Top 3 All-In (RR)

pcmr

I was thinking that if my collection was completely burned I would try and rebuild by collecting the full catalogue of a restricted amount of artists per genre. All that they have released or participated in.

This is the list I came up with

Soundtracks:
Umiliani, Morricone, Francis Lai (aliases included)

Brazilian:
JorgeBen, MarcosValle, ArthurVerocai (runnerup Vinicius de Moraes)

Soul:
Curtis Mayfield,Willie Mitchell, Bar-Keys (Runner up Ray Charles)

Moder:
Lamont Dozier, Leon Sylvers, Rick James

Latin:
WillieColon, Fruko, Johnny Pacheco (Runners up Larry Harlow, Cachaito)

Jazz:
GaryMcFarland,Gil Evans, Mizell Bros. (Runner-up RVG but it's a bit of a cop-out)

African:
Fela, Youssou N'Dour, Salif Keita

Reggae:
LeePerry, BunnyWailer, Coxsone (Runner up YabbyYou)

HipHop:
Diamond D, Pete Rock, Dilla
(Runners up PsychoLes/Buckwild/LargePro or
Primo/ Kanye/Beatminerz or
Madlib:by the end of his career he will fill an expedit by himself)

I am having a hard time with Rock and I prefer artist/producers than strictly producers/engineers but would love to hear suggestions.

What is your take?

DustedDon

ROCK: Zeppelin, Sabbath, Pentagram

:shreddin_it:

pcmr

I can only think of david crosby for now
it's not a top 3 more than a multilevel thing
jorge ben has amazing and numerous albums...but also produced and wrote a bunch of classics
mayfield gets you an OST with gladys/pips, all of the curtom label etc
leon sylvers goes through multiple eras
that sort of thing

TheKindCromang

Throwing Axelrod in the mix would allow you a good chunk of rock AND jazz.

I'd also add Rogerio Duprat to the Brazilian list.

And maybe Quincy Jones and Lalo Schifrin to your OST list.

DB_Cooper

Tough question. Eno would get you a nice slice of Roxy Music, solo Eno, Bowie, et al. Then again, Bowie would get you the Stooges - Raw Power....

pcmr

Quincy,Eno and Axelrod make a lot of sense as genre crossers...