EPIC ROCK JAMS
VA - Epic Jams CD1+CD2+CD3 (A Butterboy Compilation) REPOST
A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp on tunes, songs and chord progressions. To "jam" is to improvise music without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements, except for when the group is playing well-known jazz standards or covers of existing popular songs. Original jam sessions, also 'free flow sessions', are often used by musicians to develop new material (music) and find suitable arrangements. Both styles can be used simply as a social gathering and communal practice session. Jam sessions may be based upon existing songs or forms, may be loosely based on an agreed chord progression or chart suggested by one participant, or may be wholly improvisational.
A jam band is a musical group whose live albums and concerts relate to a fan culture that began in the 1960s with the Grateful Dead, and continued with The Allman Brothers Band, and Phish which had lengthy jams at concerts. The performances of these bands typically feature extended musical improvisation ("jams") over rhythmic grooves and chord patterns, and long sets of music that can often cross genre boundaries. The contemporary jam scene has grown to encompass bands from a great diversity of musical genres including bands with electronic, folk rock, blues rock, jazz fusion, psychedelic rock, Southern rock, progressive rock, acid jazz, hip hop, hard rock, and bluegrass sounds.
While the seminal group the Grateful Dead are categorized as psychedelic rock, by the 1990s the term "jam band" was being used for groups playing a variety of rock-related genres, including blues, country music, folk music, and funk. Today the term even includes some groups completely outside rock, such as those playing world music, electronic music, progressive bluegrass, and jazz fusion. By the late 1990s, the types of jam bands had so grown that the term became quite broad. Although today the term may be used to describe nearly any cross-genre band, festival band, or improvisational band, the term retains an affinity to the fan culture inspired by the Grateful Dead and carried on by the likes of Phish.
A feature of the jam band scene is fan taping or digital recording of live concerts. While many other styles of music term fan taping as "illegal bootlegging", jam bands often allow their fans to make tapes or recordings of their live shows. Fans trade recordings and collect recordings of different live shows because improvisational jam bands play their songs differently at each performance. By the 2000s, as internet downloading of MP3 music files became common, downloading of jam band songs became an extension of the cassette taping trend. Bands are also distributing their shows online, sometimes within days or hours (Wikipedia)
For this compilation I have gathered both live and studio recording of various band and genres Jamming Out. The music is often long and rewarding to the listener who gives time to the feeling of the song. Here are 75 tracks I consider to be Epic Jams for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
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Pt.1 Pt.2 Pt.3
A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp on tunes, songs and chord progressions. To "jam" is to improvise music without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements, except for when the group is playing well-known jazz standards or covers of existing popular songs. Original jam sessions, also 'free flow sessions', are often used by musicians to develop new material (music) and find suitable arrangements. Both styles can be used simply as a social gathering and communal practice session. Jam sessions may be based upon existing songs or forms, may be loosely based on an agreed chord progression or chart suggested by one participant, or may be wholly improvisational.
A jam band is a musical group whose live albums and concerts relate to a fan culture that began in the 1960s with the Grateful Dead, and continued with The Allman Brothers Band, and Phish which had lengthy jams at concerts. The performances of these bands typically feature extended musical improvisation ("jams") over rhythmic grooves and chord patterns, and long sets of music that can often cross genre boundaries. The contemporary jam scene has grown to encompass bands from a great diversity of musical genres including bands with electronic, folk rock, blues rock, jazz fusion, psychedelic rock, Southern rock, progressive rock, acid jazz, hip hop, hard rock, and bluegrass sounds.
While the seminal group the Grateful Dead are categorized as psychedelic rock, by the 1990s the term "jam band" was being used for groups playing a variety of rock-related genres, including blues, country music, folk music, and funk. Today the term even includes some groups completely outside rock, such as those playing world music, electronic music, progressive bluegrass, and jazz fusion. By the late 1990s, the types of jam bands had so grown that the term became quite broad. Although today the term may be used to describe nearly any cross-genre band, festival band, or improvisational band, the term retains an affinity to the fan culture inspired by the Grateful Dead and carried on by the likes of Phish.
