Let..s begin with some of my favourite JAZZmusicians: Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Max Roach, Branford Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, Paolo Fresu, Enrico Rava, Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone, Cassandra Wilson... and BLUE NOTE RECORDS.
HIP-HOP (US): Blackalicious, Lyrics Born & Lateef The Truth Speaker (Latyrx), De La Soul, Talib Kweli, Emanon, Mos Def, A Tribe Called Quest, Little Brother, The Roots, Chuck D., Madlib, MF Doom, J.Dilla, Lifesavas, Prince Paul, Juggaknots, El-P & Company Flow, Bush Babees, Pete Rock, Doujah Raze, Outkast, Jurassic 5, Aceyalone.
HIP-HOP (Italy): Fabri Fibra, Asher Kuno, Spregiudicati Click, APE, Mistaman, Amir & Mr. Phil, Bassi Maestro, Michel, Club Dogo, Kiave, Zero Plastica & tutta ZenaArtCore, DJ Kamo, Stokka & Madbuddy, Kaso & Maxi B., Gli Inquilini.
HIP-HOP (UK): TY, Roots Manuva, Blak Twang, Blade, Skinnyman.
HIP-HOP (France): Saian Supa Crew, Ol..Kainry, Akhenaton, Shurik..N, La Brigade, Oxmo Puccino, Rachid Wallas, TTC, Bisso Na Bisso, Passi, Explicit Samourai, OFX, Diomay, Chiens De Paille, Ali, Booba.
HIP-HOP (Germany): Shuko, Eins Zwo/ Dendemann, Pal One, Jonesmann, Olli Banjo, TONE, Mnemonic, Fiva MC & DJ Radrum, R.A.G., Curse, Samy Deluxe, 34ers.
WHAT ELSE: Paolo Conte, N..Dea Davenport, JazzyFatNastees, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Jimmy Castor Bunch, D..Angelo, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Amel Larrieux, Toni!Tony!Tone, Cee-Lo Green, Brand New Heavies, Zap Mama, Monday Michiru, J-Boogie, Fingathing, 4 Hero, Portishead...
BOOKS by Umberto Eco, Antonio Tabucchi, Leonardo Sciascia, Italo Calvino, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Hermann Hesse, Laurent Seksik, Sir Ernst H. Gombrich, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Walter Moers...
COMICS by Hugo Pratt - first of all, Corto Maltese, and by Enki Bilal, Moebius, Uderzo&Goscinny...