, Baroque instrumentation and Renaissance music in a modern format. 1. Red Queen to Gryphon Three, 2. Midnight Mushrumps, 3. Gryphon, 4. Raindance
🇬🇧🎸Atomic Rooster Hard-rocking English band formed in 1969 at the height of the U.K. progressive rock boom. 1. Death Walks Behind You, 2. Atomic Rooster, 3. Made in England, 4. In Hearing of Atomic Rooster
🇸🇪🎸Kaipa pioneering Swedish progressive rock band formed in 1973 by keyboardist Hans Lundin, bassist Tomas Eriksson, and drummer Thomas Sjöberg, initially named Ura Kaipa. Known for blending symphonic rock with Swedish folk melodies, they achieved prominence in the 1970s featuring guitarist Roine Stolt before splitting in 1982. 1. Inget nytt under solen, 2. Kaipa, 3. Solo
🇲🇽🎸Los Dug Dug’s are a pioneering Mexican rock band formed in the early 1960s (as Xippos Rock) in Durango by Armando Nava, becoming instrumental in the development of Mexican rock through the 1970s. Known for their psychedelic, hard rock, and progressive sounds, they famously brought The Beatles' music to Mexico and performed at the iconic Avándaro festival. 1. Smog, 2. Los Dug Dug’s, 3. El Loco
🇬🇧🎸Greenslade Mid-'70s British progressive rock band anchored by two keyboardists. Their sound melded pop melodies to classical, jazz, psychedelia, and blues. 1. Greenslade, 2. Bedside Manners Are Extra. Offshoots: 🇬🇧🎸Dave Grrenslade Greenslade first came to attention as the keyboards player for the jazz-blues-rock fusion outfit Colosseum, for whom he composed the epic "Valentyne Suite," a 17-minute, multi-section production that became the centerpiece of the album of the same name. 1. Cactus Choir
🇺🇸🎸🎤Bruce Springsteen A rock & roll true believer with a poet's heart, the Boss defined mainstream American rock in the late 20th century. 1. Nebraska, 2. Born to Run, 3. Darkness on the Edge of Town, 4. The River, 5. The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle, 6. Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., 7. Born in the U.S.A., 8. Tunnel of Love, 9. We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, 10. Tracks
🇺🇸🎸Grand Funk Railroad Michigan-based power trio who became hard rock heroes before scaling the pop charts with "We're an American Band." 1. Grand Funk, 2. We're An American Band, 3. Closer to Home, 4. On Time, 5. E Pluribus Funk, 6. Good Singin' Good Playin’
🇺🇸🎼🎸Journey Anthemic arena rock outfit who achieved huge success in the 1970s and '80s thanks to musical prodigy Neal Schon and smooth tenor Steve Perry. 1. Journey, 2. Look into the Future, 3. Next, 4. Escape, 5. Infinity
🇬🇧🎸Faces Boozy and bluesy rock & roll band of the '70s, fronted by Rod Stewart and guitarist Ron Wood with a joyous spirit that proved very influential. 1. A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse, 2. Ooh La La, 3. Long Player, 4. First Step (1970-1975 You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything)
🇬🇧🎤🎸Nick Drake Acclaimed British singer/songwriter who produced three albums of intimate, somber beauty, gaining a cult following years after his early death. 1. Pink Moon, 2. Five Leaves Left, 3. Bryter Layter
