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Robs Top Ten Lists |
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Favorite Music |
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Title |
Artist |
Rob's Comments |
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#1 "A Love Supreme" |
John Coltrane |
Spiritually-charged and life-changing. |
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#2 - "Nefertiti" |
Miles Davis |
Group mastery -- lush, mysterious. |
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#3 - "Consciousness" |
Pat Martino |
Reckless precision. |
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#4 - "String Quartets" |
Bela Bartok |
Deep -- approach with care. |
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#5 - "Thrust" |
Herbie Hancock |
The last word on groove. |
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#6 - "Solstice" |
Ralph Towner |
Open, to the very core. |
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#7 - "Inner Mounting Flame" |
Mahavishnu |
Blaze of glory. |
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#8 - "Secret Story" |
Pat Metheny |
Unparalleled melodicism. |
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#9 - "The Circle Maker/Isacchar" |
John Zorn |
Coming home. |
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#10 - "Music For 18 Musicians" |
Steve Reich |
Tapestry that deepens with age. |
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Favorite Books |
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Title |
Author |
Rob's Comments |
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#1 - "Jazz: the 1980's Resurgence" |
Stuart Nicholson |
Informative and insightful catalog. |
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#2 - "The Music Of Life" |
Hazrat Inayat Khan |
Music permeates the universe. |
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#3 - "Free Play" |
Stephen Nachmanovich |
The power of improvisation. |
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#4 - "The Listening Book" |
W. A. Mathieu |
Depth from the ordinary. |
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#5 - "Awaken The Giant Within" |
Anthony Robbins |
Cheesy but undeniably truthful. |
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#6 - "Emerson: The Mind On Fire" |
Robert Richardson |
True productivity. |
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#7 - "Forces in Motion: Anthony Braxton" |
Graham Lock |
Vision. |
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#8 - "Five Decades - Poems" |
Pablo Neruda |
Fragrant and musky. |
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#9 - "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" |
Stephen Covey |
Integrity. |
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#10 - "Self-Portrait of a Jazz Artist" |
David Liebman |
Inspiration and realistic. |
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Favorite Living Musicians |
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Artist |
Rob's Comments |
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#1 - Dave Holland |
The complete musician. |
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#2 - Sam
Rivers |
Warrior. |
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#3 - Ornette
Coleman |
Conceptualist. |
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#4 - Dave Douglas |
Intellect with passion. |
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#5 -
Ellery Eskelin |
Original
Voice . |
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#6 - Jim Hall |
Moving beyond the limits of jazz guitar. |
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#7 - Pat Metheny |
Devastatingly beautiful. |
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#8 - John Zorn |
Touched a nerve. |
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#9 - Wayne Shorter |
Visionary mystic. |
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#10 -
John McLaughlin |
Avatar. |
