Guest Top 5 Album Suggestions

Shelf of albums, keyboard chronicles

Every episode we ask our keyboard playing guests to nominate their top 5 albums / desert island discs. Sometimes 6 are chosen, sometime less than 5 (and in one instance 10!), but in all cases a lot of thought has gone into the choices.

You can check out them in the embedded Spotify and Apple Music playlists below, or just browse the full listing further below.

Episode 130: Jim Moginie, Midnight Oil / Solo Artist

Bach: Lute Suites Nos 1 &2 – Julian Bream

White Album – The Beatles

Focus 3 – Focus

Virtuoso – Joe Pass

anything by Horowitz or Jarrett

 

Episode 129: Mic Michaeli, Europe

Abbey Road – The Beatles

Trilogy – Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Apostrophe (‘) – Frank Zappa

Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd

Spirit of Eden – Talk Talk

 

Episode 128: Dennis Atlas, Toto / The Trip / Solo Artist

The Odyssey – Symphony X

A Night At The Opera – Queen,

Point of Know Return – Kansas

Cyclorama – Styx

Exhale – Thousand Foot Krutch

 

Episode 127: Larry Mullins, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Iggy Pop / Swans / Solo Artist (Part 2)

The Disintegration Loops Vol 1-4 – William Basinski

Lovely Thunder – Harold Budd

Escape From New York – John Carpenter

Single Collection – Maki Asakawa (Maki’s first album not available online)

Warmth of Earth – Eduard Artemyev

 

Episode 126: Larry Mullins, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Iggy Pop / Swans / Solo Artist (Part 1)

See above

 

Episode 125: Tom Seals, Jazz, Blues and Pop Pianist

Live at Shea Stadium – Billy Joel

The Genius Sings The Blues – Ray Charles

Another Side of Paul Carrack – Paul Carrack & the SWR Big Band

Tapestry – Carole King

Breakfast – Lawrence

 

Episode 124: Jakob Frímann Magnússon, Jack Magnet Science / Stuðmenn / Composer

Sculpture – DiSA

Gaucho – Steely Dan

Black Market – Weather Report

Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell

Future Forecast – Jack Magnet Science

 

Episode 123: Felix Bornholdt, Lime Cordiale / Bike Thief / Solo Artist

Mutable Set – Blake Mills

The Koln Concert – Keith Jarrett

The Mysterious Production of Eggs – Andrew Bird

Tribalistas – Tribalistas

A Kind of Blue – Miles Davis

 

Episode 122: Mike Mangan, The Cult / Glenn Hughes / Big Organ Trio / The Keef Richards

Live! – Brother Jack McDuff

Black and Blue – Gene Harris Quartet

Brothers and Sisters – The Allman Brothers Band

In Step – Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

Are You Experienced – Jimi Hendrix

 

Episode 121: Larry Goldings, Pianist, Organist and Composer (Part 2)

Facing You – Keith Jarrett

Plays Duke Ellington – Thelonius Monk

At The Pershing: But Not For Me – Ahmad Jamal

Mompou Plays Mompou – Federico Mompou

The Complete Vee-Jay Recordings – Billy Preston

Genius + Soul = Jazz – Ray Charles

 

Episode 120: Larry Goldings, Pianist, Organist and Composer (Part 1)

See above

Episode 119: Robert L Doerschuk, Pianist and Journalist

Kind of Blue – Miles Davis

Dreaming Wide Awake – Lizz Wright

Blackjack Dave – Dave Alvin

Watermark – Enya

Surf’s Up – The Beach Boys

 

Episode 118: Thomas Dolby, Solo Artist / Innovator / Educator

Astral Weeks – Van Morrison

Apostrophe (‘) – Frank Zappa

Hejira – Joni Mitchell

Original Recordings – Dan Hicks

Low – David Bowie

 

Episode 117: Doug Petty, Tears for Fears / Shawn Colvin / Rihanna / Celine Dion / Britney Spears

Goldberg Variations: Glenn Gould (1981 version)

Gaucho – Steely Dan

Encouraging Words – Billy Preston

Organ Grinder Swing – Jimmy Smith

So – Peter Gabriel

Live At Fillmore West – Aretha Franklin

Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd

 