🇬🇧🎸Judas Priest One of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, and the one that spearheaded the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in the late '70s. 1. Painkiller, 2. Screaming for Vengeance, 3. Defenders of the Faith, 4. Stained Class, 5. Sad Wings of Destiny, 6. Sin After Sin, 7. British Steel, 8. Killing Machine, 9. Firepower 10. Unleashed in the East
🇧🇷🎸Sepultura Legendary Brazilian metal act that forged a rich, powerful sound full of speed, aggression, anger, and a surprising dose of melody. 1. Arise, 2. Beneath the Remains, 3. Chaos A.D., 4. Schizophrenia, 5. Roots, 6. Quadra, 7. Morbid Visions / Bestial Devastation
🇺🇸🎸Morbid Angel Florida death metal mavens whose faster, more sonically brutal version of the West Coast style revolutionized the genre. 1. Altars of Madness, 2. Covenant, 3. Blessed Are The Sick, 4. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh, 5. Gateways to Annihilation, 6. Domination
🇺🇸🎸Testament One of the first thrash acts to emerge from the Bay Area in Metallica's wake during the '80s. 1. The Legacy, 2. The New Order, 3. Practice What You Preach, 4. The Gathering
🇺🇸🎸Jimi Hendrix Considered by plenty the greatest rock guitarist of all time, with a raw, blues-influenced style that brought fire and emotion to rock music unseen before or since. 1. Electric Ladyland, 2. Are You Experienced? 3. Axis: Bold as Love, 4. Band of Gypsys, 5. The Cry of Love, 6. Blues
🇬🇧🎸Rare Bird Rare Bird came together in October 1969 when organist Graham Field, keyboardist Dave Kaffinetti, drummer Mark Ashton, and vocalist Steve Gould envisioned a two-keyboard rock sound without guitars. 1. As Your Mimd Flies By, 2. Rare Bird
🇺🇸🎼🎸Jefferson Airplane The quintessential San Francisco psychedelic band and a defining force in pop before turning toward political statements in the late '60s. 1. Surrealistic Pillow, 2. Volunteers, 3. After Bathing At Baxters, 4. Crown of Creation
🇺🇸🎼🎸🎺Rare Earth Detroit-based group that fused bar band rock and R&B to become the most successful white group in the Motown organization. 1. Get Ready, 2. Ecology, 3. One World, 4. Ma, 5. In Concert.
🇺🇸🎼🎸Cactus Blues and boogie supergroup featuring members of Vanilla Fudge, Mitch Ryder's Detroit Wheels, and Ted Nugent's Amboy Dukes. 1. Cactus, 2. One Way… or Another, 3. Restrictions
🇺🇸🎼🎸Mountain New York hard rockers who formed during the first generation of heavy metal and featured a dense, blues-based sound. 1. Nantucket Sleighride, 2. Mountain
🇬🇧🎼🎸Ten Years After Hard-rocking British blues band led by virtuosic guitarist Alvin Lee and best known for their legendary Woodstock performance. 1. Cricklewood Green, 2. A Space in Time
🇬🇧🎼🎸🪕The Pretty Things Seminal British R&B band that never broke big, despite talent to spare and a notable psychedelic masterpiece in 1968's S.F. Sorrow. 1. S.F. Sorrow, 2. Parachute, 3. The Pretty Things, 4. Get the Picture?
