What follows below are lists of my favourite musical categories. They (probably) make no sense to anyone else, I make no apologies for that, they are for my reference.

• my favourite conga players
• my favourite musicians
• my favourite (straight ahead) Jazz albums
• my favourite Jazz Fusion/Jazz Rock albums
• my favourite Stevie Wonder songs
• my favourite soul songs (long)
• my favourite Santana tracks
• my favourite Pat Metheny tracks
• my favourite Van Morrison tracks

If you have read my memorable experiences you may have deduced that I like conga players, so my first list has to be
my favourite conga players :-

• Giovanni Hidalgo
• Ray Barretto
• Candido
• Amando Perezza
• Carlos "Potato" Valdez
• Gene Jones
• Jose "Chipito" Areas
• Eddie Montalvo
• Raul Rekow
• Francisco Aquabella

my favourite musicians :-

• Billy Cobham - Drums
• Steve Gadd - Drums
• Airto Moreira - Percussion
• Herbie Hancock - Keyboards
• Stevie Wonder - Keyboards
• McCoy Tyner - Keyboards
• Stanley Clarke - Bass
• Alphonso Johnson - Bass
• George Coleman - Tenor Sax
• John Coltrane - Tenor Sax
• Miles Davis - Trumpet
• Wynton Marsalis - Trumpet
• Pat Metheny - Guitar
• (Devadip) Carlos Santana - Guitar
• Robben Ford - Guitar
• (Mahavishnu) John McLaughlin - Guitar

• Eastern Rebellion - Eastern Rebellion
• George Coleman - Amsterdam After Dark
• Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
• John Coltrane - Giant Steps
• McCoy Tyner - The Greeting
• Leon Thomas - Spirits Known And Unknown
• Phoroah Sanders - Karma
• Charles Mingus - Cumbria And Jazz Fusion
• Billy Higgins - Soweto
• Philly Joe Jones - Mean What You Say
• Woody Shaw - Rosewood

• Billy Cobham - Crosswinds
• The Billy Cobham-George Duke Band - "Live" On Tour In Europe
• Return To Forever - Where Have I Known You Before
• Herbie Hancock - VSOP
• Stanley Clarke - Journey To Love
• Stanley Clarke - School Days
• Pat Metheny - Secret Story
• Pat Metheny - As Wichita Falls, So Falls Wichita Falls
• George Duke - A Brazilian Love Affair
• Mahavishnu Orchestra - Apocalypse

• I Was Made To Love Her
• Until You Come Back To Me (Thats What I'm Gonna Do)
• For Once In My Life
• My Cherie Amour
• If You Really Love Me
• Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
• Uptight (Everything's Alright)
• Contusion
• Knocks Me Off My Feet
• Summer Soft
• Ordinary Pain
• Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing
• If It's Magic
• As
• Superstition
• Living For The City
• Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)
• You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
• Ribbon In The Sky
• That Girl
• Did I Hear You Say You Love Me
• All I Do
• Rocket Love
• As If You Read My Mind
• Lately
• Part-Time Lover
• I Love You Too Much
• Stranger On The Shore Of Love
• Never In Your Sun
• Go Home

These tracks conveniently fit onto two 80min CDs :-)

