The Best Quintets EVER!
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Topic: The Best Quintets EVER!
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Subject: The Best Quintets EVER!
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 15:21
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Sad to have left out Dickinson, Murray, Smith, Harris, & McBain (Iron Maiden), but I think I got all the rest: Birds of Fire Mahavishnu Orchestra CttE Yes early Weather Report King Crimson Larks'TiA PFM 1972 JTull TaaBrick GG 1974-5 Wobbler Renaissance The Tramp Crac!-era Area The Softs Bundles era (with 3/5 of Nucleus joining up) Plump in the Night-era Caravan 1976 Brand X 1972 Pentangle 2000 Iona 2000 Opeth 2022 black midi Radiohead 1972 Deep Purple 1972 Heep BÖC F Mac Aerosmith 1980s AC/DC ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 15:26
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Well...I like many of those lineups....between classic Tull, KC, Yes, and MO for me.....I'll pick KC today. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 15:33
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I'm gonna go with Area over The Pentangle. These albums reveal something new and jaw-dropping each and every time I listen to them--even today! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 15:36
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My favourite Crimson line up KC > Deep Purple > Radiohead > black midi ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 15:39
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From the list Deep Purple. Paice is a groove king! More killer quintets are Bubblemath and Echolyn. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 15:44
A great poll and hard to choose a favourite, but it's a YES vote for me, although I'm surprised there's no famous five line-up of Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett & Rutherford in the poll. 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 15:44
| any Marillion |
Posted By: Neu!mann
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 15:51
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Some great choices, but missing the so-called Second Great Quintet of Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams ...and the arguably even greater Lost Quintet: Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland ------------- "we can change the world without anyone noticing the difference" - Franco Falsini |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 15:52
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Krimson ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 16:02
same 
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Psychedelic Paul wrote:Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 17:18
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Anderson, Barre, Hammond, Evan, & Bunker But Anderson, Barre, Evan, Glascock and Barlow were better. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 18:13
Well Genesis would have made my top five with Mahavishnu Orchestra, Yes, King Crimson and Soft Machine. Having a hard time picking from the last four though. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 19:11
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I knew as soon as I saw Stratos, Fariselli, Tavolazzi, Tofani, & Capiozzo who I would want to vote for. While there are various brilliant albums with that line-up, I have a particular thing for Caution Radiation Area. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 19:36
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Where's Dio, Blackmore, Carey, Bain & Powell? ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Hugh Manatee
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 19:40
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Where's Hayward, Lodge, Pinder, Thomas, Edge? ------------- I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 20:04
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The Dave Clark Five. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 20:50
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first vote to Shulman, Shulman, Minnear, Green, & Weathers closely followed by KC Off the list Gabriel, Hackett, Banks, Collins and Rutherford
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 21:52
You're right! And they were on my list! I felt SURE that I'd included them! Wow! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 21:54
Didn't know they were a quintet! Sorry! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 21:55
You're right! I should've included them over one of the metal-borderline-prog groups! Guess I was just a little too hasty throwing this together! Sorry everybody! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 21:57
Looks like we're leading up to a second list of quintets! We're up to nine (9) alternate suggestions so far, so, stay tuned! (Then we'll have to do a run off, right?) ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 23:07
| Impossible to pick a favorite. They are all great, with different moods and fantastic talent. |
Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 23:14
Gonna go with Gentle Giant on this one... though if classic Genesis was included, I would have picked them  Excellent poll!------------- Take me down, to the underground Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 01:04
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Great names enough to choose from, but there is a gap between Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman & Bruford (who created the best album ever imho) and the others, which is even more noticeable because of the absence of Gabriel, Hackett, Banks, Rutherford & Collins (who created the second best album ever). ------------- 
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 03:04
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Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe, & Squire ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 03:43
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Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe, & Squire, definitely. ------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 04:32
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1) Latimer, Bardens, Sinclair, Ward and Collins 2) Orford, Holmes, Nicholls, Jowitt and Cook 3) Banks, Hackett, Gabriel, Rutherford and Collins 4) Rothery, Kelly, Trevawas, Mosley and either Fish or Hogarth (equally good) 5) Cousins, Lambert, Hawken, Cronk and Coombes From the list, it's hard to pick between GG, Renaissance, Iona and Uriah Heep. I'll go with GG.
------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 05:09
Okay, we're definitely heading toward a "part 2"; up to 13 alternatives! (Didn't know Strawbs, IQ, or Marillion were five-somes!)
------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 05:10
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Went with GG this time, though many of these were amazing quintets. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 05:37
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Also forgot Brooker, Trower, Fisher, Knights, & Wilson! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 05:39
| There are some excellent choices but I went with 'McLaughlin, Cobham, Goodman, Laird, & Hammer'. There just will never be another like them. |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 06:14
I was actually thinking this would be the runaway winner of this poll but …  ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 07:43
same but happy Genesis wasn't a choice--my head would have exploded.
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 12:55
| Anderson, Rabin, Kaye, Squire, White! |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 13:34
 Man! AC/DC over the Rainbow Rising line-up? That album influenced countless bands.------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 23:55
This 
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Posted By: Starjet
Date Posted: August 05 2022 at 07:45
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Great idea for a poll. Can I suggest a few more for poll part 2:D'Virgilio, Meros, Morse, Morse, Okumoto Brézovar, Décamps, Décamps, Haas, Jelsch Crichton, Crichton, Gilmour, Negus, Sadler Brown, Fraser, Mathewson, Murray, Reed Adamson, Devoto, Formula, Jackson, McGeoch |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: August 05 2022 at 08:17
THIS!! ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 05 2022 at 10:53
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These stand out for me (King Crimson, Soft Machine, Gentle Giant and
more are favorites of mine, but not because of the line-ups/albums in
the poll). I'm not going to vote for one of the others, as I love them them in very different ways and for different reasons: early Weather Report PFM 1972 Crac!-era Area 1972 Pentangle 2022 black midi Radiohead |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 05 2022 at 11:35
| Lots of good ones here. Yes, Tull, KC , Mahavishnu.... Decided to throw Renaissance a vote. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: August 05 2022 at 11:40
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Pentangle. The older I get the better they sound. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: RockHound
Date Posted: August 05 2022 at 12:04
| It doesn't get any better, IMHO, than Yes and Mozart's string quintets. Honorable mention for Boccherini's quintets for guitar and strings. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: August 05 2022 at 13:01
------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: August 05 2022 at 16:08
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Of this list I'm going with the masses and one of the most wonderful Yes line-ups ever. Some great other quintets there notwithstanding. ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 05 2022 at 16:09
This! Will go for Radiohead from the list.
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: August 05 2022 at 18:42
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That KC line up could peel off paint from a mile away, so when they were on, THEY WERE ON ! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Argentinfonico
Date Posted: August 05 2022 at 20:57
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Definitely Yes. ------------- -Will I see you tonight? -I never make plans that far ahead. Casablanca (1942) |
Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: August 06 2022 at 06:36
| Got to be Yes, but Deep Purple not far behind. |
Posted By: EduTatsumi
Date Posted: August 06 2022 at 11:07
| Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe, & Squire |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 07 2022 at 00:40
| That Yes line up is the best ever in prog imo. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 08 2022 at 23:40
Indeed. |