Episode 116: Roger J Manning, Jellyfish / Beck / Imperial Drag / Moog Cookbook

Black Sea – XTC

Imperial Bedroom – Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Steve McQueen – Prefab Sprout

Deceptive Bends – 10CC

The Black Album – The Damned

 

Episode 115: Bob Fridzema, Glenn Hughes / King King / Joanne Shaw Taylor

Love Me Papa – Luther Allison

Plays Mac Rebennack – Dr John

Live at Berkeley – Jimi Hendrix

Bad Influence – Robert Cray

In Session – Koko Taylor (bootleg)

 

Episode 114: Eric Mouquet, Deep Forest

Black Market – Weather Report

Piano Concerto in G – Ravel

Close to the Edge – Yes

A Love Supreme – John Coltrane

Blue Lines – Massive Attack

 

Episode 113: Phillip Golub, Pianist / Composer

Junk Magic – Craig Taborn

Silent Tongues – Cecil Taylor

Autotrophs – Cory Smythe

Dusk – Andrew Hill,

Open, To Love – Paul Bley

Largo – Brad Mehldau

 

Episode 112: Anna Lapwood, Organist / Conductor / Broadcaster

My One and Only Thrill – Melody Gardot

Soundtrack – Pirates of the Caribbean

Metamorphosen – Strauss

Bring Us, O Lord God – Sir William Harris

Intermezzo in A Major – Brahms

 

Episode 111: Jim Sheridan, TV Music Producer, Musical Director & Composer

Trevor Horn Reimagines The Eighties – Trevor Horn

The Nightfly – Donald Fagen

Hejira- Joni Mitchell

West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein

Film Music Collection – Ennio Morricone

 

Episode 110: David Ryshpan, Vox Sambou / Trio Bruxo / Jorge Ben Jor / Oktoecho

Herbie Hancock – Thrust

Stevie Wonder – Innervisions

Willie Colón & Ruben Blades – Siembra

Djavan – Alumbramento

Guillermo Klein – Carrera

 

Episode 109: Mikey Rowe, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds / Oasis / Sheryl Crow

OK Computer – Radiohead

In It For The Money – Supergrass

Matador – Gaz Coombes

Sea Change – Beck

A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles

 

Episode 108: Mark Shusterman, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

Maggot Brain – Funkadelic

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots – The Flaming Lips

Music for 18 Musicians – Steve Reich

Drukqs – Aphex Twin

Aquemini – Outkast

 

Episode 107: James Prime, Deacon Blue

Aja – Steely Dan

The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. 1 – Earth Wind & Fire

Second Helping – Lynyrd Skynyrd

Blue – Joni Mitchell

The Last Record Album – Little Feat

 

Episode 106: Damon McMahon, Keyboardist and Industry Expert

Here Come D’boogie Man – Herbie Marks

Jarreau – Al Jarreau

Johnnie B. Bad – Johnnie Johnson

Original Soundtrack – Rebel

Natural Wonder – Stevie Wonder

 

Episode 105: Sarah Belle Reid, Performer – Composer

Self-titled – Doc Cheatham and Nicholas Payton

Not In Our Name – Charlie Haden

Electronic Works 1958-1995 – Else Marie Pade

 

Episode 104: Robert Walter, The Greyboy Allstars / Roger Waters

Thrust – Herbie Hancock

Waiting for Columbus – Little Feat

Dr John’s Gumbo – Dr John, Straight Life

Freddie Hubbard

Organ Grinder Swing – Jimmy Smith

 

Episode 103: Jamie Hilboldt, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (artists chosen by guest, albums by host)

Guardian of the Light – George Duke

Head Hunters, Herbie Hancock

‘Flicted – Bruce Hornsby

Hermit of Mink Hollow – Todd Rundgren.

