Artists/albums that combine very different genres of music

I posted to another thread about the work of Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble, and it got me thinking; I cannot think of many other recordings or artists that combine such diverse music genres, in this case Gregorian Chant and improvised Jazz. So I wondered if there are many other examples of this type of combination of different genres in a single recording. I am sure there must be others out there

 

Jeff Buckley’s Grace is pretty all over the place. A traditional carol by Benjamin Britten is followed by hard rock.

 

TANGK

 

Devin Townsend - (literal) ambient, rock, pop, country, americana, techno, hard rock, prog, metal, screamo

 

WEEN

 

Elvis, the real Elvis, could do about anything he pleased.

2007 The Essential Elvis Presley

 

Dread Zeppelin

 

The White Album

 

Beck "Mellow Gold"
...includes many different genres: Folk, Blues, Rock, Hip-Hop, Psychedelia, Country, etc.

 

Good choice

 

The White Album

Rock and Roll/Hard Rock- Birthday
Surf Rock - Back in the USSR
Folk/Pop - I Will
Pop Rock- Sexy Sadie
Avant Rock- Glass Onion
Hard Rock/R&B - Savoy Truffle
Proto-Punk - Everybody's Got Something to Hide
Folk Rock: Bungalow Bill
Folk: Mothers Nature Son
Hard Blues Rock - Yer Blues & While My Guitar Gently Weeps,
Acoustic Folk - Blackbird/Julia
Protest Rock – Revolution #1
Music Hall/Jazz/Vaudeville- Honey Pie
Orchestral Pop/Lullaby - Good Night
Baroque Pop: Piggies
Music Hall: Martha, My Dear
Psychedelic Rock - Cry Baby Cry, Dear Prudence
Country/Ragtime Rocky Raccoon
Country Rock: Don't Pass Me By
Proto-Metal/Heavy Metal-Helter Skelter
Prog Rock - Happiness is a Warm Gun
Avant Acoustic/Experimental Pop- Wild Honey Pie
Psychedelic Folk- Long, Long, Long
Reggae - Obla Di Obla Da
Rock Music- I’m So Tired
Rock and Roll- Why Don’t We Do It Road
Sampled based/ Avant Garde- Revolution #9

 

John Martyn.

He melded Folk, Jazz, Blues, Reggae and even Hip-Hop into something entirely wonderful.

 

Well Miles did in those 70's recordings especially the On The Corner Sessions.

 

Yo Yo Ma - Goat Rodeo

It’s a really nice record combining classical and bluegrass.

 

ELP - Brail Salad Surgery

Jerusalem - William Blake poem from about 1804, set to music (very hymn like) in 1916 buy composer, Hurbert Perry. Used in many movies, TV, covered by other bands.
Toccata - a very good, truncated version of Argentinian composer, Alberto Ginastera's 1st Piano Concerto (1961)). Ginastera liked Emo's version quite a bit.
Still... You Turn Me On - Very good rock ballad.
Benny the Bouncer - Honky Tonk, ragtime song. Emo certainly could play his ass off when it came to ragtime piano!
Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression—Part 1, Part 2, Karn Evil 9: 2nd Impression, Evil 9: 3rd Impression - Killer prog.

 

Exile on Main Street....The Stones do a variety of different stuff...Rock, Blues, Country, Caribbean, Gospel.....lotta nice different stuff as the boys expand their horizons

 

the clash sandinista
mano negra puta's fever

 

I know it’s sacrilegious, but I even prefer Sandinista! to London Calling.

 

me too and by far!

 

Mr. Bungle

 

You beat me to the correct answer.

 

Sketches of Spain's meld of classical + jazz could also apply here.

 

ozomatli first lp!

 

Please clarify is your thread about a single recording meaning (a song) or a whole album with different genres of music.

 

Zorn