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16. Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holliday, Dinah Washington, Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Coleman Hawkins?

Reply to Walleye (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 02:34 PM

Mar 28

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Nancy Wilson, Arthur Prysock, Joe Williams, Johnie Hartman, Al Hibbler, Nat King Cole...and the whole blues genre...BB King, Big Joe Turner, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, John Lee Hooker...and on and on. So many favorites.

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Post your favorite recording artist or band from outside those of your generation [View all] Not Heidi Mar 28 OP

I listen to Bob Seger every day, but for now it's Jelly Roll & Lainey Wilson. RoadRunner Mar 28 #1

I love Bob Seger. I guess he's out of my generation. Walleye Mar 28 #3

I graduated high school in 1967, so I am a big rock fan Walleye Mar 28 #2

Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holliday, Dinah Washington, Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Coleman Hawkins? brush Mar 28 #16

Yes, to all of those, good selection too Walleye Mar 28 #18

I was born in 1965. johnp3907 Mar 28 #4

Roger Miller BlueKota Mar 28 #5

I like Roger too, and sing along. Sequoia Mar 28 #9

Great song BlueKota Mar 28 #25

Big sixties music fan. But nowadays, singer/songwriters like Steve Earle, Gillian Welch, Rhiannon Giddens, and similar Silent Type Mar 28 #6

The new Jason Isbell album is 100% acoustic AZJonnie Mar 28 #20

I read about the new album, but need to listen. Thanks. Silent Type Mar 28 #21

Here's a sample (which is particularly moving if you know the backstory) AZJonnie Mar 28 #22

That's my kind of music. I assume it's about his breakup, which always makes for a good acoustic song. Silent Type Mar 28 #24

Born in 1940 so I have to dig deep. Chipper Chat Mar 28 #7

Robert Johnson, and 50's/early 60's jazz like Bird, Monk, Coltrane & Miles AZJonnie Mar 28 #8

The only singer/musician in the current batch birdographer Mar 28 #10

Louis Armstrong CountAllVotes Mar 28 #11

Green Day and Cage the Elephant Sequoia Mar 28 #12

Before my generation favorites Tiny Tabby Mar 28 #13

Hank Williams Sr., Cab Calloway, and some swing. Dorothy V Mar 28 #14

Tool unweird Mar 28 #15

Tool kicks ass! OldBaldy1701E Mar 28 #35

I love 60's music and rock in general. I am 70 years old. redstatebluegirl Mar 28 #17

moon light serinade by glenn miller . gets me going. AllaN01Bear Mar 28 #19

Miles Davis WestMichRad Mar 28 #23

Count Basie was performing and conducting late. Frasier Balzov Mar 28 #26

Django Reinhardt. 1910-1953 Thunderbeast Mar 28 #27

Nirvana and Green Day nuxvomica Mar 28 #28

U2 🧡, Midnight Oil🧡, Patti Smith🧡, Bruce Springsteen🧡, The Clash🧡 electric_blue68 Mar 28 #29

Kasey Musgraves. rubbersole Mar 28 #30

I'm quite fond of the Big Band Era Zorro Mar 28 #31

'Trane, Miles, and the Bird justaprogressive Mar 28 #32

Francesco Geminiani 1687-1762 catbyte Mar 28 #33

Cake. OldBaldy1701E Mar 28 #34