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Posted: August 28 2015 at 17:36
Raccoon wrote:
So, some of my favorite albums are instrumental albums. I know quite a few, and hope to know more. There's a few I consider masterpieces, and a few of the bands I include in that masterpiece-list is:
Blue Effect
Arti e Mestieri
Pekka Pohjola
Finch (what an awesome band)
So... any instrumental bands that are on THIS LEVEL of awesomeness?
Good taste-- and hell yeah there are instrumental bands on that level, though not a whole lot. Dice (Swedish) are largely instrumental with some background vocals, Iceberg (Spain),Morgan (British, some singing), Quiet Sun (British), Cartoon (US), Polyphony (US), and for heavy stuff 1980 .
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Posted: August 28 2015 at 15:28
garfunkel wrote:
I really like Penguin Cafe Orchestra's self-titled album. What I like even more is Gryphon's Red Queen To Gryphon Three! This album makes me very happy!
there's never a bad time to play Red Queen to Gryphon Three
And Sagichim, thanks for taking the time to compile what you find suitable to recommend. I actually like the Symphonic side of Finch/Arti more than the jazz-fusion. The albums really soar. So I'll be spending much time exploring these albums
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Posted: August 28 2015 at 15:27
TeleStrat wrote:
Aurora was an instrumental jazz/fusion band from Texas heavily featuring violin and lead guitar.
The album was recorded in 1977 but not released on CD until 1999. It is very hard to find copies
but downloads are available.
The band name was taken from Jean-Luc Ponty's album and the violinist credits Ponty as his main
inspiration while the lead guitarist credits Larry Coryell.
The full album can be heard on YouTube.
I know Ponty's music well, so the inspiration is obvious. Thanks for sharing this!! Another album that if not directly recommended, I'd have to stumble upon it randomly years later.
Off-topic, but I've always loved Cosmic Messenger from Ponty. Recently, it's been the album from him that stuck with me the most. The spacey textures are always fun.
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Posted: August 28 2015 at 11:05
A recent one I've enjoyed that last few weeks is Anima Morte.
Another one I don't think anyone mentioned: Ozric Tentacles.
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Posted: August 27 2015 at 14:17
I really like Penguin Cafe Orchestra's self-titled album. What I like even more is Gryphon's Red Queen To Gryphon Three! This album makes me very happy!
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Posted: August 27 2015 at 13:17
Lot of good mentions up there already.......I would add 'Finnforest' and 'Ain Soph' to the list of nice instrumental things. 'Kenso' is nice also but I think they were mentioned.
I'm a fan of RTF and my favorite is 'Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy'.
Also no one mentioned 'Hot Rats'by Zappa and '6 Wives' by Wakeman.
If you like fusion hard edged prog I would recommend both 'Liquid Tension Experiment albums.
Edited by dr wu23 - August 27 2015 at 13:21
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