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In a Silent Way

Miles Davis ·1969

"Classic classic record, it's got Jose on it playing the electric piano. I've recently become a big fan of... listening to that and picking up that keyboard has been super inspiring basically."

Product

Brand X ·1979

"Brand X with a record called Product... it was basically Phil Collins' sort of spin-off jazz fusion project, which is really cool. I think the cover's amazing and you'll hear some cool fretless bass on there, kind of typical of late 70s jazz fusion."

Lost In the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill

Various Artists ·1985

"this was the first CD I ever owned but obviously because it was the first CD they ever owned it's completely ruined so I got a second copy."

The Black Rider

Tom Waits ·1993

"I've tried to watch the YouTube video of the play quite a few times but then I always forget that it's in German and I don't speak German so I hear the record for the first time."

Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ·1972

"this um was that could be unbroken it nitty-gritty Dirt Band which is one of the best albums of all time despite the bad imagery."

Promises (feat. London Symphony Orchestra)

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, London Symphony Orchestra & Sam Shepherd ·2021

"Next up is this Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders record... I was lucky enough to catch Pharoah Sanders playing at a festival about four years ago and his voice in particular I found really, really, really amazing."

Milford Graves Percussion Ensemble

Milford Graves Percussion Ensemble ·1965

"When I think about Milford Graves, he isn't someone who strikes me as a drummer; he's like a musician, you know. It's so interesting listening to him talk about how he thinks about percussion and drums as an instrument, and I think it's just really cathartic actually to listen to."

Live and Dangerous

Thin Lizzy ·1978

"Live and Dangerous, amazing record. They just wanted to get something that's good fun and this record is definitely a good fun. I'm a big Thin Lizzy fan."

If You Want Blood, You've Got It (Live)

AC/DC ·1978

"Come on man, look at that, guys that's how epic it is. It's just one of those records where it's like fair play, you know, like the fact that it's a live record and it's recorded and produced so well, the playing is obviously incredible."

Watertown

Frank Sinatra ·1970

"Watertown is a brilliant album, unmatched. It's the only foray he made into kind of rock music... the songs are brilliant, his performance is brilliant in a kind of way where he's almost half singing a lot of the songs."