 

Episode 102: Grant Larcom, Postmodern Jukebox

Nevermind – Nirvana

Facelift – Alice in Chains

any Oscar Peterson album (we’ve chosen Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook)

Core – Stone Temple Pilots

Pendulum – Creedence Clearwater Revival

 

Episode 101: Franz Nicolay, The Hold Steady

Mercury – American Music Club

The Ellington Suites – Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

The Band – The Band

Live at Montreaux – Andrew Hill

Fourth Symphony – Charles Ives

 

Episode 100: The ‘Century’ Retrospective Episode

Not asked

 

Episode 99: Morris Hayes, Prince / New Power Generation (Part 2)

Sign ‘O’ The Times – Prince

Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder

Innervisions – Stevie Wonder

Double Vision – Bob James and David Sanborn

Raise! – Earth, Wind and Fire

 

Episode 98: Morris Hayes, Prince / New Power Generation (Part 1)

See above

Episode 97: Kevin Gastonguay, Cory Wong / Solo Artist

Largo – Brad Mehldau

Flood – Herbie Hancock

Heavy Weather – Weather Report

 

Episode 96: Darryl Beaton, Jessica Mauboy / Delta Goodrem / Guy Sebastian / Australian Idol

Innervisions – Stevie Wonder

Bring on the Night – Sting

Live at The Bitter End 1971 – Donny Hathaway

Weekend in L.A. – George Benson

How I Got Over … Songs That Carried Us – Smokie Norful.

Honourable mentions for Whispering Jack and Age of Reason – John Farnham, and Matchbook – Ian Moss

 

Episode 95: Dominic Fallacaro, Musical Director / Orchestrator / Composer

Thrust – Herbie Hancock

Whatever and Ever Amen – Ben Folds Five

Art of the Trio Vol 4: Back to the Vanguard – Brad Mehldau

Amnesiac – Radiohead

 

Episode 94: Buck Johnson, Aerosmith / Hollywood Vampires / Joe Perry Project

Thank You for the Valley – Johnson Brothers Quartet

Tumbleweed Connection  – Elton John

Help! – The Beatles

Physical Graffiti – Led Zeppelin

Toys in the Attic – Aerosmith

Who’s Next – The Who

 

Episode 93: Scott Sheriff, Carrie Underwood

A Trick of the Tail – Genesis

Jarreau – Al Jarreau

The Nightfly – Donald Fagen

An Evening With Silk Sonic – Silk Sonic

Mecca for Moderns – The Manhattan Transfer

 

Episode 92: Trevor Nealon, Band of Heathens

Sun Bear Concerts – Keith Jarrett

Unplugged – Eric Clapton

Garcia Live Volume One – Jerry Garcia Band

Abbey Road – The Beatles

So Far – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

 

Episode 91: Dan ‘Spiffy’ Neuman, Session and Touring Organist

Head Hunters – Herbie Hancock

Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder

God’s Property – Kirk Franklin’s Nu Nation

The Rainbow Children – Prince

Love Symbol – Prince.

Honourable mention for Pages of Life 3 DVD – Fred Hammond

 

Episode 90: Rob Aries, Average White Band

The Real McCoy – McCoy Tyner

A Love Supreme – John Coltrane,

Now He Sings, Now He Sobs – Chick Corea

Thrust – Herbie Hancock

 

Episode 89: Paddy Milner, Tom Jones

Dr John’s Gumbo – Dr John

Junco Partner – James Booker

Maiden Voyage – Herbie Hancock

The Last Record Album – Little Feat

Songs: The Art of the Trio Volume 3 – Brad Mehldau

 

Episode 88: Troye Kinnett, John Mellencamp

1984 – Van Halen

Leftoverture – Kansas

Honky Chateau – Elton John

Big Generator – Yes

A Decade of Steely Dan – Steely Dan

 

Episode 87: Rachel Flowers, Pianist / Organist / Synthesist (Part 2)

A Live One – Phish

At Duke’s Place -Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington

Tarkus – Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Live from Moscow, 1979 – Elton John (and Ray Cooper)

A Love Supreme – John Coltrane

 

Episode 86: Rachel Flowers, Pianist / Organist / Synthesist (Part 1)

See above

 