🇺🇸🎸Slayer The early thrash metal band with the most continued vitality and the least risk of compromise, with graphic lyrics wedded to powerful musical chops. 1. Reign of Blood, 2. South of Heaven, 3. Seasons In the Abyss, 4. Hell Awaits, 5. Show no Mercy
🇺🇸🎸Pantera One of the preeminent bands of the '90s, whose brutal groove metal influenced a generation. 1. Vulgar Display of Power, 2. Cowboys from Hell, 3. The Great Southern Trendkill, 4. Far Beyond Driven
🇺🇸🎸Eagles Among the best-selling artists of the 1970s, first at the forefront of the country-rock movement, later by producing soft rock and album rock. 1. Hotel California, 2. One of These Nights, 3. Desperado, 4. The Long Run, 5. Eagles, 6. Hell Freezes Over, 7. On the Border
🇬🇧🎸Carcass Liverpool band that assisted in a death metal revival and subsequently pioneered grindcore. 1. Necroticism, 2. Heartwork, 3. Symphonies of Sickness, 4. Swansong, 5. Surgical Steel
🇵🇱🎸Behemoth Acclaimed Polish group that deliver a caustic cocktail of black and death metal seasoned with a heavy dose of religious provocation. 1. The Satanist, 2. Zos Kia Cultus, 3. Evangelion, 4. Demigod, 5. Grom
🇬🇧🎸Ozzy Osbourne An instinctive metal showman who gained fame in Black Sabbath and as a solo act with his dramatic flair and a knack for creating controversy. 1. Tribute, 2. Diary of a Madman, 3. Blizzard of Ozz, 4. No More Tears, 5. No Rest for the Wicked, 6. Bark at the Moon
🇺🇸🎸A Perfect Circle American alt-metal supergroup that features a revolving cast of notable members. 1. Thirteenth Step, 2. Mer de noms
🇸🇪🎸Anekdoten is a critically acclaimed Swedish progressive rock band formed in 1991, known for a heavy, dark, and Mellotron-drenched sound influenced by 1970s King Crimson. 1. Vemod, 2. Nucleus, 3. From Within, 4. Gravity, 5. A Time of Day
🇨🇦🎸Voivod Canadian metal outfit that helped spread the word on speed and thrash metal in the early '80s. 1. Nothing Face, 2. Dimension Hatröss, 3. The Outer Limits, 4. Killing Technology, 5. Angel Rat
🇺🇸🎸Warren Zevon A hard-edged singer/songwriter with a sensitive side, one of the great chroniclers of Los Angeles in the '70s. 1. Excitable Boy, 2. Warren Zevon, 3. Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, 4. Life´ll Kill Ya, 5. Sentimental Hygiene, 6. Preludes: The Rare Unreleased Recordings, 7. The Wind
🇳🇴🎸Emperor is an iconic Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991 in Notodden by Ihsahn (vocals/guitar) and Samoth (guitar), widely regarded as pioneers of symphonic black metal. Renowned for their intricate, atmospheric sound and landmark albums like In the Nightside Eclipse (1994), they significantly influenced the extreme metal genre. 1. In the Nightside Eclipse, 2. Anthems to the Welkin At Dusk, 3. IX Equilibrium, 4. Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise
🇸🇪🎸Meshuggah formed in Umeå, Sweden, in 1987 by vocalist/guitarist Jens Kidman and guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, Meshuggah is a pioneering extreme metal band known for their complex, polyrhythmic, and math-metal sound. Utilizing seven and eight-string guitars, they defined the "djent" subgenre, influencing countless modern metal bands. 1. Chaosphere, 2. Catch Thirty Three, 3. Destroy Erase Improve, 4. Nothing, 5. Obzen, 6. Koloss
🇺🇸🎸Slipknot is an American heavy metal band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1995. Known for their aggressive musical style, iconic masks, and chaotic live performances, they became a global phenomenon in the late 1990s and early 2000s. 1. Slipknot, 2. IOWA, 3. Vol. 3 The Subliminal Verses
🇺🇸🎙️🎷🎬Frank Sinatra One of the towering figures of the 20th century, the first teen idol and the definitive saloon singer, the latter exemplified on a series of '50s concept albums. 1. Watertown, 2. Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, 3. No One Cares, 4. September of My Years, 5. In the Wee Small Hours, 6. Songs for Swingin' Lovers! 7. A Swingin' Affair! 8. Where Are You? 9. Come Fly With Me 10. Duets
🇬🇧🎸Phil Collins The frontman for Genesis 2.0, with a soulful voice and pop smarts that made him one of the top superstars of the 1980s. 1. No Jacket Required, 2. Face Value, 3. Hello, I Must Be Going
🇬🇧🪕🎸Eric Clapton A rock guitar legend who, in addition to a distinguished solo career, collaborated with countless artists and played in many classic bands. 1. Eric Clapton, 2. 461 Ocean Boulevard, 3. Slowhand, 4. Journeyman, 5. Riding with the King, 6. MTV Unplugged, 7. From the Cradle, 8. Pilgrim, 9. Just One Night, 10. Clapton
🇬🇧🎼🎸🎤Donovan An icon of flower power who emerged as a folksinger but later gained hits like "Sunshine Superman" with bright psychedelic pop. 1. Sunshine Superman, 2. A Gift From a Flower to a Garden, 3. The Hurdy Gurdy Man
🇬🇧🎸Joe Cocker Gravel-voiced vocalist whose animated live shows, especially at Woodstock, made him a legend in soul circles. 1. Mad Dogs & Englishmen, 2. With a Little Help from My Friends, 3. Joe Cocker!
