Does anyone here like/know good instrumental music.

I find instrumental music to oftentimes be more telling than songs with conventional lyrics.

Listen here
Livin just to keep from dyin
[img]http://imagegen.last.fm/TheDarkTen/recenttracks/imgooley.gif[/img]

I found this to be a really good instrumental jazz piece on youtube, not sure how many else would like it.[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=7IunmSZ1-1c[/url]

I'd also like to hear recommendation from others.

Folk metal instrumentals are...<3 (this one is my fave http://youtube.com/watch?v=H_iVp4eC0qw and this one http://youtube.com/watch?v=zLZ9FF-AzsQ ).

And some game OST's (especially FF6's: http://youtube.com/watch?v=joRZL671Esk )

..and a few more I can't remember >_>..I'll search for them later though~

If anyone knows any thing about John Coltrane, they know this song

Giant Steps

Some great slide guitar playing

Sahib Teri Bandi

Carlos Santana

Samba pa Ti

Wes Montgomery

Round Midnight

Listen here
Livin just to keep from dyin
[img]http://imagegen.last.fm/TheDarkTen/recenttracks/imgooley.gif[/img]

have u ever listened to haggard... though their songs got lyrics but songs are really long and most of it is instrumental

If you like lyricless rock, Joe Satriani is an absolute must.

yo son

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uO6uifK0KUc&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GFgXOR-nP9c&feature=related

illmatic - world is yours mash - the instrumental

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hFpsEKe0OaQ

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4ugPmsMNEOI

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FtuoEtohPv4

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pJARRMOchdE

"Hip-hop was set out in the dark. They used to do it out in the park"

Definately Maynard Ferguson. Crazy trumpet player. In terms of jazz, there's also Ali Ryerson (a flutist).

And I love Claude Debussy.

Ever heard of a Spanish guitarist/banjoist named Paco Fernandez.... his recordings are hard to come by, but really good classical/eclectic banjo. His style is very 'Cafe Del Mar.

Omar Rodriguez Lopez (Mars Volta) has some very good sessions, but they're all bootlegs.

Every Jimmy Page (Led Zep) solo is a classic.

As for 'schooled' guitarists.... I rate Andy Timmons very highly. He tends to concentrate on melodies rather than creating fretboard diarrhea.

John Lee Hooker / George Benson....not full-on instrumentalists, but still godlike.

Stuart Matthewman (Sade's live guitarist) is an awesome jazz session specialist.

I'm sure you know Pat Metheny, rite.

Lastly, my old room mate, Brian.... went off to Berkeley.... no word from him after that. His fingers were disproportionately long....like some kinda alien. His style was very Vai.... Slept with his Telecaster. God bless him, wherever he may be.... the bastard!

That's all.

It's nice to know not everyone here likes bar chord bashing, whiney, nasal bands.

Point & Squirt

I don't know the names, but the people that made the music for the Resident Evil games, are quite good.

"Take Five" by Dave Brubeck is pure awesomeness.

And the instrumental version of "Kelas ~ Let's Dance" from the FMA movie is amazingly good.

poof "SHOUJOMAN IS HERE!"
Just Lynz, drop the -ajw

My favorite is "River Flows in You" by Yiruma.
E.S. Posthumus is really good too, especially "Nara" and "Pompeii". (Although the latter has some voices.)
Oh, and I also love the songs "Explosive" and "Duel" by Bond. 😀

[img]http://i56.tinypic.com/acfmfo.png[/img]

Quote from lynzajw

"Take Five" by Dave Brubeck is pure awesomeness.

I can play the chorus and melody, but I can't play the rhythm/comp for the bridge.

If you like that one, check out My Favorite Things by Coltrane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_n-gRS_wdI

And Off Minor by Thelonious Monk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI1tW-YykWQ

Listen here
Livin just to keep from dyin
[img]http://imagegen.last.fm/TheDarkTen/recenttracks/imgooley.gif[/img]

Quote from Saexel

My favorite is "River Flows in You" by Yiruma.
E.S. Posthumus is really good too, especially "Nara" and "Pompeii". (Although the latter has some voices.)

Oooh, very true. Nara is fantastic! And River Flows in You is so pretty...

poof "SHOUJOMAN IS HERE!"
Just Lynz, drop the -ajw

Ey man, The Charlie Brown Christmas Album is crack. Now that I think about it, most christmas songs have been made into some incredible instrumental tracks.

Besides that I'd have to go with anything from Grover Washington, Jr (Especially Soulful Strut, George Benson (Especially his song Breezin), and Herbie Hancock Group. These are some of my favorite artists, I usually listen to them when I study.

EDIT: Can't forget my man Carlos Santana.

[color=#ff0000]"“That's the difference between me and the rest of the world!
Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!” "[/color]