Episode 85: Rai Thistlethwayte, Solo Artist / Thirsty Merc / Joe Satriani

Machine Head – Deep Purple

The Sixteen Men of Tain – Alan Holdsworth

Mr Bungle – Mr Bungle

Standards Vol. 2 – Keith Jarrett

Mama Said – Lenny Kravitz

honourable mention to Hejira – Joni Mitchell

 

Episode 84: Bill Payne, Little Feat (Part 2) 

Rubber Soul – The Beatles

Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2

Paganini Variations – John Lill

Bringing It All Back Home – Bob Dylan

Soul Men – Sam & Dave

West Side Story – Bernstein and Sondheim

 

Episode 83: Bill Payne, Little Feat (Part 1)

See above

 

Episode 82: Steve Maggiora, Toto / Robert Jon & The Wreck / Solo Artist

The Artist in the Ambulance – Thrice

Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles

Come Away With Me – Norah Jones

Toto IV – Toto

OST – Jurrasic Park

 

Episode 81: Matt Katz-Bohen, Blondie / Princess Goes

Chopin Ballades for Piano – Arthur Rubenstein

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – Eurythmics

xx – The XX

For the Roses – Joni Mitchell

any of first four Black Sabbath albums

 

Episode 80: Danalogue, The Comet Is Coming / Soccer96

The Inner Mounting Flame – Mahavishnu Orchestra

Innervisions – Stevie Wonder

GLAQJO XAACSSO – Patten

Shri Camel – Terry Riley

Outdoor Museum Of Fractals – James Holden & Camilo Tirado

 

Episodes 78 and 79: David Sancious, Solo Artist / Peter Gabriel / Sting / Bruce Springsteen

Band of Gypsys – Jimi Hendrix

Electric Ladyland – Jimi Hendrix

The Planets – Holst

Preludes – Chopin

At The Organ – Jimmy Smith

 

Episode 77: Dan Mansfield, You Am I / The Gin Club / The Honey Sliders

Animals – Pink Floyd

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink… To A Blind Horse  – Faces

Caravanserai – Santana

Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts – Kula Shaker

Amorica – The Black Crowes

 

Episode 76: Rachel Eckroth, Solo Artist / St Vincent / Rufus Wainwright / KT Tunstall

Love Supreme – John Coltrane

Sketches of Spain – Miles Davis

Purple Rain – Prince

Tidal – Fiona Apple

Liberation Music Orchestra – Charlie Haden

 

Episodes 74 and 75: Mike Garson, David Bowie / Smashing Pumpkins / Trent Reznor / Free Flight 

Aladdin Sane – David Bowie

The Goldberg Variations – Glenn Gould

any Mozart requiem

any Verdi requiem

Sunday at the Village Vanguard – Bill Evans

 

Episode 73: Carey Frank, Tedeschi Trucks Band / Social Distortion / Michael Buble / Vanessa Amrosi

Graceland – Paul Simon

Tap Step – Chick Corea

Paint the World – Chick Corea

Time Out – Dave Brubeck

Self-Titled – Herbie Hancock Trio

That’s What I Say – John Scofield

Time Is of the Essence – Michael Brecker

Blues for Tony – Allan Holdsworth

Belonging – Keith Jarrett

 

Episode 72: Mitch Towne, SRT Band / Terrace Martin / Aloe Blacc

Snapshot – Joey DeFrancesco

Back to Oakland – Tower of Power

Speak No Evil – Wayne Shorter

90125 – Yes

The Way It Is – Bruce Hornsby

 

Episode 71: Dave Cohen, Nashville session player and producer

Live at the Vanguard – Bill Evans Trio

Waltz for Debby  – Bill Evans Trio

Bringing Down the Horse – The Wallflowers

Tragic Kingdom – No Doubt

Machine Head – Deep Purple

 

Episode 70: Tom Schuman, Spyro Gyra

Heavy Weather – Weather Report

My Funny Valentine – Miles Davis

The Trio – Oscar Peterson

Light as a Feather – Return to Forever / Chick Corea

Sunday at the Village Vanguard – Bill Evans.

