10 CDs

[morgon]

Hi,

this is probably a tough one but could you please recommend 10 CDs as a sort of kanon for mandolin playing?

Ideally a recommendation would span the whole spectrum from classical music to folk, bluegrass, jazz and whatnot.

Many thanks!

[JRG]

Carlo Aonzo's Mandolin Journey pretty much covers it all

[CarlM]

Tone Poems with Grisman and Rice should probably be on the list. It covers quite a bit of ground. And one of the Acoustic Disc things with Jethro maybe Back to Back with Tiny Moore or Swing Low Sweet Mandolin.

[Don Grieser]

Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe will give you about all you need to know about playing bluegrass.

[bigskygirl]

A recent release is the Harmonic Tone Revealers...John Reischman, Sharon Gilchrist, and Scott Nygaard.

[Chanmandolin]

Adam steffey solo projects would be good for bluegrass, Chris thile's projects(punch bros, solo thile, thile & Marshall, thile & daves), John Reischman projects, Anything Sam Bush but there's thousands and everyone listens to different materials. I seem to myslef listening to some of these artists alot

[banjoboy]

Bluegrass 95 BG 96, etc. I think they go to BG 2001

[Chanmandolin]

Adam steffey solo projects would be good for bluegrass, Chris thile's projects(punch bros, solo thile, thile & Marshall, thile & daves), John Reischman projects, Anything Sam Bush but there's thousands and everyone listens to different materials. I seem to myslef listening to some of these artists alot

Id like to add that ive been jamming to some Grisman & Garcia, Tim O'Brien and a Mandolin Orange record lately to. Some good mandolin on these artist records

[bcmd]

I would agree with the suggestion of the Tone Poems albums with David Grisman, particularly 1 (with Tony Rice) and 2 (with Martin Taylor, my favorite). Tone Poems #3 is a resophonic album. These albums cover a nice range of music. https://www.amazon.com/Poems-David-G.../dp/B000S5AUN4

For old-time and bluegrass music, one of my absolute favorites is the Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza. It's a tribute to Bill Monroe, a double album (34 songs) featuring Jesse McReynolds, Ronnie McCoury, and Sam Bush, David Grisman, Ronnie Mcreynolds, Bobby Osborne, Ricky Skaggs, Frank Wakefield, Buck White. It is nothing but mandolin, with simple guitar accompaniment by Del Mccoury. To me, it is a delight.
https://www.amazon.com/Bluegrass-Man.../dp/B000S5E2N8

[bcmd]

David Grisman Quintet -- first album from 1976 is still pretty amazing.

https://www.amazon.com/David-Grisman.../dp/B0012ELMXC

[Martin Ohrt]

Some Don Stiernberg stuff - I have Home Cooking and Swing 220 and really like them!
Also, some Mike Marshall & Caterina Lichtenberg has to be included, I'd say. And you couldn't go wrong with Caterina's other records.

[bcmd]

Snowed In With A Mandolin On Christmas Day by Inez Lancaster is a good album, with some Christmas music and some folk music, with an old-world mandolin approach:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005A0TB

[bcmd]

If you're after some classical mandolin, you ought to check out Chris Thile's Bach album:

https://www.amazon.com/Bach-Sonatas-.../dp/B00DJSUNWA

[AlanN]

Some Mando Mania

[Ray(T)]

If you're after some classical mandolin, you ought to check out Chris Thile's Bach album:

https://www.amazon.com/Bach-Sonatas-.../dp/B00DJSUNWA

Yes, but does anyone else wish that it hadn't been recorded in such a "live" room?

[UsuallyPickin]

You can't go wrong with any of the recordings listed above .... all are from fine musicians ..... and selection is a matter of taste ... It would be easy list another ten recordings of similar quality....... Enjoy R/

1. Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe ..... traditional grass instrumentals
2. Playing it Straight .... Jazz / Swing mandolin on old standards
3. Sonatas and Partitas 1 .... Chris Thiele solo classical mandolin ... amazing
4. Tone Poems 1 ...clear clean guitar and mandolin duets over a group of popular recordings
5. David Grisman Quintet 1 recording ..... solid Dawg music
6. Glamour and Grits ... Sam Bush Newgrass
7. Back to Back ... Tiny Moore and Jethro Burns in the studio having a great time with some standards
8. Skaggs and Rice ..... modern as in 70's take on traditional vocal duet instrumentally understated but top of the scale music
9. Climbing the Walls ... Mike Compton and David Grier with a different and excellent take on the guitar mandolin duo
10. On the Boulevard ... Newgrass Revival at it's second iterations peak ..

[Marcus CA]

For one album that goes across the spectrum, get Mike Marshall's Gator Strut, which includes Bach's Partita in E, "Round Midnight," and the mandocello classic title track.

My 9 other essential albums:
David Grisman Quintet (the peach album)
Grisman, Aonzo, and Gambetta, La Traversata
John Reischman, Walk Along John
Sam Bush, Late as Usual
Andy Statman, East Flatbush Blues or
pretty much anything by Carlo Aonzo
Norman Blake and Peter Ostroushko, Meeting on Southern Soil
Adam Steffey, New Primitive
Dudu Maia, Dudu Maia

[Nathan Kellstadt]

If you're looking to cover a variety of styles/genres, I'm a big fan of The Mando Chronicles by Peter Ostroushko. It's 3 discs that cover an entire range of wonderful music.

[dwc]

This sounds like fun.
1) Chris Thile Bach Sonatas and Partitas vol 1
2) Avi Avital Vivaldi
3) Bill Monroe and Doc Watson Live Recordings 1963-1980
4) Kenny Baker Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe
5) The David Grisman Quintet's eponymous first album
6) Sam Bush Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride
7) David Grisman, Jerry Garcia, Tony Rice The Pizza Tapes
8) Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Live at the Charleston Music Hall
9) Don Stiernberg Swing 220
10) Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit eponymous live album
11) Jacob de Bandolim Mandolin Master of Brazil

[JeffD]

Check this out for introducing you to what the mandolin an do:

http://www.mandolincafe.com/mp3/

[Matt Harris]

#1 for me, and has been for years:

Chris Thile, Not All Who Wander Are Lost

[wooq]

Most of the ones I'd recommend have been said, but I'd definitely add Homer & Jethro - Playing it Straight/It Ain't Necessarily Square, probably my favorite album to listen to lately

[mrmando]

Some Mando Mania

You forgot Nolan Faulkner ...

[jaycat]

it's interesting how few people (1) list a Bill Monroe record.

[Matt DeBlass]

Id like to add that ive been jamming to some Grisman & Garcia, Tim O'Brien and a Mandolin Orange record lately to. Some good mandolin on these artist records

Just the solo in the Grisman & Garcia version of "Friend of the Devil" is an education in itself. Lots of good (and tasteful!) picking all around.