Bill Walker
Well-Known Member
Yes many more to add to the list for example Jaco Pastorius Bass player extraordinaire who played with Wayne shorter in the fantastic group Weather Report.That's ok, your in good company, even America's most misunderstood musician Frank Zappa had confusion in it. Although he did dabble in it and ironically won one of his two music Grammy's for his album "Jazz From Hell".(later receiving a third, Lifetime achievement Grammy.) He stated something like he didn't understand it.
"I listen to jazz and all I hear is a bunch of musicians noodling around,
I can't tell if it's good noodles, or bad noodles, It's all noodles to me."
the whole top part mirrors my musical journey almost exactly, tho I'm not a musician. This part sums it up for me perfectly. Being engaged and challenged is far more rewarding for my time than the flowery mainstream stuff. I find myself rathering silence to having to listen to some stuff in certain situations.
I like the names mentioned above, adding Chet Baker, Bill Frissell, Al Di Meola(return to forever), John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orch.), Passport, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Ahmad Jamal, Joe Pass,
Pat Metheny, loads more.
Besides the Weather report albums I love Jaco's solo work.