Essential mandolin listening

[xav88]

Chris thile got me into mandolin but where else should i look for innovative mandolin?

[CarlM]

Among younger players Sierrra Hull is possibly the best there is. Her Weighted Mind cd is a great work of art.

Among older school players whose playing was or is always fresh David Grisman and Jethro Burns are two who come immediately to mind. Grisman's playing covers a huge range from bluegrass to old time to full fledged jazz with Stefane Grapelli and Martin Taylor to his own Dawg music to classic appearances on Grateful Dead recordings and with Jerry Garcia.

Jethro was a master of jazz on the mandolin. The word inventive was invented to describe Jethro as a person and player.

All three of these players stretch and defy boundaries and categorization.

[xav88]

Youtube here i come!

[Dagger Gordon]

You should listen to Avi Avital.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S19Q4e4Q4Kk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDoQIF1erLo

[Ivan Kelsall]

Andy Statman's also got some terrific music on CD that you might care to listen to,
Ivan


https://youtu.be/CRDmTYhHpgc 'Flatbush Waltz' Full recording.

https://youtu.be/_gvn9SuZ5qQ - ''Nashville Mornings / New York Nights - Full recording.

[jimmy powells]

For me it was Dave Appollon's mandolin playing which took my breath away. He's always been my favourite in spite of all the other high end mandolin players I enjoy listening too.

[Charlieshafer]

All great suggestions, and I'm adding the original genre-crossing players, Mike Marshall and the aforementioned David Grisman. The early Quintet recordings from 1975 are required listening. Also of the current guys, I really like Joe K Walsh, especially the incredibly tasteful fills working around vocals. For some of his best work, listen to his Sweet Loam recording and his work with Mr. Sun (the tune The People Need Light is the epitome of cool)

[Caleb]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LBg_IMNcZo

Ashley Broder, Two Trees.

This lady is a bit off the well-beaten path around here and should get mentioned more. She's not just a wonderful player, but her songs are great. There are plenty of great players out there with songs I don't care to listen to twice.

[crisscross]

If you are into Thile playing Bach, you might try Marissa Carroll

or Caterina Lichtenberg

[Cochiti Don]

I still like this video of Eva Holbrook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRFz...&feature=share

[Mandobart]

Tim Connell

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...ZFzAVSLLgqzZIw

[Charlieshafer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LBg_IMNcZo

Ashley Broder, Two Trees.

This lady is a bit off the well-beaten path around here and should get mentioned more. She's not just a wonderful player, but her songs are great. There are plenty of great players out there with songs I don't care to listen to twice.

This is absolutely beautiful.

In that same vein, 9 Horses

[John Soper]

I'd put a vote in for Don Stiernberg - keeps Jethro's flame alive and expands it!

[William Smith]

Anything John Duffey Dawg, Buzz Busby, Frank Wakefield, Jesse McReynolds, Bobby Osborne, Bill Monroe of course, Jethro Burns, Gene Johnson, Jimmy Gaudreau, Roland White, Marty Stuart, Ricky Skaggs, Dave Appolon, Ronnie McCoury, Sam Bush,
All pretty much innovators. There's way more but I don't want to be here all day, those are some of my favorites.

[Cochiti Don]

Nice

[FrontRangeMando]

I'd put a vote in for Don Stiernberg - keeps Jethro's flame alive and expands it!

I'll second the Don Stiernberg recommendation.

Just finished listening to one of his YouTube playlists while spending Sunday afternoon at work.

You can get to his channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClt...Ck4i1aAxaDFqfw

[Dagger Gordon]

I'm not sure how active they are these days, but I always give a big shout-out for the Melonious Quartet from France. Legendary mandolin group. If you can track down 'Au Sud De La Mandoline', it is a classic.

https://open.spotify.com/album/3NAmWe9C8c4V18IWECfJiN

[Daniel Nestlerode]

For bridging the gap between Classical and more vernacular styles of music (folk, country, celtic, etc):
Simon Mayor http://mandolin.co.uk/

:-)
Daniel

[Charlieshafer]

OK, this one is of Mike Marshall on the mandocello, not mandolin, but it's pretty old, and watching how young these guys are is pretty funny.

[Dagger Gordon]

I think we have to say something about the Irish band Planxty, with their combination of mandolin/mandola and bouzouki with Irish pipes, and their intriguing combination of Irish and contemporary songs with influences from Eastern Europe and elsewhere.

Their influence ever since cannot really be overstated. Essential listening, beyond doubt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planxty

[UsuallyPickin]

Let me mention two ... Emory Lester and Radim Zenkl

[Mark Wilson]

Tim Connell (already mentioned) I really dig the entire June Apple CD. An interesting view around fiddle tunes that doesn't rely on speed to make it interesting.

John Reishman. A study in melody, style and tone. Salt Spring

[wxfloyd]

I'll add a few more to the list
Joe K. Walsh https://youtu.be/Az3F2BOBZZE
Sarah Jarosz https://youtu.be/hWqeMODlW0k
Sharon Gilchrist https://youtu.be/njXObuqrzgI

[ralph johansson]

No one has mentioned Hamilton de Holanda: https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Hola...ton+de+holanda

[John Garcia]

Having met and been lucky enough to do some sessions with Tim Connell, I'll me-three that one. I love Tim O'Brien's playing and songwriting. His band is Hot Rize, and I think he does most of the songwriting for them (correct me if I'm wrong). Look up Evan Marshall and Brian Oberlin's Twin Mandolin Slingers CD, awesome stuff.