Taking liberties.

Haven't always been one for memes, but The Bad Plus opened up their musicians' survey to all comers, and it's a hard one to resist....

GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OR TWO OF AN ESPECIALLY GOOD OR INTERESTING:
1. Movie score. Rosemary's Baby
2. TV theme. Barney Miller (bass! how low can you go?); Police Woman
3. Melody. Beach Boys' "I Know There's an Answer"
4. Harmonic language. Sleater-Kinney's "Step Aside"
5. Rhythmic feel. CCR's "Heard it Through the Grapevine"
6. Hip-hop track. PE's "My Uzi Weighs a Ton"; 3rd Bass' "Wordz of Wizdom"
7. Classical piece. Bach 2-pt inventions (little shallow here)
8. Smash hit. The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony"
9. Jazz album. Jackie McLean's Destination Out! (natch)
10. Non-American folkloric group. New Pornographers
11. Book on music. Geoff Dyer's But Beautiful

BONUS QUESTIONS:
A) Name an surprising album (or albums) you loved when you were developing as a musician: something that really informs your sound but that we would never guess in a million years: Rolling Stone Record Guide - "Old Blue"
B) Name a practitioner (or a few) who play your instrument that you think is underrated: Eric Marathonpacks. Hank Shteamer. Mike McGonigal (where you been?)
C) Name a rock or pop album that you wish had been a smash commercial hit (but wasn’t, not really): Mekons' Rock n Roll
D) Name a favorite drummer, and an album to hear why you love that drummer: Philip Wilson, Dogon A.D.