03/14/26 - Jam_25

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Blind Boys of Alabama	Jesus Gonna Be Here	Spirit of the Century	Real World Records	2001	Traditional gospel group founded in 1939 in Talladega, Alabama. This recording blends classic Black gospel vocals with Chicago blues-style electric instrumentation.
John Coltrane	Dearly Beloved	Sun Ship	Impulse!	1971 (rec. 1965)	Posthumous release from Coltrane's spiritual jazz era, recorded August 1965 with the classic quartet: McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, and Jimmy Garrison.
Demetrio Stratos	Flautofonie ed altro	Cantare la voce	Cramps	1978	Experimental vocal performance exploring extended vocal techniques. Stratos, known from the prog band Area, pursued voice research and ethnomusicology.
Alwin Nikolais	Fetish	Choreosonic Music of the New Dance Theatre of Alwin Nikolais	Hanover Records	1959	Early electroacoustic composition created for dance and theatre productions; Nikolais described the style as “choreosonic,” linking choreography and sound design.
Philip Jeck	Fanfares Forward	Sand	Touch	2008	Turntable-based composition using loops and effects. Often associated with hauntology, a concept linking sound to cultural memory and ghostly traces of the past.
Thomas Dolby	Airwaves	The Golden Age of Wireless	Harvest / Capitol	1982	Synthpop track contemplating the social and cultural effects of broadcast media. Dolby later became a tech entrepreneur and professor at Johns Hopkins.
Kishore Kumar (vocals), Laxmikant–Pyarelal (composition)	Om Shanti Om	Karz (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	HMV	1980	Bollywood disco epic from the film Karz; panoramic multi-part arrangement. The soundtrack won major recognition at the Filmfare Awards.
Pardon Kimura	Fisherman's Blues	Ocean Surfer Cool Dad Building Shop Surfboards	Hot-Cha	2001	Japanese art pop with surreal conceptual elements. Kimura is an obscure figure known for unusual studio credits and connections to experimental pop circles.