Davey the Fat Boy wrote:Imagine it is March 1963 - the day before Please, Please Me was released. Other than My Bonnie and Love Me Do, The Beatles have been virtually unheard on record.
But on this day...
Who is the greatest band or artist?
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Black and Tan Fantasy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ifnuC1q2I4
What single best represents the artistic vanguard?
Charlie Parker, Ko-Ko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EaXzxPCIhI
Rev. Utah Smith, Two Wings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53tnAuSDQgU
What is the "best album ever"?
Howlin' Wolf, (Rocking Chair Album), 1962
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1uRn7uRoXo
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=AL ... mVC6zvdhgp
What is the "most ambitious" album?
Mingus, -ah, -um
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY3hJc4sKqs
Who is the "best guitar player in the world"?
Otis Rush, All Your Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kZaBdKbVco
The best bassist?
Drummer?
Singer?
Robert Quine wrote:Something I'd recommend to everyone is Lester Young The Alladin Sessions. There's a ballad he does, 'These Foolish Things.' The feeling is resignation beyond sadness, self-pity. That has affected my playing. But I don't have the discipline to play jazz myself. At the time though, I was stupid enough to think I could be a jazz musician.
Lester Young, These Foolish Things
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_gXQawsgiQ
Harmony vocalists?
What is the best written song?
George Gershwin, Embraceable You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha4mgxN_E5w
Who is the best songwriter or songwriting team?
Rodgers & Hart