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I play sax and sing too!
JAZZ: Straight Ahead, Hot Club of Spokane, The Stolen Sweets, 6 Foot Swing, Lindell Reason, Don Goodwin Trio, Schauer With Friends, Danny McCollim Trio, and the Tuxedo Junction Big Band, plus international superstars like Louis Armstrong, Errol Garner, Joe Mooney, Chris Connor, Bobby Short, Dave Frishberg, Thelonius Monk, Frank Sinatra, Grover Washington Jr., Tierney Sutton, Windmill Saxophone Quartet, Wynton Marsalis, Turtle Island String Quartet, Jimmy Bruno, Jimmy Wyble, Jimmy Bruno, Jack Wilkins, Harold Alden, Stan Getz, Tom Jobim, Vince Guaraldi, George Winston, Harry Connick Jr., Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Adam Rafferty, Spyro Gyra, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel, RH Factor, Dee Daniels, Norah Jones, Peter Cincotti and John Pizzarelli.
SKA: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra.
REGGAE & HAWAIIAN: Katchafire (I especially like the sax playing!), Ho'onu'a, Opihi Pickers, Pomai & Loeka, Sean Na'auao, 'Ale'a, Nathan Aweau, Ho'omalie, Makaha Sons, Namahana, Kapena, Iz, Ehukai, Hapa, Harold Kama, Jr., Hawaiian Style Band, Ho'aikane, Hui Ohana, Ilona Irvine, Imua, Jeff Rasmussen, Justin, Ka'au Crater Boys, Bob Marley, Rebelution, Big Every Time, Baba B, and Milo Shade.
EXOTICA: Arthur Lyman, Martin Denny, Les Baxter, and Waitiki.
NEW AGE: Michael Danna, Cusco, Enya, Gary Knox, Vangelis, Adiemus, Dan Gibson, Ray Lynch, David Lanz and Paul Speer, Shardad, Sunday Eve Sessions, Paul Sauvanet, Vir Unis and Steve Roach.
ROCK: Local groups In-flux, Kite, Faded and Black Forest, plus classic acts like Van Halen, ZZ Top, ELO, the Beatles, the Police, Timbuk 3, Tom Angelripper, Blondie, Peter Maffay and Karat.
HIP-HOP: Geto Boys, Ice Cube, Jonzun Crew, Xavier Naidoo, and Yvonne Catterfeld.
COUNTRY/WESTERN: Alan Jackson, Farmer's Daughter, Ricky Nelson, Chet Atkins, Glen Campbell, Statler Brothers, Sons of the Pioneers, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Dave Dudley, Lorne Greene, Charlie Daniels, Clint Black, Dwight Yoakam, Garth Brooks, George Strait, Nanci Griffith, the Mavericks, the Gatlins, and the Oak Ridge Boys.
R&B: James Brown, Ray Charles, Lou Rawls, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Barry White, Aaron Neville, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and Fontella Bass.
FOLK: Ani di Franco, John Loudermilk, Funny van Dannen, Garrison Keillor, and Guy Clark.
BLUEGRASS: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Jerry Douglas, Nickel Creek, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Earl Scruggs, and Southern Exposure.
CLASSICAL: Nino Rota, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Holst, J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Mussorgsky, Ravel, Grieg, Sibelius, Dukas, Rachmaninoff, Adolphe Adams and John Williams.
BLUES: Jimmy Smith, Joey DeFrancesco, Eric Clapton, Robben Ford, B.B. King, Barbara Morrison, the Blues Brothers, and Blues Traveler.
LATIN: Brazilian beats like bossa nova and samba; Caribbean beats like Afro-Cuban, soca, merengue and calypso; and Mexican beats like mariachi, comparsa and cumbia. Groups include Ritmo de la Vida, Buena Vista Social Club, Harry Belafonte, the Toucans, Calexico, Friends of Dean Martinez, Amparanoia, Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin, Perez Prado, Walter Wanderley, Tom Jobim, Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66.
ELECTRONICA: Thievery Corporation, Moby, Information Society, DJ Shadow, Amon Tobin, Giorgio Moroder, Wax Poetic, Shpongle, Tosca, Solulstice, Water Spirit, Manantial, Curly Top, Citizen Kaned, Problem Kids, Pitch Black, Earthling, and Wolfsheim.
EVERYTHING ELSE: Lemon Demon, Anders Osborne, Weird Al Yankovic, Tsunami Bomb, the Doobie Brothers, Talking Heads, Stray Cats, Steely Dan, Najee, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Heino, Herbert Groenemeyer, Miriam Yeung, Jimmy Buffett, Huey Lewis and the News, Ciftetelli, Goldfrapp, Marilyn Manson, Marlene Dietrich, the Dixie Cups, Chicago, the Arrogant Worms, Captain Tractor, Die Lollipops, Dire Straits, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Ernst Mosch, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Kokay, Ingapirca, Los Calchakis, Lost And Found, Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, Mannheim Steamroller, Maynard Ferguson, Michael Franks, Michael Jackson, Norman Brown, Pat Cashman, the Partridge Family, Peggy March, Peter Thomas, Peter Gabriel, Eric Persing, Richard Souther, Dido, E.S. Posthumus, the Eagles, Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Eumir Deodato, Esquivel, Falco, Fastball, Fine Young Cannibals, Space, James Taylor, Jeff Lorber, Dragonette, Kevin Locke, Madonna, Yoko Kanno, the Moldy Peaches, Paul Simon, Renzo Arbore, Richard Galliano, Rick Astley, the Sadies, Samajona, Sixpence None The Richer, Spice Girls, Sting, Supertramp, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Swing Out Sister, Supergrass, Towa Tei, Tsuhara Yasumi, Utada Hikaru, Will Glahe, Yann Tiersen, Leon Redbone and Zanbla.
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