Maria Callas recorded Verdi Arias at Abbey Road — and disliked the acousticMusic linernotes album music
Mal Waldron was Prestige Records' house pianist from the mid-1950s to the early 1960sMusic linernotes album music
Joan Sutherland recorded The Art of the Prima Donna at Kingsway Hall in 1960Music linernotes album music
Big Science was Laurie Anderson's debut album, released in 1982 on Warner Bros.Music linernotes album music
Archie Shepp's In the Tradition was an early digital jazz recording on DenonMusic linernotes album music
Archie Shepp on tenor and soprano saxophone with Bishop, Jones, and Chambers.Music linernotes album music
Alvin Lucier's 'I Am Sitting in a Room' lets the room become the instrumentMusic linernotes album music
Abdullah Ibrahim's Water from an Ancient Well was recorded in 1985, released the year afterMusic linernotes album music
Abdullah Ibrahim's septet on Ekaya featured Carlos Ward and Charles Davis.Music linernotes album music
Venice is the featured album — Christian Fennesz's glitch-guitar masterpiece on TouchMusic linernotes album music
Thebe built his legacy with Kalawa Jazmee Records, the powerhouse behind South Africa's kwaito movementMusic linernotes album music
Plight and Premonition came out in 1988 on Venture Records, a Virgin subsidiaryMusic linernotes album music
Pata Pata is a Xhosa phrase meaning 'touch touch' — a 1950s Johannesburg dance crazeMusic linernotes album music
Miriam Makeba's Pata Pata was one of the first African pop songs to break into the US mainstreamMusic linernotes album music
Frank Ocean turned Coldplay's 'Strawberry Swing' into his own on Nostalgia, UltraMusic linernotes album music
Frank Ocean sampled 'Hotel California' for 'American Wedding' and drew Don Henley's ireMusic linernotes album music
Fela Kuti's Zombie became the first Nigerian album inducted into the Grammy Hall of FameMusic linernotes album music
David Sylvian, Holger Czukay, and Jaki Liebezeit all contributed to Plight and Premonition.Music linernotes album music
Alva Noto treats sound like sculpture, shaped with the precision of a visual artistMusic linernotes album music
Alva Noto is Carsten Nicolai, a German artist working where sound meets visualsMusic linernotes album music
William Basinski played his Disintegration Loops on a Revox G36 held together with D batteriesMusic linernotes album music
Visions won a Juno and landed Oblivion on Pitchfork's best-of-decade listMusic linernotes album music
Virgin marketed the Dukes of Stratosphear as a lost 60s band — they were XTCMusic linernotes album music