by  Dave Pleuler / February, 2024

My Musical Experience
A Playlist and perhaps an Anthology

Within this site, you will find links to albums that I believe represent my musical experience.

Newtonville ​Massachusetts
1959 - 1968

1959 - Elvis Presley "For LP fans only"

1960

1961

1962 Peter, Paul and Mary  "If I Had a Hammer"

1963 - The Beatles "Please Please Me"
Bob Dylan "FreeWheelin Bob Dylan

1964 - The Kinks "You really got me"

1965 - The Byrds  "Mr. Tambourine Man"

1966 The Beatles "Revolver"

1967 - Arlo Gutherie "Alice's Resteraunt"

1968 - The Beatles "The Beatles"
Jimmy Hendrix "Elecric Ladyland"
Big Brother and the Holding Company "Cheap Thrills"
Steppenwolf "Steppenwolf"
Jeff Beck  "Truth"

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1959 to the Present

1959 - Elvis Presley "For LP fans only"
1960
1961

1962 Peter, Paul and Mary "If i had a Hammer:"

1963 - The Beatles "Please Please Me"
Bob Dylan "FreeWheelin Bob Dylan

1964 - The Kinks "You really got me"

1965 - The Byrds  "Mr. Tambourine Man"

1966 The Beatles "Revolver"

1967 - Arlo Gutherie "Alice's Resteraunt"

1968 - The Beatles "The Beatles"
Jimmy Hendrix "Elecric Ladyland"
Big Brother and the Holding Company "Cheap Thrills"
Steppenwolf "Steppenwolf"
Jeff Beck  "Truth"

1969 Rolling Stones "Let it Bleed"
Blind Faith "Blind Faith"
Santana "Santana"
The Who "Tommy"
Chicago Transit Authority "Chicago Transit Authority"
Crosby, Stills, and Nash "Crosby Stills and Nash"

1970- James Taylor "Sweet Baby James"
Various Artists "Woodstock"
"Jesus Christ Superstar"
Traffic "John Barleycorn must die"
Grank Funk Railroad "Closer to Home"
Guess Who "American Woman"
Greatful Dead "American Beauty"
Derek and the Dominoes "Layla and other assorted Love Songs"

1971 - Elton John "Madman across the Water"
Allman Brothers Band "Live at the Fillmore East"
The Who "Who's Next"
Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heavan"
Ten Years After "A Space in Time"
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young "4 Way Street"

1972 - Jethro Tull "Thick as a Brick"
Deep Purple "Machine Head"
Argent  "Hold Your Head Up"  
Yes "Fragile"

1973 - Elton John "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Yes "Yes Songs"
The Who "Quadrophenia"
Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon"

1974 - Steely Dan "Pretzel Logic"
Bob Dylan and the Band "Before the Flood"
Bob Dylan "Blood on the Tracks"
Jethro Tull "Warchild"
Eric Claton "461 Ocean Boulevard"
Bad Company "Bad Company"
Frank Zappa "Apostrophe"

1975 - Pink Floyd "Wish you were here"
Jefferson Starshp "Red Octupus"
Jeff Beck "Blow by Blow"

1976 - The Eagles "Hotel California"

1977 Foreigner "Foreigner"
Meatloaf "Bat Out of Hell"
Electric Light Orchestra "Out of the Blue"

1978 The Who "Who are You"
Dire Straits "Dire Straits"
Cars "The Cars"
The Good Rats "Birth comes to us All"

1979 Pink Floyd "The Wall"
Led Zeppelin "In through the Out Door"
Neil Young "Rust Never Sleeps"
Bad Company "Desolation Angels"

1980 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono "Double Fantasy"
Peter Gabriel  "Peter Gabriel"
Pat Bentar "Crimes of Passion"
Steve Winwood "Arc of a Diver"

1981 - Rolling Stones "Tatoo You"

1982 Dexy Midnight Runners "Too-Rye-Ay"
Roxy Music "Avalon"

1983 Reurn to Forever "Live in Japan"
 U2 "War"
Paul Young "No Parlez"

1984 - Tina Turner "Private Dancer"

1985 The Waterboys "This is the Sea"
Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms
Jeff Beck "Flash"

1986 - Paul Simon "Graceland"

1987 - U2 "Joshua Tree"
Robbie Robertson "Robbie Robertson"
Roger Waters "Radio Kaos"

1988 - Enya "Watermark"
Hothouse Flowers "People"
1989
1990
1991
1992 Rogers Waters "Amused to Death"

1993 - World Party "Bang"
1994 - Dissapear Fear "Dissapear Fear"
Lorenna  Mckennitt "The Mask and the Mirror"

1995
1996
1997 - Dispatch "Bang Bang"
1998
1999
2000 - Great Big Sea "Road Rage"

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FEATURED EVENTS

Canary Wharf Jazz Festival

No we don’t mean that it’s scary free jazz, but rather that going along costs nothing, nada, zero, zilch. Friday’s first act is on at 7pm, while the Saturday and Sunday programmes start from 1.30pm and continue through till late evening.

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EFG London Jazz Festival

Fancy some free jazz? The EFG London Jazz Festival returns from November 13-22 2015 with over 300 gigs across the city. Don’t let a lack of funds hold you back: there are plenty of free shows at LJF to get you grooving for gratis. Here’s our pick of the best.

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concert GALLERY

History

Since the 1920s Jazz Age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression. It then emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles, all linked by the common bonds of African-American and European-American musical parentage with a performance orientation

Jazz Piano

Thelonious Monk in 1947.
Jazz piano is a collective term for the techniques pianists use when playing jazz. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instrument's combined melodic and harmonic capabilities. 

Artists

In 1924, Louis Armstrong joined the Fletcher Henderson dance band for a year, as featured soloist. The original New Orleans style was polyphonic, with theme variation and simultaneous collective improvisation. Armstrong was a master of his hometown style, but by the time he joined Henderson's band