Wondered if anyone'd say anything about that :D

A few friends of mine are jazz players. I personally used to be in a jazz band but I didn't like it. Admittedly to be able to improvise like that you need more theory than other styles but I like having some kind of structure, thats why if I do play fast over a heavy backing, it's not all over the place, theres some function to it and I'm much more likely to aim for the early Van Halen style than anything by Yngwie. Plus, John Thompson has made it impossible for me to ever take jazz seriously again (Nice! Nice!) :D