 

Episode 69: Andy Alston, Del Amitri

Studio Kinda Cloudy – Keith Hudson

‘TIl I Can Make It On My Own – Tammy Wynette

A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry – Charles Mingus

Let The Music Play – Barry White

The Chronic – Dr Dre

 

Episode 68: Dave Weiser, Sound Programmer / Kurzweil expert / David Bowie / Brian Wilson / Roger Waters

Stage – David Bowie

Man-Child – Herbie Hancock

Never For Ever – Kate Bush

Stop Making Sense – Talking Heads

Drama – Yes

 

Episode 67: Marine Lacoste, Uncle Kracker / Corey Hart / Highway Hunters

Transmission – The Tea Party

Machine Head – Deep Purple

Trouble – Ray LaMontagne

Grace – Jeff Buckley

Great Western Valkyrie – Rival Sons

 

Episode 66: Jenny Conlee-Drizos, The Decemberists / Black Prairie / KMRIA / Calobo

Security / Self-titled – Peter Gabriel

Without A Net – The Grateful Dead

Houses of the Holy – Led Zeppelin

Automatic for the People – REM

Kind of Blue – Miles Davis

 

Episode 65: Steve Nathan, Tim McGraw / Mark Knopfler / Lionel Richie (Part 2)

Live – Donny Hathaway

Genius + Soul = Jazz – Ray Charles

Little Susie – Ray Bryant Trio

Dat Dere – Bobby Timmons

Any Herb Jeffries album

 

Episode 64: Steve Nathan, Tim McGraw / Mark Knopfler / Lionel Richie (Part 1)

See above

 

Episode 63: Ty Bailie, Heavy Chevy / Katy Perry / Dept of Energy

Bassface – The Ray Brown Trio

Alone – Bill Evans

Amygdala – Tingsek

Folklore – Taylor Swift

 

Episode 62: Jason Miles, Luther Vandross / Miles Davis / Solo Artist (Part 2)

East-West  – Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Milton Nascimento – Clube da Esquina

The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 – Miles Davis

Computer World – Kraftwerk

Aja – Steely Dan

 

Episode 61: Jason Miles, Luther Vandross / Miles Davis / Solo Artist (Part 1)

See above

 

Episode 60: Bobby Cressey, Organist San Diego Padres / Solo Artist / Mighty Untouchables (Part 2)

Miles Smiles – Miles Davis

Shine soundtrack – David Hirschfelder / Various Artists

Head Hunters – Herbie Hancock

Toto IV – Toto

If That’s What It Takes – Michael McDonald

 

Episode 59: Bobby Cressey, Organist San Diego Padres / Solo Artist / Mighty Untouchables (Part 1)

See above

 

Episode 58: David Bridie, My Friend The Chocolate Cake / Not Drowning Waving

Court and Spark – Joni Mitchell

Spirit of Eden – Talk Talk

Quasimodo’s Dream – The Reels

The Correct Use of Soap – Magazine

Sorousian – Tio

 

Episode 57: David Rosenthal, Billy Joel / Robert Palmer / Rainbow / Enrique Iglesias (Part 2)

Close to the Edge – Yes

Moving Pictures – Rush

Anything by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Tomita and Uriah Heep

 

Episode 56: David Rosenthal, Billy Joel / Robert Palmer / Rainbow / Enrique Iglesias (Part 1)

See above

 

Episode 55: (Extra) Paul Gildea and Glenn Reither Talk ‘Music Business’

Not asked

 

Episode 54: Richard Hilton, Nile Rodgers and CHIC

Meet The Beatles – The Beatles

Are You Experienced? – Jimi Hendrix

The Inner Mounting Flame – Mahavishnu Orchestra

A Love Supreme – John Coltrane

Debut: The Clef / Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951 – Oscar Peterson

 

Episode 53: Chris Norton, Zappa Plays Zappa / Cirque Du Soleil

Either / Or – Elliott Smith

Whatever and Ever Amen – Ben Folds Five

A Wizard A True Star – Todd Rundgren

Waiting for Columbus – Little Feat

Joe’s Garage – Frank Zappa

Toy Matinee – Toy Matinee

Original Soundtrack – Undertale

 

Episode 52: Francis Capistrano, Narf Sounds

Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite – Maxwell

Hunting High and Low – a-ha

Songs from the Big Chair – Tears for Fears

Power, Corruption and Lies – New Order

1984 – Van Halen

 