🇺🇸🎷The Tony Williams Lifetime Celebrated jazz drummer whose body of work as a bandleader and sideman included hard bop, fusion, free jazz, and rock. 1. Emergency, 2. Turn it Over
🇺🇸🎷Jaco Pastorius Tragic genius who reinvented the electric bass guitar, playing complex, long lines and amazing solos at remarkable speeds. 1. Jaco Pastorius, 2. Word of Mouth, 3. Jaco, 4. Invitation
🇺🇸🎷The Crusaders This remarkably versatile group's career encompassed R&B, jazz, soul, and funk styles. 1. Free As the Wind, 2. The 2^ndCrusade, 3. Southern Comfort, 4. Those Sothern Knights, 5. Chain Reaction, 6. Crusaders 1
🇯🇵🎷Miku Yonezawa is a prominent Japanese jazz and fusion saxophonist known for her energetic playing style and numerous chart-topping albums. 1. Exotic Gravity, 2. Another World, 3. Delight. 4. Landscape, 5. Works 1&2
🇯🇵🎷Senri Kawaguchi is a highly acclaimed Japanese jazz fusion drummer. Widely recognized as one of the world's top drummers, she is known for her exceptional technical ability, particularly her speed ("Princess of Many Strokes") and limb independence. 1. Buena Vista, 2. CIDER ~Hard & Sweet~, 3. Dynamogenic
🇺🇸🎷Matrix is a critically acclaimed 1970s American jazz-fusion ensemble founded by keyboardist John Harmon in 1974 in Appleton, Wisconsin. Known for complex, tight brass-heavy arrangements and literary themes, they played major festivals like Monterey and Newport. 1. Tale of the Whale, 2. Wizard
🇺🇸🎷Herbie Mann was an innovative American jazz flautist and a pioneer of world music and jazz fusion. He popularized the flute in jazz, heavily featuring Afro-Cuban, Brazilian bossa nova, and funk influences throughout his prolific career. 1. Memphis Underground, 2. Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty, 3. Impressions of the Middle East, 4. Stone Flute, 5. Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann, 6. London Underground, 7. At the Village Gate (Live), 8. America/Brasil, 9. Flute, Brass, Vibes & Percussion, 10. Flute Soufflé
🇪🇸🎼🎷Guadalquivir was a pioneering Spanish jazz-fusion and progressive rock band formed in Seville, Andalusia, in 1978. Known as one of the most prominent jazz-fusion bands from Southern Spain, they became an essential part of the "Rock Andaluz" (Andalusian rock) movement, merging traditional Spanish flamenco with jazz-rock influences. 1. Camino del Concierto, 2. Guadalquivir
🇺🇸🎷🎸Lee Ritenour A prolific session player and musical chameleon, a guitarist whose speed, facility, phrasing, and technique are always flawless. 1. Captain Fingers, 2. The Captain's Journey, 3. Larry & Lee, Alive in L.A., 4. This is Love
🇺🇸🎷Snarky Puppy Texas-based, multiple-Grammy-winning jam collective centered around bassist Michael League that fuses jazz, funk, and rock. 1. Empire Central, 2. Culcha Vulcha, 3. Immigrance, 4. Bring Us the Bright, 5. The World is Getting Smaller
🇺🇸🎷Chuck Mangione A talented and respected jazz trumpeter who achieved popular success with his melodic, uncluttered music. 1. Land of Make Believe, 2. Feels So Good, 3. Children of Sanchez