A feature of the jam band scene is fan taping or digital recording of live concerts. While many other styles of music term fan taping as "illegal bootlegging", jam bands often allow their fans to make tapes or recordings of their live shows. Fans trade recordings and collect recordings of different live shows because improvisational jam bands play their songs differently at each performance. By the 2000s, as internet downloading of MP3 music files became common, downloading of jam band songs became an extension of the cassette taping trend. Bands are also distributing their shows online, sometimes within days or hours (Wikipedia)
For this compilation I have gathered both live and studio recording of various band and genres Jamming Out. The music is often long and rewarding to the listener who gives time to the feeling of the song. Here are 75 tracks I consider to be Epic Jams for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
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Pt.1 Pt.2 Pt.3
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Track list 1
01 Allman Brothers Band - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed :12:45 1970
02 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Driftin' Back :27:37 2012
03 Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Vibration & Light Suite :16:34 2015
04 North Mississippi Allstars - Mean Ol' Wind Died Down :07:32 2007
05 Canned Heat - Fried Hockey Boogie :11:05 1968
06 Moe. - Mexico :22:39 2002
07 Cargo - Sail Inside :10:54 1972
08 Grateful Dead - Not Fade Away :16:20 1968
09 Blues Traveler - Traveler's Suite :20:21 2012
10 UFO - Flying :26:31 1971
11 Somali Yacht Club - Signals :10:53 2014
12 My Morning Jacket - Dondante :17:50 2012
13 Little Feat - Spanish Moon :08:26 1974
14 Five Day Rain - Rough Cut Marmalade :11:05 1970
15 Widespread Panic - Rebirtha :07:20 1997
16 Traffic - Roll Right Stones :13:30 1973
17 Umphrey's McGee - Divisions :11:44 1998
18 Ozric Tentacles - Eternal Wheel :08:23 2004
19 Grand Funk Railroad - Closer to Home / I'm Your Captain :10:11 1991
20 Aqueous - Half In, Half Out :08:02 2018
21 Neil Young - Like a Hurricane :08:18 1977
22 Bob Weir and Ratdog - Two Djinn :09:04 2000
23 Quicksilver Messenger Service - The Fool :11:59 1968
24 Mighty Baby - Keep on Jugging :08:39 1971
25 All Them Witches - Voodoo Chile :14:59 2015
Track list 2
26 Grateful Dead - Dark Star :23:09 2012
27 Marshall Tucker Band - Take the Highway :06:16 1973
28 Majic Ship - Down By the River - What It's Worth :10:54 1970
29 Amazing - Had to Keep Walking :11:01 2009
30 Allman Brothers Band - Mountain Jam :28:17 1972
31 Neil Young - Cortez the Killer :07:24 1975
32 Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me :05:16 1996
33 Santana - Every Step of the Way :11:30 1974
34 Hot Tuna - Serpent of Dreams :06:51 1975
35 Cherokee Mist - Orange Cucumber :22:18 1994
36 Mountain - Dreams of Milk and Honey :16:00 1971
37 Derek Trucks Band - Sahib Teri Bandimaki Madni :09:54 2006
38 Cream - Spoonful :16:44 1968
39 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Stone Free :12:00 2006
40 Ten Years After - Boogie On :14:26 1969
41 Black Crowes - Wiser Time :09:34 1994
42 Led Zeppelin - Kashmir :08:28 1975
43 Derek and the Dominos - Keep on Growing :06:23 1970
44 Frank Zappa - Yo' Mama :12:41 1979
45 Pink Floyd - Dogs :17:04 1977
46 Phish - You Enjoy Myself :09:50 1988
47 John Butler Trio - Money :11:35 2001
48 Neil Young - Cowgirl in the Sand :09:47 1969
49 Gov't Mule - Captured :09:05 2013
50 Bob Marley - Jamming :05:40 2014
Track list 3
51 Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Tulsa Yesterday :11:54 2012
52 All Them Witches - Interstate Bleach Party :11:39 2015
53 Morgen - Love :10:54 1969
54 Glass Harp - The Curator :08:13 2004
55 Glass Harp - Can You See Me :28:54 1997
56 Tedeschi Trucks Band - Crying Over You :08:03 2016
57 Waterloo - Diary of an Old Man :10:59 1970
58 Moe. - Happy Hour Hero :14:39 2002
59 Moon Duo - High Over Blue :21:43 2012
60 Bob Weir & Ratdog - Dear Prudence :10:06 2010
61 Ozric Tentacles Sploosh! :06:26 2004
62 Jefferson Airplane Feel So Good :11:29 1973
63 Taste It's Happened Before, It'll Will Happen Again :06:31 1970
64 Medusa1975 Fall of the House of Usher :11:04 2017
65 Robert Randolph & the Family Band Do Yourself a Favour :08:40 2006
66 Ginger T-10 :11:00 2010
67 Santana La Puerta Del Sol :10:24 1996
68 Railroad Earth - Grandfather Mountain :08:56 2014
69 Trey Anastasio - Beneath a Sea of Stars :23:30 2015
70 Lotus - Lotus 1 :03:49 1994
71 Haystacks Balboa - Auburn Queen :09:14 1970
72 Dickey Betts & Great Southern - Tangled Up in Blue :08:03 2002
73 Hot Tuna - Surphase Tension :03:54 1975
74 Frank Zappa - Stucco Homes :09:09 1981
75 Frank Zappa - Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar :08:31 1981
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Happy & Healthy New Year,
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the tunes,
- D
Thanks, D.
DeleteHappy Healthy New Year to you too.
Cheers.
I have the attention span of a goldfish. I get antsy with Hey Jude and American Pie. Thanks for posting but I'll pass. Usually if I have nothing positive to say I say nothing. I'm sure many others will enjoy this.
ReplyDeleteHi lemonflag.
DeleteThats a pity.
Cheers.
BB I feel bad about my comment. My mum would not have approved. It takes all sorts to make this world. I will give these a listen and see if I can relate to the good music I am sure they include. Thanks.
DeleteGlad to hear you will give them a try, lemonflag.
DeleteYou may have some nice surprises in this lot.
Cheers.
I usually say that I prefer studio versions to live songs any day, but this compilation is here to show how wrong I can be. These bands (and songs) show how great live jams can really be. Thanks! I love to be proven wrong so well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Pol.
DeleteI love to listen to this set when I am not sure what I want to listen too. There is so music great music in this lot. Enjoy them and great to keep an open mind.
Cheers.