Instrumentals
 

So I have a play list thats all instrumentals bascially for when im doing work. I added some Buckethead the toehr day and realized its sad tone contrasted with the overall "adult" nature of the list. Its mostly Miles Davis with a few other people throw in for jazz and Action Figure Party, and Santan off his first few CD's.

So keeping with the tone of the list, any suggestions for good instrumentals?

ok great, thanks

Fourtet

Medeski, Martin, and Wood
Soulive
DJ Logic
DJ Shadow (two very "musical" DJs)
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

Found this thread while doing a search.
Well worth a bump.

Four class instrumentals.

Booker T & The MGs - Green Onions.
Fleetwood Mac - Albatross.
Ramsey Lewis Trio - Wade In The Water.
Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes. (sampled by Fat Boy Slim for Funk Soul Brother)

Orion- Metallica
Call Of Ktulu- Metallica
Lost For Words- Iron Maiden

Frank Zappas Hot Rats is mostly instrumental (save Willie The Pimp) as well as The Grand Wazoo, other recomendations.

Sparks - The Who
Trio - King Crimson
Red - King Crimson
Larks Tongue In Aspic Part 2 - King Crimson
One Of These Days - Pink Floyd
Maggot Brian - Funkadelic
Intersteller Overdrive - Pink Floyd
YYZ - Rush
Birds Of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
Third Stone From The Sun - Jimi Hendrix, theres some spoken dialogue, but i think it still qualifys as a instrumental.
In Dark Trees - Brian Eno
Sombre Reptiles - Brian Eno
The Big Ship - Brian Eno
Another Green World - Brian Eno
Spirits Drifting - Brian Eno
Little Fishes - Brian Eno
Becalmed - Brian Eno
Hunting Bears - Radiohead
Chungas Revenge - Frank Zappa
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
Three Blind Mice - Gong
Marooned - Pink Floyd

Oh Hope Of The States "Black Amnesias" is an absolute must for this...its so dark and dramatic, but with this really amazing underlying beauty...Check it, Baby!

i miss SATCHMO, his suggestion were grand.

I'll suggest the song Acoustic Melody by In Flames.

sweet guitar rif***e.

Symphony X - Death of Balance/Lacrymosa

I only listen to Mogwai or sometimes GYBE! when I'm doing work

Just listen to a bunch of Post-Rock. Mono, Do Make Say Think, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, etc.

Four Tet
Explosions in the Sky

Also, alot of other post-rock bands are very instrumental. Godspeed you blacnk emperor, mogwai, etc

Wow, I was listening to that as I read your post.

Opeth - For Absent Friends, Patterns in the Ivy, Requiem
Zeppelin - Black Mountain Side
Pink Floyd - Any Colour You Like

Edgar Winter - Frankenstein (one of rocks all time best instrumentals by far)
Led Zeppelin - Black Mountainside, White Summer Black Mountainside
Rush - La Villa Strangiato
The Who - Sparks
Allman Brothers - Jessica
Zappa - Peaches En Ragalia
ELO - Fire On High
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
Allman Brothers - In Memory Of Elizebeth Reid (highly recommend it)
SRV - Scuttle Buttin
Zappa - The Gumbo Variations
" - Black Napkins
ELP - Toccata
Pink Floyd - One Of These Days, Marooned, On The Run, Any Colour You Like, Interstellar Overdrive, Atom Heart Mother
Malmsteen - Evil Eye
Santana - Europa, Butaku
Yes - The Fish
Zappa - Son Of Mr. Green Genes
The Beatles - Flying
Allman Brothers - Hot lanta
Alice In Chains - Whale & Wasp
Van Halen - Eruption

All I can think of for now...

how dare I leave out green onions by Booker T & the M.G.s