It is impossible for me, a professional musician, to boil my likes down to one song/ person or group.
Many of the classical music from the early eras through the 20th century. Pieces like Night on Bald Mountain, Great Gates of Kiev, a Chopin nocturne, Beethoven's 9th symphony up to Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter.
Big band and jazz eras. Goodman, Dorsey, Harry James, Gene Krupa. I play in a band that plays some of the great songs - Moonlight Sonata, In the Mood, Take the A Train, Tuxedo Junction, Someone to Watch Over Me and the list goes go.
Not forgetting the entire Rock 'n Roll movement. Beatles, Stones, 5th Dimension, Supremes, Temptation, Neil Sedaka, Pink Floyd and the list goes on and on and on. Then there's Run DMC, Public Enemy, KIZZ, Aerosmith, Boston, Fighters. The list is endless.
My favorite today with most likely change by tonight. Hell, I used to teach the History of Rock 'n Roll to 8th grades. Remember Pink Floyds' Dark Side of the Moon as the alternate soundtrack to Judy Garland's Wizard of Oz. Or how about the Paul McCartney Hoax. Paul is dead.
I'm 72 years old. Started playing the trumpet when I was 9. My present horn is 52 years old and I wouldn't trade it for a new one. I still play. Keeps me going. Actually I'm playing so much more since I retired. And I play in a group of the best people, musicians and friends a person could ask for.