🇺🇸🎷Steps Ahead Its music combines advanced jazz, R&B, rock, and fusion and is frequently exciting. 1. Moder Times, 2. Steps Ahead, 3. Smokin’ in the Pit
🇬🇧🎸🎷Level 42 English band whose blend of smooth jazz, sophisticated pop, and funk topped the British charts during the 1980s and '90s. 1. The Early Tapes, 2. Level 42, 3. The Pursuit Of Accidents, 4. Standing In The Light
🇺🇸🎸🎷Norah Jones Pianist who sold millions with her beguiling vocals and a musical blend featuring jazz, traditional vocal pop, bluesy country, and contemporary folk. 1. Come Away with Me, 2. The Fall, 3. Feels like Home, 4. Day Breaks, 5. Foreverly, 6. Little Broken Hearts, 7. Visions, 8. Pick Me Up Off the Floor
🇺🇸🎙️🎷🪇🎤Melody Gardot Acclaimed vocalist, known for her dusky mix of jazz, Brazilian traditions, folk, and artful pop. 1. Worrisome Heart, 2. Sunset in the Blue, 3. Currency of Man, 4. My One and Only Thrill
🇷🇺🎸🪇Vespero From Russia playing psychedelic music in the beginnings and later Natalya Tjurina (vocals) joined, and the band moved into more progressive rock-related areas. 1. The Four Zoas, 2. Hollow Moon, 3. Shun-Shir, 4. Songo, 5. Rito, 6. Surpassing All Kings, 7. By The Waters Of Tomorrow, 8. Subkraut - U-Boats Willkommen Hier, 9. Droga, 10. Lique Mekwas
🇳🇴🎸Needlepoint Oslo-based Norwegian band founded in 2010 by guitarist/vocalist Bjørn Klakegg, blending 1970s progressive rock, jazz-rock, and psychedelic pop. Known for a Canterbury-scene sound, the group features seasoned musicians from the Nordic scene, including members of Elephant9 and Bigbang.1. Walking up That Valley, 2. Aimless Mary, 3. Remnants Of Light, 4. The Diary of Robert Reverie
🇵🇱🎸🎷SBB is one of the most important Polish bands of the seventies. SBB, rightfully listed in the eclectic progressive genre, mainly plays a hybrid of symphonic prog, space/atmospheric prog and fusion. 1. Memento z banalnym tryptykiem, 2. Pamięć, 3. SBB, 4. Ze Słowem Biegnę Do Ciebie, 5. Nowy Horyzont, 6. Follow My Dream, 7. Welcome, 8. The Rock
🇳🇴🎸🪈Popol Ace Having roots as far back as 1959 with The Scavers and later releasing a single Arman Stumpe Dur Express, this Norwegian quintet that released two albums under the Popol Vuh moniker (a Maya mythology-related name), until they became aware of a German band using the same name, they changed their names to Popol Ace 1. Popol Vuh, 2. Quiche Maya, 3. Stolen from Timex
🇺🇸🎸Jack O’ the Clock Acclaimed American avant-prog/folk band from Oakland, California, formed in 2007 by multi-instrumentalist Damon Waitkus and Nicci Reisnour, blending intricate folk songwriting with complex composition, exploring themes of modern life, nostalgia, and identity with a unique palette of instruments like bassoon, hammer dulcimer, and violin, creating a sound compared to Sufjan Stevensmeets Henry Cow. 1. How Are We Doing and Who Will Tell Us? 2. Night Loops, 3. All My Friends, 4. Repetitions of the old City I, 5. Repetitions of the old City II, 6. The Warm, Dark Circus, 7. Portraits

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