Steely Dan, if they count as pure jazz
Mahavishnu Orchestra
John Coltrane
Dizzy Gillespie
Miles Davis
Duke Ellington
The numerous collaborations between the above four
George Benson
The brilliant John McLaughlin/Paco de Lucia/Al Di Meola acoustic guitar trio
Joe Zawinul
Soulive
Allan Holdsworth
My tastes in jazz aren't all that broad - I basically like the classics and the experimental stuff. I don't like the huge glut of stuff in between that's convention-bound, theory-reliant and based on wanky and repetitive soloing.
"It's all folk music... I ain't never heard no horse sing!"
- Attributed variously to Leadbelly and Louis Armstrong
If at first you don't succeed, you are obviously not Chuck Norris.
l337iZmz r@wk o.K!!!??>
- Attributed variously to Leadbelly and Louis Armstrong
If at first you don't succeed, you are obviously not Chuck Norris.
l337iZmz r@wk o.K!!!??>