Episode 51: Martin Rebelski, Doves / Peter Hook and The Light / Echo and the Bunnymen

Music for 18 Musicians – Steve Reich

LA Woman – The Doors

Head Hunters – Herbie Hancock

Selected Ambient Works – Aphex Twin

The Man-Machine – Kraftwerk

 

Episode 50: Toby Hounsham, The Stranglers / Mungo Jerry / Rialto

The Raven – The Stranglers

LA Woman – The Doors

A Charlie Brown Christmas – Vince Guaraldi

Any good boogie woogie compilation album

 

Episode 49: Mike Schmid, Miley Cyrus / The Chainsmokers / Troye Sivan

OK Computer – Radiohead

Homogenic – Björk

Under The Pink – Tori Amos

Illinois – Sufjan Stevens

Martinis and Bikinis – Sam Phillips

Punisher – Phoebe Bridgers

 

Episode 48: (Extra) Jim Daneker talks Backstage Pass and Re-Creating the 1980s

Not asked

 

Episode 47: Brother Paul Brown, The Waterboys

Alive! – Kiss

Foreigner – Foreigner

Frampton – Peter Frampton

Toys in the Attic – Aerosmith

Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd

Feels So Good – Chuck Mangione

Red Headed Stranger – Willie Nelson

Sketches in Spain – Miles Davis

99 lbs – Ann Peebles

Chega de Saudade – João Gilberto

Space Escapade – Les Baxter

 

Episode 46: Dave Ross, Hindley Street Country Club

5150 – Van Halen

Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder

Changes – David Bowie

Greatest Hits – Prince

Give Me The Night – George Benson

Aliens Ate My Buick – Thomas Dolby

 

Episode 45: (Extra) Matt Goodluck Plays The Prog Quiz

Not asked

 

Episode 44: Rubén Valtierra, Weird Al Yankovic Part 2

Light as a Feather – Return to Forever / Chick Corea

Pictures at an Exhibition – Sviatoslav Richter

Horowitz in Moscow – Vladimir Horowitz

Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin

Abraxas – Santana

 

Episode 43: Rubén Valtierra, Weird Al Yankovic Part 1

See above

 

Episode 42: Jim Daneker – Michael W Smith / Amy Grant / Paul Cardall

Invisible Touch – Genesis

I 2  (Eye) – Michael W Smith

Star Wars – John Williams

Welcome to the Real World – Mr Mister

No Jacket Required – Phil Collins

 

Episode 41: The Great Debates – Prog Rock

Lamb Lies Down on Broadway – Genesis

Hemispheres – Rush

Close to the Edge – Yes

Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd

Discipline – King Crimson

 

Episode 40: Bonus content: Josh Weinstein and Paul Bindig – A Tale of Two Floyds

Not asked

 

Episode 39:Lisa Coleman – Prince and The Revolution / Wendy and Lisa

Talking Book – Stevie Wonder

Blue – Joni Mitchell

The Legendary Lazar Berman Plays Liszt – Lazar Berman

anything from Sly and the Family Stone

A Simple Matter of Conviction – Bill Evans

 

Episode 38:Geoff Downes – Yes / Asia / The Buggles

In The Land of Grey and Pink – Caravan

ABBA Gold – ABBA

4 – Foreigner

What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye

The White Album – The Beatles

 

Episode 37:Tom Brislin – Kansas

Purple Rain – Prince

Christmas Album – The Ventures

Business As Usual – Men At Work

Fragile – Yes

Magical Mystery Tour – The Beatles

 

Episode 36:Oliver Wakeman – Solo Artist / Nolan & Wakeman / Yes

Hemispheres – Rush

Who Do You Think We Are – Deep Purple

The Grand Illusion – Styx

Poe – Haunted

Eat Me in St Louis – It Bites

Slam – Dan Reed Network

 

Episode 35:Josh Weinstein – Solo Artist

Answer: 5 albums that Josh hasn’t heard yet

 