• Bobby Womack - Harry Hippy
• Bobby Womack - That's The Way I Feel About Cha
• Bobby Womack - If You Don't Want My Love Give It Back
• Bobby Womack - Lookin' For A Love
• Bobby Womack - Woman's Gotta Have It
• Isaac Hayes - Shaft
• Isaac Hayes - Soulsville
• Isaac Hayes - Do Your Thing
• Isaac Hayes - Walk On By
• Isaac Hayes - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
• Isley Brothers - That Lady
• Isley Brothers - For The Love Of You
• Isley Brothers - The Highways Of My Life
• Isley Brothers - Harvest For The World
• Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze
• Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
• Al Green - Call Me (Come Back Home)
• Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You
• Al Green - Here I Am (Come And Take Me)
• Al Green - Lets Stay Together
• Al Green - Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)
• Al Green - Take Me To The River
• Al Green - You Ought To Be With Me
• Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
• Marvin Gaye - Whats Going On
• Marvin Gaye - (Sexual) Healing
• Marvin Gaye - Lets Get It On
• Lamont Dozier - Going Back To My Roots
• Lamont Dozier - Boogie Business
• Lamont Dozier - Love Me To The Max
• Lamont Dozier - True Love Is Bittersweet
• Lamont Dozier - Tough Act To Follow
• Billy Paul - Me And Mrs Jones
• Billy Paul - Your Song
• O'Jays - Backstabbers
• O'Jays - 992 Arguments
• O'Jays - I Love Music
• The Neville Brothers - Tell It Like It Is
• The Neville Brothers - Why Do You Wanna Break My Heart
• The Neville Brothers - The Ten Commandments Of Love
• The Neville Brothers - Sitting Here In Limbo
• The Neville Brothers - Mona Lisa
• The Neville Brothers - Run Joe
• Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
• Curtis Mayfield - People Get Ready
• Commodores - Easy
• Commodores - Machine Gun
• Commodores - Zoom
• Cameo - Word Up
• Cameo - She's Strange
• Cameo - Single Life
• Cameo - Back And Forth
• The Temptations - Get Ready
• The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg
• The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
• The Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
• The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
• Terry Callier - Lazarus
• Terry Callier - Keep Your Heart Right
• Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us
• Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
• Bill Withers - Lean On Me
• Bill Withers - Hello Like Before
• James Brown - It's A Man's Man's Man's World
• James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
• James Brown - Please Please Please
• James Brown - (Get Up I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
• Michael Jackson - Billy Jean
• Michael Jackson - Thriller
• Michael Jackson - Beat It
• Michael Jackson - Rock With You
• Doby Gray - Drift Away
• The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day
• Change - Searching
• Aretha Franklin - Angel
• Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me
• Aretha Franklin - Say A Little Prayer
• Dion Warwick - Walk On By
• Dion Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
• Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
• Diana Ross - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
• Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
• Whitney Houston - It's Not Right But It's Okay
• Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love
• Whitney Houston - I'm Every Woman
• Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt
• Patti Austin - I Will Remember You
• Gladys Knight And The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia

Impossible to construct - I've just listened to all the Santana albums and I love 'em all. I suppose if I had to choose my favourite albums they would be (in no particular order)
• Welcome
• Borboletta
• Sacred Fire
• Lotus
• Freedom
• Caravanserai
• Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles - Live

• (It's Just) Talk - Still Life (Talking)
• 5-5-7 - Letter From Home
• Above The Tree Tops - Secret Story
• Antonia - Secret Story
• As A Flower Blossoms (I Am Running To You) - Secret Story
• Beat 70 - Letter From Home
• Cathedral In A Suitcase - Secret Story
• Every Day (I Thank You) - 80/81
• Every Summer Night - Letter From Home
• Facing West - Secret Story
• Finding And Believing - Secret Story
• First Circle - The Road To You
• Follow Me - Imaginary Day
• Have You Heard - Letter From Home
• Here To Stay - We Live Here
• It's For You - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
• Minuano (Six Eight) - Still Life (Talking)
• Ozark - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
• Phase Dance - Pat Metheny Group
• Rain River - Secret Story
• Red Sky - We Live Here
• San Lorenzo - Pat Metheny Group
• See The World - Secret Story
• September Fifteenth - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
• Slip Away - Letter From Home
• Sueno Con Mexico - New Chautauqua
• Sunlight - Secret Story
• The Awakening - Imaginary Day
• The Roots Of Coincidence - Imaginary Day
• To The End OfThe World - We Live Here
• Travels - Travels
• Vidala - Letter From Home
• We Live Here - We Live Here

These tracks conveniently fit onto three 80min CDs :-)

• Moondance
• Spanish Steps
• Queen of the slipstream
• Celtic excavation
• Someone like you
• Natalia
• Higher
• So quiet in here
• Have I ever told you (that I love you)
• Domino
• Brown Eyed Girl
• Real real gone
• Kingdom Hall
• Wavelength
• Start all over again
• Did ye get healed?