taylor@sdcsvax.UUCP (Dave Taylor) (07/29/83)
Among my favorite Guitar players are; John McLaughlin - a brilliant player, who, coming from the Mahavishnu Orchestra (good, but wierd), has a strong background in esoteric jazz, and has brought this to his more mainstream jazz music. ****1/2 Larry Coryell - Probably one of my favorite guitar players in the jazz scene. His solo stuff from the Montreaux Jazz Festival (side two of European Impressions) is fantastic! ***** Al DiMeola - Becoming a bit too into electric whining, but if you get some acoustic stuff of his (like the music on Elegant Gypsy) he can really make the instrument sing! **** Earl Klugh - Super mainstream pop stuff, but very good mellow music (and his first album, Earl Klugh, has some suprisingly upbeat pieces!) **** outside of Jazz, the guitar player for the group Yes is very good, when he gets a chance to REALLY play! The acoustic solo ('Song for Brian' or something like that) in Yessongs was fantastic! That was the only reason I saw Yessongs twice. **** (acoustic) * (electric) (for the most part) Perhaps we should also talk about OTHER instruments...piano, drums, sax...etcetera. Too many to list right now, though. -- Dave Taylor