Episode 34: Michael Whalen – Future Shock / Film and TV Composer

Greatest Hits Vol. 1 – Earth, Wind and Fire

Works Vol. 1 – Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Duke – Genesis

Silk Degrees – Boz Scaggs

Toto IV – Toto

 

Episode 33: Veronica Lewis – Solo Artist

No discs, but a great discussion on playlists (Boogie woogie piano, rockabilly, classic country, Americana)

 

Episode 32: Alan Hewitt – The Moody Blues / Alan Hewitt & One Nation

Heavy Weather – Weather Report

Romantic Warrior – Chick Corea

Close to the Edge – Yes

Brain Salad Surgery – Emerson, Lake and Palmer

 

Episode 31: Alan Clark – Dire Straits / Eric Clapton / Tina Turner

Innervisions – Stevie Wonder

Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder

Abbey Road – The Beatles

8:30 – Weather Report

The Melody at Night, With You – Keith Jarrett

 

Episode 30: Steve Porcaro – Toto

Brain Salad Surgery – Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Close to the Edge – Yes

Empty Sky – Elton John

Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles

 

Episode 29: Glenn Reither – Jon Stevens, Icehouse, Little River Band

The Way It Is – Bruce Hornsby

Aliens Ate My Buick – Thomas Dolby

Luminessence – Keith Jarrett

Seal – Seal

Live – Alison Krauss and Union Station

Lovers Rock – Sade

 

Episode 28: Dan Walker – Heart

Live – Donny Hathaway

At Yankee Stadium – NRBQ

Bitter – Meshell Ndegeocello

Fossils – Aoife O’Donovan

Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians

Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble

 

Episode 27: David K Mathews – Santana, Etta James, Tower of Power (Part 2)

Anything by Art Tatum

Elis and Tom – Antonio Carlos Jobim

Any of Jimmy Smith’s Blue Note releases

Live – Donny Hathaway

Albeniz: Iberia Suites – Alicia De Larrocha

Magical Mystery Tour – The Beatles

 

Episode 26: David K Mathews – Santana, Etta James, Tower of Power (Part 1)

See above

 

Episode 25: Matt Johnson – Jamiroquai

Stompin’ at the Savoy – Rufus and Chaka Khan

Secrets of the Beehive – David Sylvian

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast

Heroes – David Bowie

Still Life (Talking) – Pat Metheny Group

 

Episode 24: Clive Nolan, Arena / Pendragon / Shadowland

The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table – Rick Wakeman

Seconds  Out – Genesis

Symphonie Fantastique – Berlioz

The Best of Monty Python

Phantom of the Opera  – Andrew Lloyd Webber

 

Episode 23: Roddy Bottum – Faith No More / Imperial Teen / Crickets

Self-Titled – Roxy Music

The Wiz Soundtrack

1999 – Prince

20 Jazz Funk Greats – Throbbing Gristle

Hunky Dory – David Bowie

 

Episode 22: Peter-John Vettese – Jethro Tull / Simple Minds / The Bee Gees

Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles

Tarkus – Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Can’t Buy A Thrill – Steely Dan

Forest of Feelings – David Sancious

Innervisions – Stevie Wonder

Black Market – Weather Report

 

Episode 21: Jeff Babko – Jimmy Kimmel / Martin Short / James Taylor / Neil Young

POV – Utopia

Speak No Evil – Wayne Shorter

Oh Yeah? – Jan Hammer Group

The Golden Age of Wireless – Thomas Dolby

Seven Steps to Heaven – Miles Davis

 

Episode 20: Jan Pulsford – Cyndi Lauper and Chico Freeman

Collected – Massive Attack

The Lark Ascending – Vaughan Williams

Anything by Miles Davis

Anything by John Martin

The Planets – Holst

 

Episode 19: Loren Gold – The Who and Roger Daltrey

Rubber Soul – The Beatles

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy – Elton John

52nd Street – Billy Joel

Talking Book – Stevie Wonder

Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys

 

Episode 18: Arden Altino – Wyclef Jean, Melissa Etheridge, Wonda Music

The Chronic – Dr Dre

The Score – The Fugees

Thriller – Michael Jackson

Jay-Z (specific album not mentioned)

Biggie Smalls (specific album not mentioned)

 

Episode 17: Samuel B.Lupowitz – Noon Fifteen

Rubber Soul – The Beatles

11 17 70 – Elton John

Original Concept Album – Jesus Christ Superstar

What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye

Thrill of the Arts – Vulfpeck

 

Episode 16: Lachy Doley – Lachy Doley Group, Jimmy Barnes and Powderfinger

Green Onions – Booker T and the MGs

Greatest Hits – Parliament / Funkadelic

Funky Good Time – James Brown and the J.B.’s

Self-Titled – The Meters

Bat Out of Hell – Meatloaf

 

Episode 15: Bonnie McIntosh – Selena Gomez and Melanie Martinez

The Battle of Los Angeles – Rage Against The Machine

Self-Titled – The Dresden Dolls

Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City – Kendrick Lamar

Alive 2007 – Daft Punk

Toxicity – System of a Down

 

Episode 14: Kevin Hearn – Barenaked Ladies and Lou Reed

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Kaya – Bob Marley and The Wailers

A Meeting By The River – Ry Cooder and V.M. Bhatt

Human’s Lib – Howard Jones

Greatest Hits – Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark

 

Episode 13: Darren Heinrich – Darren Heinrich Trio

Crazy! Baby – Jimmy Smith

Back in Black – AC/DC

Live! – Brother Jack McDuff

Unity – Larry Young

Star Time – James Brown

 

Episode 12: Stefano Intelisano – The Bodeans and Jason Mraz

Live in Hamburg – Esbjorn Svensson Trio

It’s Snowing on my Piano – Bugge Wesseltoft

anything by Bach

Time Warp – Chick Corea Quartet

In The Jungle Groove – James Brown

 

Episode 11: Mark Baron – Gloria Gaynor and The Duprees

Pictures at an Exhibition – Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Tarkus – Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Physical Graffiti – Led Zeppelin

The Grand Illusion – Styx

 

Episode 10: Andy Burton – Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul / Cyndi Lauper

Everyone Digs Bill Evans- Bill Evans

Mono Box Set – The Beatles

The Planets – Holst

Dr John Plays Mac Rebennack (The Legendary Sessions) – Dr John

The Power and the Glory – Gentle Giant

 

Episode 9: Ellen Reid – Crash Test Dummies

Body and Soul – Joe Jackson

The Roches (self-titled)

Empty Glass – Pete Townshend

High Violet – The National

Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony

 

Episode 8: Sandy Soon – Unlocking The Doors

Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd

Making Movies – Dire Straits

Stone Age Romeos – Hoodoo Gurus

Desperate – Divinyls

LA Woman – The Doors

 

Episode 7: Lisa Bella Donna – Composer and Synthesist

Night of the Living Dead Soundtrack

Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Works – Ralph Towner

Sandy Denny and The Strawbs – All Our Own Work

Slayer – Hell Awaits

Zanov – Green Ray

 

Episode 6: Andrew Farriss – Solo Artist and INXS

Not asked

 

Episode 5: Paul Bindig – Echoes of Pink Floyd

Animals – Pink Floyd

Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd

Back in Black – AC/DC

10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 – Midnight Oil

A Kind of Magic – Queen

 

Episode 4: Eric Doucet – Carter and the Capitals

Gently Disturbed – Avishai Cohen Trio

La vallée des réputations – Jean Leloup

Chromeo – Fancy Footwork

Rage – Lettuce

Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen – Mo Hippa Live

 

Episode 3: Ben Lewis – Lt. Dan Band

Art of the Trio Volume 1 – Brad Mehldau

Shadow Theatre – Tigran Hamasyan

Secret Story – Pat Metheny

By A Little Light – Matt Ulery

Piano Concerto No. 2 – Rachmaninoff

 

Episode 2: Dave Bryce – Rabbit Valet

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John

Help! – The Beatles

Lamb Lies Down on Broadway – Genesis

Martha Argerich Plays the Piano – Margaret Argerich

Led Zeppelin IV – Led Zeppelin

 

Episode 1: Chris Gallagher – Man & The Echo 

Not asked